Subject: Re: [TICTOC] I-D Action: draft-ietf-tictoc-1588overmpls-01.txt

From: Danny Mayer <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 05 Sep 2011 18:41:47 -0400

I was just reading this abstract and it has a problem.

On 5/24/2011 6:39 PM, [email-masked] wrote:
> A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts directories. This draft is a work item of the Timing over IP Connection and Transfer of Clock Working Group of the IETF.
> 
> 	Title           : Transporting PTP messages (1588) over MPLS Networks
> 	Author(s)       : Shahram Davari
>                           Amit Oren
>                           Manav Bhatia
>                           Peter Roberts
>                           Laurent Montini
> 	Filename        : draft-ietf-tictoc-1588overmpls-01.txt
> 	Pages           : 35
> 	Date            : 2011-05-24
> 
>    This document defines the method for transporting PTP messages (PDUs)
>    over an MPLS network to enable a proper handling of these packets
>    (e.g. implementation of Transparent Clocks (TC)) in LSRs.
> 
>    The basic idea is to transport PTP messages inside dedicated MPLS
>    LSPs.  These LSPs only carry PTP messages and possibly Control and
>    Management packets, but they do not carry customer traffic.

Either this specifications says that LSPs _do_ carry Control and
Management packets or it doesn't. There cannot be a "possibly".

Danny