Harry,
I
am not suggesting a lossy ring. I requested one, but most of you
convinced
me
that will never happen in RPR. So, I am moving on with an assumption
of
a
loss less RPR ring and I request you do too.
However, if I were to uphold the argument
for a loss less ring while absolutely
guaranteeing no priority inversion
than
a
certain size of LPTB buffer must designed in. Obviously the size of
this
LPTB depends on the levels of HP traffic and the
RTT. Everything has a
consequence - there is no freee lunch
!
So, the corollary, that if the LPTB size
is fixed on the ring than for a given
ring circumference only a certain level
of HP traffic, with absolute guarantees
on
jitter, can be provided. This implies that carriers would have to
predict
the levels of HP traffic in the network before they
procure their equipment.
The one way to resolve this problem is to be able
to "add" more LPTB
to
the RPR MAC to sustain higher levels of HP traffic on the ring.
Unfortunately,
at
10 gbps speeds off-chip TB schemes will have significant
penalties.
Anyway, you missed my statement I made in the
original email.
I
said that if one were to prevent packet loss and avoid priority
inversion
than one must AVOID situations that creates a
scenario to pick one
over the other. Somehow, that seems like a simple
logic to me. So,
my
argument was not for supporting a lossy ring but what you need
to
in
order to have a loss less ring and avoid priority
inversion.
In
fact, I wonder why you don't think similar since your requirement is
to
have a loss less ring, no priority inversion and a
single 2 MTU TB. I would think
the a single TB with ability to buffer 2 packets
cries out for some method
to
AVOID a situation that will force priority inversion to honor a loss less
ring
requirement. I must be missing something
!
The real issue is that I am not fixated on
preserving any implementation at
the cost of having an absurd standard. On the other
hand, I am tolerant to the
big guns who want to do this I think we need to
ensure that the RPR WG
do
diligence.
raj
Raj:
There are really two issues
one is
vendor box issues when interworking:
1)
utilization versus implementation to achieve the desired packet delivery
behavior.
The 1 TB and 2 TB
design fall with in this category
Once reserved BW is allocated globally or at link level, you think your
box provide
better ring BW
utilization. All the power to you.
2) Lossy ring
This is
an 802.17 issue.
Lossless behavior is
a must. You are arguing for lossy.
Regards,
Harry
-----Original Message-----
From:
Leon Bruckman [mailto:leonb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 1:59 AM
To: 'Raj Sharma'
Cc:
stds-802-17@xxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [RPRWG] RAH: Re:
Minutes of Rate Ad Hoc meeting
For the 2 transit buffer scheme there is another
way:
Have a LPTB that is deep enough. The LPTB
depth to avoid both: "on transit"
LP traffic
discard and reduced HP priority, can be calculated using the
formula in:
http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/802/17/documents/presentations/jan2002/vk_dwd
el_02.pdf
This formula can be
modified for the case of links with different reserved
rates also.
Leon
-----Original Message-----
From:
Raj Sharma [mailto:raj@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 3:43 AM
To: 'Sanjay K. Agrawal'; Li Mo; stds-802-17@xxxxxxxx; Nader
Vijeh
Subject: RE: [RPRWG] RAH: Re: Minutes of
Rate Ad Hoc meeting
The only way to guarantee HP traffic and have no packet
loss
is to be able to AVOID situations that will
reduce the priority
of HP traffic to satisfy a
loss less ring.
There are two ways to avoid:
1.
Provision the low priority to ramp-up very slowly - this
will result in low link utilization.
2.
Constantly, provide each node the ability to determine
what conditions would lead to congestion.
raj
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sanjay K. Agrawal [mailto:sagrawal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 5:03 PM
> To: Li Mo; stds-802-17@xxxxxxxx; Nader Vijeh
> Subject: Re: [RPRWG] RAH: Re: Minutes of Rate Ad Hoc
meeting
>
>
>
> For me 2 is very
important otherwise I have very limited
>
spatial reuse . On
> the other hand, allowing
the packet loss on the ring, will
> limit the
scope
> of this technology to TCP/IP networks.
I think somehow we have to
> accommodate
both.
>
> -Sanjay K.
Agrawal
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Li Mo" <limo01@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <stds-802-17@xxxxxxxx>; "Nader Vijeh"
<nader@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday,
March 22, 2002 11:04 AM
> Subject: RE: [RPRWG]
RAH: Re: Minutes of Rate Ad Hoc meeting
>
>
>
>
> I agree with the comments made by
previous authers. I used to
> think one
of
> the key characteristics of RPR is "no
packet loss" once it is
> in transport.
> But, with the different reservation rate possible on
> different spans (unless
> a very sophasticated fairness algorithm has been used which
> is unknow at
>
this time, this characteristics may be unattendable. Hence
> we have a choice
>
to be made:
>
> 1.
allow the packet loss on the ring
> 2. allow
different reserved rate on different span
>
> For those, I would like to see the first one
unless somebody
> developed a
> fairness algorithm which achieves both.
>
> Li...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-stds-802-17@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-stds-802-17@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of Nader Vijeh
> Sent: Friday, March 22,
2002 12:12 PM
> To: stds-802-17@xxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [RPRWG] RAH: Re: Minutes of Rate Ad Hoc
meeting
>
>
>
> We have
customers that find loosing packets in the transport
> side of the
> network unacceptable.
One of the reasons we hear is the "multi-tier"
> environment, where the transport and the service side may be
> "logically"
>
separate and belong to different business entities. Another item
to
> consider is that RPR is competing with
SONET for the data transport
> infrastructure
and SONET does not loose packets in transit.
>
> Nader
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Takefman [mailto:tak@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 7:44 AM
> To: Italo.Busi@xxxxxxxxxx
> Cc:
jalemon@xxxxxxxxx; pazy@xxxxxxxxxxxx; stds-802-17@xxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [RPRWG] RAH: Re: Minutes of Rate Ad Hoc
meeting
>
>
>
> I beg to differ.
We had presentations by Sprint at the working
>
group that it is really important where packets get lost.
>
> Losing packet on the media is not
acceptable to them.
>
> As I said previously, routers or switches tend to have
> buffers that are orders of magnitude larger than
any
> buffer we are considering for the MAC.
Therefore,
> loss probability is low at that
level and they can engineer
> their network,
(just like they would engineer the media)
> to
get the loss statistics where they want them.
>
> cheers,
>
> mike
>
> Italo.Busi@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> > See my comment in
line
> >
> >
Italo
> >
> >
> -----Original Message-----
> > >
From: pazy@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pazy@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 3:55
PM
> > > To: jalemon@xxxxxxxxx
> > > Cc: pazy@xxxxxxxxxxxx;
stds-802-17@xxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: RE:
[RPRWG] RAH: Re: Minutes of Rate Ad Hoc meeting
> > >
> > >
> >
> > ...
> >
> > >
> > > Furthermore, if a user traffic is rejected
at the ingress
> point, the
> > > user gets an immediate feedback. Assuming such a
feedback is
> > > useful, how
> > > would a network do it if a given packet
was dropped not
> at the ingress
> > > but rather somewhere on the ring, say on
the 5th node in a
> > > 10-node
path.
> > >
>
>
> > As far as I know, metro netwoks are
tipically made by many
> > interconnected
rings (SBC made a good presentation in
>
September about
> > this assumption).
> > This implies that you are loosing packets in
the metro
> network so the
> > issue is not completely solved.
> > From the customer point of view there is no difference
> between loosing
>
> packets on the ring or in the routers/bridges interconnecting
rings.
> > The big difference is made by the
amount of packets that
> the customer
> > sees as lost at end-to-end perspective
...
> >
> >
> Again, I hope that I've managed to clarify my views, but
> I am not sure
>
> > if we "violently agree" or still have some differences.
> > >
> > >
Offer Pazy
> > >
> > > Burlington, MA
> >
> Tel: (781)359-9099 x1907
> >
>
> > >
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> >
> From: John Lemon [mailto:jalemon@xxxxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 8:43
PM
> > > To: pazy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Cc: stds-802-17@xxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: Re: [RPRWG] RAH: Re: Minutes of Rate Ad Hoc
meeting
> > >
> > > Offer,
> > >
> > > As I mentioned in the Ad Hoc, and as Harry
and Yiming
> have reiterated,
> > > there
> > > are
trade offs between utilization, delay/jitter, and
> loss. You can
> > >
choose
> > > at most 2 of the 3. I
believe there is a general clear
> preference
for
> > > lowest
> > > loss most, then for lowest delay/jitter next, and
then for highest
> > > utilization of the
available bandwidth last.
> > >
> > > But Yiming's suggestion of allowing this
to be configurable is
> > >
intriguing.
> > > While I believe we
would always have the order I list above as the
> > > default,
> > > I
could imagine a customer wanting to change it away from
> the default.
> > > If
it
> > > were an option that they didn't
have to configure, those that
> > >
wanted to
> > > change from the default
would be accommodated; and those
> that
didn't
> > > want to
> > > be bothered with configing yet another parameter
could safely
> > > ignore it.
> > >
> > >
John Lemon
> > > ----- Original Message
-----
> > > From: "Offer pazy"
<pazy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > To:
"'Mike Takefman'" <tak@xxxxxxxxx>; "'Yiming Yao'"
> > > <YYao@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: <hans-j.reumerman@xxxxxxxxxxx>;
<stds-802-17@xxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent:
Monday, March 18, 2002 2:44 PM
> > >
Subject: RE: [RPRWG] RAH: Re: Minutes of Rate Ad Hoc meeting
> > >
> >
>
> > >
>
> > I fully concur with Mike's response. We have to be
> extremely careful
> > > about adding optional behavior (and variety) to the
> standard. In my
>
> > opinion, we already have far too many options (for this
> early stage of
>
> > the standard development). Options are a nightmare (and
> if someone can
>
> > help me with a stronger word, please do :-) for users
(carriers),
> > > testers, general
audience, and finally to ourselves as we
> will
have to
> > > work much harder to make
all these options work together, are
> >
> consistent, and that all combinations are covered.
> Additionally, there
> > > is
the important issue of interoperability which is made
> exponentially
> > > more
complex with each additional option.
> >
>
> > > >From my experience,
developers often tend to "be nice to
> users"
by
> > > offering every options possible,
just to later be
> rejected by the end
> > > users who don't have the infrastructure,
the personnel, and the
> > > knowledge to
sort out the options, to decide, to manage and
> > > to maintain
> > >
their many network nodes.
> > >
> > >
> > >
Specifically, please note that the packet loss we are
> considering here
> > > (or
considering not allowing) is at the very low level of
> the physical
> > > level.
Look at it as the property of the wire. And at some
> > > point we must
> > >
establish a common model for this "wire" to be able to
> build the upper
> > > layers.
This has nothing to do with the legitimate topic
> that is being
> > > discussed
of policing traffic on the ingress points to
>
the network.
> > > There of course, there
are many tradeoffs that are better
> > >
left of to the
> > > operators, and these
tradeoffs are much more relevant to
> > >
jitter, latency
> > > and the
such.
> > >
>
> > Offer Pazy
> > >
> > > Burlington, MA
> > > Tel: (781)359-9099 x1907
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From:
owner-stds-802-17@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> [mailto:owner-stds-802-17@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of
> > > Mike Takefman
> > > Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 3:37
PM
> > > To: Yiming Yao
> > > Cc: 'hans-j.reumerman@xxxxxxxxxxx';
stds-802-17@xxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: Re:
[RPRWG] RAH: Re: Minutes of Rate Ad Hoc meeting
> > >
> > >
> > > Yiming,
> >
>
> > > speaking as a technical
expert,
> > >
> > > while I understand your desire to have LP packets
> dropped, be aware
> > > that 802 has never had a MAC that drops packets from
the medium
> > > except due to a CRC
errors.
> > >
> > > >From a compliance testing perspective, the issue
of packet drops
> > > would make it
difficult (if not impossible) to provide a test
> > > that proved compliance if packet drops were allowed.
Remember,
> > > if you can't test for
compliance, it is not a standard.
> >
>
> > > I believe that proper use of
reserved BW will remove any need to
> > >
drop packets. I look forward to seeing the simulation results
> > > that show problems as a part of the
RAH.
> > >
>
> >
> > > mike
> > >
> > >
> > > > Yiming Yao wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
Hans,
> > > >
> > > > The current draft of the RPR standard tries to
achieve several
> > > objectives: high
link utilization,
> > > > guaranteed
minimum jitter for reserved HP traffic, no
>
packet loss on
> > > the ring, etc, and
these
> > > > objectives are
conflicting to each other sometimes. One
>
customer may
> > > want to disallow any
LP
> > > > packet drop on the ring
even this means high jitter for the HP
> >
> traffic; another may want to
> > >
> guarantee minimum jitter to HP traffic (carrying TDM) at risk
of
> > > occasionally dropping some
LP
> > > > packets.
> > > >
> > > > My
suggestion is that RPR provide a choice for the
> customer to make
> > >
his/her decision in conflict
> > > >
resolution.
> > > >
> > > > I didn't assume the operator wants to adjust
the total
> > > load/throughput. Maybe
this can be done
> > > > more easily
if the above choice is provided.
> > >
>
> > > > Regards,
> > > >
> > > >
Yiming
> > > >
> > > > -----Original
Message-----
> > >
> From:
hans-j.reumerman@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > > [mailto:hans-j.reumerman@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> > > > Sent:
Friday, March 15, 2002 1:35 AM
> > >
> To: stds-802-17@xxxxxxxx
> > > >
Subject: [RPRWG] RAH: Re: Minutes of Rate Ad Hoc meeting
> > > >
> > >
> > Yiming Yao: allow customer to
choose between loss,
> > > jitter,
and
> > > utilization
> > > >
> > >
> Is the underlying assumption that the
operator of the ring
> > > (=customer?)
wants to
> > >
> adjust the total load/throughput?
Would this be for
> > > loadbalancing
purposes?
> > > >
> > > > regards,
> > > >
Hans
> > > >
> > > >
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > > > Hans-Jürgen
Reumerman
> > >
>
Hans-J.Reumerman@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > >
> Digital Communications &
networking
> > >
pww.pfa.research.philips.com/dc/
> > >
> Philips Research Laboratories
> > > Phone: +49 241 6003 629
> > > > Weisshausstr.2,
52066 Aachen,
Germany
> Fax: +49 241
> > > 6003 519
> > >
>
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > >
> > > --
> > > Michael
Takefman
tak@xxxxxxxxx
> > > Manager of
Engineering, Cisco Systems
> > > Chair IEEE 802.17 Stds WG
> > > 2000 Innovation Dr, Ottawa, Canada, K2K 3E8
> > > voice:
613-254-3399 fax: 613-254-4867
> > >
> >
>
> > >
>
> >
> >
>
>
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> voice: 613-254-3399 fax:
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