The minutes for today’s conference call are available here:
http://forge.gridforum.org/sf/go/doc15962?nav=1
The following table summarizes the decisions made on the
call. The items marked with status ‘agreed’ were confirmed as
agreed functionality on the call.
Guy
|
Issue |
v1.0 |
status |
Comments |
|
Synchronization of Provider/requester timers? |
required |
agreed |
NTP should be ok |
|
1 or 2 phase commit? |
1PC |
agreed |
2PC is considered unnecessary for v1.0 |
|
Is automatic provisioning (initiated by timer)
required? |
Yes |
agreed |
|
|
Is explicit mode (initiated by requester message)
required? |
|
|
No agreement on this point |
|
Is advance reservation required? |
Yes |
agreed |
|
|
Is immediate reservation required? |
yes |
agreed |
|
|
What does start-time mean as used in protocol for auto
mode? |
Start time refers to in-service begin time |
agreed |
It is the responsibility of the provider NSA to make sure
that this in-service start time is met |
|
What does end-time mean as used in protocol for advance
reservation? |
End time refers to in-service end time |
agreed |
|
|
Allow ASAP as start-time for immediate reservation? |
Yes |
agreed |
|
|
What does start-time mean as used in protocol for
explicit mode? |
Reservation start time |
|
No agreement on this point |
|
What does end-time mean as used in protocol for
explicit mode? |
Reservation end time |
|
No agreement on this point |
|
Is connection duration required? |
|
|
No agreement on this point |
|
Is unspecified end-time allowed? |
? |
|
No agreement on this point |
|
Provider validation of start time? |
Validated |
agreed |
This is a constraint in path finding |
|
Once reservation has been granted, it start times is
found to be the past how is this handled? |
|
|
No agreement on this point |
|
Is a flag necessary to indicate immediate vs. advance
reservation |
Yes |
Agreed |
|
|
Does each Connection request need a flag to indicate
how to expect provisioning to be initiated? |
Yes |
|
How does Provider know whether to wait for signal from
Requester? |
|
Does a reservation request require a pass/fail response from the
Provider NSA? |
Yes |
Agreed |
|
|
Is start time later than specified allowed? |
Yes |
|
|
|
Is a flag needed to indicate whether start time later
than specified is allowed |
Yes |
|
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Guy Roberts, Ph.D
Network Engineering &
Planning
DANTE - www.dante.net
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