Internet Info 1994 March/Internet Info CD-ROM (Walnut Creek) (March 1994).iso/inet/ietf/atm/atm-minutes-91nov.txt

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Reported by Bob Hinden/BBN

Minutes of the IP over Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM BOF)

The meeting was organized as a BOF to determine if there was enough
interest in forming an IETF Working Group to develop protocols to run IP
over ATM networks.  The meeting was attended by 64 people.

The first half of the meeting was a presentation by Bob Hinden / BBN
covering the reasons why the BOF was organized.  The talk included:


   o Motivation for the IP over ATM Group
   o Why ATM in Interesting
   o Relationship to Other Standards Groups
   o Area for Work
   o Next Steps


The second half of the meeting was a discussion of whether the group
should be formed and if so what area the group should first focus on.
The work areas discussed included:


   o ATM Internet Architecture
   o ATM and Internetwork Operation
   o Adaptation Layer Selection(s)
   o Flow Control / Congestion Avoidance
   o Flow Setup / Connection Establishment
   o IP Encapsulation
   o Multicast
   o Network Management
   o Physical Media
   o Security


Other issues discussed include whether the group should initially
develop standard protocols or experimental protocols.

After much discussion the group decided that there was enough interest
that a IETF Working Group should formed.  There was also a consensus
that the group initially develop experimental protocols.

There was agreement on the following topics:


   o Approaches for Interoperability with the Internet (e.g.  IP over
     ATM)

   o Develop a list of unknowns that need to be worked on.

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   o Set up a separate mailing list from the IPLPDN Working Group.

   o Identification of Architectural Alternatives to Internetworking
     over ATM.

   o That the work of this group not duplicate the work that is being
     done in other ATM standard groups.

   o Physical Layer Standards are very well covered in other standard
     groups and do not need to be addressed in this group.

   o There there should be communication to other ATM Standard Bodies.

   o To initially not work on Congestion Control issues.

   o The initial focus of the group should be a local with widearea
     internetworking.



The Chairperson was tasked to revise the draft charter to be consistent
with these agreements.

Attendees

James Barnes             [e-mail]
Art Berggreen            [e-mail]
David Bolen              [e-mail]
Robert Braden            [e-mail]
Theodore Brunner         [e-mail]
John Burnett             [e-mail]
Lida Carrier             [e-mail]
Yee-Hsiang Chang         [e-mail]
A. Lyman Chapin          [e-mail]
George Clapp             [e-mail]
Richard Cogger           [e-mail]
Danny Cohen              [e-mail]
Dave Cullerot            [e-mail]
Steve Deering            [e-mail]
Kurt Dobbins             [e-mail]
Hans Eriksson            [e-mail]
Erik Fair                [e-mail]
Jim Ghadbane             [e-mail]
Joseph Godsil            [e-mail]
Herve Goguely            lircorp1![e-mail]
Kenneth Hayward          [e-mail]
Frank Heath              [e-mail]
Christine Hemrick        [e-mail]
Robert Hinden            [e-mail]
William Jolitz           [e-mail]
Satish Joshi             [e-mail]
Jean-Michael Jouanigot   [e-mail]

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Manu Kaycee              [e-mail]
Yoav Kluger              [e-mail]
Cheryl Krupczak          [e-mail]
Anthony Lauck            [e-mail]
Joseph Lawrence          [e-mail]
Tom Lyon                 [e-mail]
Andrew Malis             [e-mail]
Allison Mankin           [e-mail]
David McDysan            [e-mail]
Bill Melohn              [e-mail]
Donald Merritt           [e-mail]
Greg Minshall            [e-mail]
Dave Monachello          [e-mail]
Andy Nicholson           [e-mail]
Zbigniew Opalka          [e-mail]
Venkat Prasad            [e-mail]
Yakov Rekhter            [e-mail]
Manoel Rodrigues         [e-mail]
Philippe Roger           lircorp1![e-mail]
Allan Rubens             [e-mail]
Timothy Salo             [e-mail]
Sharad Sanghi            [e-mail]
Tim Seaver               [e-mail]
John Seligson            [e-mail]
Stephen Shew             [e-mail]
Mike Spengler            [e-mail]
Ravi Srinivasan          [e-mail]
Martha Steenstrup        [e-mail]
Brad Steinka             [e-mail]
Roxanne Streeter         [e-mail]
Sven Tafvelin            [e-mail]
Osamu Takada             [e-mail]
Paul Tsuchiya            [e-mail]
Lee Wade                 [e-mail]
Walter Wimer             [e-mail]
Richard Woundy           [e-mail]



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