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Editor's Note: Minutes received 11/24/92

CURRENT_MEETING_REPORT_


Reported by Bob Hinden/Sun

Minutes of the IP over Asynchronous Transfer Mode Working Group (ATM)

Agenda


   o Review Latest draft of ``Multiprotocol Interconnect over ATM
     Adaptation Layer 5'' by Juha Heinanen.

   o Reach a ``rough'' consensus on one multiplexing approach.

   o Talk on Q.93B and ATM Signaling by Fong-Ching Liaw.

   o Talk on Internet/ATM Signaling Requirements by Tom Lyon.


Meeting Summary

During the first session on Monday, the Working Group finalized its
approach for transporting Internet datagrams over ATM as described in
the ``Multiprotocol Interconnect over ATM Adaptation Layer 5''
Internet-Draft written by Juha Heinanen.  The document describes two
approaches to encapsulating datagrams in ATM. These are:  VC Based
Encapsulation, and Multiplexing Encapsulation.

The current draft of the document describes two approaches to
multiplexing encapsulation.  The two approaches proposed are roughly
equivalent.  They differ in the manner used to identify the protocols
being encapsulated.  One uses NLPID (from Frame Relay) and the other
uses LLC's (from 802.x LAN).

A long discussion centered around the question of whether there should
be one or two multiplexing approaches.  The Working Group voted and by a
two to one margin that one approach was preferable.  After another long
discussion a vote was held to select one of the approaches.  The LLC
approach was the clear winner of this vote.  As a result of the these
votes the current draft document will be revised to only describe the VC
based encapsulation and the LLC multiplexing encapsulation in the main
section of the document.

The Working Group also reached a consensus to submit its proposal to the
Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG) for entry into the Internet
Standards as a Proposed Standard.

This work is an important step in the work necessary to insure that
devices (e.g., hosts, routers, etc.)  using Internet protocols (e.g.,
TCP/IP, ISO CLNP, Appletalk, etc.)  can interoperate over ATM networks.

On Tuesday, Fong-Ching Liaw presented a talk on Q.93B and ATM signaling.

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Her talk described the current state of ATM signaling in CCITT and the
ATM Forum.  A number of issues were uncovered that relate to signaling
parameters necessary for carrying Internet traffic.  Fong-Ching Liaw and
Brian Lyles agreed to write a draft paper describing these issues and
make recommendations regarding how they can be handled.  After review by
the Working Group, this document will be published as an RFC and sent to
the CCITT and the ATM Forum.

During Wednesday's session, Tom Lyon presented a talk on Internet and
ATM Signaling Requirements.  The talk covered goals for ATM, addressing
requirements, header avoidance, connectionless service, multicast, and
routing.

Fred Sammartino, the President of the ATM Forum, attended the last day
of the Working Group and asked that an official liaison be formed
between the ATM Forum and the IETF IP over ATM Working Group.  The
purpose of this liaison is to facilitate the exchange of protocols and
ideas between the two organizations.

Attendees

George Abe               [e-mail]
Roland Acra              [e-mail]
Randall Atkinson         [e-mail]
Floyd Backes             [e-mail]
Cynthia Bagwell          [e-mail]
William Barns            [e-mail]
Ken Benstead             [e-mail]
Shiraz Bhanji            [e-mail]
Dean Blackketter         [e-mail]
Fred Bohle               [e-mail]
Rebecca Bostwick         [e-mail]
Daniel Brennan           [e-mail]
Caralyn Brown            [e-mail]
Ross Callon              [e-mail]
Brian Carpenter          [e-mail]
Charles Carvalho         [e-mail]
Brett Chappell           [e-mail]
Dilip Chatwani           [e-mail]
Szusin Chen              [e-mail]
Chi Chong                [e-mail]
Jim Christy              [e-mail]
George Clapp             [e-mail]
Robert Cole              [e-mail]
Michael Collins          [e-mail]
James Conklin            [e-mail]
Michael Conn             [e-mail]
Bruce Davie              [e-mail]
Michael DeAddio          [e-mail]
Barbara Denny            [e-mail]
Art Dertke               [e-mail]
Kurt Dobbins             [e-mail]
Jacques Dugast           [e-mail]

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Robert Enger             [e-mail]
Steven Fellini           [e-mail]
William Fink             [e-mail]
Eric Fleischman          [e-mail]
James Forster            [e-mail]
Joseph Godsil            [e-mail]
Mike Goguen              [e-mail]
Heather Gray             [e-mail]
Terry Gray               [e-mail]
Paul Griffiths           [e-mail]
Tony Hain                [e-mail]
Joel Halpern             [e-mail]
Patrick Hanel            [e-mail]
Eugene Hastings          [e-mail]
Ken Hayward              [e-mail]
Frank Heath              [e-mail]
Juha Heinanen            [e-mail]
Robert Hinden            [e-mail]
Jonathan Hsu             [e-mail]
Kathleen Huber           [e-mail]
David Husak              [e-mail]
Phil Irey                [e-mail]
David Jacobson           [e-mail]
George Kajos             [e-mail]
Charley Kline            [e-mail]
Andrew Knutsen           [e-mail]
Mark Laubach             [e-mail]
David LeRoy              [e-mail]
Fong-Ching Liaw          [e-mail]
David Lin                [e-mail]
Bryan Lyles              [e-mail]
Andrew Malis             [e-mail]
Tracy Mallory            [e-mail]
Allison Mankin           [e-mail]
George Marshall          [e-mail]
Jun Matsukata            [e-mail]
Donald Merritt           [e-mail]
Kathleen Nichols         [e-mail]
Erik Nordmark            [e-mail]
Ari Ollikainen           [e-mail]
Hilarie Orman            [e-mail]
Joe Pagan                [e-mail]
Craig Partridge          [e-mail]
David Piscitello         [e-mail]
Thomas Pusateri          [e-mail]
Bala Rajagopalan         [e-mail]
Greg Ratta               [e-mail]
Tony Richards
Benny Rodrig             [e-mail]
Manoel Rodrigues         [e-mail]
Guenter Roeck            [e-mail]
Timothy Salo             [e-mail]
Fred Sammartino          [e-mail]
Jim Scott                [e-mail]

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Allyson Showalter        [e-mail]
Dean Skidmore            [e-mail]
Keith Sklower            [e-mail]
Lansing Sloan            [e-mail]
Frank Solensky           [e-mail]
Marco Sosa               [e-mail]
Scott Stein              [e-mail]
Terrance Sullivan        [e-mail]
Sally Tarquinio          [e-mail]
Kaj Tesink               [e-mail]
Alice Wang               [e-mail]
Von Welch                [e-mail]
Guy Wells                [e-mail]
Gerry White              [e-mail]
Peter Will               [e-mail]
Douglas Williams         [e-mail]
Kirk Williams            [e-mail]
Liang Wu                 [e-mail]
Chin Yuan                [e-mail]
John Zalubski            [e-mail]
Paul Zawada              [e-mail]



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