[1904-ANWG] PAR Modification for IEEE 1904.2
Colleagues,
During the 1 August 2018 meeting we discussed the need to modify the scope of the PAR for IEEE 1904.2.
There was consensus that
1. encryption should be removed from the scope,
2. "Ethernet-based” should be clarified,
3. the type of devices to be managed needs to be expanded beyond “CPE”
4. “Multi-hop” should be clarified to limit the scope to Layer-2
The current PAR Scope reads as follows:
This standard describes a management channel for customer-premises equipment (CPE) connected to Ethernet-based subscriber access networks. The key characteristics of the specified management channel are:
- Multi-hop capabilities to allow management of various CPE devices located behind an Optical Network Unit (ONU), a Coaxial Network Unit (CNU), a Residential Gateway (RGW), etc.
- Extensibility to accommodate new management protocols and/or new types of CPE devices.
- Broadcast/multicast capabilities to allow simultaneous (synchronized) configuration of multiple devices.
- Encryption capabilities to ensure secure access to managed CPE devices by the network operators.
The standard describes the message format as well as processing operations and forwarding rules at the intermediate nodes.
I propose the following as an updated scope:
This standard describes a management channel for devices used in subscriber access networks that use protocols in the IEEE 802 suite. The key characteristics of the management channel are:
- The ability to transit MAC-bridges in a single IEEE 802 MAC domain to allow management of devices using protocols that would not normally be forwarded.
- Extensibility to accommodate new management protocols and new types of devices.
- The ability to simultaneously send messages to multiple stations using broadcast or multicast functions.
This standard describes the message format as well as processing operations of stations and MAC-bridges.
Please reply with comments and suggested edits.
—kan—
Kevin A. Noll
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