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ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)orgRE: International Emergency Preference Scheme

2000-12-25 16:30:03

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From: owner-ieps(_at_)listserv(_dot_)gsfc(_dot_)nasa(_dot_)gov
[mailto:owner-ieps(_at_)listserv(_dot_)gsfc(_dot_)nasa(_dot_)gov]On Behalf Of 
Sean Donelan
Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2000 6:24 AM
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Cc: Harald(_at_)Alvestrand(_dot_)no; 
ieps(_at_)listserv(_dot_)gsfc(_dot_)nasa(_dot_)gov
Subject: RE: International Emergency Preference Scheme

On Fri, 22 December 2000, "Folts, Harold" wrote:
Harald Alvestrand [mailto:Harald(_at_)Alvestrand(_dot_)no] wrote:
note - this effort is focused at recovering the society from
a serious
disaster, not recovering the network, I think.

You are quite right. Recovery operations does primarily mean
restoration for
society. However, recovery of network resources is often necessary to
facilitate the ultimate objective.

Its usually doesn't get addressed directly in the priority scheme, but
elsewhere. If you need to recover the network, none of the government
priority schemes apply.  The carrier has first dibs on their own
infrastructure.  What gets confusing is we don't have monolithic
vertically integrated carriers.  So it is possible to create a recovery
deadlock.

Sean, that's exactly right. The service prividers have full and primary
control of their resources for recovery purposes. However, there are issues
for restoration between providers.  Thanks for your comments.

Hal