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RE: New Non-WG Mailing List: ACTN -- Abstraction and Control of Transport Networks (ACTN)

2013-12-03 17:17:59
Actually, there is also...

https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/actn

-----Original Message-----
From: Adrian Farrel [mailto:adrian(_at_)olddog(_dot_)co(_dot_)uk]
Sent: 03 December 2013 23:16
To: 'James Polk'; 'ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org'
Cc: 'd(_dot_)king(_at_)lancaster(_dot_)ac(_dot_)uk'; 
'younglee(_dot_)tx(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com'; 'leeyoung(_at_)huawei(_dot_)com';
'actn(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org'
Subject: RE: New Non-WG Mailing List: ACTN -- Abstraction and Control of
Transport Networks (ACTN)

James,

I'm very sorry about that. I sent the Secretariat a long description when
requesting list creation. See it below.

I will follow up with the Executive Director to find out what happened.

Adrian

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-----Original Message-----
From: Adrian Farrel [mailto:adrian(_at_)olddog(_dot_)co(_dot_)uk]
Sent: 26 November 2013 20:03
To: 'ietf-action(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org'
Cc: iesg(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org; King, Daniel 
(d(_dot_)king(_at_)lancaster(_dot_)ac(_dot_)uk); 
leeyoung(_at_)huawei(_dot_)com
Subject: FW: Please create and announce a new non-WG mailing list

Hi,

Please create the a new non-working group mailing list as follows...

Name and email address of the submitter:
Young Lee, leeyoung(_at_)huawei(_dot_)com

The name of the list:
Abstraction and Control of Transport Networks (ACTN)

The URL or email address of the list:
actn(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org

Name(s) and email address(es) of the list administrator(s):
Young Lee leeyoung(_at_)huawei(_dot_)com
Daniel King d(_dot_)king(_at_)lancaster(_dot_)ac(_dot_)uk

The IETF Area to which the list belongs:
Routing

The URL or other instructions for subscribing to the list:
https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/actn

The purpose of the list:

Transport networks have a variety of mechanisms to facilitate separation of
data
plane and control plane including distributed signaling for path setup and
protection, centralized path computation for planning and traffic engineering,
and a range of management and provisioning protocols to configure and activate
network resources. These mechanisms represent key technologies for enabling
flexible and dynamic networking.

As transport networks evolve, the need to provide network abstraction has
emerged as key requirement for operators; this is in effect virtualization of
network resources so that the network is "sliced" for different uses,
applications,
services, and clients each being given a different partial view of the total
topology
and each considering that it is operating with or on a single, stand-alone and
consistent network.

This virtualization is known as Abstraction and Control of Transport Network
(ACTN) and facilitates:
- Abstraction of underlying network resources to higher-layer applications and
users (clients);
- Slicing of network resources, to meet specific application and users
requirements;
- A computation scheme and virtual control capability, via an information
model,
to clients who request network connectivity and bandwidth;
- Coordination of underlying transport layers and presentation as an
abstracted
topology to the client;

This mailing list is intended to enable discussion of the architecture, use-
cases/applicability, and requirements that provide abstraction and virtual
control
of transport networks to various applications/clients.

-----Original Message-----
From: ietf [mailto:ietf-bounces(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org] On Behalf Of James Polk
Sent: 03 December 2013 19:41
To: ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org; IETF Announcement List
Cc: d(_dot_)king(_at_)lancaster(_dot_)ac(_dot_)uk; 
younglee(_dot_)tx(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com; leeyoung(_at_)huawei(_dot_)com;
actn(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org
Subject: Re: New Non-WG Mailing List: ACTN -- Abstraction and Control of
Transport Networks (ACTN)

Can this "purpose" have fewer words...?

come on, let us know what's really going on this new list

James

At 11:56 AM 12/3/2013, IETF Secretariat wrote:
A new IETF non-working group email list has been created.

List address: actn(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org
Archive: http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/actn/
To subscribe: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/actn

Purpose: Discussion of Abstraction and Control of Transport Networks
(ACTN)

For additional information, please contact the list administrators.