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

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



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