CURRENT_MEETING_REPORT_



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             barnes@xylogics.com
Art Berggreen            art@acc.com
David Bolen              db3l@nis.ans.net
Robert Braden            braden@isi.edu
Theodore Brunner         tob@thumper.bellcore.com
John Burnett             jlb@adaptive.com
Lida Carrier             lida@apple.com
Yee-Hsiang Chang         yhc@concert.net
A. Lyman Chapin          lyman@bbn.com
George Clapp             clapp@ameris.center.il.ameritech.com
Richard Cogger           rhx@cornellc.cit.cornell.edu
Danny Cohen              cohen@isi.edu
Dave Cullerot            cullerot@ctron.com
Steve Deering            deering@xerox.com
Kurt Dobbins             dobbins@ctron.com
Hans Eriksson            hans@sics.se
Erik Fair                fair@apple.com
Jim Ghadbane             jimgh@newbridge.com
Joseph Godsil            jgodsil@ncsa.uiuc.edu
Herve Goguely            lircorp1!roger@uunet.uu.net
Kenneth Hayward          crm57d@bnr.ca
Frank Heath              heath@cmc.com
Christine Hemrick        hemrick@cisco.com
Robert Hinden            hinden@bbn.com
William Jolitz           william@okeeffe.cs.berkeley.edu
Satish Joshi             sjoshi@synoptics.com
Jean-Michael Jouanigot   jimi@cernvax.cern.ch

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Manu Kaycee              kaycee@ctron.com
Yoav Kluger              ykluger@fibhaifa.com
Cheryl Krupczak          cheryl@cc.gatech.edu
Anthony Lauck            lauck@tl.enet.dec.com
Joseph Lawrence          jcl@sabre.bellcore.com
Tom Lyon                 pugs@eng.sun.com
Andrew Malis             malis@bbn.com
Allison Mankin           mankin@gateway.mitre.org
David McDysan            0002806303@mcimail.com
Bill Melohn              melohn@auspex.com
Donald Merritt           don@brl.mil
Greg Minshall            minshall@wc.novell.com
Dave Monachello          dave@pluto.dss.com
Andy Nicholson           droid@cray.com
Zbigniew Opalka          zopalka@roswell.spartacus.com
Venkat Prasad            vsp@3com.com
Yakov Rekhter            yakov@watson.ibm.com
Manoel Rodrigues         manoel.rodrigues@att.com
Philippe Roger           lircorp1!roger@uunet.uu.net
Allan Rubens             acr@merit.edu
Timothy Salo             tjs@msc.edu
Sharad Sanghi            sharad@ans.net
Tim Seaver               tas@mcnc.org
John Seligson            johns@ultra.com
Stephen Shew             sdshew@bnr.ca
Mike Spengler            mks@msc.edu
Ravi Srinivasan          ravi@eng.vitalink.com
Martha Steenstrup        msteenst@bbn.com
Brad Steinka             brad@python.eng.microcom.com
Roxanne Streeter         streeter@nsipo.nasa.gov
Sven Tafvelin            tafvelin@ce.chalmers.se
Osamu Takada             takada@sdl.hitachi.co.jp
Paul Tsuchiya            tsuchiya@thumper.bellcore.com
Lee Wade                 wade@nsipo.arc.nasa.gov
Walter Wimer             walter.wimer@andrew.cmu.edu
Richard Woundy           rwoundy@ibm.com



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