[139319] in North American Network Operators' Group
State of QoS peering in Nanog
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Francois Menard)
Sat Apr 2 16:00:44 2011
From: Francois Menard <francois@menards.ca>
Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2011 16:00:30 -0400
To: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
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Folks,
The Canadian telecommunications regulator, the CRTC, has just launched a =
public notice with possible worldwide implications IMHO, Telecom Notice =
of Consultation CRTC 2011-206:
http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2011/2011-206.htm
I think this is the very first regulatory inquiry into IP to IP =
interconnection for PSTN local interconnection.
One of the postulates that I intend to defend, is that in the PSTN =
today, in addition to interconnecting for the purpose of exchanging =
voice calls, it is possible to LOCALLY (at the Local Interconnection =
Region, roughly a US LATA) interconnect with guaranteed QoS for ISDN =
video conferencing.
In other words, there is more to PSTN interconnection than the support =
of the G.711 CODEC. Other CODECs are supported, such as H.320.
This brings me to a point. Why should we loose this important feature of =
the PSTN, support for multiple CODECs, as we carelessly bottom level =
IP-IP interconnection to G.711 only.
Video conferencing on the Internet, particularly at high resolution, is =
not a reality today to say the least, foregoing of guessing what the =
future will hold.
Why not consider HD audio ?
Therefore:
A) I want to capture all instances where this issue has been addressed =
worldwide.
B) I also want to understand what is going on, insofar as enabling =
guaranteed QoS peering across BGP-4 interconnections in the Nanog =
community.
C) I also want to understand whether there is inter-service-provider =
RSVP or other per-session QoS establishment protocols.
I call upon the Nanog community to consider this proceeding as very =
important and contribute to this thread.
And I will try to provide a forum for discussing this outside of Nanog =
when required.
Regards,
-=3DFrancois=3D-
