1. ITU-T Study Group 15 Communications to IETF CCAMP Working Group Wesam Alanqar ITU-T SG15 Representative to IETF CCAMP Wesam.Alanqar@mail.sprint.com

2. ITU-T Q14/15 – Optical Control Plane Protocol Neutral Requirements (Detailed) Protocol Specifications G.7713.1 G.7713.2 G.7713.3 G.7714.1 Signaling Auto- discovery DCN/SCNRouting Management Framework G.fame Initialization & Recovery G.7714 G.7712G.7715 G.7715.1 G.7716 G.7713 ITU-T SG 15, Question 14 ASON Control & Management Recommendations G.disc_arch Discovery Architecture

3. Location of Relevant Information  The consented text for New Recommendations G.7715.1 and living lists for G.7714.1 and G.7713 can be obtained from: –ftp://sg15opticalt:otxchange@ftp.itu.int/tsg15opticaltransport/COMMUNICATIO NS/index.htmlftp://sg15opticalt:otxchange@ftp.itu.int/tsg15opticaltransport/COMMUNICATIO NS/index.html  http://www.ietf.org/iesg/liaison.html http://www.ietf.org/iesg/liaison.html

4. Liaisons from Q14/SG15 ITU main meeting-Geneva, Oct 21-31, 2003  Liaison Statement To IETF CCAMP on RSVP-TE and CR-LDP  ASON Status

5. Liaison Statement To IETF CCAMP on RSVP-TE and CR-LDP  ITU Question 14 of Study Group 15 thanks you for your liaison in which you notified us of the survey taken of implementers of GMPLS constrained LSP signalling.  As Recommendation G.7713.3 is currently in force, we will continue to have a normative reference to CR-LDP [RFC 3212].  Your liaison has raised a concern regarding on-going maintenance of the CR-LDP code point space. We expect that future requests for code points in the range allocated to CR-LDP (0x0800 to 0x08FF) in [RFC 3212] will be granted based on “IETF Consensus” as defined in RFC 2434.

6. ASON Updates  SG 15 has consented G.7715.1/ Y.1706.1 “ASON Routing Architecture and requirements for Link State protocols”. –This Recommendation provides architecture and requirements for a link state realization of G.7715/Y.1706 and G.8080/Y.1304 and is protocol neutral. This may be of assistance to the ASON Routing Requirements design team.  There were no changes made to Discovery Recommendations. –However, new issues were included in the G.7714.1 living list such as an Interoperable solution for ECC based discovery mechanisms. Question 9 of SG15 is assessing G.7714.1 discovery methods in the context of the existing equipment Recommendation G.783.  Two new draft recommendations related to Control Plane functions are being developed in SG15. –G.fame, “Framework for ASON management” –G.7716, “Control plane initial establishment, reconfiguration and recovery”.  In signalling, a number of study points were added to the living list of G.7713 “Distributed call and connection management”. –These include feedback, interaction with Vcat/LCAS, separation of call and connection parameters, and signalling resilience.

7. ASON Updates  Next Q.14/15 interim meeting –16 – 20 February 2004, located in North Carolina, USA. –The Rapporteur for Q.14/15 invites the participation of the CCAMP WG in related discussions. –Details of the agenda will be provided prior to the meeting. –Interested should contact the Rapporteur for Q.14/15 (H. Kam Lam, hklam@lucent.com) by 13 January 2004. –Any contributions directed to the meeting must be submitted by 9 February 2004.

8. ITU-T Study Group 15 Communications to IETF CCAMP Working Group Wesam Alanqar ITU-T SG15 Representative to IETF CCAMP Wesam.Alanqar@mail.sprint.com