Victor Reijs, HEAnet

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Domains in and around the Stitching Framework

• Victor Reijs, HEAnet
• OGF NML meeting
• Barcelona, Spain June 3rd, 2008

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The domains
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Generic domains

• DomainAn abstract class that gathers the general
  characteristics of any of the more specific
  domains
• AdministrativeDomainWho operationally,
  tactically, strategically manages the network.
• ProvisioningDomainThe method used for the
  service/control plane (NorthBoundInterface)
• AggregatedDomainGrouping of similar
  ProvisioningDomains
• HomeDomainThe domain the User has a relation with

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Domain to make up a Path (1/2)
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Domain to make up a Path (2/2)

• LinkingDomainDomain part and in control of the
  Path provisioningTwo special domains
• SourceDomainWhere the Path starts
• DestinationDomainWhere the Path ends
• TerminationDomainThe domain that connects to the
  Path service
• UserDomainWhere the User (-network) resides

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The Path
ingress
egress
User Domain
Source Domain
Linking Domain
Destination Domain
User Domain
special case
Source Destination (Linking) Domain
User Domain
User Domain
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Terminology comparison
Stitching Framework IDC
UserDomain End-User
LinkingDomain Domain
SourceDomain Source
DestinationDomain Destination
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Stitching
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  6v5-DJ3-5-3-Report_on_Testing_of_Technology_Stitch
  ing.pdf
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