Pilot for GLIF Automated GOLE

[John Vollbrecht <jrv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

All -

At the meeting in Daejeon it was agreed to have a wg to develop pilot  
operational automated  GOLEs.  These would be automate switching of  
layer 2 connections between networks connected to the GOLE.

I have volunteered to chair this effort, and would like to have a co- 
chair.    I would also like to identify who is able to participate in  
the group and how it will work.  My current thinking is that we should  
establish a list of those interested and have an initial email  
exchange about what would make a good pilot.

The first part of the project will be to define what a pilot automated  
GOLE will be.  My hope is that this will have several operational  
implementations.  This initial definition will require that GOLE  
operators allocate some resources to the pilot and help define what  
connections will be possible.  For this it will be good to have some  
GOLE operators that are able to allocate resources to the project.

We will also need to determine how the GOLE will be automated.  This  
might mean every GOLE supporting the same software, having a common  
request that can be translated to multiple software systems or  
requiring that all GOLES be able to interoperate with each other.    
One possible way is to use the FENIUS software developed by the GLIF  
GNI wg as a common interface that is translated to a the GOLE native  
system.  It would be good to have software developers of Fenius and  
native control system of  participating GOLES.

Please let (me/ Gigi/ Erik-Jan) know if you are able to participate in  
this group.

My hope is that participation will be in the form of emails before  
Christmas and 2 or 3 calls in January before the GLIF meeting.  The  
goal will be to present to that meeting a plan for what will be  
implemented by the fall meeting.

Thanks