Subject: [Int-area] Introducing MAMS and call for comments

From: "K, Satish (Nokia - IN)" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 05:40:45 +0000

Hi INTAREA Colleagues:

I want to take this opportunity to introduce the IETF draft - https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-kanugovi-intarea-mams-protocol-01
that describes the motivation, requirements and solution principles of the MAMS framework.

MAMS (Multi-Access Management Signaling) is a framework that allows clients and networks in
a multi-network scenario to negotiate the combination of uplink and downlink paths taking into
account client's application needs and network conditions. It allows dynamic adaptation of the
network paths guided by network intelligence supplemented by information conveyed by the clients.

MAMS can co-exist with and complement IETF protocols like TCP, UDP, GRE, MPTCP by providing a
mechanism to negotiate and configure these protocols based on deployment needs (e.g. IPsec where
network level security is needed), application needs (e.g. packet/flow switching or aggregation using
protocols like MPTCP), network conditions (e.g Switching or Aggregation modes based on differential link
delay), transport type, etc. and including client/network capabilities.

Please review the draft and share your feedback and perspectives that we can consider as we develop this further.

BR
Satish

Satish Kanugovi ([email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>), DMTS, :Core Networks Evolution Group:
Core, Cloud & Software Innovation Planning  @ Mobile Networks CTO
Call/Text: +91 98861 24678 (cell), https://www.linkedin.com/in/satishkanugovi