[asterisk-dev] Fwd: res_pktccops

[Olle E. Johansson]

4 jan 2010 kl. 00.17 skrev Nahuel Greco:

> Maybe you missed this answer from me?:
> 
> --
> This module was added in a chan_mgcp patch, to add support for the
> PacketCable MGCP variation called NCS. Res_pktccops implements COPS
> (RFC 2748), a protocol used to manage dynamic bandwith allocation in
> CMTS's (HFC gateways). When you use NCS, you need to talk COPS with
> the CMTS to complete the calls, so I think the sane default is to
> enable res_pktcops if chan_mgcp is enabled.

Yes, I missed it. Sorry, but thanks for repeating it.

> 
> The PacketCable consortium extends IETF COPS to define a protocol used
> to ask CMTS's allocate bandwidth for calls.
> 
Did they change the IETF protocol or is this just an implementation of the IETF protocol?

/O
> 
> Saludos,
> Nahuel Greco.
> 
> 
> 
> On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 7:44 AM, Olle E. Johansson <oej at edvina.net> wrote:
>> I sent this in november and must have missed any answers. I vote for disabling this module as enabled by default in menuselect until we have a module that can be properly disabled in configuration and have some documentation on what it really is.
>> 
>> Is this the IETF COPS protocol or a proprietary version of COPS from the PacketCable consortium?
>> 
>> Does anyone of the developers understand what we have included in Asterisk?
>> 
>> /O
>> 
>> Vidarebefordrat brev:
>> 
>>> Från: "Olle E. Johansson" <oej at edvina.net>
>>> Datum: 4 november 2009 09.15.06 CET
>>> Till: Asterisk Mailing List Developers <asterisk-dev at lists.digium.com>
>>> Dold kopia: "Olle E. Johansson" <oej at edvina.net>
>>> Ämne: res_pktccops
>>> 
>>> This module has almost no documentation - what does it do?
>>> Any external references to protocols?
>>> 
>>> The sample config seems to enable a lot of stuff - which other module configurations tries to avoid. Many additional modules that implement special protocols are disabled by default - this module is enabled and configured by default.
>>> 
>>> I think we need at least some basic level of documentation to accept modules like this. The only thing I find is this doxygen:
>>> 
>>> /*!\file
>>> *
>>> * \brief PacketCable COPS
>>> *
>>> 
>>> That's far from enough.
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> /O
>> 
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