Chip, you are right, the name Telcordia/Level 3/RSL COM/Vertical MGCP is not convenient. Christian has already made the same comment you have. I said in reply to him, and to the list, that I did make an error in adding Cisco to the qualifier for MGCP. Since then, I refer to the new Megaco protocol as the Megaco protocol, or the Megaco/H.gcp protocol, and to MGCP as MGCP.

Since a new version of MGCP has come out, version 1, (draft-huitema-megaco-mgcp-v1-00.txt), this distinction is even more necessary. It makes sense that megaco is part of the file name, because there are parts of MGCP that still need to be turned into RFCs for packages for the Megaco/H.gcp protocol, but it means the new Megaco/H.gcp protocol can never really be called MGCP - it is too confusing. It would be good at some point to pull the packages out of MGCP to stand alone as a separate document for Megaco. And perhaps the UDP + timers part of MGCP so that it can stand beside TUDP, MDTP, and TCP as alternatives for Megaco transport.

Nancy -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nancy M. Greene Internet & Service Provider Networks, Nortel Networks T:514-271-7221 (internal:ESN853-1077) E:ngreene@nortelnetworks.com

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From: Chip Sharp[SMTP:chsharp@cisco.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 1999 2:53 PM To: Greene, Nancy-M [CAR:5N10:EXCH]; ITU-SG16@mailbag.cps.intel.com; megaco@standards.nortelnetworks.com Subject: MGCP reference (was Re: Megaco/H.gcp conference call)

Once or twice is a mistake. When the mistake is continually repeated I wonder...

Cisco is NOT an author of MGCP. Referring to MGCP as "Telcordia/Cisco MGCP" denigrates the hard work of the many people that actually did author the draft as well as the many people and companies that contributed. Maybe it isn't convenient to call it Telcordia/Level 3/RSL COM/Vertical/ MGCP?

Chip

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mechanism. We need to choose one. There are two proposals on the table:

1. the UDP + timers method in the Telcordia/Cisco MGCP -

draft-huitema-megaco-mgcp-v0r1-05.txt, and

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