Andrew G. Malis
Partner at Interisle Consulting Group. Available for contracting in telecommunications and networking product and protocol development and related standardization. Extensive experience in networking protocol architecture and evolution, product architecture and strategic planning, service provider network planning, technology transfer, leadership in international standardization bodies (IETF, Broadband Forum, ITU-T, Open Networking Foundation, etc.), standards authorship, and chairing and speaking roles at conferences and other industry events. Previously, has held senior engineering positions at Futurewei Technologies (Huawei's USA R&D subsidiary), Verizon Communications, Tellabs, Vivace Networks, Ascom Nexion, Ascend Communications, Cascade Communications, Bolt Beranek and Newman, and MITRE.
Roles
Andrew has no active roles as of 2026-04-21.
External Resources
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| Additional Web Page | https://interisle.net/andy-malis |
RFCs (41)
| RFC | Date | Title | Cited by |
|---|---|---|---|
| RFC 1294 | Jan 1992 | Multiprotocol Interconnect over Frame Relay | 5 RFCs |
| RFC 1490 | Jul 1993 | Multiprotocol Interconnect over Frame Relay | 11 RFCs |
| RFC 1755 | Feb 1995 | ATM Signaling Support for IP over ATM | 22 RFCs |
| RFC 2363 | Jul 1998 | PPP Over FUNI | 2 RFCs |
| RFC 2364 | Jul 1998 | PPP Over AAL5 | 9 RFCs |
| RFC 2390 | Sep 1998 | Inverse Address Resolution Protocol | 11 RFCs |
| RFC 2427 | Sep 1998 | Multiprotocol Interconnect over Frame Relay | 7 RFCs |
| RFC 2590 | May 1999 | Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Frame Relay Networks Specification | 8 RFCs |
| RFC 2615 | Jun 1999 | PPP over SONET/SDH | 10 RFCs |
| RFC 2764 | Feb 2000 | A Framework for IP Based Virtual Private Networks | 9 RFCs |
| RFC 2917 | Sep 2000 | A Core MPLS IP VPN Architecture | |
| RFC 3034 | Jan 2001 | Use of Label Switching on Frame Relay Networks Specification | 12 RFCs |
| RFC 3212 | Jan 2002 | Constraint-Based LSP Setup using LDP | 30 RFCs |
| RFC 3496 | Mar 2003 | Protocol Extension for Support of Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) Service Class-aware Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Traffic Engineering | |
| RFC 4618 | Sep 2006 | Encapsulation Methods for Transport of PPP/High-Level Data Link Control (HDLC) over MPLS Networks | 12 RFCs |
| RFC 4619 | Sep 2006 | Encapsulation Methods for Transport of Frame Relay over Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Networks | 11 RFCs |
| RFC 4623 | Aug 2006 | Pseudowire Emulation Edge-to-Edge (PWE3) Fragmentation and Reassembly | 12 RFCs |
| RFC 4720 | Nov 2006 | Pseudowire Emulation Edge-to-Edge (PWE3) Frame Check Sequence Retention | 3 RFCs |
| RFC 4816 | Feb 2007 | Pseudowire Emulation Edge-to-Edge (PWE3) Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) Transparent Cell Transport Service | 5 RFCs |
| RFC 4842 | Apr 2007 | Synchronous Optical Network/Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SONET/SDH) Circuit Emulation over Packet (CEP) | 13 RFCs |
| RFC 4901 | Jun 2007 | Protocol Extensions for Header Compression over MPLS | 1 RFC |
| RFC 5143 | Feb 2008 | Synchronous Optical Network/Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SONET/SDH) Circuit Emulation Service over MPLS (CEM) Encapsulation | 3 RFCs |
| RFC 5745 | Dec 2009 | Procedures for Rights Handling in the RFC IAB Stream | 1 RFC |
| RFC 6658 | Jul 2012 | Packet Pseudowire Encapsulation over an MPLS PSN | 2 RFCs |
| RFC 6827 | Jan 2013 | Automatically Switched Optical Network (ASON) Routing for OSPFv2 Protocols | 3 RFCs |
| RFC 7079 | Nov 2013 | The Pseudowire (PW) and Virtual Circuit Connectivity Verification (VCCV) Implementation Survey Results | 3 RFCs |
| RFC 7226 | May 2014 | Requirements for Advanced Multipath in MPLS Networks | 1 RFC |
| RFC 7325 | Aug 2014 | MPLS Forwarding Compliance and Performance Requirements | 5 RFCs |
| RFC 7709 | Nov 2015 | Requirements for Very Fast Setup of GMPLS Label Switched Paths (LSPs) | |
| RFC 7771 | Jan 2016 | Switching Provider Edge (S-PE) Protection for MPLS and MPLS Transport Profile (MPLS-TP) Static Multi-Segment Pseudowires | 1 RFC |
| RFC 8012 | Nov 2016 | Label Switched Path (LSP) and Pseudowire (PW) Ping/Trace over MPLS Networks Using Entropy Labels (ELs) | 1 RFC |
| RFC 8469 | Nov 2018 | Recommendation to Use the Ethernet Control Word | 1 RFC |
| RFC 8596 | Jun 2019 | MPLS Transport Encapsulation for the Service Function Chaining (SFC) Network Service Header (NSH) | 3 RFCs |
| RFC 8938 | Nov 2020 | Deterministic Networking (DetNet) Data Plane Framework | 13 RFCs |
| RFC 8964 | Jan 2021 | Deterministic Networking (DetNet) Data Plane: MPLS | 17 RFCs |
| RFC 9023 | Jun 2021 | Deterministic Networking (DetNet) Data Plane: IP over IEEE 802.1 Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) | 7 RFCs |
| RFC 9024 | Jun 2021 | Deterministic Networking (DetNet) Data Plane: IEEE 802.1 Time-Sensitive Networking over MPLS | 2 RFCs |
| RFC 9025 | Apr 2021 | Deterministic Networking (DetNet) Data Plane: MPLS over UDP/IP | 6 RFCs |
| RFC 9037 | Jun 2021 | Deterministic Networking (DetNet) Data Plane: MPLS over IEEE 802.1 Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) | 4 RFCs |
| RFC 9566 | Apr 2024 | Deterministic Networking (DetNet) Packet Replication, Elimination, and Ordering Functions (PREOF) via MPLS over UDP/IP | 1 RFC |
| RFC 9938 | Mar 2026 | A Framework for the Deterministic Networking (DetNet) Controller Plane | 2 RFCs |
Active Internet-Drafts (2)
Expired Internet-Drafts (55)
- draft-ietf-rtgwg-net2cloud-problem-statement
- draft-ietf-rtgwg-net2cloud-gap-analysis
- draft-nslag-mpls-deprecate-md5
- draft-chen-detnet-loss-delay
- draft-busi-pals-pw-cw-stitching
- draft-malis-detnet-ip-dp
- draft-ietf-ppvpn-l2vpn
- draft-ietf-ppvpn-hiervpn-corevpn
- draft-dunbar-sfc-path-control
- draft-ietf-rtgwg-cl-use-cases
- draft-dunbar-sfc-fun-instances-restoration
- draft-hussain-ccamp-super-channel-label
- draft-fuxh-mpls-delay-loss-rsvp-te-ext
- draft-fuxh-mpls-delay-loss-te-framework
- draft-pan-shared-mesh-protection
- draft-fuxh-mpls-delay-loss-te-problem-statement
- draft-syed-ccamp-flexgrid-framework-ext
- draft-fuxh-ccamp-delay-loss-rsvp-te-ext
- draft-fuxh-rtgwg-delay-loss-te-framework
- draft-fuxh-ccamp-delay-loss-te-framework
- draft-wang-ccamp-latency-te-metric
- draft-ong-ccamp-gmpls-ospf-sdh
- draft-ong-gmpls-ason-routing-exper
- draft-so-yong-mpls-ctg-requirement
- draft-so-yong-mpls-ctg-framework
- draft-so-yong-mpls-ctg-framework-requirement
- draft-berzin-malis-mpls-mobility
- draft-vkompella-pwe3-ethernet-pw-bis
- draft-malis-pwe3-fragmentation
- draft-malis-pwe3-sonet
- draft-kamapabhava-fr-pwe3
- draft-nadeau-pw-tc-mib
- draft-smith-mpls-ldp-restart
- draft-ayandeh-diffserv-atm
- draft-muthukrishnan-corevpn-arch