On Feb 6, 2008, at 10:36 AM, Pieter De Mil wrote: >> >> There were some suggestions that we should utilize some of the >> 15.4 MAC >> primitives for 6lowpan commissioning / bootstrapping. Others >> insisted >> that we not require any of the 15.4 primitives. >> >> Let try to resolve this question. >> > > Since 6lowpan is based on 802.15.4, why should we not use some of > the 15.4 > primitives? > I think the association/disassociation primitives can be used for the > commissioning and bootstrapping of the nodes. >
Because, in practice, many vendors use the 15.4 frame format and mechanisms as a link layer, but do not use its MAC layer. So assuming the MAC tie us closer to the link layer than may be necessary or advisable, and preclude adoption by a broad range of users. Phil _______________________________________________ 6lowpan mailing list [email protected] http://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/6lowpan
