On May 28, 2008, at 1:04 AM, Eunsook Eunah Kim wrote: > Dear Philip, > >> What happens when a new low power link layer emerges? Having N >> different solutions, each with their own details, which somehow need >> to be made to work well together, seems like a path of brittle and >> difficult to manage networks. Switches are good, to a point; >> there's a >> reason you have routers. >> > > We don't talk about solutions. We want to see if 6LoWPAN has special > routing requirements due to 802.15.4 specific or not. If route-over > solutions can be provided to fit the requirements of 6LoWPAN, I'm > happy.
Exactly: as soon as you start talking about things like LQI, you are coupling yourself not only to a specific link layer, but also a specific implementation of that link layer. In practice, many networks use the 802.15.4 link layer but not its MAC layer, as it has terrible energy properties. Phil _______________________________________________ 6lowpan mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/6lowpan
