On Jun 16 2008, at 17:26, Pascal Thubert (pthubert) wrote:

> Do you mean that applications should refrain from sending more than 80
> bytes at a time to avoid 6LoWPAN fragmentation to occur?

In general: No.  This is IPv6, so nodes MUST be able to communicate  
using packets of up to 1280 bytes.

When designing an application protocol specifically for 6lowpans: I  
would try to optimize packet sizes so most packets fit in one  
fragment, possibly using semantic fragmentation to achieve that.  I'd  
certainly not start sending 16-fragment packets as a matter of routine.

So my (personal) summary for the discussion of this work item proposal  
would be: good point, but maybe not the most important optimization  
right now, as many applications are likely to minimize their  
transmission sizes anyway.

Gruesse, Carsten

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