Dear all, On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 8:39 AM, Geoff Mulligan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't think that we should or need to remove the mesh header. I think > that there is a use for it (Sun is using it with sunspots). >
I don't know industries or other commercial fields, but Korea has been building up some 6LoWPAN testbeds, and as I know the biggest testbed in Jeju island use a comercial product which use the mesh header. > It would seem that you could use some layer 2 packet to determine > forwarding information and then use the mesh header to create a single > layer 2.5 link for all the nodes on the pan - I think that this is what > sun does. > > I'm experimenting with passing the routing information inside the ip > packet and then still using the mesh header to create single link layer > in the pan (I guess this is a hybrid of route over and mesh under - > Route Over Mesh). This hybrid way is what exactly some Korean 6LoWPAN testbeds are using. > > I do not want to see the mesh header deprecated. > > geoff > In my opinion, it's a bit early to say deprecation of mesh header as it's in use. -eunah _______________________________________________ 6lowpan mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/6lowpan
