Hi All: Since we are starting to work on the combined ND solution for 6lowpan, as one of the members of the ad-hoc ND team, I thought it would be very useful to verify our solution guidelines with the working group. I am starting with a few bullet points, please check if that meets our (6lowpan wg) requirements. Please feel free to suggest modification when it makes sense.
ND Design goals: * Neighbor discovery using IPv6 ND protocol or its variant * The solution will use unicast/anycast messages to reduce mulitcast * The solution should look into minimizing number of total ND messages * Initial boot-strapping information and fault-tolerance should be addressed if possible * This solution must provide methods for IPv6 address allocation in 6lowpan nodes * Define a link that serves 6lowpan common deployment * The design should work with mesh-under(L2) and route-over(L3) routing * The design should be scalable for adding new nodes into the network * The solution should also keep in mind that 6lowpan is a low bW network * The ND design may not necessarily address mobility in boot-strapping and address assignment, but it may be extendable to address mobility in future. * The design will use IPv6 auto-configuration as the main method for address assignment; however stateful address configuration will also be considered Thanks, -Samita _______________________________________________ 6lowpan mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/6lowpan
