Hi Alex and list, Just a small comment, adding to Eunah's answers. Please see inline.
[...] >>>>> a. Network Properties: >>>>> >>>>> * Number of Devices, Density and Network Diameter: These parameters >>>>> usually affect the routing state directly (e.g. the number of >>>>> entries in a routing table or neighbor list). Especially in large >>>>> and dense networks, policies must >>>> >>>> What is 'large' and 'dense'? Is it about physical dimensions? Or IP >>>> dimensions? >>> >>> It is about physical dimensions. >> >> I think Diameter has a physical sense only if it's a circle. I don't >> think >> networks have a physical shape of a circle. I may be wrong though. >> > > I also need to check. Maybe Carles (one of the co-authors who works on > routing parameters) can answer it? ;) Sure. 'Large' and 'dense' refer to physical dimensions. 'Network diameter' is actually a term used in graph theory. It refers to the maximum distance between any two vertices of the graph. In my opinion, 'network diameter' can be thought of from several points of view, depending on the layer at which the related graph is derived. For instance, communication between two nodes may be possible through a link, but depending on the routing strategy, such link may not be found out or used. Hence, the physical layer graph and the network layer graph may not be identical. Thanks Alex for the comment. We will try to address the fact that some of the mentioned parameters are mainly phisycal ones, while 'network diameter' may not. Carles _______________________________________________ 6lowpan mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/6lowpan
