Erik, > But fundamentally I don't understand why a working group like > ROLL that seems keen on building small and simple networking > devices at the same time feel a requirement to add bells and > whistles like this. Seems to be counter to designing a simple > and robust network infrastructure.
+1 - Anders > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Erik Nordmark > Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 10:30 > To: Pascal Thubert (pthubert) > Cc: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [6lowpan] [Roll] how does a node get an IP address > > On 05/10/10 01:24 AM, Pascal Thubert (pthubert) wrote: > > Hi Erik: > > > > OSPFv3 has similar instances. > > How does a host know which "instance" to use in the case of OSPFv3? > Why doesn't ROLL use the same mechanism? > > > Traffic Engineering is all about mapping flows of traffic > onto complex > > topologies that are designed for those flows. > > > > So nothing real new. RPL just makes that a bit less manual, > because we > > have harder constraints in terms of scalability and so-called > > autonomicity. > > > > RPL dynamically builds its TE topologies and specifies the > flow label > > interaction a bit deeper to automate the mapping of the flows onto > > those topologies. > > > > I see that as extension or evolution, but not revolution. A > survival > > trait for the Internet Architecture, really. > > If there is a need to evolve the Internet Architecture, it is > best not done in a narrowly focused IETF working group. > > I suggest that be discussed in the INT-AREA WG to begin with. > > But fundamentally I don't understand why a working group like > ROLL that seems keen on building small and simple networking > devices at the same time feel a requirement to add bells and > whistles like this. Seems to be counter to designing a simple > and robust network infrastructure. > > Erik > _______________________________________________ > 6lowpan mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/6lowpan > _______________________________________________ 6lowpan mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/6lowpan
