Anders, sorry but you're confused.
Even if we decided to limit to one instance per OCP, then the instanceID discussion would become an OCP discussion. Cheers, Pascal > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Anders Brandt > Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 10:52 AM > To: Erik Nordmark; [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Roll] [6lowpan] how does a node get an IP address > > > > Where can I find the architectural definition of "an RPL instance"? > > > > Is it in essence akin to a VLAN on an Ethernet? > > It sounds like the same to me. With the difference that VLAN was created to > simulate individual media over one wired infrastructure. > With individual DODAGIDs this is already possible in RPL (?) > > If the rest of the Internet can live without this complex mechanism, why do > we want to put that burden on much smaller nodes? > My take is we should leave all this flow label stuff for the future if it appears > that there really is a need for it. > Internally RPL already has the OCP to do the same. > > just my $0.05 > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Erik Nordmark > > Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 09:01 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [6lowpan] [Roll] how does a node get an IP address > > > > On 05/ 6/10 12:02 AM, Pascal Thubert (pthubert) wrote: > > > > > The RPL instance decision is end to end and matches the application > > > requirements. A device might send traffic over multiple > > instances and > > > it has to indicate that in the flow label. > > > > Where can I find the architectural definition of "an RPL instance"? > > > > Is it in essence akin to a VLAN on an Ethernet? > > > > This sounds like a significant departure from the existing Internet > > architecture. > > > > Erik > > _______________________________________________ > > 6lowpan mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/6lowpan > > > _______________________________________________ > Roll mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/roll _______________________________________________ 6lowpan mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/6lowpan
