On Jun 21, 2010, at 11:44 AM, Daniel Gavelle wrote:

> In section 8.2.6 of 6LowPAN-ND-10, it is the responsibility of the 6LR to 
> retry if forwarding a special NS message to the 6LBR does not result in a 
> corresponding NA.
> 
> I think it would be more efficient if the host were responsible for the 
> retry.  The host will need to retry the special NS message anyway, to cover 
> the case where the message is lost between the host and the 6LR or the 
> forwarded NA is lost in the other direction.
> 
> If the 6LR didn't need to retry on behalf of the host, it wouldn't need a 
> table of pending nodes. It could implement NS/NA forwarding in a stateless 
> manner, much like a REST HTTP implementation.  This would not require any 
> other change to the specification because the state information (the SLLAO of 
> the host)  is already carried in the messages.


WFM. What do others think? 

Zach

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