And so is HTIP (ITU G.9973) : http://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-G.9973-201110-P . On performance evaluation of topology discovery protocols, see also Erik Diaz Castellanos et al, IEEE CCNC 2012: http://goo.gl/ldPZj (here applied to the legacy protocols LLTD and LLDP (IEEE 802.1AB) ; not yet to IEEE P1905 or G.9973). HGI is requiring topology discovery in their draft standard "Requirements for home networks service diagnostics", HGI- RWD016-R3: http://www.homegateway.org/documents/release_3.asp .
Kind regards, Frank -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Stephen [kiwin] PALM Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2012 3:54 AM To: Brian E Carpenter Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]; homenet issue tracker; STARK, BARBARA H; [email protected] Subject: Re: [homenet] #6: Support for arbitrary topologies IEEE P1905 is one tool that helps in that regard... http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/1905/1/ regards, kiwin On 3/24/2012 1:04 PM, Brian E Carpenter wrote: > Barbara, > > > On 2012-03-25 08:44, STARK, BARBARA H wrote: >>>> #6: Support for arbitrary topologies > > ... >> I don't think it should be a question of trying to stop anybody from doing >> anything. It's a question of what do we want to make easy (via >> auto-configuration or minimal configuration like turning something on/off). > ... > (Much good sense deleted) > >> And my experience with users is that they're thrilled if there is "a" way to >> make things work, that's simple and reasonably intuitive. They aren't stuck >> on needing all possible ways to work. > > I agree entirely, and it's clear that somebody (not necessarily > vendors) will need to write a simple guide on ways to connect up your homenet. > What we should perhaps worry about is tools (beyond classical loop > prevention in bridging and routing protocols) to detect broken > topologies and tell the user about them in a meaningful way. In other > words, instead of "support" arbitrary topologies, "diagnose" > unsupported topologies. > > Brian > _______________________________________________ > homenet mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/homenet > -- Stephen [kiwin] Palm Ph.D. E: [email protected] Senior Technical Director T: +1-949-926-PALM Broadcom Broadband Communications Group F: +1-949-926-7256 Irvine, California W: http://www.kiwin.com Secondary email accounts: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] _______________________________________________ homenet mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/homenet This e-mail and its contents are subject to the DISCLAIMER at http://www.tno.nl/emaildisclaimer _______________________________________________ homenet mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/homenet
