draft-ietf-roll-trickle-mcast-05 and draft-ietf-6man-multicast-scopes-00 are in conflict with each other.
From draft-ietf-roll-trickle-mcast-05: When used with MPL, Realm-Local scope is administratively defined and used to define the boundaries of multicast message dissemination by MPL. From draft-ietf-6man-multicast-scopes-00: Realm-Local scope is the largest scope that is automatically configured, i.e., automatically derived from physical connectivity or other, non-multicast-related configuration. Specifically, "administratively defined" seems to me to be in direct conflict with "automatically configured". I suggest fixing the problem with two updates. First, the definition of "scop 3" in an IP-over-IEEE802.15.4 needs to be published, based on this text from draft-ietf-6man-multicast-scopes-00: The definition of any Realm-Local scope for a particular network technology should be published in an RFC. I suggest: When used in an IP-over-IEEE802.15.4 network, "scop 3" is defined to include all interfaces sharing a PAN ID. This text could be added to draft-ietf-roll-trickle-mcast-05, or to draft-ietf-6man-multicast-scopes-00 or published separately in yet another "world's shortest RFC". Second, draft-ietf-roll-trickle-mcast-05 should be changed to read: When used with MPL, Realm-local scope is defined according to the underlying network technology; for example, [cite the IP-over-IEEE802.15.4 definition]. As a further refinement, I suggest text be added to draft-ietf-roll-trickle-mcast-05 to the effect of: "scop 4" can also be used with MPL to cover deployments that use administratively defined scopes that cover, for example, subnets based on different underlying network technologies. - Ralph PS I originally posted about this issue to the rool WG mailing list: http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/roll/current/msg08188.html. After a discussion with Kerry Lynn, I made a change to the definition of scop 3 for IEEE802.15.4.
