Hi all, To respond to comments during the int-area meeting on draft-baccelli-manet-multihop-communication: this draft is (and in my opinion should remain) agnostic to architectural considerations or router/host distinctions.
In particular, whether the wireless communication channel available through a physical interface is asymmetric, or transitive, or time varying, does not depend on whether the interface is inserted into a router, or into a host-only device. The goal of the draft is only to document basic characteristics of wireless communication so as to: (i) educate the wider community, i.e. provide useful information about the beast you are dealing with on various types of spontaneous wireless networks targeted in working groups including not only MANET, but also 6lo, ROLL, 6tisch, Homenet... (ii) provide referable context for present and future discussions on IP architecture and protocol design targeting such networks, (iii) improve convergence time for AUTOCONF-like discussions which might reappear in a number of working groups. Some may argue that there is more to say about with these networks e.g. considerations on solution space and architectural aspects. But in my opinion, these considerations belong in separate, subsequent documents. Best regards, Emmanuel
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