In einer eMail vom 10.11.2009 08:04:50 Westeuropäische Normalzeit schreibt  
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the  presentation slides are  at:
http://www.nanog.org/meetings/nanog44/presentations/Wednesday/Zhang_Wed_N44.
pdf




Quote from these slides:
The problem: routing too flat
solution: add more hierarchies in addressing & routing
 
Yes, but do hierarchies right. There have been multiple hierarchical  
proposals which did the hierarchical aggregation in the wrong way. What it 
takes  
is a "sliding hierarchy" as provided by TARA so that each router is fairly 
in  the middle of the hierarchy and never at the very rim. 
Analogy: Imagine a city map for Istanbul, Turkey, with a Western part  
containing each single street and an Eastern part being a highly aggregated 
road 
 map for entire Asia. 
 
Or take Compact Routing studies which mentioned stretch factor 17  !!! 
Hierarchy is by no means a reason to enforce a  path which is longer  than the 
shortest one! Neither when being in the middle or at the rim  ("Istanbul").
 
How many hierarchical levels is the right number? Who says "the less the  
better" is wrong.
 
I have my doubts that the routing folks have a proper  understanding wrt 
hierarchies.
 
Heiner
 
 
 
 
 
 
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