On 3.6.2010 at 16:48:02 Noel Chiappa sent: > Umm, can we please be careful and distinguish between 'routing', in the sense > of 'path selection', i.e. the (distributed, in the current architecture) > computations which select source->destination paths; and 'forwarding', the > process (necessarily in a single switch) of getting a packet in, selecting > its next hop (based on the output of the path selection), and sending it > out?
Yes. I am taking up this wording. > I know 'routing' is somewhat ambiguous, because one would think it's what > 'routers' do - which also includes 'forwarding' - which is why I use the > term 'path selection' or 'path computation' a lot, to make it explicit > that it's that kind of 'routing' I am thinking of. > > I reallly don't care what terminology gets used, as long as i) it is precise, > and ii) people agree on it. So if people want to use some other, less > ambiguous term, for what I have called 'path selection', that would be fine > with me. > > Noel > > PS: The 'routing' in RRG is of course the 'path selection' meaning. But RRG's charter includes exploration of "addressing" problems. An "address" is used to determine forwarding operation. So it's natural to discuss forwarding issues here. Right? Toni Regards _______________________________________________ rrg mailing list [email protected] http://www.irtf.org/mailman/listinfo/rrg
