Re: [DMM] mobility and link state [- re: prefix cost]

2015-08-13 Thread Moses, Danny
was regarding how the host (and application) can use this information. Best Regards, John From: dmm [mailto:dmm-boun...@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Dave Dolson Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2015 7:53 AM To: Moses, Danny Cc: dmm@ietf.orgmailto:dmm@ietf.org Subject: Re: [DMM] mobility and link state Danny, I

Re: [DMM] mobility and link state [- re: prefix cost]

2015-08-13 Thread John Kaippallimalil
(and application) can use this information. Best Regards, John From: dmm [mailto:dmm-boun...@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Dave Dolson Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2015 7:53 AM To: Moses, Danny Cc: dmm@ietf.orgmailto:dmm@ietf.org Subject: Re: [DMM] mobility and link state Danny, I entirely agree with what you

Re: [DMM] mobility and link state

2015-08-12 Thread Moses, Danny
Hi Dave, Thanks for your comments. In general, I agree that it is preferable to hide data-link-related events from applications. At least, this use to be the case in the stationary world (as opposed to mobile). With the introduction of mobile platforms, the event of a temporary loss of

Re: [DMM] mobility and link state

2015-08-12 Thread Dave Dolson
Danny, I entirely agree with what you say about the motivation for the work. But if I may be really picky, I think the required notification is not about link state per se, rather about source IP changes. Suppose an application could find out about the different IP addresses available to it,

Re: [DMM] mobility and link state [- re: prefix cost]

2015-08-12 Thread Dave Dolson
this information. Best Regards, John From: dmm [mailto:dmm-boun...@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Dave Dolson Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2015 7:53 AM To: Moses, Danny Cc: dmm@ietf.orgmailto:dmm@ietf.org Subject: Re: [DMM] mobility and link state Danny, I entirely agree with what you say about the motivation