On Apr 2, 2010, at 2:04 PM, Islam Hegazy wrote:

> Thanks for your reply.
>  
> I don't get the point of firing the timer between t/2 and t. Why not choose a 
> time between 0 and t?
>  
> Regards
> Islam
> 

Short answer: [0,t] leads to degenerate behavior such that you get O(sqrt(N)) 
transmissions/unit time rather than O(log(n)) transmissions.

Long answer: read the Trickle paper.

Phil
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