Re: [6lowapp] Proposed charter for 6LoWAPP BOF

[Jonathan Hui <[e-mail]>]

Hi Don,

On Oct 30, 2009, at 9:02 AM, Don Sturek wrote:

> Aggregators are great devices when defined by end customers to meet an
> application need.  The trouble comes in when we introduce them for  
> network
> layer support in non-obvious places.

Exactly!  If we don't know what the service provider's requirements  
are, we can't design for them, much less avoid conflicting with them.

> I think we should try to find solutions which avoid PEPs and other
> aggregation devices in general.  If we find we have to have these  
> devices,
> we should work with those responsible for deployment to be sure this  
> maps to
> their solution space.

I would agree with this approach.

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Jonathan Hui