Re: [6tisch] 6P and Sf0 issue: Token to identify transactions in 6P

Hi all,
I'm not convinced that token is necessary yet. From the discussion in the last WG meeting, we have agreed that the Token is used in the 6P message exchange between neighbors. Based on the agreement, let's consider the two following scenarios.
(1) nodeA send ADD_Request(token=1) to nodeB, and not receive Response from nodeB before Timeout. Then, nodeA send ADD_Request(token=2) to nodeB, and receive Response(token=2) from nodeB. 
(2) nodeA send ADD_Request to nodeB, and not receive Response from nodeB before Timeout. Then nodeA send ADD_Request to nodeB again, and receive Response from nodeB.

The question is if it is possible for nodeA to receive Response(token=1) from nodeB later in (1). Since nodeA will send the second ADD_Request after Timeout, I don't think it could happen. If I'm correct, I think the two sequences function similarly. Thus, I wonder if it is necessary to have the Token
What do you think?
ThanksQin

    On Tuesday, March 8, 2016 10:10 AM, Pascal Thubert (pthubert) <pthubert@cisco.com> wrote:

 Oh yes, Tero,

we agree on the bottom line and on your points.

Cheers,

Pascal

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tero Kivinen [mailto:kivinen@iki.fi]
> Sent: mardi 8 mars 2016 15:50
> To: Pascal Thubert (pthubert) <pthubert@cisco.com>
> Cc: Tengfei Chang <tengfei.chang@gmail.com>; 6tisch@ietf.org; Prof. Diego
> Dujovne <diego.dujovne@mail.udp.cl>
> Subject: RE: [6tisch] 6P and Sf0 issue: Token to identify transactions in 6P
> 
> Pascal Thubert (pthubert) writes:
> > But this is another discussion entirely. It is about the transaction
> > that associates new timeslots to a bundle and why we need a
> > correlator, or transaction ID. I was explaining that if the parent
> > wait for the ack to allocate a slot that was negotiated, and there is
> > no flow after that, then if the ack is lost the child thinks the slot
> > is allocated and the parent does not. The child may start using it
> > wrongly.
> 
> Which is why you should not use ACK for anything like that, but instead use
> application level messages for that kind of things.
> 
> > The point behind this is that if the transaction does not complete, it
> > must be retried from scratch with the same sequence, or it must time
> > out and roll back.
> 
> Receiving or not receiving ACK should not cause transaction to complete or
> not to complete, there must be some kind of application level message to
> indicate that it was successful if that information is needed in the peers.
> --
> kivinen@iki.fi

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