Re: 6LowApp: Application protocols for 6LoWPAN and other LLN

[Carsten Bormann <[e-mail]>]

Based on the extensive feedback I got for the 6LowApp Bar BOF, I have  
slightly extended the problem statement:

http://u.nu/2bfj  =
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-bormann-6lowpan-6lowapp-problem-01.txt

Thanks to all the additional contributors. (I don't agree with all  
their comments, but I tried to err on the side of capturing as many  
requirements as possible.)

The Bar BOF is still scheduled at ->Tue 18:30<-.
I'm going to ask the ADs for a room so we can hear each other (and  
maybe use a projector).
Again, please tell me if you want a slot in the structured part.

Even after the I-D deadline, you can continue to capture information  
at the Bar BOF Wiki:
http://u.nu/6jfh  =
http://trac.tools.ietf.org/area/app/trac/wiki/BarBofs/IETF75/6LowApp

Gruesse, Carsten


On Jul 6, 2009, at 12:56, Carsten Bormann wrote:

>   The 6LoWPAN and ROLL WGs are laying the groundwork to make the
>   Wireless Embedded Internet a reality, but what application protocols
>   will we use?  Request-response protocols like HTTP are a poor fit to
>   a communication model with battery-operated, mostly sleeping nodes.
>   In addition, the usual data formats (both headers and body) are
>   perceived to be too chatty for the 50-60 byte payloads possible in
>   LoWPANs and to require too much code for the 8-bit and 16-bit
>   processors dominating the Internet of Things.  Still, it would be a
>   mistake to start a new silo of application protocols that do not
>   benefit from existing application area Internet experience.
>
> At IETF75, we will hold a Bar BOF to scope out possible IETF work  
> and maybe form an opinion on which part should be done in which IETF  
> area.
>
> Tentative information is at http://u.nu/6jfh =
> http://trac.tools.ietf.org/area/app/trac/wiki/BarBofs/IETF75/6LowApp
> (and you are welcome to contribute to this Wiki page).
>
> -> Please tell us whether the envisaged date and time of ->Tue  
> 18:30<- will work for you!
>
> A first version of a problem statement (where the above paragraph  
> was stolen from) is at:
>
> http://tools.ietf.org/id/6lowapp
> (draft-bormann-6lowpan-6lowapp-problem-00.txt)
>
> I will start planning an agenda for the Bar BOF soon, so if you have  
> something to say that would help in this conversation, please tell  
> me (with an estimated amount of time).
>
> Gruesse, Carsten