Re: [Autoconf] Closing summary on consensus-call for RFC5889modifications

"Dearlove, Christopher (UK)" <Chris.Dearlove@baesystems.com> Thu, 26 August 2010 14:20 UTC

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From: "Dearlove, Christopher (UK)" <Chris.Dearlove@baesystems.com>
To: "Charles E. Perkins" <charles.perkins@earthlink.net>
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This started from the specific example, so that is clearly quite
to the point. You may now be discussing other cases, but that's
another matter.

If by a node we mean a physically separate entity (in a
wireless network) and if we allow that node to be independently
mobile and to connect to other nodes (otherwise it's not really
an ad hoc node) and it is to be unicast reachable from elsewhere
in the network via one of those other nodes, then it has to be
running something. It's for you to indicate what that something
is and why that isn't a routing protocol, despite having some
(agreed, not all) routing functions, and how it will work in a
MANET with wireless links (with the usual non-transitive
properties).

Otherwise you are asking me to prove a negative, and we know
how easy that is.

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From: Charles E. Perkins [mailto:charles.perkins@earthlink.net] 
Sent: 26 August 2010 15:00
To: Dearlove, Christopher (UK)
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Subject: Re: [Autoconf] Closing summary on consensus-call for
RFC5889modifications


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Hello Christopher,

I didn't ask what functions YOUR routers performed.

I asked what functions a node would be REQUIRED to
perform in order to communicate in an ad hoc network.

A host does NOT have to pick MPRs in order to
forward packets to a default router.  A host does
NOT have to run a routing protocol in order to
identify one or more default routers.  A host
does NOT have to run a routing protocol in order
to select among network interfaces for delivering
packets to one of its possibly several default
routers.

Surely it must be possible to have a discussion
about this without meandering afar from the point.

Regards,
Charlie P.


On 8/25/2010 8:17 AM, Dearlove, Christopher (UK) wrote:
> I didn't have time to pick up all your points (and I don't
> really have time even for this, so it will be brief).
>
> You asked what router functions the example I gave satisfied:
>
> - It's running a routing protocol, and actively participating in
>    it. For example running OLSR it picks MPRs and communicates
>    them.
>
> - When a host on that node sends a packet, it chooses which
>    neighbour is to be the next hop (possibly even which interface
>    to use to do that) in order to route correctly.
>
> That'll do to be going on from.
>
> As for what my mobile is running to pick different points of
> attachment, it's running an entire UMTS protocol stack (and
> a GSM one) to select between base stations. And it's a much
> more asymmetric relationship than any in an ad hoc network.
>



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