Re: [grobj] Referral definition and its purpose?

[Brian E Carpenter <[e-mail]>]

On 2010-05-27 19:29, bo zhou wrote:
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> [bo] I am not sure why B will use P1 to connect to A, because it is hard for
> B to understand which path is the best. A send B a referral over P1 is
> bacause only P1 is known at the beginning of communication. A can tell B
> there are three paths, but cannot tell B which one is the best.
> And in the real world, could you give me an example why A will give B three
> path. For my knowledge, A always tells B only one path. Or you want to say
> the communication between A and B support MIF scenario?

The application entity may not know or care whether there is one or
multiple interfaces, so we certainly must not exclude MIF scenarios.
However, choice of interface, like choice of address, is something
that happens after the referral has been sent.

    Brian