Re: [homegate] A new proposed charter (and name) for HOMEGATE

802.15.4 is not bridgeable to other common home network technologies, so a router will be required to connect an 802.15.4 subnet into a home/premises/office network.

- Ralph

On Sep 9, 2010, at 4:41 PM 9/9/10, Mark Baugher wrote:

> Ralph, I don't see why 802.15.4 is a specific motivator for developing home routing. Would you explain that?
> 
> Mark
> 
> On Sep 9, 2010, at 7:12 AM, Ralph Droms wrote:
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>> I think it's important to mention 802.15.4 explicitly, as that technology is a specific motivator for the use of routing rather than bridging in the home/premises/office network...
>> 
>> - Ralph 
>> 
>> On Sep 9, 2010, at 3:42 PM 9/9/10, STARK, BARBARA H (ATTLABS) wrote:
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>>>>> A home network can include a variety of data-link technologies, be
>>> it
>>>>> Ethernet, 802.11, 802.15.4 or power line communication.
>>>> 
>>>> Please add "MoCA" (over coax) to the list.
>>> 
>>> <sigh> Unless you want to add everyone's favorite physical layer
>>> technology, you may want to "genericize" all but the 2 most prevalent
>>> (Ethernet and 802.11). For example: "... Ethernet, 802.11, over coax,
>>> over power line, over phone line, or other wireless communication
>>> technologies."
>>> 
>>> Barbara
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