Re: [Lwip] The LWIG Challenge

Michael Richardson <mcr+ietf@sandelman.ca> Thu, 03 July 2014 17:07 UTC

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Hannes Tschofenig <hannes.tschofenig@gmx.net> wrote:
    > There is a common problem among all these documents: they are confusing
    > because they have no clear reference point and some of the relevant and
    > interesting content is not typically part of the IETF work (such as
    > implementation, and hardware).

    > Covering the topic in a generic fashion just does not work.

I understand what you are saying, and I think that it plagues all across the
IoT space.

    > Just to give you an idea what practical help with regard to energy
    > efficiency I would be looking for.

    > I have a Nordic nRF51822-mKIT board
    > http://www.nordicsemi.com/eng/Products/Bluetooth-Smart-Bluetooth-low-energy/nRF51822-mKIT/(language)/eng-GB

    > What parameter settings could I pick (that have impact on energy
    > consumption) using mbed (which provides the OS and the protocol stack)
    > for a few common Bluetooth Smart deployment scenarios / communication
    > patterns?

what if we turn the question around:
  - what parameters should mbed *provide* in order to in order let energy
  consumption be tuned by protocol users?

    > This is obviously nothing you would put in an IETF draft but I fear that
    > this is the type of info people care about.


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