Re: [manet-dlep-rg] 802.11 Adhoc scenario

["Taylor, Rick" <[e-mail]>]

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> Having said all that, I had a bit of an "A-ha!" moment on the plane ride home.
> I submit this is a *perfect* example for the use of experimental Data Item
> TLVs. Henning can put the MAC address on an experimental TLV in discovery.
> His implementation on the router side would understand it, and process it as
> he likes. Other implementations (like mine, for instance) would, by our
> definition in London, parse and silently drop the experimental TLV. And
> Eureka! Henning's implementation works as he wants, whilst interoperability
> is preserved.
>

Absolutely!

That's exactly how I imagined either experimental or vendor extensions to work.  In this case, the question for Henning is whether he wants to implement this using a Data Item in the experimental space until he has a chance to add it to his draft 802.11-DLEP-extensions draft, or use a vendor extension TLV, using his own OUI, documenting and circulating it privately.

Cheers,

Rick
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