RE: [manet] Re: [Manet-dt] Review Request

SMF is designed such that is may run in a stand alone mode where only
multicast routing is required or it can be run alongside a unicast protocol
(either sharing information or not).  In the past there have been some
implementations of OLSR which allow for encapsulating packets and using the
s-mpr forwarding tree to disiminate the packets to all nodes in the network.
This solution works for some networks but was tied to the running of OLSR.
SMF takes away that requirement and allows for multicast routing which can
be independent of what unicast routing protocol may or may not be running on
the network.  

One application which may help understand the usage might be emergancy
response teams using wireless VIP to communicate with others who are close
without any specific need for point to point communication.

Justin

-----Original Message-----
From: Philippe Jacquet [mailto:philippe.jacquet@inria.fr] 
Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 4:47 PM
Cc: 'manet'; manet-dt@ietf.org
Subject: [manet] Re: [Manet-dt] Review Request

Hello,

About SMF, I am asking some questions for clarification

I don't understand very well the purpose of the protocol. Maybe this is
because I don't have a clear view of its application context.

Is SMF intended to be the only routing protocol running in a network or will
it run together with a unicast protocol?

Best regards,

Philippe

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