Re: [manet] AODVv2 responses to recent comments

[Lotte Steenbrink <[e-mail]>]

Hello Christopher,

> Am 16.03.2016 um 18:22 schrieb Dearlove, Christopher (UK) <[e-mail]>:
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> I haven’t followed the example (I hope to find time - but that’s true of too many things, with DLEP ahead of AODVv2 on this list).
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> But we have a loop, a pretty fundamental problem in a routing algorithm, being discussed by the authors off-list,

If we could’ve, I would’ve loved to share this with the list immediately. I’m not sure if there’s a procedure for this kind of situation we should’ve followed? If there is, I’d be more than happy to learn from it and do better next time.

> while in parallel assuring the list that “Other discussion about routing loops has not identified routing loop problems in the existing specification.” (see email chain below).
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> I think we have a real problem with what’s wanting to advance to Proposed Standard soon, in terms of process and confidence.

I think I understand where your worries come from. However, I do think our efforts to improve our communication are visible, and apart from the communication delay, the fact that this research exists actually improves my confidence in the document: It found loops that were (imho) pretty tricky to come up with by thinking hard about the problem alone, and we’ve been able to fix them, making AODVv2 more solid.

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> (I still haven’t managed to even write up comments on the perhaps one third of the draft I have read through yet.)

Personally, I’d be happy to go through them in chunks as well :) Maybe that could also speed up the back and forth of „x isn’t quite right“ „would y resolve the issue?“ „yes/no“, which would in turn speed up the progress of this document? Anyhow, all feedback is very welcome.

Best regards,
Lotte Steenbrink


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