Re: MARS last call: packet formats

[Grenville Armitage <[e-mail]>]

[James wrote...]
>>A couple of questions:
>>1) is there anyone that believes we need 2 packet formats ?
>>2) what is the most expedient way to converge on a single packet format ?

People contemplating question (2) may be interested in this
text I tossed together last week:

http://gump.bellcore.com:8000/~gja/ipatm-ipmc/nhrp-to-mars-v2

It provides examples of NHRP messages (as they stood in the
published nhrp-04.txt ID) morf'd into close functional/semantic
equivalents based on the generic control message structure
in ipmc-08.

As a disclaimer, it does not represent any changes that may have
been wrought on NHRP during the last few weeks of discussions.
However, the basic principle stands, and any modifications can
be similarly represented in the morf'd form.

As a further disclaimer, this does not in any way merge the
functions, scopes, or roles of the respective (MARS and NHRP)
protocols. It simply provides a common platform for representing
protocol types, protocol addresses, NBMA/'hardware' addresses,
and extensions lists.

cheers,
gja
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