[rrg] On mapping systems

[Michael Menth <[e-mail]>]

Hi Brian,

Brian E Carpenter schrieb:
> On 2009-12-15 05:20, Tony Li wrote:
>   
>> Michael Menth wrote:
>>     
>>> Hi Lixia,
>>>
>>> do mapping systems also belong to the discussed proposals? I assume
>>> they do not although a lot of the complexity taken out of the routing
>>> is put into them? If I am wrong, I would like to add FIRMS to the list
>>> of discussed proposals:
>>> http://www3.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/~menth/Publications/papers/Menth09-FIRMS.pdf
>>>       
>>
>> Michael,
>>
>> Mapping systems are obviously a component of a solution but are not by
>> themselves a solution.  To be considered seriously, they should be used
>> in conjunction with some network layer solution.
>>     
>
> Hmm. Don't you think that to some extent these should be orthogonal?
> A mapping mechanism needs to meet the specific requirements of a network
> layer mechanism, but that doesn't require the two to be irrevocably
> bound to each other.
>
> I have a feeling that the mapping system should be very general in
> nature, in case the first cut at either the locator or identifier space
> proves to fall short. Also I feel it should support hierarchy, even if
> we don't need a hierarchy from the start.
>
>     Brian
>   
I absolutely agree. However, I see two basically different cases:
a) mapping lookup performed only by hosts
b) mapping lookup performed also by intermediate nodes
In case of a), the mapping lookup must be fast but not very fast. DNS 
would certainly do. In case of b), the mapping lookup must be very fast 
because intermediate nodes need to store/drop/relay packets without 
locators and the time span for that should be minimized. In addition, a 
relaying function is possibly of interest to avoid extensive packet 
delay and loss which is not necessary for a). Hence, designing a mapping 
system for b) is more challenging than for a).

Security and scalability are general requirements for all mapping systems.

Best wishes,

    Michael


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