Re: [TERNLI] question about layer focus

Wesley Eddy <weddy@grc.nasa.gov> Tue, 13 June 2006 16:37 UTC

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Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 12:36:33 -0400
From: Wesley Eddy <weddy@grc.nasa.gov>
To: Joe Touch <touch@ISI.EDU>
Subject: Re: [TERNLI] question about layer focus
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On Tue, Jun 13, 2006 at 09:03:02AM -0700, Joe Touch wrote:
> Hi, all,
> 
> I noticed that the BOF title and description focuses on transport
> interactions with network layer indications.
> 
> However, some of the background reading suggests link-transport
> interaction. IMO, this has been the previous issue with some previous
> attempts near this solution space; is this difference being addressed in
> this BOF, or is the BOF setting a boundary (i.e., only transport-net and
> net-link are allowed, but not transport-link?)
> 

I think one idea that some people share is that while transport-link has
been used pretty frequently, implementing these hacks doesn't scale as
the number of link technologies with subtle differences grows, and so it
is architecturally vital to transition to a transport-net model where
link-independent signals are passed.

-- 
Wesley M. Eddy
Verizon Federal Network Systems