[DNA-BOF] Re: link "hints"

["McCann, Stephen" <stephen.mccann@roke.co.uk>]

Bernard, Phillipe,
	Indeed, a discussion about policy hints (for example)
is indeed fascinating and I would welcome such a move.

However, I'm not sure if this should be placed within the DNA
charter at the moment. Perhaps leave it to a 'son of DNA'.

I feel that roaming should consider link cost information, 
especially between heterogeneous networks; but this is perhaps 
not the place for such a topic ?

Kind regards

Stephen

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bernard Aboba [mailto:aboba@internaut.com] 
> Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 2:53 PM
> To: BERTIN Philippe FTRD/DMR/REN
> Cc: dna@eng.monash.edu.au
> Subject: Re: RE : [DNA-BOF] Re: link "hints"
> 
> 
> > Yes, these measurements do not refer to the network topology. They 
> > provide information on the QoS that can be expected by 
> using a given 
> > link layer interface (and then a given network topology). I find no 
> > sense in directing an ongoing traffic to a new interface if it is 
> > overloaded and the signal quality is very poor. So these 
> measurements 
> > characterising current link capabilities will help in choosing the 
> > right network topology to use for the Mobile Node.
> 
> Are you advocating the addition of roaming and load balancing 
> work to the DNA charter?
> 
> > In my opinion, hints cataloging work should be as much 
> exhaustive as 
> > possible.
> 
> There is no doubt that such work is useful. The question is 
> whether the DNA charter should include general work on 
> "hints" or just "hints" that are relevant to determining the 
> subnet of a point of attachment.
> 

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