Re: [DNA-BOF] Re: link "hints"

[Spencer Dawkins <spencer@mcsr-labs.org>]

I believe that doing a good job on some hints in DNA
would be an excellent step towards working on more
hints. IETF isn't *that*talented in starting big, so I would
suggest starting small - if you don't need a specific hint
for DNA, don't try to write charter language for it..

Bernard has three categories on the table now - are they
enough, too much, or two little?

Spencer

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "McCann, Stephen" <stephen.mccann@roke.co.uk>
To: "'Bernard Aboba'" <aboba@internaut.com>; "BERTIN Philippe
FTRD/DMR/REN" <philippe.bertin@francetelecom.com>
Cc: <dna@eng.monash.edu.au>
Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 9:41 AM
Subject: [DNA-BOF] Re: link "hints"


> 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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