Re: [DNA] DNA Protocol vs. Protocol 2

[Brett Pentland <brett.pentland@eng.monash.edu.au>]

Syam Madanapalli wrote:

>> I think it's better as a single document,
>> and if clarity is a problem, then that probably just indicates that
>> the document needs some reorganisation.
> 
> 
> This just a thought, everybody feels that single document is good, then
> it is fine with me. When I read the DNAv6 first I felt it is very complex,
> as it is solving multiple issues.
> 
> And may be we can improve the clarity of the document by reorganisation.

I'm open to suggestions.  What sort of reorganization would help?

As it stands, section 3 is an overview and it clearly breaks the problem
down into separate sections:

    3.  Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
      3.1   What Identifies a Link?  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
      3.2   Link Identification  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
      3.3   Fast Router Advertisment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  7

Section 5 goes into the details of what each device has to do to solve
both problems:

    5.  DNA Operation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
      5.1   DNA Router Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
        5.1.1   Data Structures  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
        5.1.2   Router Configuration Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
        5.1.3   Bootstrapping DNA Data Structures  . . . . . . . . . . 13
        5.1.4   Processing Router Advertisements . . . . . . . . . . . 13
        5.1.5   Processing Router Solicitations  . . . . . . . . . . . 13
        5.1.6   Complete Router Advertisements . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
        5.1.7   Scheduling Fast Router Advertisements  . . . . . . . . 15
        5.1.8   Scheduling Unsolicited Router Advertisements . . . . . 16
      5.2   DNA Host Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
        5.2.1   Data Structures  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
        5.2.2   Selection of a Landmark Prefix . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
        5.2.3   Sending Router Solicitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
        5.2.4   Processing Router Advertisements . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Is this general structure ok (just needing some reorganization within
sections)?

Brett.