RE: WG next steps

["marcelo bagnulo" <marcelo@it.uc3m.es>]

Hello Masataka,

>
> It is much easier for the transport/applicaiton layer to handle
> locators directly. Then, all the information necessary for
> transport/application layer control is included in the IP header.

Do you consider LIN6 to be a transport or application layer solution?

If i understand it correctly, LIN6 manages multiple locators (LIN6 address)
while presenting only one identifier (LIN6 generalized ID ) to transport and
application layer. This is what i understand by an opaque handling of
locators by the network layer.

Quoting from draft-teraoka-ipng-lin6-01.txt

"The LIN6 generalized
    ID is 128 bits in length and is used in the transport layer and the
    upper layers.  LIN6 generalized ID is the identifier of the node in the
    transport layer and the upper layers and does not change even if the
    node moves.  The LIN6 address is also 128 bits in length and is used in
    the network layer.  The LIN6 address specifies both the location and the
    identifier of the node.  "

In this case, transport and application layer have no knowledge of locators
and can not select them.

Regards, marcelo

>
> 						Masataka Ohta
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