Re: WG next steps

[Masataka Ohta <mohta@necom830.hpcl.titech.ac.jp>]

Marcelo

> Hello Masataka,

Hi,

> > 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?

As was discussed in IETF ML about a few monthes ago, it is not
meaningful to distinguish transport and applicaiton layers, unless
your network is QoS aware.

> 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

We modified it a lot.

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

See the paper for new API.

						Masataka Ohta