Re: Some Comments on ID/Loc Separation Proposals

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

Dave;

> We need a term for a finer-grained entity that is the processing
> unit for a transport association.

A transport layer protocol may or may not use the finer-grained
entity, which is totally dependent on a specific transport layer
protocol.

Terminlogies for such an entity too, of course, is totally
dependent on a specific transport layer protocol.

Attempts to force all the transport layer protocols use a
certain Internetworking layer property or terminology is the
layer violation.

Even TCP is not designed to work only over IP, as is stated
in RFC793:

	In principle, the TCP should be able to operate above
	a wide spectrum of communication systems ranging from
	hard-wired connections to packet-switched or
	circuit-switched networks.

or

	TCP is designed to work in a very general environment of
	interconnected networks.

though its specification assumes IPv4.

							Masataka Ohta