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RE: [RRG] Consensus check: mapping granularity
olivier, xu,
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-rrg@psg.com [mailto:owner-rrg@psg.com] On Behalf
> Of Olivier Bonaventure
> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 11:17 AM
> To: Xu Xiaohu
> Cc: tony.li@tony.li; 'Routing Research Group'
> Subject: Re: [RRG] Consensus check: mapping granularity
>
> Xu,
> >>> The identifier to locator mapping function should support mapping
> > entries
> >>> for both host identifiers and their aggregates.
> >> For scalability reasons, I would propose to define this
> requirement as
> >> follows :
> >>
> >> The identifier to locator mapping function MUST support
> mapping entries
> >> for aggregates of identifiers. It MAY also support mapping
> entries for
> >> host identifiers.
i suggest to refine the requirement: one is the nature / structure of
the identifier itself, the other is in terms of scalability
("aggregation" of identifiers), and the last one in terms of ID-to-Loc
mapping function.
> > Hi Tony and Olivier,
> >
> > Does this requirement imply that the identifier must be a
> hierarchical label
> > (not flat label) so as to be aggregatable?
>
> I don't think that a hierarchy is necessary.
>
> What is required is a mapping system that deals with blocks
> of identifiers and not with individual identifiers.
agreed. aggregates of identifiers shall be defined though to complete
the initial requirement. what's relationship between block & aggregate
of identifiers ?
-d.
> Olivier
>
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