[manet] Re: Call for adoption: draft-templin-manet-inet-05 (Ends 2026-05-06)

Thank you, Stu - problem 3 is consistent with the way MANETs work today, but it discusses the basis from which IP addresses and router ID's come from. With current MANETs either someone has to administratively assign the addresses/IDs or they get assigned randomly - either way may not be compatible with true global mobility. So, solving problems 1 and 2 is necessary to informing universal solutions to problem 3.

There is something else about problem 3 - if MANET-local communications are also conducted in the overlay, then effective header compression can be applied to reduce data plane overhead. The draft doesn't currently say this, but it needs to be pointed out that sometimes overlay encapsulation can actually reduce overhead in the data plane.

Fred

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stuart W. Card <[email protected]>
> Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2026 6:08 AM
> To: Donald Eastlake <[email protected]>; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]
> Subject: [manet] Re: Call for adoption: draft-templin-manet-inet-05 (Ends 2026-05-06)
> 
> I support adoption.
> 
> This draft roused me from my slumber in this WG.
> 
> Problem 7 needs clarification.
> 
> Problem 6 is the most challenging of those I clearly understand from
> their descriptions in this draft; solving it likely requires solving
> Problems 5 and 4.
> 
> Problem 3 is presumably already solved by any functioning MANET?
> 
> Problem 2 seems to be the first step in solving all the others.
> 
> Problem 1 seems to be an especially critical and challenging case of
> Problem 2? I'm not sure I agree with all of the statements in its
> description, but that does not lead me to object to adoption of the
> draft, as those discussions can take place subsequently.
> 
> On 4/15/2026 10:37 PM, Donald Eastlake via Datatracker wrote:
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> > This Working Group Call for Adoption ends on 2026-05-06
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> > Abstract:
> >     [RFC2501] defines a MANET as "an autonomous system of mobile nodes.
> >     The system may operate in isolation, or may have gateways to and
> >     interface with a fixed network" (such as the global public Internet).
> >     This document presents a MANET Internetworking problem statement and
> >     gap analysis.
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