Re: RE: AD request / L2 Triggers Chapter Statement

"Phil Neumiller" <[email protected]> Tue, 9 Jul 2002 09:45:08 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.pilc
Organization MeshNetworks, Inc.
Message-ID <[email protected]>
> But can the application learn that passing data to TCP might not be
> the best thing to do if connectivity is not there? TCP was designed
> for an always-connected world, not a world of intermittent link
> connectivity.

Bingo!  and one of the first useful steps towards the design of transport
protocols that are more useful for wireless; is the sort of triggers we 
have been talking about here.  QoS will never quite work right between
wireless router hops (especially the rapidly changing type) without this
IMO.

Thanks,

Phil



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