[pim] Re: draft-ietf-pim-zeroconf-mcast-addr-alloc-ps-07 tel echat Intdir review

Benson,

Thanks for your review! We uploaded draft-ietf-pim-zeroconf-mcast-addr-alloc-ps-08 and made changes based on your feedback:

> In the abstract, "problem space" is unclear

We updated the first sentence as you suggested

> The document has been informed by requirements for marine networks, but reference is also made to needs for industrial automation, small scale AV systems and ad hoc sensor networks.  Maybe it is possible to obtain feedback from such stakeholders?

This is meant to denote that the issues are not limited to marine environments, but common to other types of networks that share similar characteristics. Exact applicability is somewhat hypothetical. I’m certainly open to involving others from these industries.

> What network bandwidth and device hardware constraints should the resulting work support

Anecdotally, most recreational marine networks are fine with 100Mbps or 1Gbps. This is dependent on the requirements of the given installation. We’re not aware of any specific limitations imposed by the technology, as long as the switching infrastructure supports it.

Best Regards,

Nate

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Document: draft-ietf-pim-zeroconf-mcast-addr-alloc-ps Title: Zeroconf Multicast Address Allocation Problem Statement and Requirements Reviewer: Benson Muite Review result: Ready with Nits I am the assigned int-dir reviewer for this draft. These


Document: draft-ietf-pim-zeroconf-mcast-addr-alloc-ps

Title: Zeroconf Multicast Address Allocation Problem Statement and Requirements

Reviewer: Benson Muite

Review result: Ready with Nits



I am the assigned int-dir reviewer for this draft.These comments were written

with the intent of improving the Internet area aspects of the IETF drafts.

Please treat these comments just like any other last call comments. For

background on int-dir, please see the

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The draft is readable and provides a basis for further work to address the

problem of overwhelming devices on low bandwidth links with unnecessary extra

traffic. Both IPv4 and IPv6 are considered.



Specific comments:



a) In the abstract, "problem space" is unclear.  Possibly something similar to



   This document surveys current problems with existing protocols

   for automatically assigning multicast addresses in zero-configuration

   ("zeroconf") networking environments.



would explain the main focus.  As requirements are specified in the third

sentence of the first paragraph of the abstract and also in the title, this

can probably be dropped from the first sentence.



b) The document has been informed by requirements for marine networks, but

reference is also made to needs for industrial automation, small scale

AV systems and ad hoc sensor networks.  Maybe it is possible to obtain

feedback from such stakeholders?



c) What network bandwidth and device hardware constraints should the resulting

work support? Maybe NMEA has supplementary quantitative to inform whether one

can judge if proposed solutions will be effective.





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