Re: Updated version of FLUTE-revised

[email protected] skrev 2010-01-21 15:16:
> Magnus is spot on.
> 
> ESP. Section 7.5 makes this clear so [30] does indeed need to be normative
> 
> WEBRC. Section 1.1.4 states "implementations of ALC MUST support the
> WEBRC [27]  multiple rate congestion control scheme [2]." and thus
> implicitly indicate that ""implementations of FLUTE MUST support the
> WEBRC" since "All of the environmental requirements and considerations
> that apply to the ALC building block [2] and to any additional building
> blocks that FLUTE uses also apply to FLUTE." And so, [27] should also be
> normative. (Note, this does not make implementation of WEBRC manditory,
> but it makes the ability to support an implementation of WEBRC manditory
> - which seems perfect as that ensures the public Internet transport
> layer congestion defence is supported without overloading the various
> wireless broadcast systems that deal with congestion/prioritisation in
> other ways).
> 
> (I assume WEBRC is normative in ALC!)
> 

Yes, and there where no issues with the downref at that time. So flute
shouldn't either have any.

Cheers

Magnus Westerlund

IETF Transport Area Director
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