RE: Review of draft-ietf-semoby-card-protocol-02.txt

-----Original Message-----
From: Henrik Petander [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 5:36 AM
To: Singh Ajoy-ASINGH1
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [Seamoby] Review of draft-ietf-semoby-card-protocol-02.txt


Hello Ajoy,

On Mon, 14 Jul 2003, Singh Ajoy-ASINGH1 wrote:
>
> AJOY-> Well, it helps to reduce the number of messages processed
> by CAR in the long run. Processing extra new messages may be
> more expensive than adding some additional processing overhead in
> the existing messages.
>
> This optimization also adds extra complexity to the protocol, and it is
> not clear to me whether it is worth it.
>
> AJOY-> I am not clear how it will complicate the implementation of CARD
protocol.

Not much, but it still changes the simple request-reply nature to optimize
the protocol. I am not sure whether this optimization is generally useful.
The usefulness depends on the amount of MNs, MN mobility patterns and the
lifetimes of the capabilities. I agree that in some situations this could
reduce the load on the ARs, so I am fine with the MAY for this.

AJOY-> Ok, we will make this a MAY. 

Henrik

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