[Sis-csi] CCSDS Cislunar Telecon tomorrow, 7 Sept

gregory.menke at gsfc.nasa.gov gregory.menke at gsfc.nasa.gov
Thu Sep 7 10:32:10 EDT 2006


Marc Blanchet writes:
 > Le 06-09-07 à 09:46, gregory.menke at gsfc.nasa.gov a écrit :
 > 
 > >
 > > It may be impossible to implement some things like multicast or  
 > > neighbor
 > > discovery in some cases- and in fact such features may be specifically
 > > disabled when running IP over space links.  This isn't just to be
 > > perverse but because of the operational controls imposed on the links.
 > 
 > Well, I'm aware of some of these issues with space links. The  
 > question is that IPv6, as specified, requires those functionalities  
 > to run properly. In essence, if one implements IPv6 and then use the  
 > "over CCSDS" spec for the data link, then it will not work, since  
 > some pieces will be missing. So there should be some text about how  
 > an IPv6 stack should behave given the missing pieces. This is my point.
 > 

I agree that the behavior should be specified- good point.

Greg




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