[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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