[Sis-dtn] IP networking within DTN-based protocol architectures

Sat Mar 9 15:43:05 UTC 2024

I think we get closer to BSD/POSIX if we use UDP as a model.  The attenuated UDP notion of connect() would work for BP, I think.

Scott

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Subject: Re: [Sis-dtn] IP networking within DTN-based protocol architectures

Hi,

I’m tempted to agree. I’ve seen limited utility in IP->BP encap, as (other than some unidirectional UDP-based applications), the assumptions made in IP networks (especially TCP) do not scale well to DTN environments. The two largest issues I see are:

A.	The assumption that relatively low-latency and bidirectional communication is available.
B.	The layering of stream and message-based semantics.

Almost every TCP-ish application which I’ve seen run over BP winds up with exceptionally low performance, unless some sort of PEP is integrated, which adds complexity, failure points, and fragility. 

+1 for the notion of a standard API though, with the additional caveat that we should standardize nomenclature across implementations. We could likely reuse about 80% of the BSD/POSIX interface for BP, with the notable exception of connect.

Thanks,

Jeremy

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Subject: Re: [Sis-dtn] IP networking within DTN-based protocol architectures

The more I think about this, the less I like trying to manage off-Earth IP networks remotely. I think I would much rather see native applications running over BP. In any case we need to develop standard APIs for BP, such as the Sockets interface for Linux/Unix/Posix. 

We do need to figure out how IP-based and BP-based applications interwork. What do Domain Names mean in the BP context for example. 

v

On Fri, Mar 8, 2024 at 4:24 AM Tomaso de Cola via SIS-DTN <sis-dtn at mailman.ccsds.org <mailto:sis-dtn at mailman.ccsds.org> > wrote:

Dear All,

as mentioned yesterday during our DTN weekly, during the past Fall meeting a presentation was given by University of Nanjing with the support of Chinese agency about IP-networking within DTN-based protocol stacks, especially for planetary network segments (i.e. what is often referred to as IP-islands). 

The link to that presentation is as follows:

https://cwe.ccsds.org/sis/docs/SIS-DTN/Meeting%20Materials/2023/Fall%202023%20SIS-DTN/Possible%20BOF%20Discussion.pptx?d=w44d31f0b3be649e4bf24ec4ae50479a1

The proposal made there was for a BOF (i.e. towards a WG formation), which I see however too premature. On the contrary, I’d be more in favour for a SIG (Special Interest Group), happening outside the DTN WG.

As discussed yesterday, key points to clarify/agree are:

1.	Is the proposal sound and meaningful to be addressed?
2.	Is appropriate for the SIS area or should be better addressed at architectural level in SEA (maybe it can be even a cross-area initiative)?
3.	In the case of SIS, is there significant support to start this? In other words, which agencies have interest in contributing to this activity?

Thank you for sharing comments/objections/suggestions.

Have a nice weekend,

Tomaso

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