[Nsi-wg] Topology section

[Jeroen van der Ham]

Working link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HIo7uQl7DbTe_y-cnPOrqDkspoRBaTKVVrrldURurTk/edit

On 5 Jun 2012, at 16:45, Jeroen van der Ham wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> Today I've done some more work on the Topology section, see: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HIo7uQl7DbTe_y-cnPOrqDkspoRBaTKVVrrldURurTk
> 
> Basically, I've broken down the Topology section into sub-problems:
> 1) Representation, where we use mostly the DTOX representation, supplemented with NML and 2) Distribution.
> 
> The Distribution is then further sub-divided into:
> - Bootstrapping, how do NSAs initially find each other
> - Further exchange, how do NSAs learn about the world
> - Updating, how do we distribute updates to the network
> - Policy, what do we do with it
> 
> I think these are all pretty manageable problems, with the exception of the policy on topology exchange. I propose we punt it to a next version once we have some experience on how this works.
> AFAIK we all agree that basic information in the DTOX representation is required for NSI to function at all, and we have no experience with additional information yet.
> 
> 
> Jeroen.
> 
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