Mobile Ad hoc Network Architecture
draft-ietf-autoconf-manetarch-07

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Subject: Document Action: 'Mobile Ad hoc Network Architecture' 
         to Informational RFC 

The IESG has approved the following document:

- 'Mobile Ad hoc Network Architecture '
   <draft-ietf-autoconf-manetarch-08.txt> as an Informational RFC

This document is the product of the Ad-Hoc Network Autoconfiguration 
Working Group. 

The IESG contact persons are Jari Arkko and Mark Townsley.

A URL of this Internet-Draft is:
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-autoconf-manetarch-08.txt

Ballot Text

Technical Summary

  The document discusses Mobile Ad hoc NETworks (MANETs).  It presents
  the initial motivation for MANET and describes unaccustomed
  characteristics and challenges.  It also defines a MANET, other MANET
  entities, and MANET architectural concepts.

Working Group Summary

  It was required to have the MANET architecture well understood and
  documented before focusing on the solution space. Lot of discussion
  focused on the addressing and prefix model for MANET, which  was then
  integrated and is  reflected in this version of the document.

Protocol Quality

  This document is the result of a very long discussion and interaction
  among the  members of the Internet area in general and MANET group in
  particular. The document describes the MANET architecture which has
  evolved over the past  several years based on the long MANET protocol
  design and implementation experiences.

  Reviews from Thomas Narten and Dave Thaler were sought and
  received.

  This document has been reviewed for the IESG by Jari Arkko.

Note to RFC Editor
 
  In Section 2.2 MANET definition, last para  /s That is, a MANET's BR
  form a border between a MANET and other routing domains / That is, a
  MANET's BR forms a border between a MANET and other routing domains./

  Section 4.2.2 last paragraph  /s   the addressing model often
  associated with a Ethernet link is not logical / the addressing model
  often associated with an Ethernet link is not logical./

  Section 5.2 second-last paragraph  /s   simply a clarification that
  MANET are no different from other networks in this respect / simply a
  clarification that MANET is no different from other network in this
  respect/

  Section 7, last paragraph  / s   two network can share neighboring
  MANET router state changes /  two networks can share neighboring MANET
  router state changes/

 Section 11  /s  Subhranshu Singh / Shubhranshu Singh

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