Delay-Tolerant Networking Previous-Hop Insertion Block
RFC 6259
Approval announcement
Draft of message to be sent after approval:
From: The IESG <iesg-secretary@ietf.org>
To: <irsg@isi.edu>
Cc: The IESG <iesg@ietf.org>, <iana@iana.org>, <ietf-announce@ietf.org>, <elwynd@dial.pipex.com>
Subject: Re: Experimental RFC to be: <draft-irtf-dtnrg-bundle-previous-hop-block-12.txt>
The IESG has no problem with the publication of 'Delay-Tolerant
Networking Previous Hop Insertion Block'
<draft-irtf-dtnrg-bundle-previous-hop-block-12.txt> as an Experimental
RFC.
The IESG would also like the IRSG to review the comments in
the datatracker
(http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-irtf-dtnrg-bundle-previous-hop-block/)
related to this document and determine whether or not they merit
incorporation into the document. Comments may exist in both the ballot
and the comment log.
A URL of this Internet Draft is:
http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-irtf-dtnrg-bundle-previous-hop-block/
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Thank you,
The IESG Secretary
Technical Summary
This document defines an extension block for use with the DTN Bundle
Protocol. This Previous Hop Insertion Block (PHIB) extension block
is designed to be inserted by a forwarding node to provide the
endpoint identifier (EID) of an endpoint of which the forwarding node
is a member so that this EID may be conveyed to the next-hop
receiving node. Knowledge of an EID of an endpoint of which a
previous-hop node is a member may be required in some circumstances
to support certain routing protocols (e.g., flood routing). If this
EID cannot be provided by the convergence layer or other means, the
PHIB defines the mechanism whereby the EID can be provided with the
bundle. Each PHIB is always removed from the bundle by the receiving
node so that its presence within the bundle is limited to exactly one
hop. This document defines the format and processing of this PHIB.
Working Group Summary
This document is a product of the Delay Tolerant Networking Research
Group and has been reviewed by that group. No objections to its
publication as an RFC were raised.
Document Quality
This is a research document.
Personnel
The responsible area director is Sean Turner.
The DTNRG chairs are Kevin Fall and Stephen Farrell.
RFC Editor Note
Per RFC 5742 our recommendation is the following:
1. The IESG has concluded that there is no conflict between this
document and IETF work.