[MLB-WIRELESS] Re: Node x is over this way -was- Applications

[Ben Anderson]

Down boy...  It's just a network *grin*

Ben.

> You guys are giving me the horn!
>
> Jon
>
>
> Tony Langdon wrote:
>
> > > darn those roaming nodes :-)
> > > i have a hunch there's a way around that,
> >
> > Well, I have wondered is it's possible to have an addressing scheme
that's
> > split into two components - the "network location" and the "station ID".
> >
> > The scheme works like this:
> >
> > For routing purposes, the network ID is used to decide which node to
send
> > packets to.
> >
> > For applications, they are only interested in communicating with the
device,
> > so they only talk in terms of the station ID.  However, the network sees
the
> > packet address of having an address of network ID + station ID.
> >
> > For fixed stations, they are configured with a fixed, non zero network
ID
> > (or can be assigned one by a transform from things like GPS
coordinates).
> > Each AP/routing node would have its own network ID, and the mojo system
annd
> > the rest would still work.
> >
> > Mobile stations would have a network ID of zero, which means "Get my
network
> > ID from the nearest AP").  Their node ID would be non zero and unique,
just
> > as in the case of routing nodes.
> >
> > There might be a bit of broadcasting required when nodes move ("Is
Station
> > xxxxxx out there"?), but once a connection is established, and/or nodes
have
> > cached the location information, the routers would automatically attach
the
> > mobile node's temporary network ID to the station ID for routing
purposes...
> >
> > Make sense?
> >
> > Clear as mud?
> >
> > :)
> >
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