Subject: [dtn] IETF DTN wg virtual interim meeting

From: "Burleigh, Scott C (312B)" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2015 08:07:22 +0000

Hi. Jumping the gun somewhat, I'd like to request that part of this virtual meeting (and those that follow, if that happens) be allocated to retirement of the open issues listed in section 13 of the BP Internet Draft. To this end, I would suggest that we tackle those issues in order of ascending contentiousness so that we can make rapid progress at the start. My rough sense of this order would be:

  *   13.16, removing the language that forbids future specs from overriding the BP spec.
  *   13.7, the name of the security protocol.
  *   13.9, deleting the discussion of SDNVs in section 4.1.
  *   13.10, relocating the bit numbering convention described in section 4.2.
  *   13.8(a), relocating the rules for defining block structure.
  *   13.3, adding a diagram explaining the interactions among the BPA components.
  *   13.12, CRC algorithms.  (Suggest we just ask somebody knowledgeable to make a recommendation, and then adopt it.)
  *   13.2, nomenclature for payloads: "fragmentary", "partial", etc.
  *   13.1, splitting the Definitions section into multiple sections.
  *   13.6, breaking all non-normative text out into a different draft.
  *   13.8(b), mandating that the payload block always be the last block.
  *   13.14, assigning block number zero to the payload block.
  *   13.4, deciding whether bundle source and current custodian are nodes or sets of nodes (endpoints).
  *   13.15, permitting the clearing of the "Block was forwarded without being processed" flag.
  *   13.5, relaxing the procedure for "transmission" to include delivery from ICN cache points.
  *   13.11(a), moving the "critical" CoS flag to an extension block.
  *   13.11(b), moving CLA request (reliable, best-effort) CoS flags to an extension block.
  *   13.17, clarifying control over the time at which a bundle is forwarded to another node.
  *   13.13, the block inventory mechanism.
  *   13.18, extension block multiplicity.
  *   Extra credit: replace SDNVs with CBOR?

Scott