Subject: Re: [Atoca] Requirement D2: "Large Audience"

From: "DALY, BRIAN K (ATTCINW)" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2011 22:31:38 -0800

If it is broadcast then no number is required.

If some response is required then it becomes access network dependent.
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----- Original Message -----
From: [email-masked] <[email-masked]>
To: Hannes Tschofenig <[email-masked]>
Cc: Igor Faynberg <[email-masked]>; [email-masked] <[email-masked]>
Sent: Sat Jan 15 13:58:14 2011
Subject: Re: [Atoca] Requirement D2: "Large Audience"

One difference in "broadcast" delivery is that it's frequntly impractical and/or undesirable to try to track individual deliveries or process individual responses.

Thanks!

- Art

On Jan 15, 2011, at 11:30 AM, Hannes Tschofenig <[email-masked]> wrote:

> Hi all, 
> 
> during the ATOCA meeting at IETF#79 Igor raised a question regarding requirement D2:
> "
>   Req-D2:
> 
>      The protocol solution MUST allow delivery of messages
>      simultaneously to a large audience.
> "
> 
> He was asking whether there is a need to put a number for large audience there.
> 
> Maybe Igor has a specific number in mind that would matter from a protocol design perspective but I do not have such a number that would provide a meaningful distinction. 
> 
> There is, however, the question what types of problems we expect with very large number of alert message receivers and how we document this aspect in the requirements document. 
> 
> Suggestions? Thoughts? 
> 
> Ciao
> Hannes
> 
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