futures (Re: [net2-wg] Packet interface)

[Jonathan Hui]

On 12/1/05, Henri DF <henri.dubois-ferriere at epfl.ch> wrote:
> Specifically, i'll claim that futures could be folded
> into the "one-bit philosphy" of urgent/reliable/congestion: the protocol
> just tells SP "i have more than my current packet" rather than saying "i
> have specifically N packets to come".

The number of futures is important for protocols that notify neighbors
about the number of packets in a pending transmission. For example, an
RTS-CTS scheme might transmit an RTS with 8 packets to send. Also, a
beacon-based protocol like 802.15.4 might announce the number of
pending packets to send in the beacon packet.

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Jonathan W. Hui
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