[net2-wg] Proposal for dissemination structure and interfaces

[Jonathan Hui]

On 12/14/05, henri dubois-ferriere <henridf at gmail.com> wrote:
> Question: Is it possible to take advantage of a multi-basestation
> setup with this interface? (e.g., originate the same (key, value) from
> multiple sinks)

I have the same concern. Sure, the network will be eventually
consistent, but using the AM address to break ties will kill any
possible optimizations of using multiple base nodes to speed
propagation. If we're pushing for efficiency, I'd argue that the
client must be able to inspect the payload and help make decisions on
whether data is different or not. If we're pushing for interface
simplicity, then maybe suffering the performance hit is okay. This
inteferface only addresses small payloads after all.

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Jonathan W. Hui
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