[Tinyos-devel] protocols and ActiveMessageAddress.changed

[Matt Welsh]

Why would an AM address change, anyway? Shouldn't most protocols treat  
this as the failure of one "node" and addition of a new "node"?

On Mar 27, 2009, at 11:38 PM, Omprakash Gnawali wrote:

> Should protocols such as CTP continue to work if the am address is  
> changed?
>
> What are the minimum conditions/events under which protocols should  
> just work?
>
> If that set of conditions is too large it might be too much burden.
>
> Here are some repercussions:
>
> FTSP - information who the root could be invalid. could force new  
> election.
> CTP - have to flush the link/routing table. Other nodes might have to
> wait for state expiration.
> MultihopLQI - invalid parent information.
> Drip - conflicts in <nodeid,seq>
> etc.
>
> Should these protocols just boot up when ActiveMessageAddress.changed
> is signaled?
>
> - om_p
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