Re: Why do we need topology exchange?

[Victor Reijs <victor.reijs@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello John and Freek,

John Vollbrecht wrote:
> The rest of topology I am not sure about.  I would think it a good thing, but I also think it would take a lot of work and be hard to maintain.  Is this what you mean?

In some way I like the idea we had in AutoBAHN: an abstracted topology 
to determine the path.
An abstracted topology does not hold much detail just enough to 
determine the possible path (I am see this as with human: when they talk 
about a project they more or less have the physical connectivity in 
their had.
The next step is are higher network protocol levels compatible.
This is the very first part of path finding (the net graph, which can be 
in one or two stages).
And than can we make them work (Stitching Framework).
And then implement it (Signaling).

So A full topology is not needed in my humble opinion, but an abstract 
(at least see a domain as a node).

All the best,


Victor

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