Subject: [manet] DSR Route Reply Option

From: Ramón Agüero <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 09:55:29 +0100

Hi to all,

I've been revising the current version for the DSR protocol, and I have found something which, in my opinion, it should be a mistake. If you look at section 5.3 (Route Reply Option Format) there are 5 pieces of information within it:

        - Option Type
        - Option Data Length
        - The "L" bit
        - Some Reserved bits
        - The whole list of addresses belonging to the route

However, if you read section 6.2.4 (Originating a Route Reply) you will be able to see that it is assumed that an Identification field is also needed at the DSR Route Reply header, as it says:
    
        - The Route Request Identifier MUST be initialized to the Identifier field of the Route Request that this reply is sent in response to.

Could anybody tell me whether the Route Reply should include a ID field?

Thanks in advance

Ramón