Subject: Re: [manet] draft-sratliff-dlep-00

From: Bo Berry <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 19:54:48 -0500

For those that may be interested in DLEP, an open source (MIT License) 
implementation is now available at

   http://sourceforge.net/projects/dleptools

DLEP packets/messages are RFC 5444 based. 

Regards
-Bo

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> Subject: [manet] I-D Action:draft-ietf-manet-dlep-00.txt
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> A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts directories.
> This draft is a work item of the Mobile Ad-hoc Networks Working Group of the IETF.
> 
> 
> 	Title           : Dynamic Link Exchange Protocol (DLEP)
> 	Author(s)       : S. Ratliff, et al.
> 	Filename        : draft-ietf-manet-dlep-00.txt
> 	Pages           : 45
> 	Date            : 2010-11-22
> 
> When routing devices rely on modems to effect communications over 
> wireless links, they need timely and accurate knowledge of the 
> characteristics of the link (speed, state, etc.) in order to make 
> forwarding decisions. In mobile or other environments where these 
> characteristics change frequently, manual configurations or the  
> inference of state through routing or transport protocols does not 
> allow the router to make the best decisions. A bidirectional, event-
> driven communication channel between the router and the modem is 
> necessary.
> 
> A URL for this Internet-Draft is:
> http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-manet-dlep-00.txt
> 
> Internet-Drafts are also available by anonymous FTP at:
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