Re: [Fwd: Fwd: Re: Last Call: draft-ietf-6lowpan-problem (6LoWPAN: Overview, Assumptions, Problem Statement and Goals) to Informational RFC]

[Geoff Mulligan <geoff at mulligan.com>]

Pekka,
  You bring up some good points. I will attempt to clarify some of your
questions.

You question about switches does point to an overloaded term.  In that
particular paragraph the "switches" we are talking about are electrical
switches, as in light switches, not network switches.  We'll fix the
wording.

The reason we use the term personal area network is that it is the
industry term used for 802.15.4 networks.  I agree that these devices
are not "personal", but it is a nomenclature that we are stuck with by
the IEEE.

We did not address the security of underlying mesh network because we
have not yet defined that layer yet.  We are working with MANET to
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Fred Baker wrote:

> I won't ask how many we have in the Czech Republic :-)

For much of central europe it's just a commute...

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