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Title : Store, Carry and Forward Problem Statement
Author(s) : William Ivancic
Wesley M. Eddy
Dennis C. Iannicca
Joseph A. Ishac
Filename : draft-ivancic-scf-problem-statement-00.txt
Pages : 26
Date : 2012-07-09
Abstract:
This document provides a problem statement for non-realtime
communication between systems that are generally disconnected,
requiring multiple network hops between source and destination, that
may never be fully connected end-to-end at any given time. This
document describes a number of use cases that motivate having a
standard method to communicate between such systems, as multi-
organization and multi-vendor support and interoperability is highly
desirable. These include dismounted soldiers, sensorwebs, medical
devices, animal tracking, low-earth-orbiting satellites and data mule
scenarios. To avoid confusion in terminology when trying to focus on
the problem and requirements without bias towards particular
technical solutions, at this time, we refer to the protocol instances
that would support such communications as Store, Carry, and
Forwarding (SCF) agents, and refer to their activity as SCF
networking. The concepts involved in SCF networking are not entirely
new and several facets of the problem have been solved in multiple
incompatible ways in existing or historic systems. This document
describes the core SCF problem and gives an assessment of the ability
to use existing technologies as solutions.
The IETF datatracker status page for this draft is:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ivancic-scf-problem-statement
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http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ivancic-scf-problem-statement-00
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