> On 05 Nov 2015, at 00:18, Michael Richardson <mcr+i...@sandelman.ca> wrote:
> 
> 
> It seems to me that we need to write a document that explains the join
> *environment* in terms of radio and energy considerations.
> Some of this discussion happened orally in security design team discussions,
> but was perhaps assumed to be well known, or was simply assumed.

Some of the information is available in the introduction section of minimal, 
but I definitely agree that it would be useful to spell out somewhere the 
repercussions this has on the energy consumption during the join. 

> One goal of this document is to define the simplest set of rules for
>    building a TSCH-compliant network, at the necessary price of lesser
>    efficiency.  Yet, this minimal mode of operation MAY also be used
>    during network bootstrap before any schedule is installed into the
>    network so nodes can self-organize and the management and
>    configuration information be distributed.  In addition, the minimal
>    configuration MAY be used as a fall-back mode of operation, ensuring
>    connectivity of nodes in case that dynamic scheduling mechanisms fail
>    or are not available. 

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