Apple, Sony, Samsung, et.al., will use DLNA and other types of mechanisms that rely on multicast for service (content) discovery on the home network. Once the streams actually "start", they are currently unicast, but even this will change very soon.
Randy On Nov 23, 2011, at 9:21 AM, Howard, Lee wrote: >> IMHO increasing use of (overlapping) (low power) wireless networks in >> Homenet will only make >> count to infinity type problems more common, as marginal adjacencies come >> and go. > > You mean 6lowpan type networks? I thought we had consensus to draw a circle > around them and > say, "put a device between that network and this." > >> What about multicast support for streaming video to my iDevice as I walk >> from the lounge to >> the pool? AV will likely be a major homenet application. OSPF => MOSPF? IPng >> => DVMRP? >> Or should that use unicast + mobile IPv6? > > Streaming video != multicast. I don't think we've had any discussion of > multicast, except in > the context of mDNS. I don't need it in the home. Do you? > > Lee > > This E-mail and any of its attachments may contain Time Warner Cable > proprietary information, which is privileged, confidential, or subject to > copyright belonging to Time Warner Cable. This E-mail is intended solely for > the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed. If you are not > the intended recipient of this E-mail, you are hereby notified that any > dissemination, distribution, copying, or action taken in relation to the > contents of and attachments to this E-mail is strictly prohibited and may be > unlawful. If you have received this E-mail in error, please notify the sender > immediately and permanently delete the original and any copy of this E-mail > and any printout. > _______________________________________________ > homenet mailing list > homenet@ietf.org > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/homenet > _______________________________________________ homenet mailing list homenet@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/homenet
