Re: PAIX

[Vadim Antonov <avg () exigengroup com>]

On Fri, 15 Nov 2002, Rafi Sadowsky wrote:
> VA> > 2) There is a lack of a killer app requiring peering every 100 sq Km. 
> VA> 
> VA> Peering every 100 sq km is absolutely infeasible.  Just think of the 
> VA> number of alternative paths routing algorithms wil lhave to consider.
> VA> 
> VA> Anything like that would require serious redesign of Internet's routing 
> VA> architecture.
>
>   What about:
>
>  IPv6 with hierarchial(sp?) geographical allocation ?
>
>  BGP with some kind of tag limiting it to <N> AS hops ?
> ( say N=2 or N=3? )

I can think of several ways to do it, but all of them amount to 
significant change from how things are being done in the current 
generation of backbones.

--vadim