[Mep-dev] Thinking About Protocols...

[Timothy J. Salo]

Given that the MEP is a distributed system, it may make
sense to start the design process by thinking about
what functionality is assigned to what devices, and about
what information is exchanged between the devices.
Stated differently, the MEP is a collection of devices
that communicate with each other using a bunch of
yet-to-be-specified protocols.  I think specifying
device functionality and protocols is a good place to
start, when designing a distributed system like the MEP.
Once we agree on that, figuring out the functional
decomposition of each device will be more straightforward.

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     -tjs