On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 8:52 AM, Karan, Cem F CIV (US)
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cem.f.karan.civ@mail.mil> wrote:
> I'd definitely support this; I've been wanting to experiment with SCTP
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stream_Control_Transmission_Protocol) as a
> transport layer, but had no idea how to get it working with ROS. Having
> some well-supported interface in ROS to tie in new transports would make
> that MUCH easier!
+1
There is clearly widespread interest in a more modular transport
layer. I suspect the tricky part will be clarifying implicit client
assumptions about bandwidth, reliability, quality of service, etc.
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