I suspect that wireless networking requires a more radical break from traditional thinking about networking protocols than has generally been proposed. Problems with routing and packet loss may stem from the fact that most of our thinking revolves around how we've solved problems in a wired, reliable environment. In logic, undermining the axioms an argument is based on casts the entire argument into doubt; in networking, changing the physical layer probably means we have to revisit every layer above that.
The sensible thing to do seems to be to start fresh from the bottom up and see what ends up making sense. Instead, however, we seem to be trying to kludge TCP, IP, etc. into something that will work for a physical layer that it just hadn't considered in its design. I think wireless networking is going to require something entirely new, and interoperability with wired networks may just have to be achieved with new translator components. Any thoughts?
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