[rrg] Why a host-based solution does not necessarily add signalling load

[David Conrad]

On Jan 20, 2009, at 8:05 AM, Paul Jakma wrote:
>> This has received criticism that a host-based model causes more  
>> signalling/reachability testing traffic than the tunnel-router- 
>> based one.
>
> What's the basis for thinking this, and are there any good studies/ 
> data to back it up? Intuitively, it doesn't seem like it should be  
> so, to any significant degree at least.

Well, for one thing, a tunnel-router-based solution would typically  
cover some number of hosts.

Regards,
-drc