What is a deployed internet in the IPN?
We differentiate between the “long-haul” backbone with round-trip times measured in minutes and deployed networks that have round-trip time characteristics closer to those for which the Internet was designed
Any deployed network that has the following attributes is considered a deployed internet:
- Has an environment that does not inherently preclude the use of (possibly enhanced) Internet protocols
- It is possible to route to all nodes in the network without resorting to use of long-haul infrastructure (or protocols)