From 12df9193574cef4908bc2de8e921d5cd76490c49 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: kaichao Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2024 11:39:13 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] Update standards/application/relay-reliability.md Co-authored-by: Hanno Cornelius <68783915+jm-clius@users.noreply.github.com> --- standards/application/relay-reliability.md | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/standards/application/relay-reliability.md b/standards/application/relay-reliability.md index ffc786d..70e9898 100644 --- a/standards/application/relay-reliability.md +++ b/standards/application/relay-reliability.md @@ -10,7 +10,11 @@ contributors: ## Abstract -Waku is efficient for routing messages with its transport layer like [Relay protocol](https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc-index/blob/main/waku/standards/core/11/relay.md) and [Lightpush](https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc-index/blob/main/waku/standards/core/19/lightpush.md) / [Filter](https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc-index/blob/main/waku/standards/core/12/filter.md) protocol. But there's no guarantee that a message going through Waku will reach to its destination. For example, the receiver in a chat application may miss messages when network issue happens at either sender or receiver side. +Waku provides an efficient transport layer for p2p communications. +It defines protocols like [Relay](https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc-index/blob/main/waku/standards/core/11/relay.md) and [Lightpush](https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc-index/blob/main/waku/standards/core/19/lightpush.md) / [Filter](https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc-index/blob/main/waku/standards/core/12/filter.md) for routing messages in decentralised networks. +However, there is no guarantee that a message broadcast in a Waku network will reach its destination. +For example, the receiver in a chat application using Waku as p2p transport may miss messages +when a network issue happens at either the sender or the receiver side. In general, a message in Waku network includes 3 status from sender's perspective: