Achim, You might want to review these drafts:
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-hain-ipv6-pi-addr-07.txt http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-hain-ipv6-pi-addr-use-07.txt and the discussions in this WG on this topic. John > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > ext Achim Marikar > Sent: 01 December, 2004 17:08 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Questions about geographical dependent addresses > > > > Hello, > > I am writing my diploma thesis in information engineering at the > university of applied sciences in Cologne. One of the subjects of my > thesis is to develop an IPv6 address format which provides > geographical > localisation capabilities to VoIP and other applications. > > A localisation seems to be necessary for the Internet, > otherwise so many > people would not work on a localisation for Internet users > (geopriv,ecrit, etc.). In my opinion it would be necessary to assign a > user to an area code (or to an emergency call centre.) > > As the IPv6 addresses have enough space to map an area code, I don't > understand why it is never be implemented. In my opinion the 64 bits > interface ID is too long. If stateful autoconfiguration, static > addresses or the privacy extension are used, it is not possible to get > the MAC-address of the interface through the interface ID. A duplicate > address detection is still necessary. So it would be possible > to reduce > the interface ID to clear space for the area code. > > Wouldn't it be the easiest way to map a reliable area code which is > validated by the provider? > Also Nomadic users could be located through their care of address. > > Thanks for comments, > > Achim Marikar > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > IETF IPv6 working group mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Administrative Requests: https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Administrative Requests: https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
