John - Probably, you saw the "IPv6 over foo" only at the 1st BOF in Vancouver. Through the 2nd BOF in Dallas, "IPv4 over foo" was added into the 16ng scope. It may make you to feel a bit big items on the charter.
Daniel (Soohong Daniel Park) Mobile Convergence Laboratory, SAMSUNG Electronics. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Hinden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Loughney John ((Nokia-NRC/Helsinki))" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "IPv6 WG" <ipv6@ietf.org> Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 2:49 PM Subject: Re: WG Review: IP over IEEE 802.16 Networks (16ng) > Hi, > >> How important is this? I didn't make the meeting at the last IETF >> meeting, but in Vancouver, it didn't seem like they were planning >> any big work items. > > It's another IPv6 over <foo> effort. What makes this one more > complicated is it's not just another Ethernet compatible network. It > has several different ways of sending packets (called convergence sub- > layers), each with slightly different characteristics. This makes it > somewhat challenging to get IPv4 and IPv6 to work correctly. > > As to it's importance, it another one of those wireless networks with > lots of market hype, like 3G :-) > > Bob > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > IETF IPv6 working group mailing list > ipv6@ietf.org > Administrative Requests: https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list ipv6@ietf.org Administrative Requests: https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
