Erik, On 8/9/06 2:00 AM, "ext Erik Nordmark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Syam Madanapalli wrote: > eady dealing with dormant mode, but network layer >> may be disturbing this mode; so the draft is proposing few changes to >> the network layer. > > Syam, > Is the link layer on the Access point/Base station aware of when a host > goes dormant and when it wakes up? The AP/Base station is not aware of the host state. This information is maintained at other nodes in the access network. -Raj > > If it is, then it could apply the FRD technique when the host wakes up. > > That would be more efficient than having all the hosts (that are not > dormant) send periodic RS messages to get new RAs. > > This assumes that the Access point/Base station can filter out packets > that should cause the host to be paged/woken up, but that doesn't sound > too hard. > > Erik > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------
