John,
On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 1:44 AM, Basavaraj Patil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > Hi John, > > > On 11/17/08 9:10 AM, "John Loughney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi Pekka, > > > >> On Fri, 14 Nov 2008, Daniel Park wrote: > >>> I would make a minor change according to the valuable comments from > >>> the WiMAX expert: > >>> > >>> There are two ways to transfer IPv6 over WiMAX: > >>> - IPv6 over WiMAX using IPCS: RFC5121 > >>> - IPv6 over Ethernet carried over WiMAX: AD Evaluation (ID Status) > >>> > >>> So. > >>> > >>> 4.X IP version 6 over WiMAX - RFC 5121 > >>> > >>> Nodes supporting IPv6 via IPCS over WiMAX networks MUST implement > >>> > >>> "Transmission of IPv6 via the IPv6 Convergence Sublayer over IEEE > >>> 802.16 Networks" [RFC 5121]. > >> > >> This is almost like a tautology. What use is having this kind > >> of statements in an RFC? If someone needs to implement IPv6 > >> using IP convergence Sublayer on a WIMAX network and already > >> knows of RFCs, (s)he can certainly find the RFC without such a > >> reference here. > >> > >> A statement is much more useful if it actually conveys some > >> new information. Such as providing guidance (or links to > >> guidance) on when one should choose WiMAX using IPCS or > >> Ethernet-adapation, or possibly some third (or fourth) option. > > > > That makes sense, we should add more text to provide more guidence here. > > WiMAX forum specifications and documents provide sufficient information > about when to use IPCS or Eth CS. Mobile WiMAX networks in general rely on > IPCS. I don't think that this document should be providing guidance on when > to use IPCS vs Eth CS vs GPCS. It is better to simply provide the > appropriate reference to WMF documents. Agreed, I think we don't need more text for CS in Node-Req. If anyone want to know about CS more, they can refer to RFC 5121 as well as WiMAX specification which is already in the list of references of RFC 5121. Daniel <snip>
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