On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 2:06 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Applications are evolving such that they can handle change in access network > connectivity. A small set of applications currently need the type of seamless > mobility and handovers that Mobile IP provides. But that advantage and benefit > is waning IMHO.
The same argument could be applied to the GPRS architecture. Gluing additional access technologies to the P-GW with GTP tunnels is completely unnecessary. > I dont disagree with your points above and I guess having a document which > illustrates how a Mobile IP based approach can dramatically simplify the > interfaces > and complexity would be useful. But then again maybe the requirements are such > that any attempt to meet those with Mobile IP and IETF protocols would result > in > an equivalently complex system. I don't know.. But thats a possibility. We should definitely not try to replicate GPRS with Mobile IP. I think the point of this discussion is that some of the requirements (like IP address continuity throughout all space and time) that drove the existing architecture need to be relaxed. > You could also view a future where the complexity of the architecture is > overwhelming enough to cause its own demise. I think we may be close to that point already. -Pete _______________________________________________ MEXT mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/mext
