Hi Behcet,

On 09.01.2014 19:20, Behcet Sarikaya wrote:

My question was not related to this document specifically.

As far as I'm aware of, this subject is not related to any WG item of Multimob ... that's why I put it in a new thread.

So my conclusion from your reply is that there is no written document on
so-called policy routing in PMIP. Certainly RFC 5213 does not mention it.


PMIP describes unicast routing, only, not multicast. Forwarding from the MN is described in Section 6.10.5.

There it says:

"   o  On receiving a packet from a mobile node connected to its access
      link, the mobile access gateway MUST ensure that there is an
      established binding for that mobile node with its local mobility
      anchor before forwarding the packet directly to the destination or
      before tunneling the packet to the mobile node's local mobility
      anchor.

      ...

    o  On receiving a packet from a mobile node connected to its access
      link, to a destination that is not directly connected, the packet
      MUST be forwarded to the local mobility anchor through the bi-
      directional tunnel established between itself and the mobile
      node's local mobility anchor.
"

Aside from a typo (not "to" but "by the local mobility anchor"), this describes a routing procedure, which is not regular IP routing (according to the destination address), but according to a 'policy' (the "established binding for that mobile node with its local mobility anchor"). Often, such forwarding decisions are referred to as 'policy-based' routing - RFC 5213 does not name this procedure, but describes it only verbally.

When I used the term 'policy-based routing', I was referring to this quoted paragraphs on PMIP forwarding from the MN. The term is not important. What matters is that the forwarding decision is based on the source, not on the destination address.


However, if you are interested in the nitty gritty details of PMIP, you should probably discuss with the real PMIP experts. I've neither designed, nor implemented PMIP.

Best regards,

Thomas

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