IPv6 w.g. Last Call on "IPv6 for Some Second and Third Generation Cellular Hosts"

2002-05-17 Thread Bob Hinden
This is a IPv6 working group last call for comments on advancing the following document as an Informational RFC: Title : IPv6 for Some Second and Third Generation Cellular Hosts Author(s) : Jari Arkko, Peter Hedman, Gerben Kuijpers,

UPDATE: IPv6 w.g. Last Call on "IPv6 for Some Second and Third Generation Cellular Hosts"

2002-05-17 Thread Bob Hinden
The last call for this document will end on May 27, 2002. The Internet Area Directors requested shortening the working group last call to allow time for the IESG to discuss the document to meet a 3GPP deadline. Bob At 12:32 PM 5/17/2002, Bob Hinden wrote: >This is a IPv6 working group last ca

Re: IPv6 w.g. Last Call on "IPv6 for Some Second and Third Generation Cellular Hosts"

2002-05-22 Thread itojun
> There is no need for MLD if the host only > supports the well-known (hard coded in IPv6 implementations) link > local multicast addresses. MLD is not used for listening on such > addresses. >==> s/link local/link-local/ actually, even for these well-kno

RE: IPv6 w.g. Last Call on "IPv6 for Some Second and Third Generation Cellular Hosts"

2002-05-22 Thread Hesham Soliman (ERA)
> > There is no need for MLD if the > host only > > supports the well-known (hard coded in IPv6 > implementations) link > > local multicast addresses. MLD is not used for listening on such > > addresses. > >==> s/link local/link-local/ > >

RE: IPv6 w.g. Last Call on "IPv6 for Some Second and Third Generation Cellular Hosts"

2002-05-22 Thread Hesham Soliman (ERA)
> A few comments. > > 2.2 RFC2373 - IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture > >The IPv6 Addressing Architecture [RFC-2373] is a > mandatory part of >IPv6. Currently, this specification is being updated by >[ADDRARCHv3]; therefore, this specification may be

RE: IPv6 w.g. Last Call on "IPv6 for Some Second and Third Generation Cellular Hosts"

2002-05-22 Thread Pekka Savola
On Wed, 22 May 2002, Hesham Soliman (ERA) wrote: > => RFC 2460 has some text on this, anticipating SIIT. > I actually had the same thoughts (as you), but was > told about this praragraph in 2460. Time to raise the question here then.. > > ==> Bad wording: "may be supported ... if ..."? Of co

Re: IPv6 w.g. Last Call on "IPv6 for Some Second and Third Generation Cellular Hosts"

2002-05-22 Thread Brian Haberman
Hesham, "Hesham Soliman (ERA)" wrote: > > Itojun, > > > >=> I've never seen that in any spec. > > >I guess you are saying that it's needed for L2 > > >switches that snoop MLD messages to decide > > >on mcast forwarding of mcast ethernet frames? > > > > > >If so, then we don't have t

RE: IPv6 w.g. Last Call on "IPv6 for Some Second and Third Generation Cellular Hosts"

2002-05-22 Thread Hesham Soliman (ERA)
Brian > > Take a look at the very last paragraph of section 5 of 2710. It > states: > > MLD messages ARE sent for multicast addresses whose scope is 2 > (link-local), including Solicited-Node multicast > addresses [ADDR- > ARCH], except for the link-scope, all-nod

Re: IPv6 w.g. Last Call on "IPv6 for Some Second and Third Generation Cellular Hosts"

2002-05-22 Thread Brian Haberman
Hesham, "Hesham Soliman (ERA)" wrote: > >incoming packet to ff02::blah > | >H2R--- H1 > > If only H2 joined, doyou assume that the router will > send it to H1 as well? Why? > Note H1 and H2 do not share the same link.

Re: IPv6 w.g. Last Call on "IPv6 for Some Second and Third Generation Cellular Hosts"

2002-05-22 Thread Brian Haberman
Let me clarify my comment. ff02::blah is a bad example for what I am asking. Will the 3G network support applications utilizing mcast? Will a host be able to join ff05::abcd and receive data on that group address? If that is supported, then MLD is needed. Brian Brian Haberman wrote: > > Hesh

RE: IPv6 w.g. Last Call on "IPv6 for Some Second and Third Generation Cellular Hosts"

2002-05-22 Thread Hesham Soliman (ERA)
Brian, That's exactly what the draft says. Hesham > Let me clarify my comment. ff02::blah is a bad example for what I > am asking. Will the 3G network support applications > utilizing mcast? > Will a host be able to join ff05::abcd and receive data on > that group > address?

Re: IPv6 w.g. Last Call on "IPv6 for Some Second and Third Generation Cellular Hosts"

2002-05-22 Thread Margaret Wasserman
Hi All, I have several comments on this document, all offered as an individual WG member (not as a WG co-chair). Although I understand that the 3GPP would like us to complete this document quickly, I still have some significant issues with this document. I know that there is some resistance t

RE: IPv6 w.g. Last Call on "IPv6 for Some Second and Third Generation Cellular Hosts"

2002-05-22 Thread Hesham Soliman (ERA)
> First, I'll deal with the technical/content issues: > > (1) I think that this document should explicitly state, in the > introduction, that it is not a standard and is not intended to > modify or contradict any IPv6 standard documents. I thought that > we had agreed to something

Editorial: IPv6 w.g. Last Call on "IPv6 for Some Second and Third Generation Cellular Hosts"

2002-05-22 Thread Hesham Soliman (ERA)
> Now, for the editorial issues: > > (5) In section "1 Introduction", the only paragraph is not > properly laid out -- not clear if it is meant to be one or > two paragraphs. > > (6) The document states: > > "Cellular hosts should not support configured or > automa

Re: IPv6 w.g. Last Call on "IPv6 for Some Second and Third Generation Cellular Hosts"

2002-05-22 Thread Charles E. Perkins
Hello folks, > > There is a portion of mobility -- I believe that is is called the > > "correspondent node option", or something like that -- that must be > > implemented in all IPv6 hosts, in order to allow optimal routing > > to mobile nodes that are away from their home networks. >

Re: IPv6 w.g. Last Call on "IPv6 for Some Second and Third Generation Cellular Hosts"

2002-05-22 Thread Jari Arkko
Hi Margaret, > (1) I think that this document should explicitly state, in the > introduction, that it is not a standard and is not intended to > modify or contradict any IPv6 standard documents. I thought that > we had agreed to something like this earlier. Yes, we had agreed this and we e

Re: IPv6 w.g. Last Call on "IPv6 for Some Second and Third Generation Cellular Hosts"

2002-05-22 Thread James Kempf
Charlie, > 8.1. Requirements for All IPv6 Hosts and Routers > >Since any IPv6 node may at any time be a correspondent node of a >mobile node, either sending a packet to a mobile node or receiving a >packet from a mobile node, the following requirements apply to ALL >IPv6 nodes (wh

Re: IPv6 w.g. Last Call on "IPv6 for Some Second and Third Generation Cellular Hosts"

2002-05-22 Thread Margaret Wasserman
> > (1) I think that this document should explicitly state, in the > > introduction, that it is not a standard and is not intended to > > modify or contradict any IPv6 standard documents. I thought that > > we had agreed to something like this earlier. > >Yes, we had agreed this and we even had

Re: IPv6 w.g. Last Call on "IPv6 for Some Second and Third Generation Cellular Hosts"

2002-05-22 Thread Jari Arkko
Margaret Wasserman wrote: > >>>(1) I think that this document should explicitly state, in the >>>introduction, that it is not a standard and is not intended to >>>modify or contradict any IPv6 standard documents. I thought that >>>we had agreed to something like this earlier. >>> >>Yes, we had

Re: IPv6 w.g. Last Call on "IPv6 for Some Second and Third Generation Cellular Hosts"

2002-05-22 Thread Jari Arkko
Pekka Savola wrote: >>In any case, communications with e.g. old IPv6 nodes that do not yet >>support MIPv6 are always possible without any other problems than >>non-optimal routing. > > Are you sure these are the only problems? It seems to me, that these old > IPv6 nodes's, ie. no support for

RE: IPv6 w.g. Last Call on "IPv6 for Some Second and Third Generation Cellular Hosts"

2002-05-22 Thread john . loughney
Hi Margaret, My 2 cents: > (1) I think that this document should explicitly state, in the > introduction, that it is not a standard and is not intended to > modify or contradict any IPv6 standard documents. I thought that > we had agreed to something like this earlier. It does specifically st

RE: IPv6 w.g. Last Call on "IPv6 for Some Second and Third Generation Cellular Hosts"

2002-05-22 Thread Glenn Morrow
Title: RE: IPv6 w.g. Last Call on "IPv6 for Some Second and Third Generation Cellular Hosts" >  > >  > "4. Mobility >  > Is there support in this WG for making route optimization a MUST in all IPv6 hosts ? The ball is really in this WG's court

Re: IPv6 w.g. Last Call on "IPv6 for Some Second and Third Generation Cellular Hosts"

2002-05-22 Thread Margaret Wasserman
> >In 3GPP, the SGSN keeps track of the status of the GGSN and will inform >hosts if their GGSN went down. The 'keeps track' mechanism involves an IP packet >exchange, so in order for the SGSN to think that the GGSN is up, the GGSN >must be responding at layer 3. If the GGSN is up but not forward

RE: IPv6 w.g. Last Call on "IPv6 for Some Second and Third Generation Cellular Hosts"

2002-05-22 Thread john . loughney
Hi Margaret, > In this case, the intended audience of the document primarily lies outside of the > IETF. Do you think that they will really understand the difference between our > different document types? I think you should give a little credit to folks - I do think they understand the IETF d

Re: IPv6 w.g. Last Call on "IPv6 for Some Second and Third Generation Cellular Hosts"

2002-05-22 Thread Thomas Narten
> > (1) I think that this document should explicitly state, in the > > introduction, that it is not a standard and is not intended to > > modify or contradict any IPv6 standard documents. I thought that > > we had agreed to something like this earlier. > Yes, we had agreed this and we even h

Re: IPv6 w.g. Last Call on "IPv6 for Some Second and Third Generation Cellular Hosts"

2002-05-22 Thread Jari Arkko
Margaret Wasserman wrote: >>In 3GPP, the SGSN keeps track of the status of the GGSN and will inform >>hosts if their GGSN went down. The 'keeps track' mechanism involves an IP packet >>exchange, so in order for the SGSN to think that the GGSN is up, the GGSN >>must be responding at layer 3. If th

Re: IPv6 w.g. Last Call on "IPv6 for Some Second and Third Generation Cellular Hosts"

2002-05-22 Thread Jari Arkko
Hi Margaret, > (1) I think that this document should explicitly state, in the > introduction, that it is not a standard and is not intended to > modify or contradict any IPv6 standard documents. I thought that > we had agreed to something like this earlier. Yes, we had agreed this and we ev

RE: UPDATE: IPv6 w.g. Last Call on "IPv6 for Some Second and Third Generation Cellular Hosts"

2002-05-19 Thread Elgebaly, Hani
en [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 1:50 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: UPDATE: IPv6 w.g. Last Call on "IPv6 for Some Second and Third Generation Cellular Hosts" The last call for this document will end on May 27, 2002. The Internet Area Directors requested shorteni

Re: UPDATE: IPv6 w.g. Last Call on "IPv6 for Some Second and Third Generation Cellular Hosts"

2002-05-19 Thread itojun
>The last call for this document will end on May 27, 2002. > >The Internet Area Directors requested shortening the working group last >call to allow time for the IESG to discuss the document to meet a 3GPP >deadline. not objecting to this particular change, but is it usual thing to

RE: UPDATE: IPv6 w.g. Last Call on "IPv6 for Some Second and Third Generation Cellular Hosts"

2002-05-19 Thread john . loughney
Hi Hani, > I noticed that robust header compression requirements are missing from the > "IPv6 for cellular hosts" draft. Should a section be added highlighting its > importance and recommending its support (as a should requirement maybe)? The authors discussed this early on, and as there are n

Mobility support in cellular (was Re: IPv6 w.g. Last Call on "IPv6 for Some Second and Third Generation Cellular Hosts" )

2002-05-22 Thread Thomas Narten
Note: folk might want change some subject lines to aid followups on the thread... Margaret Wasserman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > (4) The document states: > "4. Mobility > > For the purposes of this document, IP mobility is not relevant. When > Mobile IPv6 specification is appr

Re: Mobility support in cellular (was Re: IPv6 w.g. Last Call on "IPv6 for Some Second and Third Generation Cellular Hosts" )

2002-05-22 Thread Margaret Wasserman
> >There is a basic problem with having this document specify any sort of >required behavior with respect to MIPv6. There is no RFC today for >MIPv6 (we are getting close, but we are not quite there yet). Okay. I agree, then, that we shouldn't specify any MIP behaviour in this document. I was