This is a very interesting idea.

I think there are some folks that might consider commission a technical
issue also.

        geoff


On Tue, 2007-02-27 at 17:05 +0900, Yong-Woon KIM wrote:
> Sure, it does.
> 
> Schumacher's clarification seems good.
> But there is another viewpoint.
> "who should care for the network management?"
> 
> >From sales and marketing points of view, here are two questions:
> what kinds of products should we develop?
> whom we should bring the products to for sales?
> 
> The network management can be clarified into two viewpoints:
> operator-side and installer-side. 
> NMS is an operator-side management tool and
> commissioning system is installer-side.
> That is, most sensor networks aren't installed by operators themselves but
> installation professionals such as SI(system integration) and 
> NI(network integration) companies. 
> 
> So, the comissioning system has to focus on how to install sensor
> devices and sensor networks and how to manage them locally at installation 
> sites.
> In order to support these points, 
> it needs to support checkup and setup for physical component configuration 
> (a device component cannot be detected), electrical ground, hardware profile,
> various configuration files, functional profiles, topology management,
> device management, etc.
> 
> Consequently here are my summary:
> - comissioning seems proper as a business term, not a technology term.
> - bootstrapping seems a technology term and might be better for 6lowpan 
> because
>   it can help 6lowpn focus on technology issues including initial setup and
>   installer-side network management.
> - network management should be clarified from operator's and installer's 
> points of view.
> - two prospective products: NMS and commisioning system.
> - commissing system should include bootstrapping.
> - bootstrapping-itself product seems a non-sense in the context of my opinion.
> 
> --
> Qkim
> 
> 
> > It depends on how to define each term in 6lowpan area.
> > Obviously, we should elaborate and clarify on each terms
> > if necessary...
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Daniel (Soohong Daniel Park)
> > Mobile Convergence Laboratory, SAMSUNG Electronics.
> > 
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Schumacher Christian Peter Pii" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "Geoff Mulligan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Cc: <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 5:12 PM
> > Subject: RE: [6lowpan] WG rechartering
> > 
> > 
> > I believe the two terms are related to a certain degree.
> > The difference could be that bootstrapping is for initial network setup 
> > whereas commissioning is network management for the entire lifecycle of a 
> > device.
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Geoff Mulligan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> > Sent: 7. februar 2007 18:30
> > To: Ki-Hyung Kim
> > Cc: 6lowpan
> > Subject: Re: [6lowpan] WG rechartering
> > 
> > Are commissioning and bootstrapping the same?  How do we define
> > bootstrapping?
> > 
> > geoff
> > 
> > On Wed, 2007-02-07 at 11:28 +0900, Ki-Hyung Kim wrote:
> >> Bootstrapping is one of the important issues. I think commissioning
> >> might be more appropriate term which can include bootstrapping as a
> >> core protocol.
> >> 
> >> 
> >>  
> >> On 2/7/07, Daniel Park <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 
> >>         Bootstrapping is one of important issues around 6lowpan,
> >>         hence I agree with Samita's suggestion as well. 
> >>         
> >>         Regarding 6lowpan mobility, MANEMO looks like a relevant
> >>         place within IETF as of today, but INT AD's decision does
> >>         not allow us to have a BOF in Prague at this stage.
> >>         
> >>         Anyhow, I am suggesting 6lowpan mobility for further study 
> >>         as one of rechartering items. As Samita pointed out, its
> >>         problem statements are already available and we are in the
> >>         progress of ellaborating on that.
> >>         
> >>         Daniel (Soohong Daniel Park)
> >>         Mobile Convergence Laboratory, SAMSUNG Electronics. 
> >>         
> >>         ----- Original Message -----
> >>         From: "Samita Chakrabarti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>         To: "Geoff Mulligan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>         Cc: "6lowpan" <[email protected]>
> >>         Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 3:53 AM
> >>         Subject: Re: [6lowpan] WG rechartering
> >>         
> >>         
> >>         > Hi Geoff, 
> >>         >
> >>         > The list looks good.
> >>         >
> >>         > Last time we also discussed a need for a document on
> >>         boot-strapping.
> >>         > Is it still on the agenda?  Personally I prefer
> >>         bootstrapping should be a
> >>         > separate document; we also have to figure out the
> >>         requirements for 
> >>         > bootstrapping in this space.
> >>         >
> >>         > The second point is on mobility analysis - recently with
> >>         MANEMO (Network
> >>         > mobility for MANET) discussion, some interesting points came
> >>         out regarding
> >>         > 6lowpan mobility. Daniel Park, Jim Bound brought this up
> >>         and 
> >>         > we are working on updating
> >>         > my expired draft on 6lowpan mobility requirements.  So, may
> >>         be we can keep
> >>         > mobility item in the radar if not on the charter list for
> >>         now.
> >>         >
> >>         > Thanks,
> >>         > -Samita 
> >>         >
> >>         >
> >>         > On 2/6/07, Geoff Mulligan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>         >> Folks,
> >>         >>  We have reached a milestone.  We have submitted the
> >>         Problem Statement 
> >>         >> document and the Format Document to our AD for
> >>         publication.  We have
> >>         >> completed the original charter of the WG.
> >>         >>
> >>         >> Mark will review the documents and then submit them for
> >>         IETF LC (2 
> >>         >> weeks) and then IESG review and discussion, which will
> >>         hopefully happen
> >>         >> on the IESG telechat on March 8th.
> >>         >>
> >>         >> So now it is very important that we finalize our thoughts
> >>         about
> >>         >> rechartering the Working Group for new work, should we want
> >>         to take on
> >>         >> new work.
> >>         >>
> >>         >> Some of the items that people have indicated interest in
> >>         working on:
> >>         >>  Neighbor Discovery and Secure Neighbor Discovery (proposed
> >>         standard) 
> >>         >>  Stateful header compression (informational)
> >>         >>  6lowpan applications (informational)
> >>         >>  mesh routing (proposed standard)
> >>         >>  Security analysis (informational)
> >>         >>
> >>         >> If there are other ideas as to work the WG should be
> >>         looking at, please 
> >>         >> send them to the list.  If you think that we are finished,
> >>         please send
> >>         >> that to the list also.
> >>         >>
> >>         >> We plan to have a call with our AD next Monday the 12th and
> >>         I would like
> >>         >> to hear from the group before then. 
> >>         >>
> >>         >>        geoff
> >>         >>
> >>         >>
> >>         >>
> >>         >>
> >>         >>
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> >> Korea 442-749
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