Hello,
Sorry for the late reply. I was out of office.
Thanks for the comment, my answers are inline. :)
On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 11:35 PM, Benjamin A. Rolfe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Is there a reason that this draft restricts itself to a subset of the
> currently defined PHYs in 802.15.4?
> As written, it refers only to the DSSS PHYs. There are currently 2
> additional PHYs defined in the standard (802.15.4a-2007), and there are two
> more amendments nearing completion that define additional PHYs. I don't see
> any applications in these scenarios that require this restriction. Asset
> tracking, for example, is a likely application of the UWB PHYs (due to
> precision ranging, thus location, capability :-). The other PHYs have
> characteristics useful in some of these scenarios also. Is there a reason
> for limiting LoWPAN application to specific PHYs or is this just out of
> date text?
RFC 4919 describes
"Low-power wireless personal area networks (LoWPANs) comprise devices
that conform to the IEEE 802.15.4-2003 standard by the IEEE 802.15.4."
RFC 4944 says
"The IEEE 802.15.4 standard [ieee802.15.4] targets low-power personal
area networks. This document defines the frame format for
transmission of IPv6 [RFC2460] packets as well as the formation of
IPv6 link-local addresses and statelessly autoconfigured addresses on
top of IEEE 802.15.4 networks."
The document followed the concept.
If the current statement sounds too restricted, we can consider rewording.
Please let me know if you have any good suggestion.
>
> Also, a typo in References [3]: "802.15.4-2006, October 2003" of course
> 15.4-2006 was not published in 2003 :0). 802.15.4-2006 alone is not the
> current version of the standard (802.15.4a-2007 was approved early 2007). A
> safer thing is to site "802.15.4-2006 as amended" unless there is some
> reason to be restrictive (in which case that reason should be explained in
> the text).
>
It's a typo. I will change it as you suggested. Thanks. :)
-eunah
> -Ben
>
>
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