Hi Robert,

> 
> On 07/19/10 07:54 AM, Robert Cragie wrote:
> > Hi Samita,
> >
> > I'm still confused by this. Earlier, Zach said that in fact we should
> > not be using GP16 in the src IP address of the NS. I totally agree.
> > However, there is now some talk of setting the SLLA option to be the
> > 16-bit address of the device attempting address registration. This is
> > also surely wrong? We should be carrying the tentative 16-bit address
> > in the ARO, not in any other field. Then it only becomes a real
> > address (MAC or IP) when it is fully confirmed it is not a duplicate.
> 
> The SLLAO needs to be a link-layer address that can be used to send the
> success/failure of the registration, hence using the possibly duplicate
> 16 bit MAC address wouldn't work.
> 
>     Erik

[SC>]  Sorry, I missed this email earlier.
Have we resolved this question now with the new update in the nd-draft with
tentative NCEs? I am actually a bit confused about using MAC-16 bit address.


At what point is ZigBee planning to start using 16bit-MAC address? At the
start of ND operation?

Thanks,
-Samita



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