Hi, Jouni,

jouni korhonen wrote:
> 
> On May 7, 2012, at 9:04 PM, h chan wrote:
> 
>> REQ-4: compatibility
>> The DMM solutions SHALL support existing network deployment with
>> IPv6
>> (e.g. existing IPv6 address assignment), be compatible with other
>> mobility protocols, and be interoperable with the network or the
>> mobile hosts/routers that do not support the DMM enabling protocol so
>> that the existing network deployments are unaffected.
>> 
>> REQ-4M (Motivation for REQ-4)
>> Motivation: The motivation of this requirement is to be able to work
>> with network architectures of both hierarchical networks and flattened
>> networks, so that the mobility management protocol possesses enough
>> flexibility to support different networks, and so that the existing
>> networks and hosts are not affected and do not break.
> 
> Isn't the motivation just "SHALL not break existing network
> deployments and end hosts" ?
> Either the network or the host may not have any idea of the solutions
> developed in DMM.

I think that's a reasonable simplification.  We need a strategy for
backwards compatibility.

-Pete

> - JOuni
> 
>> 
>> OTHER related problem O-PS3: Complicated deployment with too many
>> variants and extensions of MIP Deployment is complicated with many
>> variants and extensions of
> MIP. When introducing new functions which may add to the complicity,
> existing solutions are more vulnerable to break.
>> 
>> (The above has been drafted with contributions, inputs and discussions
>> from various people. Additional contributions and comments are most
>> welcome.)
>> 
>> H Anthony Chan
>> 
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