Hello Pete,

Yes, I am fine with that revision and the new proposed text.

I was more worried about the seeming suggestion that the DMM
requirement was to interwork with any arbitrary security
mechanism. But, as I mentioned, I think we are pretty close.

Regards,
Charlie P.


On 6/7/2012 1:53 PM, Peter McCann wrote:
> I thought the new text from Anthony was an attempt to answer your
> comment, Charles.  For instance, he removed the text that said,
> "should not be considered the default."  Are you ok with his new
> proposed text?  If not, can you propose text that you would like?
>
> -Pete
>
> Charles E. Perkins wrote:
>> Hello folks,
>>
>> It seems to me that we may be perhaps arriving at a good point for a 
>> new draft.
>> However, there are still some points of discussion that are perhaps 
>> worthy to be resolved (for example, in my email earlier this week).
>>
>> Maybe we should fire up the issue tracker...?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Charlie P.
>>
>>
>> On 6/7/2012 12:04 PM, Behcet Sarikaya wrote:
>>
>>      Hi Jouni,
>>
>>      What are the plans on DMM requirements? I see lots of mails and never 
>> ending discussions.
>>
>>      Isn't it the time to get the draft out, thank Anthony for his hard 
>> work and move on?
>>
>>      Regards,
>>
>>      Behcet
>>
>>
>>      On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 11:32 AM, h chan <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>              Yes, the second and third sentences are not additional 
>> requirements, 
>> but rather explanations of the requirement in the first sentence. Does 
>> the rewrite sound better now:
>>
>>
>>
>>              REQ-2: Transparency to Upper Layers
>>
>>              The DMM solutions SHALL provide transparency above the IP layer 
>> when 
>> needed. Such transparency is needed, when the mobile hosts or entire 
>> mobile networks change their point of attachment to the Internet, for 
>> the application flows that cannot cope with a change of IP address.
>> Otherwise the support to maintain a stable home IP address or prefix 
>> during handover may be declined.
>>
>>
>>
>>              H Anthony Chan
>>
>>
>>
>>              From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
>>              Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2012 12:56 AM
>>              To: h chan
>>              Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]; jouni korhonen; Peter 
>> McCann
>>              Subject: 答复: Re: [DMM] draft requirement REQ-2:
>> Transparency to Upper Layers
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>              Hi Anthony:
>>
>>              The last part of the sentence (i.e. but the need to maintain a 
>> stable home IP address or prefix SHOULD NOT be taken as
>> default.) seems a littel strange to me.  REQ-2 just describes under 
>> what circumstances the transparency is needed (i.e. when the mobile 
>> hosts or entire mobile networks change their point of attachment to 
>> the Internet, for the application flows that cannot cope with a change 
>> of IP address), that means automatically, otherwise the transparency 
>> is not needed. So why bother to write the last part of the sentence?
>>
>>              Besides, when mobile node attaches to its home network, it will 
>> obviously get a home IP address/prefix from its home network. The IP 
>> address/prefix can be considered as stable IP, as long as the mobile 
>> does not change its point of attachment. The last part of the sentence 
>> will just exclude this scenario.
>>
>>              If I make any mistake, please correct me.
>>
>>              Thanks
>>              Luowen
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> h chan <[email protected]>
>> 发 件人:  [email protected]
>>
>> 2012/06/06 01:12
>>
>> 收件人
>>
>> "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, Peter McCann <[email protected]>, 
>> jouni korhonen <[email protected]>
>>
>> 抄送
>>
>>
>>
>> 主题
>>
>> Re: [DMM] draft requirement REQ-2: Transparency to Upper Layers
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>              Revise as follows:
>>
>>              REQ-2: Transparency to Upper Layers
>>              The DMM solutions SHALL provide transparency above the IP layer 
>> when 
>> needed. Such transparency is needed, when the mobile hosts or entire 
>> mobile networks change their point of attachment to the Internet, for 
>> the application flows that cannot cope with a change of IP address, 
>> but the need to maintain a stable home IP address or prefix SHOULD NOT 
>> be taken as default.
>>              REQ-2M (Motivation for REQ-2)
>>              The goal of this requirement is to enable more efficient use of 
>> network resources and more efficient routing by not maintaining a 
>> stable IP home IP address when there is no such need.
>>
>>              H Anthony Chan
>>
>>
>>              -----Original Message-----              From: 
>> [email protected]
>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of h chan            Sent: 
>> Wednesday, May
>> 23, 2012 7:51 PM             To: Peter McCann; jouni korhonen                
>> Cc: [email protected]
>>              Subject: Re: [DMM] draft requirement REQ-2: Transparency to 
>> Upper 
>> Layers
>>
>>              An attempt to clean up the text so far:
>>
>>              REQ-2: Transparency to Upper Layers
>>              The DMM solutions SHALL provide transparency above the IP layer 
>> when 
>> needed. Such transparency is needed, when the mobile hosts or entire 
>> mobile networks change their point of attachment to the Internet, for 
>> the application flows that cannot cope with a change of IP address, 
>> but SHOULD NOT be taken as the default behavior.
>>
>>              REQ-2M (Motivation for REQ-2)
>>              The goal of this requirement is to enable more efficient use of 
>> network resources and more efficient routing when mobility support is 
>> implemented by not invoking it for the application flows and nodes 
>> that do not need it.
>>
>>              RELEVANT problem:               PS5: Wasting resources to 
>> support mobile nodes not
>> needing mobility support             IP mobility support is not always 
>> required.
>> For example, some applications do not need a stable IP address during 
>> handover, i.e. IP session continuity. Sometimes, the entire 
>> application session runs while the terminal does not change the point of 
>> attachment.
>> In these situations that do not require IP mobility support, network 
>> resources are wasted when including additional info to the mobility 
>> context to support the change the point of attachment. Network 
>> resources are also wasted when the via routes are set up for many MNs that 
>> do not
>> require IP mobility support.                 OTHER related problem           
>> O-PS1: Mobility
>> signaling overhead with peer-to-peer communication           While mobility
>> management enables a mobile host to be reachable, the hosts may then 
>> communicate directly so that the mobility support is no longer needed.
>> Taking the need of mobility support as the default behavior will waste
>> network resources.           O-PS2: Lack of user-centricity          
>> Centralized
>> deployment compared with distributed mobility management may be less 
>> capable to support user-centricity. Example in the lack of 
>> user-centricity is to provide mobility support to all mobile nodes by 
>> default regardless of whether the user needs it or not.
>>
>>              H Anthony Chan
>>
>>              -----Original Message-----              From: Peter McCann      
>>         Sent: Friday, May
>> 18, 2012 9:35 AM             To: jouni korhonen; h chan              Cc: 
>> [email protected]
>>              Subject: RE: [DMM] draft requirement REQ-2: Transparency to 
>> Upper 
>> Layers
>>
>>              Hi, Jouni,
>>
>>              jouni korhonen wrote:           >               > Few 
>> comments/questions here:          >               > On
>> May 7, 2012, at 8:58 PM, h chan wrote:               >               >> 
>> REQ-2: Transparency to
>> Upper Layers                 >> The DMM solutions SHALL enable transparency 
>> above the
>> IP layer. Such               >> transparency is needed for the application 
>> flows
>> that cannot cope with                >> a change of IP address and when 
>> mobile hosts
>> or entire mobile networks            >> change their point of attachment to 
>> the
>> Internet, but SHOULD NOT be          >> taken as the default behavior.       
>>         >               >
>> "SHALL enable" but "SHOULD NOT be taken as the default behavior" seem
>>              > to conflict. So, what is really meant here? Does this mean 
>> something
>>              > like "MUST implement, SHOULD use" type of solution? Or can 
>> one leave
>>              > transparency completely away if the applications/hosts just 
>> don't
>> care                 > whether IP changes or not?
>>
>>              I think the latter.  If the applications don't care about
>> transparency,                then we don't need to pay for it with state and
>> signaling in the network.
>>
>>              However, we know that some applications do care, so it SHALL be
>> possible             to provide it.
>>
>>              >> REQ-2M (Motivation for REQ-2)                >> The goal of 
>> this requirement is
>> to           >> enable more efficient use of network resources and more
>> efficient            >> routing by not invoking mobility support when there 
>> is no
>> such need.           >               > Does this still mean the mobility 
>> support must be
>> implement even if it                 > is not used?
>>
>>              We need some strategy for keeping an IP address through some 
>> amount of
>>              mobility.  However, we needn't optimize the network for this 
>> case as
>> it           might be rather uncommon to keep an address for a very long 
>> period
>> of           time.
>>
>>              >> RELEVANT problem:            >> PS5: Wasting resources to 
>> support mobile
>> nodes not needing mobility           >> support IP mobility support is not
>> always required. For example,                >> some                 >> 
>> applications do not need a
>> stable IP address during handover, i.e. IP           >> session continuity.
>> Sometimes, the entire application session runs               >> while the 
>> terminal
>> does not change the point of attachment. In these            >> situations 
>> that
>> do not require IP mobility support, network resources                >> are 
>> wasted
>> when mobility context is set up. Network resources are also          >> 
>> wasted
>> when the via routes are set up for many MNs that do not require              
>> >> IP
>> mobility support.            >>              >> OTHER related problem        
>>         >> O-PS1: Mobility
>> signaling overhead with peer-to-peer communication           >> While 
>> mobility
>> management enables a mobile host to be reachable, the                >> 
>> hosts may
>> then communicate directly so that the mobility support is no                 
>> >> longer
>> needed. Taking the need of mobility support as the default           >> 
>> behavior
>> will waste network resources.                >> O-PS2: Lack of 
>> user-centricity               >>
>> Centralized deployment compared with distributed mobility management
>>              >> may be less capable to support user-centricity. Example in 
>> the lack
>> of           >> user-centricity is to provide mobility support to all mobile
>> nodes by             >> default regardless of whether the user needs it or 
>> not.
>>              >               > I have issues to parse O-PS2.. the motivation 
>> makes sense though
>> but          > the title "lack of user-centricity" is somewhat confusing.. 
>> what
>> does                 > forced/always-on mobility support has to do with user
>> centricity?
>>
>>              I think Anthony just meant that we should tailor the mobility
>> management           to the needs of the user.  I wouldn't mind seeing this
>> explanatory text             re-worded.
>>
>>              -Pete
>>
>>              >               > - Jouni               >               >       
>>         >>              >> (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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