On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 8:41 PM, Michael Richardson <[email protected]>wrote:

>
> >>>>> "Victor" == Victor Kuarsingh <[email protected]> writes:
>    Victor> These devices (in such operating modes) are however not
>    Victor> likely to participate in a home network (as the gateway
>    Victor> device or a router) and it's very unlikely to be the head of
>    Victor> home network.
>
> I STRONGLY DISAGREE.
>

That's fine. My statement was based on an aggregate set of behaviors over
millions of endpoints.  Corner cases always exist (and perhaps not so corner
in the future).


>
> Not only will smartphones be pressed into use whenever the primary ISP
> is down (I've done this three times in 18 months since I got a
> smartphone), but whenever there is an ad-hoc gathering of people who
> need network, they will insist that their smartphones be smart.
>

Sure, a number of people seem to do this and tether their phones for
Internet Access.  Although performance is
somewhat degraded as Smartphones don't seem to make very good routers
(performance wise - but this may change).  Notice I did not say "never", I
said "not likely".


>
> I expect my smartphone to provide network to my Personal Area Network
> (whether via Bluetooth PAN or Zigbee), and I further expect that PAN to
> have an alternate exit via my HAN.
>

Understood.  However is that what most people will expect?  Perhaps one can
argue yes.


>
> I want to further point out that 3GPP and the mobile operators are no
> longer in control of what phones do.  They are network devices.


I guess this is true to some extent.  There is value in having standards in
this area which make things work in a relatively complex environment.


>  The
> only thing they can control is the protocol on the wire, and if they
> piss of the consumer, the consumer will simply tunnel.
>

I guess some may tunnel.  Not sure if most would.


>

It's good that 3G will have PD in the future.
> I know that new versions of SIXXS AICCU now include it.
>
>
PD is in the spec.  But when it sees the light of day in actual deployments
(network + devices) is the key.




regards,

Victor K

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