Hi Phil,

> Maybe we should call it the cellular interfaces draft????

I think that would not be sufficient.  Currently, there is no
IPv6 hosts document.  If there were one, this discussion would
be shorter.  I would suggest that some sort of hosts document
is needed - it will be a big problem if many companies 
make devices with IPv6 that function poorly or badly.  I
would hope that our draft goes someway in ensuring some basic
compliance when companies start adding IPv6 to mobile phones.
This is a very real thing, most likely the IPv6 stack will
not be very upgradable / configurable.  

> > Regarding Mobile IPv6, were you proposing that Mobile IP not 
> > be considered in the cellular hosts document if we are only 
> > describing requirements for basic cellular hosts and no 
> > multiple-technology devices?
> 
> There are two issues - one is that it's not done, but hopefully soon,
> and two that it implies multiple interfaces at this point because
> at least in the 3gpp case it's not being considered for mobility
> management within the cellular network.  But having the capability
> there seems important and I would be hesitant to take it out.
> It's probably wise to drop the references to HMIP and fast handover
> as those are still some distance from standardization.

I feel that support for MIPv6 is important in the draft - at least
some discussion of it, where it might be applicable, etc. for
HMIP & FMIP, I'll leave it to the mobility experts to discuss it.

John
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