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> Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 4:15 AM
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> Subject: RE: Should connecting to the Internet be Optional?
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>
> 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.
I simply disagree with this. On some devices this may be true,
but certainly not on all, and perhaps not even on the majority
of devices used for data operations.
>
> > > 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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