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Margaret Wasserman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > (4) The document states: > "4. Mobility > > For the purposes of this document, IP mobility is not relevant. When > Mobile IPv6 specification is approved, a future update to this > document may address these issues, as there may be some effects on > IPv6 hosts due to Mobile IP. The movement of cellular hosts within > 3GPP networks is handled by link layer mechanisms." > There is a portion of mobility -- I believe that is is called the > "correspondent node option", or something like that -- that must be > implemented in all IPv6 hosts, in order to allow optimal routing > to mobile nodes that are away from their home networks. This document > should indicate that support for that feature is required. > Can one of the MIP folks help me here? What is it called, and where > is it defined? There is a basic problem with having this document specify any sort of required behavior with respect to MIPv6. There is no RFC today for MIPv6 (we are getting close, but we are not quite there yet). Until the MIPv6 spec is finalized, it is a bit of a moving target. Having this document say one must implement correspondant node functionality as defined in draft-xxx leaves a dangling reference to work-in-progress. This is what would be considered a normative reference (i.e. you need to the other spec to correctly implement the functionality that is being required). I have a hard time seeing how this document can say anything definitive about what parts of the MIP ID need to be implemented. Plus, my understanding is that the target audience for the celluar-requirements document is 3GPP and friends. They do not currently have plans that involve using MIPv6. So I don't see the need to say anything about MIPv6. Thomas -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPng Working Group Mailing List IPng Home Page: http://playground.sun.com/ipng FTP archive: ftp://playground.sun.com/pub/ipng Direct all administrative requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------
