Hi Satoru,

Inline please.

On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 11:47 PM, Satoru Matsushima <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Hui,
>
> On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 11:21 PM, Hui Deng <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hello Satoru,
> >
> > Thanks a lot for your comments,
> >
> > I guess it is not clear in our document, because chapter says.
> > 3. Supporting EAP authencation in Wifi network . . . . . . . . . . 3
> > 3.1. Scenario Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
> > 4. The scope of definition of split MAC mode . . . . . . . . . . . 4
> > Section 4 could lead people think that we are only working on the split
> MAC,
> > actually the local MAC don't need define the scope,
> >
>
> Thanks your clarification. In addition, split-mac mode is also assumed
> in section 3.
>
> > we specify both split and local MAC.
> >
>

> My question is why local-mac couldn't solve your problem. As far as I
> know, any local-mac mode AP needs to encapsulate EAP packet into
> neither CAPWAP-DATA nor CTL


as far as i understand, the local-mac mode will encapsulate the CAPWAP
message into 802.3 header.

              +-+wireless frames +-+ 802.3 frames +-+
              | |----------------| |--------------| |
              | |                | |              | |
              | |----------------| |--------------| |
              | |wireless PHY/   | |     CAPWAP   | |
              | | MAC sublayer   | |              | |
              +-+                +-+              +-+
              STA                WTP               AC




> because AP send messages to AAA server as
> EAP authenticator.
>

This way, when UE handover between different AP, the security session
cannot be switched to the new AP.

--cz


>
> cheers,
> --satoru
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