Hi, 

I have read draft-ietf-opsawg-capwap-hybridmac-01.txt. I believe that the 
document is on the right track, the solution is clear and makes sense. There 
are however a number of functional and editorial improvements that should 
improve the clarity of the document. 

1. The interaction between the AC and WTP which is introduced for the  
Hybrid-MAC model Frames Exchange needs to be better clarified. If I understand 
well the WTP communicates to the AC the list of profile it supports, and the AC 
selects one to configure the WTP. This exchange of information takes place in 
the Discovery Request message, Primary Discovery Request message, and Join 
Request message as per section 4, but it is not clear what is the order. It is 
also not clear whether an AC can support more than one profile. 

2. The IANA policy of Expert Review suggested to manage the profile space seems 
too 'liberal'. Adding a new profile actually defines a new class of device, 
possibly with new functionality, or with functionality distributed differently 
between the WTPs and ACs. As with this document, I believe that new profiles 
should be defined in Standards Track documents. 'Standards Action' or at least 
'IETF Review' (as per RFC 5226) seem to be the appropriate policies. 

3. (editorial) This document uses -- a lot -- of terms from RFC 5415 and RFC 
5416. I suggest to have a short section of Terminology and Abbreviations that 
reminds the principal terms and acronyms re-used. This section can be shared 
with draft-ietf-opsawg-capwap-extension

4. (editorial) Acronyms should be avoided in the Abstract. In general I think 
that a shortest and more 'high level' abstract is needed. 

Regards,

Dan
  



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