[DMM] demand for DMM traffic steering

2014-07-11 Thread Marco Liebsch
Folks, I would like to discuss the demand for DMM traffic steering as preparation for Toronto. DMM enables smart deployment and selection of network components serving as User-Plane anchor to the mobile node. The MN's IP address or prefix (HNP/HoA) is assigned to the selected anchor and bound

Re: [DMM] demand for DMM traffic steering

2014-07-11 Thread Sri Gundavelli (sgundave)
Hi Marco, I think we may have to qualify the term anchor. In our conf calls we used the terms, Control Plane Anchor (CPA), Data Plane Anchor (DPA) with Home/Access prefix tags. At the start of a session, the selected anchor assigns a topologically correct address. The HoA/HNP for a mobile

Re: [DMM] demand for DMM traffic steering

2014-07-11 Thread karagian
Hi Sri, Thanks for your explanation! I think I agree with most of your explanatory text. The gateway selection comes in place for both situations that you described, where the gateway is the access CPA/DPA mentioned in your example. Each time that the MN changes its point of attachment a