RE: Requirements

["tim clifford" <tjc@lacunanet.net>]

well, i was primarily talking about the "latter;" the wireless internet is
about more than a link layer.

MORE, i believe, is trying to establish a common set of requirements for the
mobile cellular operators. this set of requirements are meant to provide
insight (guidance?) for IETF activities targeting mobility solutions.

just to be picky, i'm not sure that these solution are "ip-level" only.  it
seems to me that tcp implications (see pilc), mobile web intermediaries,
diameter, etc. are broader than ip-level.

tim

> -----Original Message-----
> From: gja@epona.host4u.net [mailto:gja@epona.host4u.net]On Behalf Of
> grenville armitage
> Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 12:56 PM
> To: tim clifford
> Cc: more@ops.ietf.org
> Subject: Re: Requirements
>
>
>
> I'm not sure I follow your phrase "...talking about more than
> a link layer.."  Are you saying the proposed MORE WG is about
> more than a link layer, or that wireless Internet is about more
> than a link layer? The latter is certainly true, but if you mean
> the former then I'm unclear what MORE will contribute
> over and above existing efforts to develop IP-level mobility
> solutions in the IETF.
>
> cheers,
> gja
>
> tim clifford wrote:
> >
> > which would seem to imply that we need to try to convince
> people at the ietf
> > (i think its a misnomer to say "convince the ietf") that we're
> talking about
> > more than a link layer, maybe the right term is mobility, or roaming
> > services, or disadvantaged user devices, or large populations
> of always on
> > subscribers  ;-)
> >
> > tc
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-more@ops.ietf.org
> [mailto:owner-more@ops.ietf.org]On Behalf
> > > Of James Kempf
> > > Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 11:47 AM
> > > To: more@ops.ietf.org; jgw@cisco.com
> > > Subject: Re: Requirements
> > >
> > >
> > > John,
> > >
> > > There is no such catalog. In general, IETF has been resistent to
> > > making wireless a special category. It is viewed as just another link
> > > layer.
>
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