[16NG] Re: AD review of draft-ietf-16ng-ps-goals

Syam,

Thanks for your quick response.

> As far as Ethernet is concerned, I think, running IEEE 802.1D is obvious.
> The intention here is to explicitly mention that the native multicast is not
> available and may need mechanisms like IEEE 802.1D.
>   

Yes -- please state so in the document instead of referring to
fundamental problems that in the end aren't true problems.

> A host using IPCS cannot send ARP packets over IEEE 802.16 connections.
> Of course, ARP is not required in this case.
>   

Then first you have to take the IPv6 part out.

Secondly, I recall some discussion months ago about DNAv4
and ARP filtering. What was the conclusion?

>>>    Because MAC address is not used for transmission in case of IP CS, it
>>>    is unclear whether source link layer address need to be carried in
>>>    the RS (Router Solicitation).  The RS may need to have source IP
>>>    address specified so that the RA (Router Advertisement) can be sent
>>>    back.  This may require the completion of the link local address
>>>    configuration before sending an RS.
>>>       
>> Why would you need the source address? This is the point-to-point
>> link model...
>>     
>
> Earlier, we have been thinking about shared link model. 

Yes, but this is under Section 5.2 (point to point model).

> Also, IEEE 802.16
> requires IP address for establishing MAC connections. To overcome this,
> WiMAX forum defined Initial Service Flow (ISF) which can be used for NDP.
>   

That's OK, but if that is so, there does not seem to be any problem
with the RS.

>>> If there
>>>    exists multiple ARs (so the default routers), it is unknown if the
>>>    NUD is required if an AR is not serving any 802.16 MAC connection.
>>>       
>> How can you have multiple devices at the end, if this is a
>> point-to-point link?
>>     
>
> Now, point-to-point link model is chosen, so this does not hold good.
>   

Ok, lets change the document so it correspond to the current
model.

> And yes, we need to rewrite the text for these.
>   

Thanks.

Jari

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