Re: [16NG] I-D Action:draft-ietf-16ng-ipv4-over-802-dot-16-ipcs-07.txt

Max,

Is the new IP-CS based on GPCS? If so, I believe it is better to write a
separate I-D which specifies v4 and v6 transport over such a convergence
sublayer.

-Raj 

On 6/3/10 3:40 PM, "Riegel, Maximilian" <maximilian.riegel@nsn.com> wrote:

> Is it really reasonable to progress this I-D towards RFC? Meanwhile
> IEEE802.16 as well as WiMAX Forum are moving towards an combined IP-CS,
> which is capable to transfer IPv4 packets as well as IPv6 packets over
> the same service flows.
> 
> IMHO, it would make much more sense to merge the IPv6-CS and the IPv4-CS
> specification text into a common IP-CS text.
> 
> Bye
> Max
> 
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> Action:draft-ietf-16ng-ipv4-over-802-dot-16-ipcs-07.txt
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> A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts
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> This draft is a work item of the IP over IEEE 802.16 Networks Working
> Group of the IETF.
> 
> 
>         Title           : Transmission of IPv4 packets over IEEE
> 802.16's IP Convergence Sublayer
>         Author(s)       : S. Madanapalli, et al.
>         Filename        :
> draft-ietf-16ng-ipv4-over-802-dot-16-ipcs-07.txt
>         Pages           : 13
>         Date            : 2010-06-02
> 
> IEEE 802.16 is an air interface specification for wireless broadband
> access.  IEEE 802.16 has specified multiple service specific
> Convergence Sublayers for transmitting upper layer protocols.  The
> packet CS (Packet Convergence Sublayer) is used for the transport of
> all packet-based protocols such as Internet Protocol (IP) and IEEE
> 802.3 (Ethernet).  The IP-specific part of the Packet CS enables the
> transport of IPv4 packets directly over the IEEE 802.16 Media Access
> Control (MAC).
> 
> This document specifies the frame format, the Maximum Transmission
> Unit (MTU) and address assignment procedures for transmitting IPv4
> packets over the IP-specific part of the Packet Convergence Sublayer
> of IEEE 802.16.
> 
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> -ipcs-07.txt
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