Re: [6lo] mic comment about layers

Le 20/07/2015 19:34, Kerry Lynn a écrit :
> On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 1:29 PM, Alexandru Petrescu
> <alexandru.petrescu@gmail.com <mailto:alexandru.petrescu@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hello,
>
>     I wanted to make a comment at the mic about layering, during the
>     IANA registry discussion.
>
>     As I hear the discussion about liaison with ITU, it looks to me as a
>     ping-pong of statements.
>
>     Who is responsible to allocate these codepoints - IANA or ITU?
>
>     Even if IANA makes a registry for it, are we sure that ITU will not
>     allocate in the future other codepoints beyond what IANA allocates?
>     And, should we care?
>
>     My oppinion on this is that IANA should not allocate numbers to
>     whatever runs below IPv6 headers.
>
> http://www.iana.org/assignments/ieee-802-numbers/ieee-802-numbers.xhtml

That is a reflection of what IEEE controls.  It's IEEE who controls, and 
IANA 'mirrors' it.

I dont have the same feeling that the same happens between ITU and 6lo 
here.  It looks more like a competition between who allocates what.  The 
format of it is not agreed either.

And - worse - the 6lo WG does not seem to be queried oppinion, but 
imposed decisions.

This is not a way to move forward, I fully disagree.

Alex

>
>     Let the underlying layers (below IP) offer IEEE-like interfaces,
>     with EtherTypes.  That's what works.
>
>     Alex
>
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