Re: [6lo] mic comment about layers

On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 1:29 PM, Alexandru Petrescu <
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


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