Re: [DMM] DMM WG Adoption Poll (2) for "Mobile User Plane Evolution" - draft-zzhang-dmm-mup-evolution-06

[Bill Gage <[e-mail]>]

As stated in the abstract, this document does not change the 3GPP 
architecture nor does it propose changes in signalling protocols defined 
by 3GPP. The authors explicitly state that this document describes an 
*implementation* based on existing 3GPP specifications.

The stated goal is to bring this work to 3GPP for further discussions, 
but 3GPP does not deal with implementation-specific matters. If there 
are no new interfaces and no new protocols, then there is nothing for 
3GPP to consider.

For 5G, that ship has already sailed - operators and vendors are already 
deploying solutions so it is unlikely that this document will have any 
effect on 5G networks.

For 6G, it is premature to assume that the 5G functional models and 
protocol stacks will be carried forward into 6G. Nothing in this 
document appears to address issues that other research is attempting to 
resolve.

Personally, I have no objection to this document being "adopted" as a WG 
draft (https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-wkumari-not-a-draft/), but 
I would have serious objections to further progression towards an RFC. 
If the goal of this document is simply to publicise an implementation, 
there are other venues where it may get more attention (e.g. arXiv, IEEE 
Access).

Cheers ...

/bill
On 2023-10-19 5:41 a.m., Satoru Matsushima wrote:
> Dear DMMers,
> 
> This email starts a two-weeks DMM WG adoption poll (2) for ""Mobile User 
> Plane Evolution" - draft-zzhang-dmm-mup-evolution-06.
> 
> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-zzhang-dmm-mup-evolution/ 
> <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-zzhang-dmm-mup-evolution/>
> 
> Please review the draft and post any comments on this mail thread prior 
> to Friday, November 3rd, 2023.
> 
> Regards,
> Sri, Satoru
>