Re: Review of draft-ietf-ecrit-car-crash-20

[Randall Gellens <[e-mail]>]

Hi Dan,

Thanks for your review.  Please see in-line.

At 3:13 AM -0800 1/5/17, Dan Romascanu wrote:

>  Reviewer: Dan Romascanu
>  Review result: Almost Ready
>
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>  Document: draft-ietf-ecrit-car-crash-20
>  Reviewer: Dan Romascanu
>  Review Date: 2017-01-05
>  IETF LC End Date: 2017-01-06
>  IESG Telechat date: 2017-01-19
>
>  Summary:
>
>  It's a good and useful document which needs to be read and understood
>  together with the eCall document, and other relevant documents from
>  EC, NENA, APCOT. There is at least one major issue that deserves
>  discussion and clarification before approval, IMO.
>
>  Major issues:
>
>  1. One aspect of the relationship with eCall is unclear to me.
>
>  The Abstract says:
>
>>   This document is an extension
>     of the eCall document, with the primary differences being that
>  this
>     document makes the MSD data set optional and VEDS mandatory, and
>  adds
>     attribute values to the metadata/control object to permit greater
>     functionality.
>
>  Then in the Introduction:
>
>>  This document reuses the technical aspects of next-generation pan-
>     European eCall (a mandated and standardized system for emergency
>     calls by in-vehicle systems within Europe), as described in
>     [I-D.ietf-ecrit-ecall].  However, this document specifies a
>  different
>     set of vehicle (crash) data, specifically, the Vehicle Emergency
>  Data
>     Set (VEDS) rather than the eCall Minimum Set of Data (MSD).
>
>  and in Section 9:
>
>>   This document extends [I-D.ietf-ecrit-ecall] by reusing the call
>  set-
>     up and other normative requirements with the exception that in
>  this
>     document, support for the eCall MSD is OPTIONAL and support for
>  VEDS
>     in REQUIRED.
>
>  First of all it's not clear if by 'eCall document' what it's meant is
>  the European document or draft-ietf-ecrit-ecall.

My understanding is that references are frowned upon in Abstracts, 
otherwise there would be a reference to the IETF eCall draft there. 
I did change "extension of the eCall document" to "extension of the 
IETF eCall document" to try and make this more clear.

>   Second it's not clear
>  how the two IETF documents, both on standards track relate, when the
>  status of the MSD and VEDS data sets are different. What would
>  prevail? The IESG is asked to approve two document, both on standards
>  track, with different and in this case contradictory content. If I am
>  a car manufacturer, I would ask myself what support will be mandatory
>  to implement? Or maybe there are different scenarios where the
>  different data sets are recommended? But then should not support for
>  both be mandatory to implement and optional to use, maybe per
>  geographical area? After all vehicles cross borders, or are
>  transported / exported over the seas nowadays.

There is no conflict, as the eCall document applies to regions that 
adhere to the E.U. eCall system, and this document applies to other 
regions.  I added the following sentence to the paragraphs in the 
Abstract and Introduction:

    A vehicle designed for multiple regions will
    comply with the document applicable to the region in which it is
    located.

The eCall document already says (in Document Scope):

    Note that vehicles designed for multiple regions might need to
    support eCall and other Advanced Automatic Crash Notification (AACN)
    systems (such as described in [I-D.ietf-ecrit-car-crash]), but this
    is out of scope of this document.


>
>  Minor issues:
>
>  1. In the Abstract:
>
>>  ... this document specifies a different set of vehicle (crash)
>     data, specifically, the Vehicle Emergency Data Set (VEDS) ...
>
>  Actually VEDS is not specified in this document, but by APCO and NENA
>  and referred by this document.

I'll change "specifies" to "specifies use of".

>
>  2. In section 4:
>
>>   In the paired model, the IVS uses a Bluetooth link with a
>  previously-
>     paired handset to establish an emergency call
>
>  Is Bluetooth only an example, or only one standard way of establishing
>  a paired communication in the legacy example? I suspect the later - so
>  I suggest that the text is reformulated in this manner.

Ok, I changed it to "a local link (typically Bluetooth)".

>  3. I am not an expert in this area but I wonder whether the initial
>  values of the registry in 14.6 are aligned with car manufacturers
>  standards. For example I am wondering if lamps that change colors
>  should not be also included.

The goal is that the initial values capture values that are widely 
supported by vehicles and likely to be useful to PSAPs.

>
>  4. I am not an expert in this area but I wonder whether the initial
>  values of the registry in 14.7 are aligned with car manufacturers
>  standards. For example I am wondering why night-vision capability is
>  provided only for the front cameras.

The values were picked based on what's most supported, but I will add 
rear and side night-vision to the initial values.

>
>
>  Nits/editorial comments:
>
>  1. I believe that the European eCall requirements documents 16062 and
>  16072 need to be Informative References.

EU eCall requirements are referenced in the eCall draft, which this 
draft normatively references, and are not directly used in this 
draft, so I don't see that it's useful to add them here.

>  2. Add an informative reference for Bluetooth mentioned in Section 4.

OK.

>  3. Section 16 needs to be removed at publication.

I'll add a note.

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