Re: [ipwave] draft-ietf-ipwave-ipv6-over-80211ocb-00 use of term "802.2 LLC"

[François Simon <[e-mail]>]

While LLC standard is out of scope for 802.11 is concerned, it is still
mentioned. Two LLC types: 

- LLC Protocol Discrimination (LPD) - IEEE Std 802-2014 - ISO/IEC
8802-2:1998
- EPD EtherType Protocol Discrimination (EPD) - IEEE Std 802-2014 - IEEE Std
802.3-2012

EPD is used for 5.9 GHz Band

Fygs


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From: its [mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of Russ Housley
Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2017 12:57 PM
To: Alexandre Petrescu <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Re: [ipwave] draft-ietf-ipwave-ipv6-over-80211ocb-00 use of term
"802.2 LLC"


On Feb 2, 2017, at 12:09 PM, Alexandre Petrescu
<[e-mail]> wrote:

> draft-ietf-ipwave-ipv6-over-80211ocb-00 use of term "802.2 LLC"
> 
> Hello IPWAVErs,
> 
> It has been suggested that the term "802.2 LLC" may not be relevant 
> because in the next version of the IEEE 802.11 standard the LLC will 
> no longer be based on IEEE 802.2.
> 
> As such, I propose the following change:
> 
> old:
>> The IPv6 Networking is layered on top of the IEEE 802.2 Logical-Link 
>> Control (LLC) layer; this is itself layered on top of the 802.11p 
>> MAC; this layering illustration is similar to that of running IPv6
>> over 802.2    LLC over the 802.11 MAC, or over Ethernet MAC.
> 
> new:
>> The IPv6 Networking is layered on top of an IEEE 802.11 LLC layer; 
>> this is itself layered on top of the 802.11 MAC layer; this layering 
>> illustration is similar to that of running IPv6 over 802.2 LLC over 
>> the IEEE 802.3 (Ethernet) MAC.

I think that talking about Ethernet is causing confusion.  Perhaps it would
be more straightforward to say that SNAP [RFC1042] is used to carry the IPv6
Ethertype.

Russ
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