Re: [manet] IP-802.11 interface

Leping,

As I said, I attended the BOF (IP Triggers). Due to lack of consensus it did
not go on to become a working group.  Yes, the fast handoff draft may
provide some clues, but I am not well aware of the activities in the
mobileip group.

- Sukanta

----- Original Message -----
From: <Leping.Huang@nokia.com>
To: <sukanta@i2r.a-star.edu.sg>; <perkins@cacs.louisiana.edu>
Cc: <manet@ietf.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 4:36 PM
Subject: RE: [manet] IP-802.11 interface

> Hi, Sukata:
>
> I am also quite interested in this issue.
> Do you still remember which WG was tackling this problem inside/outside
IETF?
> Are there any draft/RFC they produced?
>
> I was told that there is a draft in MobileIPv6 WG, which may be related to
this issue.
> "Mobile IPv6 Fast Handovers for 802.11 Networks"
> http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-mccann-mobileip-80211fh-01.txt
>
> Yours
> Leping
>
>
>
> Hi Dmitri,
>
> I recall that some effort (standard) in this direction was sought in the
IP
> trigger BOF in IETF some time ago. From what I remember they failed to
> reach a consensus.
>
> - Sukanta
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: ""Dmitri D. Perkins" <perkins@cacs.louisiana.edu>"
> Date: Tue, 25 Mar, 2003 06:40 SGT
> Subject: [manet] IP-802.11 interface
>
> >
> > Some of the manet routing protocols (e.g., AODV abd DSR) have the
> > option of using MAC layer messages to realize link failures. Several
> > simulation based papers have modeled the IEEE 802.11 MAC as providing
> > such connectivity messages to the routing layer. However, is there
> > any work on providing a "real" IP-to-802.11 interface? A broader
> > issue concerns the design tradeoffs and performance gains when using
such
> > a vertical-layer or cross-layer design approach. Any studies or thoughts
> > on these issues?
> >
> > Is this problem in the scope of the MANET group?
> >
> > Thanks for you time...
> > Dmitri
> >
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