Re: [MEXT] Well-known problem with authentication/etc. in wirelessnetworks

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Hi Charlie,

On 8/26/11 1:38 PM, "ext Charles E. Perkins" <[e-mail]> wrote:
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>>> Thus I am still not sure what the problem is.
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>The problem is that they can't do very effective handovers.
>Worse, they are designing _per-application_ handover systems.
>This is wrong by most reasonable engineering standards,
>regardless on the positive effect it might have for
>standards junkies and permanent employment for engineers.

Effective handovers between what networks? Handovers within the scope of
an HSPA or LTE access for example work fine.
If you are referring to handovers between 3G accesses and wifi (non-3GPP
access) then yes.
But the handover performance in such a scenario is hampered by other
factors such as latency in connectivity and authentication etc.

-Basavaraj


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>> There's probably very little impetus for change no matter what MEXT
>> does.
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>I agree that, if [mext] does nothing,
>there won't be much impetus for change.
>But if we do something that is (a) secure,
>(b) deployable, (c) easier to administer,
>and (d) considerably better performance,
>then I reckon they'd have to be purposefully
>resistant to insist on ignoring it.
>
>Regards,
>Charlie P.
>
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