Re: [netext] AD review of draft-ietf-netext-bulk-re-registration

Jari Arkko <jari.arkko@piuha.net> Tue, 22 November 2011 19:00 UTC

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Subject: Re: [netext] AD review of draft-ietf-netext-bulk-re-registration
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Sri,

>
> The first quoted paragraph seems to claim that both sides can group devices
> per their own desires. This does not seem to be supported by the rest of the
> specification, as the LMA will override whatever suggestion was made by the
> MAG. This may be fine, but I would change the first paragraph as follows:
>

> We allowed both the nodes to perform group operations. A given session may
> be assigned a MAG-specific group identifier and also an LMA-specific group
> identifier. Probably it needs corrections in couple of places and in the
> illustration.
>
>
>

You say you allowed, but I don't actually see the functionality. You can have the MAG set it, you can have LMA set it, but it is not possible for *both* to set it. If the LMA wants to dictate group IDs, then the IDs that the MAG used no longer can be used. Or am I missing something?

Jari