Re: [v6ops] I-D Action: draft-ietf-v6ops-reducing-ra-energy-consumption-02.txt

[Erik Nordmark <[e-mail]>]

On 11/5/15 4:32 PM, Lorenzo Colitti wrote:
>
>
> Erik, James and I worked on this together and I believe we're OK with 
> the following text:
>
>    1.  Maintaining IPv6 connectivity requires that hosts be able to
>        receive periodic multicast RAs [RFC4861]. Therefore, hosts that
>        process unicast packets sent while they are asleep MUST also
>        process multicast RAs sent while they are asleep. Hosts MAY
>        rate-limit identical RAs if they are sent too frequently.
>
>    2.  Mobile devices that do not intend to maintain IPv6 connectivity
>        while asleep SHOULD either disconnect from the network, abandoning
>        all IPv6 configuration, or perform DNAv6 procedures [RFC6059]
>        when waking up.
>
> Erik, James, can you confirm?
The above text works for me.

#1 captures how we've always thought IPv6 works.
And #2 captures that we have DNAv6 for the purposes of quickly 
re-attaching to a network e.g. when waking up.

    Erik