Re: [v6ops] draft-chen-v6ops-ipv6-roaming-analysis (GangChen)

Pete Vickers <peter.vickers@gmail.com> Sun, 28 July 2013 09:15 UTC

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Subject: Re: [v6ops] draft-chen-v6ops-ipv6-roaming-analysis (GangChen)
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>> 3.2.  Roaming to early dual-stack networks
>> A roaming subscriber with IPv4v6 PDP/
>> PDN type should change the request to two separated PDP/PDN messages
>> of single IP version in order to achieve equivalent results.  Some
>> operators may turn off the function only allow one PDP/PDN is alive
>> for each subscriber.
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>> This is also likely to fail in more subtle ways, e.g. a visited network
>> commonly permits two concurrent PDP, since it is usual for MMS (picture
>> messaging) services to be accessed via a seperate APN to Internet services.
>> Thus if both available PDPs are in use for IPv4+IPv6 Internet access, then
>> attempts to send/recieve picture messages would (silently?) fail due to lack
>> of PDP resourses.
>> 
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> Your case seems assuming only two PDP activation are allowed for each
> subscriber. I'm not sure that is a common case. It may be different
> with my experience. Multiple PDPs are allowed to be activated if a
> subscriber intends to access separated APNs.
> 

Sorry for the lack of clarity, my intension was not to make any assumption/example of common cases; instead it was an attempt to show how the introduction of IPv6 services can 'break' other unrelated services in non-obvious ways.


> Best Regards
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> Gang
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>> /Pete
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