Re: [v6ops] draft-binet-v6ops-cellular-host-requirements-00.txt

["STARK, BARBARA H" <[e-mail]>]

Does the IETF define an IPv4 profile? If not, why not?
[[david]] As an operator, I would say such document would not be required if we had IPv6 terminals. But it is not the case and we need to get such reference even if it is not our only action to get such devices.
Does the IETF define an IPv6 profile for CPE ? Yes. Now, there is RFC6204.

<bhs> Just to explain a bit of RFC 6204 history --  CableLabs and Broadband Forum had no difficulty (internal to their respective orgs) in defining requirements / device profiles for CE routers that are expected to attach to their respective access architectures. The reason these organizations came to IETF was so there could be requirements available for retail devices (that had no expectation of required compliance to any BBF or CableLabs spec) that wanted to understand what was needed to attach successfully to either access architecture. There are many additional requirements in the CableLabs eRouter specs and BBF TR-124i3 that describe requirements for CE routers that are intended only for those environments. Note that RFC 6204 (and 6204bis) do not reference any BBF or CableLabs spec. Rather, it is expected that those organization's specs will reference or be consistent with RFC 6204 (6204bis), and build upon that as the base for their architecture-specific requirements. In cases where BBF has total control over specifying an interface, BBF has been known to ask IETF for help with needed Layer 3 protocol definition and extensions and recommendations for appropriate requirements, but not for actual creation or publication of device or network element functional profiles or requirements.
Barbara