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Re: stds-802-handoff: Achieving Reliable & Faster IP Handovers in IEEE802.11 Network - A Relevant IETF Draft ?



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Hi Michael,

thanks ! Nice to know that this draft can contribute in some ways to the group.

You can get it from

http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-paultan-seamless-ipv6-handoff-802-00.txt

Apologise that this draft is not written well, but I guess the idea should be pretty clear and obvious.

I look forward to some interesting discussion on the matter from the forum, hope to receive the minutes during the recent meeting too.

Cheers,
Paul


Michael.G.Williams@nokia.com wrote:
Hi Paul,

Your submission sounds great and in line with what I'm thinking too. Can you submit it to our handover website or email it to me, I can't seem to pull it down from the URL below.

Best Regards,
Michael
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Johnston, Dj
Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 9:27 AM
To: Paul Tan
Cc: stds-802-handoff@ieee.org
Subject: RE: stds-802-handoff: Achieving Reliable & Faster IP Handovers
in IEEE 802.11 Network - A Relevant IETF Draft ?


Paul,
Thankyou for your input.
I will air this document at the 802 handoff meeting that is taking place
this week for consideration by the group.


DJ


David Johnston
Intel Corporation
Chair, IEEE 802 Handoff ECSG

Email : dj.johnston@intel.com
Tel   : 503 380 5578 (Mobile)
Tel   : 503 264 3855 (Office)

  
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-stds-802-handoff@majordomo.ieee.org 
[mailto:owner-stds-802-handoff@majordomo.ieee.org] On Behalf 
Of Paul Tan
Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 10:39 PM
To: stds-802-handoff@ieee.org
Subject: stds-802-handoff: Achieving Reliable & Faster IP 
Handovers in IEEE 802.11 Network - A Relevant IETF Draft ?


Hi all,

I am currently working in the area of fast handoff management 
in 802.11 
networks, and would like to learn more from this group.

I have earlier submitted an individual Internet Draft (ID) to 
the IETF 
regarding the above problem.

Basically, the ID proposed a way to achieve faster movement detection 
(MD) when a mobile node moves across several APs which are 
connected to 
different networks/providers. It also provides some useful 
neighborhood 
discovery (ND) mechanism such that mobile nodes can handoff to their 
*choice* of networks, based on the *advertised* information of each 
network. These operation (MD & ND) are critical to achieve 
*seamless* or 
*loss-less* IP handover. The proposal leverage on the 
underlying 802.11 
control frames such as Beacon frames to carry *Extensible Information 
Elements*. You can read the ID for more details at 
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-paultan-seamless-ipv
    
6-handoff-802-00.txt

Finally, I feel that the ability to embed *critical* L3 information into

L2 frames can provide some *useful hints/confirmations*, such that to 
allow mobile nodes to perform some *necessary* operation(s) before 
(after?) an upcoming L2 handoff. I hope that this draft can provide some

useful information to this group, and would also like to hear some 
comment/feedback from the group on the ID.

Thank you for your kind attention.

Cheers,
Paul Tan