RE: stds-802-16-mobile: Handoff and Sleep Mode Ad-hoc
Itzik and all,
Better late then....
I agree with most of your text.
I understand that the italic font on the BS SLP_REQ message calls for discussion. I support the approach that the BS send unsolicited SLP_RSP message to allow the MSS to transit from Awake to Sleep, without the MSS having to response at all.
The reasons behind this approach are:
1- We are trying to preserve MSS power. Thus eliminating the need to acknowledge the SLP_RSP works for it.
2- The concern is that the MSS did not receive the SLP_RSP. The situation is very much the same as when the MSS initiates the process. In both cases when the BS approves the mode transition, there is no positive indication that the MSS received the SLP_RSP.
Regards
Ofer