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Cost Discussions



Phil,

IEEE-SA is sensitive about cost discussions to avoid the perception,
no matter how removed from reality, that there is an undercurrent of
price fixing.

The EC discussed this a few years ago:
        http://ieee802.org/secmail/msg01301.html

Roger


At 18:11 -0500 2004-07-27, Phillip Barber wrote:
>Thanks for correcting my misunderstanding. But the point still stands. I can
>see why you would want to consider it in an HO Policy engine, except IEEE
>does not allow you to use 'Cost' when it pertains to dollars as a requirment
>or method for standards. So we usually use 'Complexity of implementation' or
>something similar. You would normally have to find some allowed alternative,
>but it looks like you decided to whack that section since it seems to
>pertain to HO Policy, so it does not seem to matter.
>
>Thanks,
>Phil
>
>>  ----- Original Message -----
>>  From: "Peretz Feder" <pfeder@lucent.com>
>>  To: "Phillip Barber" <pbarber@BROADBANDMOBILETECH.COM>
>>  Cc: <STDS-802-21@listserv.ieee.org>
>>  Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2004 6:02 PM
>>  Subject: Re: [802.21] Comments on 802.21 Requirements document
>>
>>
>>  > Phil:
>>  >
>>  > The cost here is not reflecting complexity of implementation but rather
>>  > particular cost of interface (say free for wireline) vs. cost of 3GPP
>(say
>>  $25
>>  > per 10Mbytes). That is real cost of the link as one of the parameter
>used
>>  in the
>>  > decision to switch networks and hence cost.
>>  >
>>  > Peretz Feder
>>  >
>>