RE: [802.21] Question on policy raised today
Done correctly I would expect this to be an implementation issue.
A policy engine in the MIH sublayer may choose to consume events and do
some form of port switching or selection.
Alternatively, such events may be propagated upwards to some L3 entity
(say FMIPv6?).
Alternatively some combination of the two might happen.
I can think of product scenarios where all three options would be
preferable.
Port switching behaviour, the location of any policy engine and event
forwarding behaviour should remain unconstrained by 802.21. Attempting
to define this behaviour creates additional text and complexity, while
lowering the utility of the spec.
DJ
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-stds-802-21@ieee.org [mailto:owner-stds-802-21@ieee.org] On
Behalf Of Greg Daley
Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 2:09 PM
To: STDS-802-21@listserv.ieee.org
Subject: [802.21] Question on policy raised today
Hi,
Here's a copy of my question from today.
Do you intend that the policy for
managing events originates or resides
in the MIH?
Have you considered if it's better to
pass these events raw to the upper layer or not?
Please correct me if it didn't come out like I intended.
Greg