RE: [802.21] 802.21 Information Elements
The ITU-T number i am talking about is that of E212 recommendation (MNC+MCC). The MNC+MCC association is called a PLMN in 3GPP systems. That code could be extended to address the uniqueness of operator identifier
Eric
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : NJEDJOU Eric RD-RESA-REN
> Envoyé : vendredi 28 octobre 2005 17:41
> À : 'Gupta, Vivek G'; Yoshihiro Ohba
> Cc : STDS-802-21@listserv.ieee.org
> Objet : RE: [802.21] 802.21 Information Elements
>
> Hi all,
>
>
> > > - Network Operator
> > >
> > > As someone pointed out in today's teleconf. on 802.16
> amendment, the
> > > 802.16e network operator provided by BSID is valid within 802.16
> > > networks. As far as I remember, a rough agreement during the
> > > September meeting is that 802.21 Network Operator should
> > use a global
> > > unique identifier across all network types (but there was
> > no agreement
> > > which specific identifier is appropriate.) I personally
> think that
> > > operator's domain name might be the only acceptable global unique
> > > identifier used for representing network operator across
> all network
> > > types. Note that if an UE needs to obtain an 802.16e
> > network operator
> > > information of a specific 802.16 BS from non-802.16
> > network, it can be
> > > obtained in the same way as PHY type and MAC type (media-specific
> > > information is already defined in media-specific MIBs and can be
> > > obtained via extended set access), so the 802.21 Network
> > Operator does
> > > not necessarily carry 802.16e network operator information.
> > >
> > [Vivek G Gupta]
> > Yeah I agree. This was just an example for 802.16.
> > If we agree on a global unique identifier, is this
> identifier already
> > available for most operators or would it have to be
> constructed. Would
> > be nice to use something that's already being widely used.
> > Any other views on this....from operators/carriers?
> >
>
> I think the domain name might not be a pertinent "generic"
> operator identifier. The reason is that in general
> telecommunications environment, the operator identifier is
> meant to indicate the operator as a Network Access Provider
> (NAP) rather than an Internet Service Provider. The PLMN
> code, the BSID of 16 and the SSID of 11 all represent the
> operator as a NAP.
> This been said, i guess the question is: should we need a
> unique NAP identifier? And the response seems to be YES we
> need one. However is that within the IEEE 802 mandate to work
> this issue? Such work would generally be handled by ITU-T
> because there are number assignment consideration that are
> linked to countries.
> Anyway if .21 can dedicate some thinking space to the matter,
> it will not be a lost effort. Putting an operator hat, i
> would say that operators would want their unique NAP
> identifier to be an extension of the ITU-T number.
>
> Eric
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