Re: [802.21] Limit response message length
Yes, the network can always impose its own limit if the maximum size
specified by the mobile is still too big.
Yoshihiro Ohba
On Fri, Dec 15, 2006 at 11:16:10AM -0600, Michael.G.Williams@NOKIA.COM wrote:
> HI Yoshi,
>
> That approach could work, as long as the network would also need to be
> able to impose/enforce the limit if the mobile's request is too big,
> right? That was Tgu's concern I think.
>
> Best Regards,
> Michael
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ext Yoshihiro Ohba [mailto:yohba@tari.toshiba.com]
> Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 8:50 PM
> To: Williams Michael.G (Nokia-ES/MtView)
> Cc: yohba@tari.toshiba.com; STDS-802-21@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG
> Subject: Re: Limit response message length
>
> Hi Michael,
>
> What I am trying to do is to add a new parameter in
> MIH_Get_Information.request/indication primitives, which is used for
> specifying the maximum size of InfoQueryParameter to be returned in the
> corresponding confirm/response primitives, and a new TLV to carry the
> parameter in MIH_Get_Information Request message. This allows the
> querier to specify a different MTU for each query so that a smaller size
> can be specified for queries performed in State 1 of 802.11.
>
> We could also define error handling for errors relating to message size,
> if needed.
>
> Regards,
> Yoshihiro Ohba
>
> On Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 06:03:56PM -0600, Michael.G.Williams@nokia.com
> wrote:
> > Yoshi,
> >
> > Thanks for tracking this. If possible, could we email a bit about it
> > as it was something .11u was concerned about too.
> >
> > This value could be something configurable by the network operator or
> > mobile node provisioner. It could vary from operator to operator, and
> > possibly vary under other circumstances such as authorized vs.
> > unauthorized use of the network, or even query to query.
> >
> > So if the solution here can be something that is discovered, or
> > handled via error cases (i.e. the limit is provided in response to an
> > attempt to exceed it) that might provide the flexibility and the
> > constraints needed.
> >
> > Best Regards,
> > Michael
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ext Yoshihiro Ohba [mailto:yohba@tari.toshiba.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 12:06 PM
> > To: Williams Michael.G (Nokia-ES/MtView)
> > Cc: STDS-802-21@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG
> > Subject: Re: [802.21] Conference call tomorrow Dec 14th 9AM Eastern
> > Time US
> >
> > In today's telconf, I forgot to mention that I am working on:
> >
> > > 1.1.4. Limiting Response Message Length: Need a
> > > mechanism to limit the response length of a query.
> > >
> >
> > Regards,
> > Yoshihiro Ohba
> >
> >
>