802.21 Group Management
Dear all,
We received with great joy the news about the motion to forward the 802.21d PAR to the IEEE-SA NesCom. The demonstration of the 802.21 group management mechanisms presented last week was achieved through a modified version of the open-source 802.21 implementation, ODTONE (http://atnog.av.it.pt/odtone), featuring the multicast signaling and mechanisms designed jointly with Antonio de la Oliva.
We also got word that the Wireshark plugin for the 802.21 signaling was very appreciated by everyone. A proposal for an official Wireshark plugin has been available for some time (https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5881) which can be patched into the Wireshark sources. For the demo, we enhanced the plugin with the ability to filter and display the new 802.21group management messages.
We hope that this new amendment reaches a great success and furthers the 802.21 standard. We also hope that the extensive research work around the Media Independent area, supported by open-source software like ODTONE, is able to help disseminate and progress the work being pursued by 802.21.
Best regards,
Daniel Corujo