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RE: [802.21] Scope



Gentlemen,
    However, since in my understanding, 802.5 (Token Ring) does support IP,
this should not be a problem, but it does require someone to do the work and
check that it really does fit.

Kind regards

Stephen

-----Original Message-----
From: Johnston, Dj
To: Mike MORETON; STDS-802-21@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG
Sent: 11/05/2004 22:21
Subject: RE: [802.21] Scope

Can you describe what the problem is in greater detail? The last time I
looked at token ring was around 1989. I'm fuzzy on the details.

We are already in a situation of effectively ignoring certain media, as
in we're not making sure that we accomodate it, so it might not work. A
current examples is 802.17. Is 802.5 in the same class? Maybe.

DJ


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-stds-802-21@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG
[mailto:owner-stds-802-21@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG] On Behalf Of Mike MORETON
Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 2:12 PM
To: STDS-802-21@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG
Subject: [802.21] Scope



This is a serious question....



802.5's source routing may have special impact on handover.  Is the plan
that 802.21 will support handover from Token Ring?



The reason I ask this, is that I suspect the answer is "no" - i.e. that
we aren't really talking about a generic handover, but handover between
a defined subset of 802 technologies.



Mike.