Cost Discussions
Phil,
IEEE-SA is sensitive about cost discussions to avoid the perception,
no matter how removed from reality, that there is an undercurrent of
price fixing.
The EC discussed this a few years ago:
http://ieee802.org/secmail/msg01301.html
Roger
At 18:11 -0500 2004-07-27, Phillip Barber wrote:
>Thanks for correcting my misunderstanding. But the point still stands. I can
>see why you would want to consider it in an HO Policy engine, except IEEE
>does not allow you to use 'Cost' when it pertains to dollars as a requirment
>or method for standards. So we usually use 'Complexity of implementation' or
>something similar. You would normally have to find some allowed alternative,
>but it looks like you decided to whack that section since it seems to
>pertain to HO Policy, so it does not seem to matter.
>
>Thanks,
>Phil
>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Peretz Feder" <pfeder@lucent.com>
>> To: "Phillip Barber" <pbarber@BROADBANDMOBILETECH.COM>
>> Cc: <STDS-802-21@listserv.ieee.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2004 6:02 PM
>> Subject: Re: [802.21] Comments on 802.21 Requirements document
>>
>>
>> > Phil:
>> >
>> > The cost here is not reflecting complexity of implementation but rather
>> > particular cost of interface (say free for wireline) vs. cost of 3GPP
>(say
>> $25
>> > per 10Mbytes). That is real cost of the link as one of the parameter
>used
>> in the
>> > decision to switch networks and hence cost.
>> >
>> > Peretz Feder
>> >
>>