Re: [802.21] question on MIH event subscription
Hi Qiaobing,
I am a slow starter to follow this thread :)
What about MIH_Get_Information indication for Information Service? Is
it also considered as an MIH event and event subscription is needed
for it?
Yoshihiro Ohba
On Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 11:40:22AM -0600, Qiaobing Xie wrote:
> All,
>
> I think the following statements should be true:
>
> - any MIH .indication primitive shall be considered an MIH event
> - an MIH User shall be notified about an MIH event only that User has
> explicit subscription for the event
>
> Therefore, we will need to accept the following scenario as perfectly
> normal:
>
> 1. An MIH User invokes MIH_Configure_Link and sets some threshold in
> order to get a link report when that threshold is crossed;
>
> 2. But he forgets to (or intentionally does not) explicitly subscribe
> MIH_Link_Parameters_Report.indication event;
>
> 3. When the event happens, the User will not get the indication.
>
> My reasoning is that one may want to build a User whose responsibility
> is just to set link thresholds but the responsibility for receiving and
> processing the events are delegated to a different User (or Users). The
> latter will subscribe for the event but not the former.
>
> regards,
> -Qiaobing
>