terminology clean up needed for link parameters and QoS parameters
All,
There are several comments related to the definition and usage of link
parameters in LB#1c.
Currently we have the following definitions use link parameters list.
In IE definition:
- 6.4.5.2.6 Network QoS IE
In MIH_Link_SAP definition:
- 7.5.3 Link_Configure_Thresholds
- 7.5.9 Link_Parameters_Report.indication
- 7.5.14 Link_Get_Parameters
In MIH_SAP definition:
- 7.6.10 MIH_Link_Parameters_Report
- 7.6.15 MIH_Get_Status
- 7.6.17 MIH_Configure_Link
Even though we currently call them all "link parameters", we are in fact
dealing with 3 types of very different entities:
1) Network QoS attributes (as used in Network QoS IE) - they are
*static* values assigned to a network (not a link) by its owner. 802.21
only query those values through MIIS. They can NOT be set with any
primitive.
2) Link measurements (as used in Link_Configure_Thresholds) - they are
*dynamic* values which change overtime. 802.21 primitive can set
thresholds on them but NEVER set their values! An example is link SINR.
3) Link states (as used in MIH_Configure_Link) - they are configurable
values associated with a link. An MIH User can set and get the values
with primitives but it makes NO sense to set thresholds on them since
they are NOT changing. An example is OPERATION_MODE.
My suggestion is to name them separately (Network QoS attributes, Link
measurements, Link states), encode them separately, and perhaps deal
them separately.
regards,
-Qiaobing