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Hi Michael, thanks ! Nice to know that this draft can contribute in some ways to the group. You can get it from http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-paultan-seamless-ipv6-handoff-802-00.txt Apologise that this draft is not written well, but I guess the idea should be pretty clear and obvious. I look forward to some interesting discussion on the matter from the forum, hope to receive the minutes during the recent meeting too. Cheers, Paul Michael.G.Williams@nokia.com wrote: Hi Paul, Your submission sounds great and in line with what I'm thinking too. Can you submit it to our handover website or email it to me, I can't seem to pull it down from the URL below. Best Regards, Michael -----Original Message----- From: owner-stds-802-handoff@majordomo.ieee.org [mailto:owner-stds-802-handoff@majordomo.ieee.org]On Behalf Of ext Johnston, Dj Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 9:27 AM To: Paul Tan Cc: stds-802-handoff@ieee.org Subject: RE: stds-802-handoff: Achieving Reliable & Faster IP Handovers in IEEE 802.11 Network - A Relevant IETF Draft ? Paul, Thankyou for your input. I will air this document at the 802 handoff meeting that is taking place this week for consideration by the group. DJ David Johnston Intel Corporation Chair, IEEE 802 Handoff ECSG Email : dj.johnston@intel.com Tel : 503 380 5578 (Mobile) Tel : 503 264 3855 (Office)-----Original Message----- From: owner-stds-802-handoff@majordomo.ieee.org [mailto:owner-stds-802-handoff@majordomo.ieee.org] On Behalf Of Paul Tan Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 10:39 PM To: stds-802-handoff@ieee.org Subject: stds-802-handoff: Achieving Reliable & Faster IP Handovers in IEEE 802.11 Network - A Relevant IETF Draft ? Hi all, I am currently working in the area of fast handoff management in 802.11 networks, and would like to learn more from this group. I have earlier submitted an individual Internet Draft (ID) to the IETF regarding the above problem. Basically, the ID proposed a way to achieve faster movement detection (MD) when a mobile node moves across several APs which are connected to different networks/providers. It also provides some useful neighborhood discovery (ND) mechanism such that mobile nodes can handoff to their *choice* of networks, based on the *advertised* information of each network. These operation (MD & ND) are critical to achieve *seamless* or *loss-less* IP handover. The proposal leverage on the underlying 802.11 control frames such as Beacon frames to carry *Extensible Information Elements*. You can read the ID for more details at http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-paultan-seamless-ipv6-handoff-802-00.txt Finally, I feel that the ability to embed *critical* L3 information into L2 frames can provide some *useful hints/confirmations*, such that to allow mobile nodes to perform some *necessary* operation(s) before (after?) an upcoming L2 handoff. I hope that this draft can provide some useful information to this group, and would also like to hear some comment/feedback from the group on the ID. Thank you for your kind attention. Cheers, Paul Tan |