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Alternative Transport for Event and Diagnostic Reporting. Authors:. Date: 2009-11-16. Abstract. This presentation introduces a concept of providing alternative transport for Event/Diagnostic Reports. Problem Statement.
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Alternative Transport for Event and Diagnostic Reporting Authors: Date: 2009-11-16 Michael Montemurro, Research in Motion
Abstract • This presentation introduces a concept of providing alternative transport for Event/Diagnostic Reports Michael Montemurro, Research in Motion
Problem Statement • There are conditions where event and diagnostic reporting could be difficult during environmental conditions: • Poor coverage • Congested network • Interference • Configuration issues • In these cases, event and diagnostic reporting could be extremely useful. However it may not be possible. Michael Montemurro, Research in Motion
Solution Concept • A number of STA’s today have multiple network interfaces that provide TCP/IP connectivity: • Cellular/WLAN dual-mode phones • Laptops with Ethernet and WLAN adaptors • IEEE 802.11 infrastructures have management platforms that are IP addressable. • In the case where AP-STA communications are interrupted or impossible, why not provide IP transport for Event and Diagnostic reports. Michael Montemurro, Research in Motion
The Solution • In the Event/Diagnostic report request, the AP advertises an “Alternative Transport” sub-element, which contains a URI • If the STA cannot transmit Event/Diagnostic reports directly, it connects using the URI and posts the report to the address advertised by the AP. Michael Montemurro, Research in Motion
Example • IT is investigating a WLAN coverage problem and uses a non-AP STA with a WLAN and Ethernet adapters to collect some additional information. • The non-AP STA with MAC 00:ff:fd:00:00:01 has received a diagnostic report request from AP 00:ff:fe:00:00:10 and is in fringe coverage. The non-AP STA has an Ethernet adapter which is connected. • In the diagnostic report request, the AP advertises an alternative transport URI of http://www.myserver.mycompany.com. • The non-AP STA loses WLAN connectivity while trying to transmit a diagnostic report to the AP and determines that it can use an alternative transport mechanism to send the report over an Ethernet link. • The non-AP STA POSTs the diagnostic report as follows: POST /wnm/msg/00-ff-fd-00-00-01/msg1 HTTP/1.1 Host: http://www.myserver.mycompany.com Content-Type: application/octet-stream Content-Encoding-Type: base64 Content-Length: ?? (length of data as specified in Table 11.14d) <encoded data = 00 ff fe 00 00 10 00 ff fd 00 00 01 …> Michael Montemurro, Research in Motion
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