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Problem Statement: Media Independent Handover Signalling draft-hepworth-mipshop-mih-problem-statement-01. Ele Hepworth (*) , Greg Daley, Srinivas Sreemanthula, Stefano Faccin, Vivek Gupta March 2006 IETF#65, Dallas. (*) Robert Hancock as a stand-in. Contents.
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Problem Statement: Media Independent Handover Signallingdraft-hepworth-mipshop-mih-problem-statement-01 Ele Hepworth(*), Greg Daley, Srinivas Sreemanthula, Stefano Faccin, Vivek Gupta March 2006 IETF#65, Dallas (*) Robert Hancock as a stand-in
Contents • The IEEE 802.21/IETF mipshop picture • The overall problem and possible approaches to decomposition • Focus of this draft • ‘Transport’ and other common aspects • Basic MIH support functions • Proxy and discovery issues • What next
An 802.21 Primer • 802.21 covers a varied bunch of stuff • Framework for service continuity (i.e. how to incorporate mobility protocols) • Handover enabling functions (“MIH services”) • SAP definitions for different link layers • The MIH services are control-plane things which provide information which improve the operation of handover algorithms • From the (draft) charter: "MIH services can be delivered through link-layer specific solutions and/or through a "layer 3 or above" protocol. MIPSHOP will define the delivery of information for MIH services for this latter case. Notice that this allows the network information to reside anywhere (not necessarily across the link-layer hop), and enables MIH services even in the absence of the corresponding link-layer support. An L2 or L3 based mechanism to identify a valid information server is also required; in particular for L3, we expect that any of the several current L3 discovery mechanisms will be used." • This discussion is about protocol support for the MIH services
Focus of this(*)draft … • … is a strawman problem statement for the mih-support item • Main aspect is common transport part • Status of common header is unclear • Could just be an issue of registry issues for some identifiers carried within ‘transport’ • A solution meeting the goals in the problem statement should be generally useful • Initially for transport of 802.21 MIH services • Possibly other services in the future (*)As compared to the next two drafts, which are about applicability to the specific MIH services (ES/CS/IS) that 802.21 has defined
Basic Protocol Functions • As derived from consideration of the MIH services so far …: • Transport-like functions for moving IEs between the MIH service endpoints • Congestion/flow control, large message support, low-level reliability, multiplexing • Core security functions for moving IEs between the MIH service endpoints • Integrity (including replay) protection, privacy (of identity and other data) • Denial of service mitigation
Less Basic Protocol Features • Discovery • The common protocol has to work out how to reach the MIH service endpoint at the IP level • Proxy operation • Delivery of an MIH service could involve > 2 nodes • Several options (see draft section 2.3) • Proxy at the MIH service level (invisible to transport) • Proxy assists in discovery process (redirection/directory operation)
Summary / What Next • Need a definition of the problem that mih-support will solve • This draft is a (partly complete) suggestion from people with 802.21 knowledge • Consensus has to come from mipshop WG • Main open issues • Scope: should mih-support take a view on MIH header or restrict only to the pure IETF common-layer • Requirements on discovery / proxy operation • Then align PS with the result • Next step would be to start exploring design space for solutions