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>From [email-masked] Thu May  4 06:01:37 2006
Date: Wed, 03 May 2006 23:11:59 +0300
From: Jari Arkko <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
cc: IESG <[email-masked]>
Subject: [16ng] Re: WG Review: IP over IEEE 802.16 Networks (16ng)

Some additional information regarding the proposal to
charter IP over 802.16 networks (16ng) WG:

In their initial review of the proposal, the IESG and IAB
were concerned that the charter suggests the standardization
of multiple different encapsulations for the same 
functionality. It is understood that this matches 
the different convergence sublayers defined in 802.16, 
that the characteristics of the link layers are outside
the domain of the IETF, and that the decisions about
these sublayers have already been taken. Nevertheless,
having multiple ways to provide the same functionality
is almost always harmful and not in the interests of
the Internet community or the proponents of the
technology in question.

I would like to suggest that the interested
parties use the review period to see if they
can come to an agreement on which encapsulation
(Ethernet or "raw IP" based) would be defined
as a Proposed Standard in 16ng, with the other
being defined as Informational.

Jari Arkko