Subject: Re: [mobile-ip] A question on draft-ietf-mobileip-hmipv6-03.txt

From: Sridhar Gurivireddy <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2001 09:36:05 -0500

Routing header is used only when route optimization is done

Sridhar

Karann Chew wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have a question on the HMIPv6 draft.  Please help.
>
> In Section 8 "Comparison Btwn HMIPv6 Modes of Operation"
> Paragraph #2 mentions that for the extended mode, MAP will _decapsulate_
> the packets and the _encapsulate_ them again to the MN.
>
> Why decap and encap?  For MIPv6, isn't Routing Header is used instead?
>
> Regards,
>         Karann
>
> On Mon, 30 Apr 2001 [email-masked] wrote:
>
> > A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts directories.
> > This draft is a work item of the IP Routing for Wireless/Mobile Hosts Working Group of the IETF.
> >
> >       Title           : Hierarchical MIPv6 mobility management
> >       Author(s)       : H. Soliman, C. Castelluccia, K. Malki, L. Bellier
> >       Filename        : draft-ietf-mobileip-hmipv6-03.txt
> >       Pages           : 27
> >       Date            : 27-Apr-01
> >
> > This draft introduces some extensions for MIPv6 and neighbour
> > discovery to allow for the introduction of a hierarchical MIPv6
> > mobility management model. The proposed hierarchical mobility
> > management for MIPv6 will reduce the amount of signalling to CNs and
> > the HA and may also improve the performance of MIPv6 in terms of
> > handoff speed. Moreover, HMIPv6 is well-suited to implement access
> > control and handoffs between different access technologies.
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