RE: [pilc] RE: Link-layer Triggers Protocol draft

From: Ali Mohammed-MALI1 (MALI1@motorola.com)
Date: Fri Jul 05 2002 - 13:34:15 EDT

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    Hi Alper,
                    Thanks for the explanation. Just another query.

    > It's not different, really. A L2-triggers server always provides the L2 address
    > of the remote end point when a link goes up or down. That means, the mobile
    > host will learn the L2 address of the access point (i.e., the remote end of mobile
    > host's wireless link), and the access router will learn the L2 address of the
    > access device of the mobile node (i.e., the remote end of the access point's
    > wireless link) when the wireless link goes down.
     
     
     
    > In this above scenario, host will be notified about MAC2,
    > as this is the remote end point's L2 address from access
    > device's perspective. Access router will be notified about MAC1,
    > as this is the remote end point's L2 address from
    > access point's perspective.
     
     
    I understand this protocol. I guess i am a little confused because i am trying to relate this to the RAN. I understand that there is one-one correspondance with access point ( bridge) and access router. I can see how this setup can work in a wireless LAN network but coming back to the RAN, the access point bridge equivalent would probably be RNC or some central controller servicing multiple access routers so the one to one relationship between access router, access point(bridge) is not valid anymore. In this case if several client access routers are registered with the same access point server the triggers will be notified to all the client access routers. Wouldn't this lead to confusion? How would the protocol address this issue. For eg, the server receives a link-up trigger for a access device but this information would be sent to multiple access router cleints, so which access router actually should consume the trigger?
     
     
    Thanks,
     
    Mohammed
     
     
     
     
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