Re: Dormant Mode?

On Wed, 2005-08-24 at 12:33, James Kempf wrote:
> So I'd like to raise a possible issue here, namely whether or not Mobike 
> should attempt to support dormant mode hosts. I say that it's a "possible" 
> issue because, in general, most IETF protocols don't do a very good job 
> supporting dormant mode, and it would be entirely consistent to say that 
> Mobike doesn't either. But I think the point should at least be raised.

What, specifically, do you mean by "dormant"?  (I hope we get a generic
definition which covers both the "phone" space and the "laptop" space,
which appear to do power management very differently...)

This could be conceptually similar to/related to the "no active
addresses" mode we discussed early in the life of the WG.  I liked it
but it didn't get much traction at the time for reasons I didn't fully
understand.

					- Bill