RE: [nemo] multiple CoAs registration
"Pascal Thubert (pthubert)" <[email protected]> Mon, 21 Jul 2003 19:31:43 +0100
| Newsgroups | gmane.ietf.mobileip |
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> >> > >> - Why do you introduce the interface identification (IFID) ? It could > >>be sufficient to only register a CoA with the associated priority. > >>Therefore, when the MN has to choose the destination address for a HoA, > >>it can take the most preferred CoA, which is bound to the most preferred > >>interface of the MN. > >> > >> > > > >Priority can be changed by some reason during communication, but IFID > >can not be changed until MN want to change it. > > > Ok, I understand that. But what I mean is that I don't see the > requirement to have the IFID... In the Binding Cache, an entry could be > identified by both the Home address and the CoA. It is sufficient to > distinguish tow different entries. The priority field is then used to > choose the CoA, i.e. the interface. No need to have the IFID I guess. I believe we talked about that a lot already; there seems to be a consensus on using the home address to identify uniquely a registration, for checking and cleanup purposes. The IFID should not be used to that purpose, and a registration should be able to migrate interface on the MR side. If we do not find a valid usage for ifid (I have none in mind at the moment) then it should be dropped, shouldn't it? > > > > > > > Pascal