Re: AW: [nemo] WG: new I-D on HA filtering

Hi Ryuji,

> > What do you think by other ways ? Could you give us an example of other way
> ?
> 
> these are just example and are implementation/operation matter though.
> I personally think there is nothing we should deal with at IETF.
> 
> Static Configuration:
> MN always wants to receives VoIP packets from 802.11b, MN can ask HA to
> configures this filter statically. 
> example: MN and HA shared meaning of IFID.  HA knows IFID1 is assigned
> to GPRS and IFID2 is for 802.11b. so administrator of HA just
> configure VoIP and IFID2 as a filter.
> 
> Policy Daemon (filter daemon):
> Policy daemon is run on HA and MN/MR. MN's daemon exchanges
> information of filters which associate IFID and flow type with HA's
> daemon. 
> 

I think we need a standard solution to set filters on a HA. 
A mobile node can use several providers (multiple interfaces) and
several HAs. If each provider uses its own solution to set filters on HA, a 
mobile node will need a lot of ressources to support them.

Thomas