Re: On Link Triggers (implementation)

gabriel montenegro <[email protected]> Fri, 27 Sep 2002 10:31:02 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.pilc
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Behcet Sarikaya wrote:
> Hi Jean,
>   Thanks for posting this information. 
> My question is, you state that it takes about 1sec to
> complete link layer handover which I found very long
> and somewhat discouraging if you consider real-time
> communication such as voice-over-IP. 
>   Do you think that during this period no IP layer
> activity can take place?
>   If yes, then I think what Mobile IP WG is trying to
> do to have fast Mobile IP handovers is simply
> impossible, e.g. the mobile trying to inform the old
> access router of the new access router, etc.

Jean, I also thank you and encourage you to look at a
recent document being discussed in the Mobile IP WG
regarding fast handoff over 802.11 (please see attached
message).

Thanks,

-gabriel
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