RE: state of the IP micromobility protocols

Hi Artur & James,

> There was some work in the IRTF Micromobility Research group, but they have
> been dormant for about a year. There is a new IRTF MOBility OPTmizationS
> (MOBOPTS) Research Group that might be a possible venue.

About the IRTF Micromobility work - this was a small team that was under
the Routing Research Group.  We held a few meetings (at IETF meetings) but
the work sort of petered out. 

> In general, the work in the IP micromobility area seems to be primarily at
> the research level, and there are not, to my knowledge (which may be
> incomplete) any plans for near term deployment (either commercial or
> experimental) or product in this area. Hence, it seems like a 
> better problem for IRTF.

I'd like to add to this point.  It seems that there was much interest
in micromobity before the popping of the Internet/telecom bubble.  Recently,
most of the interest in the topic has gone.  At present, I don't see
much driving the need for micromobility, however if there is significant
interest in the topic, I'd be interested hearing it.

thanks,
John