[netext] LMA initiated flow mobility scenario in I-D draft-bernardos-netext-pmipv6-flowmob

<Basavaraj.Patil@nokia.com> Tue, 16 August 2011 15:16 UTC

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Hello,

One of the issues that has been raised (by Julien) is about the capability
that allows an LMA to initiate flow switching.
The I-D states:
"
   A second possible scenario is the following.  A multi-interfaced
   mobile node is attached to a PMIPv6-Domain and the LMA, at a given
   moment, decides to move a flow.  The LMA can decide to move a flow as
   a result of a policy change or upon receiving a trigger either based
   on network status or based on an event detected at the mobile node
   and transported via old or new MAG.  How this decision is taken is
   out of scope of this specification.

"

One of the possible consequences of such an action would be packets being
sent into a void because the MN may be no longer attached to that MAG
through the specific interface. There has not been a good solution that
has been presented to the WG. This issue has been considered as being a
fundamental flaw.

In view of the criticality of this flaw, I would recommend that the LMA
initiated flow mobility capability be removed from the I-D prior to it
being accepted as the WG doc. If WG members feel strongly about having
this feature, it can be included at a later time when a reasonable
solution to address the above concern has been presented and accepted.

-Raj