[DNA] Re:

[Vijay Devarapalli <vijayd@iprg.nokia.com>]

James Goldsmith sounds so fictional. can you please identify yourself
and your true affiliation.

Vijay

James Goldsmith wrote:
>  
> DNA group has been very inactive for quite some time.
> 
> There are only two messages in February - one is an IESG announcement, 
> and another is from the chair.  There were no messages in January and 
> only a few messages in December all between Pekka and Jinkchok on the 
> goals draft.
> 
> It appears that people have lost interest in this group, and not many 
> seem to care any more about the work pursued in this group. There are 
> only 3 or 4 people have any interest left in DNA groups continued 
> activities.
> 
> This is very rare for an IETF group where it is easy to see even a 
> smallest working group attract a few hundred people in meetings (and /or 
> on mailing lists).  The main reason is that DNA group hasnt produced 
> any thing useful  goals and bcp drafts are just re-iteration of what 
> already exist in IPv4 and IPv6 mobility architecture documents.
> 
> Based on past proceedings and discussions, it appears that DNA group 
> cannot propose any solution without Layer 2 event modifications; 
> something that is outside the scope of IETF.  I dont see any 
> interesting proposals being discussed in DNA WG. On the other hand, 
> there are over a dozen actively pursued proposals in IEEE 802.21  
> protocol independent handoff group. For Layer 3 solutions, I have not 
> seen any thing better than fast RA draft that exists from pre-DNA group 
> creation.
> 
> Yes, I know two or three active people in this group are trying to 
> create some sort of solution document, but it appears, based on rather 
> poor traffic on the mailing list, that mobility community has already 
> given up.
> 
> What is the point of creating a document in which most people seem to 
> have lost the interest? In my opinion, the group should become dormant 
> or be closed until IEEE comes up with better event definitions for layer 
> 2 for facilitating faster hand-off.
> 
> James
> 
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