Overall this is a good document and I support its approval. A few items
should be clarified before approval, please see below:
1. In the introduction:
In addition,
IPv6 provides tools for autoconfiguration, which is particularly
suitable for sensor network applications and nodes which have very
limited processing power or a full-fledged operating system.
Did you actually mean to say 'nodes which have very limited processing
power or lack a full-fledged operating system'?
Also - what do you exactly mean by tools for autoconfiguration - is this
only about stateless IP-address autoconfiguration or (also) something
else?
2. In Section 2.1 - GAP stands for Generic Access Profile (as in the
text) or Generic Attribute Profile (as in the diagram)?
3. Section 2.3 we have
' A Bluetooth Smart device such as a sensor may use
a public (obtained from IEEE Registration Authority) '
and then in 3.2.1
'The 48-bit public bluetooth
address is globally unique and provided by the IEEE registration
authority.'
These are slightly inaccurate. The individual addresses are not directly
assigned by the IEEE-RA. This authority only assigns OUIs to vendors
(first 24 bits of an address) which then are responsible on
administrating their own space (the last 24 bit) to generate unique
addresses. Actually another sentence in 2.3 gets it right when it says:
' The public address is created
according to the IEEE 802-2001 standard [IEEE802-2001] and using a
valid Organizationally Unique Identifier (OUI) obtained from the IEEE
Registration Authority. '
4. I do not believe that the requirement to BT SIG for the allocation of
an L2CAP channel ID needs to be mentioned in the IANA Considerations
section as it has nothing to do with IANA.
Regards,
Dan
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Subject: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6lowpan-btle-08.txt> (Transmission of
IPv6Packets over Bluetooth Low Energy) to Proposed Standard
The IESG has received a request from the IPv6 over Low power WPAN WG
(6lowpan) to consider the following document:
- 'Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Bluetooth Low Energy'
<draft-ietf-6lowpan-btle-08.txt> as Proposed Standard
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Abstract
Bluetooth Low Energy is a low power air interface technology
defined
by the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (BT-SIG). The standard
Bluetooth radio has been widely implemented and available in mobile
phones, notebook computers, audio headsets and many other devices.
The low power version of Bluetooth is a new specification and
enables
the use of this air interface with devices such as sensors, smart
meters, appliances, etc. The low power variant of Bluetooth is
commonly specified in revision 4.0 of the Bluetooth specifications
and commonly refered to as Bluetooth 4.0. This document describes
how IPv6 is transported over Bluetooth Low Energy using 6LoWPAN
techniques.
The file can be obtained via
http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-6lowpan-btle/
IESG discussion can be tracked via
http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-6lowpan-btle/ballot/
No IPR declarations have been submitted directly on this I-D.