IEEE 802.21 MEDIA INDEPENDENT HANDOVER DCN: 21-05-0369-00-0000 Title: Update of Packet Header Format Date Submitted: September, 14th , 2005 Presented at IEEE 802.21 session #10 in Orange Country Authors or Source(s):   Wolfgang Gröting, Kalyan Koora, Stefan Berg Abstract: Issues with present MIH General Packet Format proposals to solve them. 21-05-0369-00-0000

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Present MIH General Packet Format* Fields envisaged here * The same applies for the MIIS Packet Format 21-05-0369-00-0000

Proposal to change the present MIH Packet Format Use fixed header instead of variable header to avoid scheduling problems Locate variable MIH Func. Destination/Source Identifier before MIH Message data Change MIH Function Identifier Length from 4 octets to 1 octet Unusual that MIH Function ID Length value > 255 Examples: MAC address = 6, IPv4 = 4, IPv6 = 16 Change Transaction ID from 1 octet to 4 octets Transactions IDs do have a value greater than 255 Examples: IP - packet ID = 2 bytes; TCP - sequence no. = 4 bytes 21-05-0369-00-0000

New MIH General Packet Format Fixed 1 2 Variable Interchange Transaction ID and MIH Function ID Length positions Provides enough space for the respective identifiers Interchange MIH Function Identifiers with MIH Message ID Leads to fixed message header and variable payload  No impact on the existing functionality 21-05-0369-00-0000