1. Month 20xx
doc.: IEEE /xxxr0
Overview and Status of MIF API Connection Manager discussions related to
November 2012
Juan Carlos Zuniga (InterDigital)
XXXX, His Company

2. MIF API Connection Manager Considerations
Draft:
The internet-draft defines a set of functionalities required by a generic Connection Manager (CM) from the MIF API being defined in IETF, to present a coherent behaviour over different devices and platforms with multiple interfaces (MIF)
An informative section describes the set of functions that relate to the functionalities described before
Juan Carlos Zuniga (InterDigital)

3. MIF API Framework (with CM)
Policies
Application
Connection Manager
MIF API
Communications API
OS API (Kernel)
Logical Interface
Network Link API …
IF1
IF2
IFn
Note: red lines to be added
Juan Carlos Zuniga (InterDigital)

4. MIF API CM Functions Function API Existent in MIF API
• Subscribe(eventID)
MIF API
Partial?
UnSubscribe(eventID)
• ListInterfaces()
Yes (Announce IF)
ListProvisioningDomains()
Yes (Announce PD)
• GetStatus(IID) No
• IPconnectivityCheck(PID, IP[])
• GetConfiguration(IID)
OS API -
• SetConfiguration(IID)
• GetConfiguration(PID)
• SetConfiguration(PID)
• GetTheoriticalQoS(IID)
• GetAvailableQoS(IID)
• GetIPtype(IP address)
OS API or MIF API?
• AssociateRouting (RT-TABLE-ID, FlowID)
No (SetConfig?)
• SetSourceAddress(IP, FlowID)

5. Next steps
The MIF API authors will evaluate the missing functionalities in the MIF API
The authors if the CM draft will provide an update of the MIF API model
The informative section of the CM draft will be taken out of this document and will be included in a separate document
Juan Carlos Zuniga (InterDigital)