RE: Clause 46 - Preamble
Hi Sanjeev,
By removing the restriction of preamble size the standard would come close
to reality. I am doubtful if after 10Base2/5 anyone designed a MAC which
"required"
all seven octets of preamble.
Regards,
Devendra Tripathi
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-stds-802-3-hssg@ieee.org
> [mailto:owner-stds-802-3-hssg@ieee.org]On Behalf Of Sanjeev Mahalawat
> Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 11:44 AM
> To: Grow, Bob; 'Gareth Edwards'; HSSG
> Subject: RE: Clause 46 - Preamble
>
>
>
> Hi Bob,
>
> At 10:36 AM 02/16/2001 -0800, Grow, Bob wrote:
>
> >There is nothing that a conforming implementation with the
> current PHY types
> >will do to change the preamble length, but why add an unnecessary
> >restriction to eliminate future options.
>
> I would think keeping an option to change the preamble size
> by a PHY may lead to confusion and PHY/RS/MAC un-interoperable
> implementations. It is not a restriction but an explicit specification
> that would keep all the PHYs and RS implementations STANDARD.
>
> Thanks
> -Sanjeev
>
>
> >
> >--Bob Grow
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Gareth Edwards [mailto:Gareth.Edwards@xilinx.com]
> >Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 7:56 AM
> >To: HSSG
> >Subject: Clause 46 - Preamble
> >
> >
> >
> >Afternoon all,
> >
> >Shimon raised a comment against D2.0 SC 46.2.3.3 (#252) asking for the
> >removal of the requirement that the preamble be a fixed length on
> >receive; this was accepted in principle. However, I seem to remember in
> >the discussion on this comment at Irvine that there was agreement that
> >the Start control code and SFD couldn't appear in the same RXD column;
> >there would be one or more clock edges between the Start code and SFD.
> >
> >The new text (in D2.1 SC 46.3.3.3) does not explicitly rule in or out
> >the appearance of the SFD in the same column as the Start code; this is
> >consistent with Shimon's original suggested remedy.
> >
> >Is this something that has slipped through the rewrite or has False
> >Memory Syndrome struck again?
> >
> >Cheers
> >Gareth
> >
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