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RE: [RPRWG] protection messages





I thought I should clarify that the comment I'm refering
to is one that I had submitted on D0.2 (comment #169 in the
CRD).  The ad hoc refers to the group of people that met to 
resolve comments on the protection clause.

-Anoop

> I had a comment that expressed concern about the delivery 
> of protection notification messages.
> 
> The way things are defined in D0.2, the messages are
> neither reliable nor periodic.  There are no 
> acknowledgments, so we are never sure that all nodes
> have seen the protection notification message.  
> Sending special protection messages periodically
> increases the overhead (but even that is not specified).  
> Why can't we piggyback the protection notification 
> onto Type B fairness messages since they are required 
> to be sent frequently in any case (typically more
> frequently than 1 msec)?
> 
> The ad hoc's response to my comment says that Type B's 
> are optional.  This is not true.  Sending of both Type A 
> and Type B messages is mandatory per D0.2 and there have 
> been no comments to change that behavior.
> 
> -Anoop
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> Anoop Ghanwani - Lantern Communications - 408-521-6707
>