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RE: [RPRWG] Destination Address of RPR control messages




> No doubt a dumb question (I haven't followed this thread too 
> closely), but 
> how will you distinguish your control messages from other 
> legitimate users 
> of the all 1's broadcast?

Tony,

As per P802.17/D0.2, the first 2 bytes of the RPR
frame constitute a header.  Within this header, 3
bits are used to indicate the frame type.  
Current values include:
3 - steering only data
4 - protection control
5 - control
6 - fairness
7 - data

-Anoop