Re: [AVT] Profile: Silence suppression is allowed by default

[Colin Perkins <csp@isi.edu>]

--> Jonathan Rosenberg writes:
>inline.
>
>Colin Perkins wrote:
>> --> Jonathan Rosenberg writes:
>
>>>I would propose the last two sentences be replaced with:
>>>
>>>Receivers MUST be prepared to handle the absence of packets for an 
>>>arbitrary period of time in order to accomodate silence suppression at 
>>>the sender. This applies even if silence suppression is not in use 
>>>(which can be known to the receiver through signaling, outside the scope 
>>>of this specification), because packet loss cannot be distinguished from 
>>>silence suppression.
>> 
>> 
>> This is not accurate either, since you can distinguish loss from silence
>> suppression using the sequence number. 
>
>Not until the point at which you get that next packet. But at that 
>point, yes, you are correct.
>
>We could change the last few words
>> to "because packet loss may cause arbitrary gaps in reception", or similar?
>
>How about, "because packet loss may cause arbitrary gaps in reception 
>which cannot be distinguished from silence suppression until the arrival 
>of the next packet."

Works for me.

Colin
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