RE: [PWE3] question regarding draft-kamapabhava-fr-pwe3-01.txt

[Akiva Sadovski <akiva@AXERRA.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shahram Davari [mailto:Shahram_Davari@pmc-sierra.com]
> Sent: Sunday, June 02, 2002 10:54 PM
> To: 'Akiva Sadovski'; pwe3@ietf.org
> Subject: RE: [PWE3] question regarding 
> draft-kamapabhava-fr-pwe3-01.txt
> 
> 
> Backward here means P-> PE direction. The B-bit in the header 
> of FRoPW in the PE->P direction is derived from F-bit in the 
> FRoPW in the P->PE direction of the same connection. 
> 


   But it means that "backward" direction mentioned in the draft is actually
P->PE, isn't
it ? And is it possible to incorporate your explanation into the draft ?

Thanks,
   Akiva



> -Shahram
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Akiva Sadovski [mailto:akiva@AXERRA.com]
> > Sent: Sunday, June 02, 2002 9:28 AM
> > To: pwe3@ietf.org
> > Subject: [PWE3] question regarding draft-kamapabhava-fr-pwe3-01.txt
> > 
> > 
> > Hi, pwe3,
> > 
> >   
> > In draft-kamapabhava-fr-pwe3-01:
> >   1. the FRoPW header (control word) contains F and B bits;
> >   2. the F-bit (FECN) definition is " FECN is copied as 
> > follows into the
> > FRFoPW header: If it was set to one in the incoming frame 
> > relay frame, it
> > must be copied unchanged in the FRoPW header. Otherwise if it 
> > was set to
> > zero, it may be set to zero or one, depending on the 
> > congestion state of the
> > PE device in the forward direction" (6.2.1)
> >   3. it is stated in B-bit definition that the processing is 
> > as for F-bit,
> > but ... it's applied in backward direction.
> >   4. now the question: what direction in PW is considered to 
> > be backward:
> > PSN-bound? CE-bound?
> > i'm sure this issue was extensively discussed on this mail 
> > list, so how can
> > i found any pointers ?
> > 
> > thanks,
> >    Akiva
> > 
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