Re: [PWE3] WG last call requested for draft-ietf-pwe3-fcs-retenti on-01.txt

["Andrew G. Malis" <andy.malis at tellabs.com>]

Stewart,

Did you see the reply I sent on the list about this on Saturday?

Cheers,
Andy

At 5/24/2004 10:44 AM +0100, Stewart Bryant wrote:
> Sasha
>
> Good point.
>
> Stewart
>
> Sasha Vainshtein wrote:
>
> > Andy and all,
> > A brief pre-LC comment on the draft in question:
> > In its present form the draft only indicates whether the FCS is retained 
> > or not  as the corresponding Interface Parameter does not carry any 
> > value,just ID.
> > This is OK when dealing with Ethernet and ATM AAL5 PWs.
> > However, if you want to retain FCS in HDLC or FR PWs, FCS retention only 
> > makes sense if the two ACs use the same FCS size (2 or 4 bytes). If the 
> > sizes are different, FCS retenation cannot function. However, the draft 
> > does not allow signaling of the expected FCS size and hence does not 
> > prevent successful setup of non-operational PWs.
> > Hopefully this comment will be helpful.


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