RE: [RPRWG] More comments on preemption
Could you clarify your statement "... definitely takes us away from Ethernet"?
If you are targeting your comment at the Ethernet PHY layer:  the Ethernet (100
& 1000) uses 8B/10B encoding.
There are some "spare symbols" not used (if I am not mistaken) that could be
redefined to mean "IDLE/Escape".
Jean-Lou Dupont
Marconi Networks.
To:   "William Dai" <wdai@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, stds-802-17@xxxxxxxx
cc:    (bcc: Jeanlou Dupont/MAIN/MC1)
Subject:  RE: [RPRWG] More comments on preemption
> 3. Each M and L packet transfer will be inserted an "IDLE/Escape"
>     word for every 256 byte (for the sake of alignment/padding concern)
>     as the preemptive insertion point.
This is very good idea to manage pre-emption and other QOS related
considerations but this definitely takes us away from  Ethernet.
Regards,
Devendra Tripathi
VidyaWeb Inc