Re: [RPRWG] Gandalf - question on Framing
Italo.Busi@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Having the Ethernet based frame with the Type field saying that we are
> carrying RPR means, IMO, that we are building a ring-oriented switching
> technology on top of point-to-point Ethernet MACs.
> This is not what we are doing according to our 5 criterias and PAR, as
> Mike said. Both Allading and Gandalf are aligned on this issue.
RPR also uses a point to point physical layer to build rings. Its difference
to an Ethernet MAC includes fairness, resiliency, topology discovery, ring
selection, new client interface, etc. This should be enough for uniqueness.
Regards, Siamack
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