RE: [RPRWG] Destination Address of RPR control messages
Anoop, Tony,
Slight correction. While what you write was correct for D0.2, the approved
changes for D0.3 change this to a) reflect that more than the first 2 bytes
are header, and b) the second byte of the header now contains a 2 bit value
for Packet Type with values of:
1 - control
2 - fairness
3 - data
jl
-----Original Message-----
From: Anoop Ghanwani [mailto:anoop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 2:58 PM
To: 'Tony Jeffree'; Mike Takefman
Cc: stds-802-17@xxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [RPRWG] Destination Address of RPR control messages
> No doubt a dumb question (I haven't followed this thread too
> closely), but
> how will you distinguish your control messages from other
> legitimate users
> of the all 1's broadcast?
Tony,
As per P802.17/D0.2, the first 2 bytes of the RPR
frame constitute a header. Within this header, 3
bits are used to indicate the frame type.
Current values include:
3 - steering only data
4 - protection control
5 - control
6 - fairness
7 - data
-Anoop