Re: [RPRWG] SendA, SendB, SendC
That is because the MAC of 802.17 has back pressure to the client. The
client can send traffic only when it gets the signals from the MAC.
Regards,
Fengjie Yuan
Carleton University
613-523-9895
----- Original Message -----
From: "Anoop Ghanwani" <anoop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <stds-802-17@xxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 2:34 PM
Subject: [RPRWG] SendA, SendB, SendC
>
>
> Why does 802.17 need SendA, SendB, SendC signals
> going from the MAC to the client? Other 802 MACs
> do not have a similar primitive even though they
> have to get the client to wait in order to get
> access to the medium (e.g., in token ring LANs, a
> station must wait until a free token arrives).
>
> Can anyone shed some light on this?
>
> -Anoop
> --
> Anoop Ghanwani - Lantern Communications - 408-521-6707
>