RE: [RPRWG] SendA, SendB, SendC
John,
802.5 MACs have several priorities and the client
can request a specific priority for its transmission.
Why is 802.17 any different?
If the client can ignore the signals, why do we
need to have them? In other words, what happens
different if the client ignores them versus
uses them.
-Anoop
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Lemon [mailto:JLemon@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 1:33 PM
> To: 'Anoop Ghanwani'; 'stds-802-17@xxxxxxxx'
> Subject: RE: [RPRWG] SendA, SendB, SendC
>
>
> Anoop,
>
> We need 3 such signals because we have 3 separate service
> classes. Other 802
> MACs do not have distinct service classes. A client is free
> to ignore the
> signals if does not want to use them or does not know how to use them.
>
> jl
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Anoop Ghanwani [mailto:anoop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 11:35 AM
> To: 'stds-802-17@xxxxxxxx'
> 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
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