IEEE P802.17 Maintenance Requests
Brief History

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0001 802.17-2004 11.2.5 The definition of the NOT_USED define for the secMac variable is incorrect. B B            
0002 802.17-2004 11.6.5.1 MS-MS scenario does not retain closed ring topology as described in Figure 11.29. B B            
0003 802.17-2004 7.7.1.6.3 Ringlet Selection checks for reachability on wrong ringlet. B B            
0004 802.17-2004 10.2.4 The variable unreservedRate[ri] used in Fairness clause (Pages 273 & 269) should refer to the ringInfo.unreservedRate[ri]. B B            
0005 802.17-2004 7.6.3.10.4 Data frames with wrong FCS are copied to the client without any verification or validation. B B            
0006 802.17-2004 7.6.3.8.4 The ps is verified for all frames, but SCFF and MCFF frames do not have this bit. R B            
0007 802.17-2004 10.4.8.4 In the case of frame.ri != Other (myRi), the value of receivedTtl is not set. R B            
0008 802.17-2004 E.1.3 In the box labeled crcB = HeadCrc16(.c), the c within the parenthesys should be replaced with d. R B            
0009 802.17-2004 11.6.5.5 Four lines are missing at the very end of page 339, so DistantStateMax does not return the correct value. B B            
0010 802.17-2004 10.2.4 Max() is not defined in Clause 11. R B            
0011 802.17-2004 13.3.1.2 Not all conditions are covered for declaring the operational state of the RPR interface to be down. R B            
0012 802.17-2004 11.4.2.1 The values encoded into the station bandwidth ATT should not be weight normalized, and should be converted to timescale used by fairness. R B            
0013 802.17-2004 D.6 There are a number of issues with the MIB text not conforming to the main clauses in the standard, having invalid ranges or incorrect cross references. C B            
0014
Closed
802.17-2004 6.4.1 There is no way to configure the MAC to not operate in a strict ordered mode for clients that do no support the strict_order parameter R J            
0015
Closed
802.17-2004 D.5 No specified manner to collect summary stats associated with rprSpan*Group and rprClient*Group MIBs. J              
0016 802.17-2004 D.6 Range of rprIfKeepaliveTimeout object is (2..50) ms. C B            
0017 802.17-2004 D.6 Range of rprSpanProtectionHoldOffTimer object is (0..500) ms. B B            
0018
Closed
802.17-2004 B.2.1.6.1 802.3 MAC attributes were mistakenly added to the PacketPHY. R W            
0019 802.17-2004 7.5.7.2.4 The classC credits are being saved before updating them. R B            
0020 802.17-2004 E.2.4 The frame example shown in Figure E.8 shows the protocolType, and therefore the FCS, starting at the wrong offset into the frame. R B            
0021 802.17-2004 7.8.3.1 SM22 refers to the wrong state machine. R B            
0022 802.17-2004 12.7.3.4 SP3 and SP4 refer to the wrong frame type. R B            
0023 802.17-2004 7.5.7.2.4 Table 7.11, Table 7.12, and Table 7.13 direct taking the Min() of 0 and the credit value after being decremented for one byte. R B            
0024 802.17-2004 7.5.7.2.4 Table 7.11 and Table 7.12 do not check at entry to the statemachine if the TICK time has expired. R B            
0025 802.17-2004 7.5.7.2.4 Table 7.11 and Table 7.12 make use of an undefined constant, NORM. R T T       B  
0026 802.17-2004 D.5.1.3 The description of Table D.2 incorrectly limits the applicability to the operational state of down. B B            
0027
Closed
802.17-2004 12.4 The OAM service primitives and the MIB allow specification of a mac_protection parameter. R J            
0028 802.17-2004 D.6 The MIB specifies WTR and keepalive as being configured per ring. R B            
0029 802.17-2004 10.4.1.4 The PerByte statemachine allows neither RATE_BASED nor SHAPER_BASED admission methods to be chosen. R B            
0030 802.17-2004 11.6.7.4 transmitTpFrame is not being set to FALSE. B B            
0031 802.17-2004 11.6.8.4 The row descriptions for Row 3 and Row 4 are switched. R B            
0032 802.17-2004 11.6.2.3 holdoffTimeout and keepaliveTimeout are not shown to be using per-ringlet values. R B            
0033 802.17-2004 11.6.3.2 There is no adminReqProtection defined. R B            
0034 802.17-2004 11.6.5.6 The statemachine rows 10, 11, and 12 do not correspond to the row descriptions. R T B          
0035 802.17-2004 11.6.4.4 The row description for Row 12 is incorrect. R B            
0036
Closed
802.17-2004 11.6.1 The figure shows two links that don't exist. R J            
0037
Closed
802.17-2004 11.6.5.6 This allows an FS to be replaced by an MS. R T J          
0038 802.17-2004 10.2.2 There is no PICS entry for the "may" in the definition of localWeight, and no corresponding text in the MIB definition. R B            
0039 802.17-2004 11.6.6.3 There is no MIB attribute for stabilityTimeout. R B            
0040 802.17-2004 D.6 rprIfCurrentStatus is does not provide status and is missing most of 11.2.9. R B            
0041 802.17-2004 D.6 RprTopoImageEntry is missing an attribute corresponding to spanEdge[ri]. R B            
0042 802.17-2004 D.6 rprTopoImageWestProtectionStatus and rprTopoImageEastProtectionStatus are not statuses and are not bit fields. R B            
0043 802.17-2004 D.6 rprTopoImageStatus fields receivedBadFcs and receivedMultichokeFairness are not events indicating such things have been received. R B            
0044 802.17-2004 11.6.13.3 Extraneous '{' and '}'s. R B            
0045 802.17-2004 11.6.4.4 The protMisconfigDefect is not cleared even after the configuration mismatch has been corrected. B B            
0046 802.17-2004 11.6.5.5 DistantStateMax() does not return the correct value of awayState for cases in which a station has an edge, but the edge is not caused by the station on the far-end of the span. T T I B        
0047
Closed
802.17-2004 10.4.3.4 A station may become the head of a congestion domain based solely on the rate of transiting non-reserved traffic. T T J          
0048 802.17-2004 7.2.2 The definition of classCAccessDelayTimer suggests that the timer specifies the longest waiting time of any traffic waiting for transmission. T T   B        
0049
Closed
802.17-2004 7.5.6.4 Table 7.10 Row 4 does not cover the case in which there are multiple frames waiting, and only some were sent. T T         J  
0050 802.17-2004 7.5.7.4.4 The value of creditS is always equal to zero. R B            
0051 802.17-2004 12.1.4 Echo frames are requested by the client, and not the management system. R B            
0052 802.17-2004 D.6 rprSpanStatsInOamEchoFrames and rprSpanStatsOutOamEchoFrames each mistakenly combined two counters from the standard. R B            
0053
Closed
802.17-2004 D.6 The control frames counters in RprSpanCountersStatsEntry are in the wrong location. R J            
0054 802.17-2004 11.6.5.5 DistantStateMax() does not correctly handle the 2-station case. R T B          
0055
Closed
802.17-2004 7.6.3.8.4 Multicast or broadcast control frames can increment the ttlExpiredFrames counter. R T J          
0056 802.17-2004 7.6.2 The term "flow" is used without a definition. - R B          
0057 802.17-2004 10.5 The heading for the third row of Table 10.16 is incorrect. - R B          
0058 802.17-2004 10.4.1.4 Incorrect row description for Row 10.5-5. - R B          
0059 802.17-2004 7.7.1.2.5 For a center-wrapping ring with bidirectional flooding, wouldn't that still be replicated with the we==1? - R B          
0060
Closed
802.17-2004 7.7.1.6.4 Incorrect ringlet selection for a bidirectional flooded frame on a center-wrapped station. - R T       J  
0061
Closed
802.17-2004 7.7.1.6.4 Problems with topo frames and fairness frames for a center-wrapped station. - R T       J  
0062 802.17-2004 D.6 Extra space in "size Stq". - R B          
0063 802.17-2004 D.6 The rprOamRequestCount is not cross-referenced to an RPR variable. - R B          
0064 802.17-2004 D.6 The rprOamTimeout is not cross-referenced to an RPR variable. - R B          
0065 802.17-2004 D.6 The rprOamControl is not cross-referenced to an RPR variable. - R B          
0066 802.17-2004 D.6 The rprOamResponseCount is not cross-referenced to an RPR variable. - R B          
0067 802.17-2004 D.6 The rprOamAvResponseTime is not cross-referenced to an RPR variable. - R B          
0068 802.17-2004 D.6 The rprOamResponseStatus is not cross-referenced to an RPR variable. - R B          
0069 802.17-2004 D.6 Wrong name: "toClientUcastClassBCirAFrames". - R B          
0070
Closed
802.17-2004 D.6 There is an entry for client-in broadcast counts, but not multicast. - R J          
0071
Closed
802.17-2004 D.6 There is an entry for client-out broadcast counts, but not multicast. - R J          
0072 802.17-2004 10.4.4.4 rampUpCoef does not belong in the condition of Row 5. - R T     B    
0073 802.17-2004 10.4.4.4 allowedRate is calculated twice in Row 5 and Row 16. The later calculation overrides the early one. - R B          
0074 802.17-2004 10.4.5.4 Incorrect comparison between fairRate and receivedRate. - R B          
0075 802.17-2004 7.7.10.4 Wrong table name. - R B          
0076 802.17-2004 7.7.1.6.4 A frame with a multicast DA can be sent on the ring with frame.fi = FI_NONE. - R B          
0077
Closed
802.17-2004 11.6.8.4 If there's a fiber loopback, ReceiveTpFrame can not report this specific error, just a large scope error of miscabling. - - J          
0078 802.17-2004 10.4.2.3 ResetStqWatermarks() resets stqHighWatermark to stqSize. - - B          
0079 802.17-2004 10.4.2.4 Wrong routine name, InitLowPassFilteredRates(), in Table 10.6. - - B          
0080 802.17-2004 10.4.10.5 frtt is computed before LrttToTail is computed. - - B          
0081 802.17-2004 6.3.1 The MAC service interface provides the number of hops to the congestion point, not the nearest congested station. - - B          
0082
Closed
802.17-2004 12.3.1 Add a timestamp mechanism for oam echo request/response frame. - - J          
0083
Closed
802.17-2004 F Problems of cross-ring RPR reliability and rapid switchover. - - J          
0084 802.17-2004 10.4.9.4 frame.ri of an FDD frame is wrongly assigned the value of receivedRi. - - B          
0085 802.17-2004 D.6 The attributes of RprSpanErrorCountersCurrentEntry do not state where they get their values. - - T       B  
0086 802.17-2004 12.6.1.2 scffErrors is insufficiently defined. - - T       B  
0087
Closed
802.17-2004 10.4.8.4 Line 9 condition "myWrappingMethod ==CENTER_WRAP" is not relevant when "myEdgeState==FROM_EDGE". - - T       J  
0088 802.17-2004 10.4.10.6 Wrong wrapPoint values in FrttComputation. - - R T       B
0089 802.17-2004 10.4.10.5 The function AgeFdd (fdd, newFdd) does not declare 'lastReceivedFdd' as a variable or as a function parameter. - - R B        
0090 802.17-2004 10.4.10.6 Wrong value used for hop count to tailIndex. - - R T       B
0091 802.17-2004 7.6.3.6.4 If a Multichoke fairness frame (MCFF) is caught on the wrong ringlet, it will stay forever. - - R B        
0092 802.17-2004 7.6.3.9.4 The description of Row 7.23-4 is not consistent with the action in the table, and it is wrong. - - R B        
0093 802.17-2004 7.7.2 The figure seems to imply that there is a failure in the ring, but it describes the normal operating case. - - R B        
0094 802.17-2004 7.6.3.8.4 Table row 7.22-7 has the wrong parameter name in the condition column. - - R B        
0095 802.17-2004 7.6.3.9.4 Table row 7.23-4 has the wrong parameter name in the condition column. - - R B        
0096 802.17-2004 7.6.3.5.4 Table row 7.19-6 has the wrong function name in the condition column. - - R B        
0097 802.17-2004 10.4.2.3 stqSize is not a defined variable. - - R B        
0098 802.17-2004 10.2.4 myWrappingMethod is not a defined variable. - - R B        
0099 802.17-2004 10.4.5.4 Wrong description for table row 10.10-4. - - R B        
0100 802.17-2004 12.4.1 In the ringlet_id definition, the reference table is wrong. - - R B        
0101 802.17-2004 D.6 The definition of rprIfWrapConfig incorrectly uses "Wrap preferred". - - R B        
0102 802.17-2004 D.6 In the definition of rprIfJumboFramePreferred, rprIfMacCapability should be replaced with rprIfRingOperModes. - - R B        
0103 802.17-2004 11.6.4.4 Table-Row 11.14-17 does not save the checksum value. - - - R B      
0104 802.17-2004 3.2.78 There is no such literal: "AGECOEF". - - - R B      
0105 802.17-2004 7.6.3.8.2 ttlExpiredFrames is not defined in 7.2.2. - - - R B      
0106 802.17-2004 7.7.7.2.4 There is no such routine: "PHY_READY.inidication()". - - - R B      
0107 802.17-2004 10.4.4.4 Table-Row 10.9 condition uses an undefined routine: "IsCongested()". - - - R B      
0108 802.17-2004 11.4.3.3 Reference is given to the wrong subclause, and no reference is given to myTopoInfo.conservativeMode. - - - R B      
0109 802.17-2004 11.4.3.4 Reference is given to the wrong subclause, and no reference is given to myTopoInfo.multichokeUser. - - - R B      
0110 802.17-2004 11.4.3.4 The text wrongly implies separate actions for multichoke behavior for each ringlet. - - - R B      
0111 802.17-2004 11.4.3.4 The last paragraph on page 311 appears to belong to 11.4.3.4. - - - R B      
0112 802.17-2004 11.7.3.4 Checking the Yes box of PP6 does not indicate that nonrevertive operation "may be" supported. - - - R B      
0113 802.17-2004 D.6 The reference for rprFairnessReservedRate refers to 11.2.4. - - - R B      
0114 802.17-2004 10.4.10.6 tailSa, tailRi, and tailIndex are not defined. - - - R B      
0115 802.17-2004 7.6.3.10.2 The badRxFcsFrames statistics counter is not reflected in any MIB item. - - - R T   B  
0116 802.17-2004 11.6.14.3 There is no definition of variable advertisementInterval used in context of function LrttResponseHandle(). - - - R B      
0117 802.17-2004 11.6.7.4 TP frames should be broadcasted in both ringlets. - - - R T   B  
0118 802.17-2004 0 Inconsistent notation "frame.checksumValid" in Table 11.20 rows 6 and 9. - - - R B      
0119 802.17-2004 7.7.4 Final hec field value may be incorrect for frame header. - - - R B      
0120 802.17-2004 11.6.3.4 "EntryInQueue(Q_RX_TP_PARSE) != NULL" (Table 11.13, Row 3) is a tautology. - - - R B      
0121 802.17-2004 11.6.2 There is no holdoffStartTime[ri] variable definition. - - - R B      
0122 802.17-2004 7.6.3.5.4 keepaliveTime is an integer variable in some places, but it is defined as an array. - - - R B      
0123 802.17-2004 7.2.1 There is no definition of queue Q_TX_ROUTE. - - - R R B    
0124 802.17-2004 J.3 There are missing exclamation marks in Table J.1. - - - R R B    
0125 802.17-2004 7.6.3.8.4 ReceiveStrip state machine is allowed to update keepalive variable when station has span failure. - - - R R T B  
0126 802.17-2004 1.6.6.5 If topoEntryInvalidDefect is set in TopologyValidation state machine, it isn`t cleared when topology is valid. - - - R R B    
0127 802.17-2004 11.6.8.4 Inconsistent notation "frame.seq" in ReceiveTpFrame state machine specification. - - - R R B    
0128 802.17-2004 0 Wrong notation of condition currentTime-wtr[ri].time >= wtr.timeout[ri]. - - - R R B    
0129 802.17-2004 11.6.6.4 Definition of routine SetSourceCheck() contains wrong condition. - - - R R B    
0130 802.17-2004 D.6 Incorrect description in the rprIfIdleThreshold MIB item. - - - R R B    
0131 802.17-2004 11.2.3 txSlowTimeout variable specified a default of 100msec - - - R R T B  
0132 802.17-2004 11.5.4 Figure 11.27f lists the wrong topoType. - - - - - - - B
0133 802.17-2004 7.7.1.6.4 Control frame fields are being treated as data frames. - - - - - - - B
0134 802.17-2004 7.7.1.6.4 FDD frames are not being allowed to wrap. - - - - - - - B



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