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Subject: Re: [802.3_ISAAC] Discussion on comment #500

From: George Zimmerman <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2026 17:33:44 +0000

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Reply-to: George Zimmerman <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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Thread-topic: [802.3_ISAAC] Discussion on comment #500

Ragnar – I was struggling with precise words for the implementation-specific nature of determining whether the follower was tracking... If you can provide some, I would be grateful.

George Zimmerman, Ph.D.

President & Principal

CME Consulting, Inc.

Experts in Advanced PHYsical Communications

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From: Ragnar Jonsson <ragnar.jonsson@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 13, 2026 1:17 PM
To: George Zimmerman <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: STDS-802-3-ISAAC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [802.3_ISAAC] Discussion on comment #500

I agree with George's comment. I would expect the initial condition to be 0 (FALSE), and then transition to 1 (TRUE) when the follower has acquired the timing lock. Therefore it is more appropriate to talk about setting timing_lock_OK=1 when timing lock has been acquired and set to 0 otherwize. There should also be a statement about the implementation of the timing_lock_OK condition is implementation specific.

Ragnar

On Mon, Jul 13, 2026 at 8:18 AM George Zimmerman <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

William – I would rather suggest that we define the bit in the positive sense. Otherwise, if the FOLLOWER never acquires the timing reference, under your definition, timing_lock_OK would be set to 1, because you can’t lose what you never have. This is, however, not what I think we want. Also, style manual says you spell out zero & one, and I believe we have another comment to not put LEADER and FOLLOWER in all caps…

Insert text in 191.5.2.6 (page 116) after line 28.

The timing_lock_OK bit transmitted by the Follower in the infofield to indicate whether the Follower is currently tracking the Leader’s timing reference. This indicator bit is set to one to indicate that a Follower is tracking the Leader’s timing reference and is set to zero otherwise.

George Zimmerman, Ph.D.

President & Principal

CME Consulting, Inc.

Experts in Advanced PHYsical Communications

george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

310-920-3860

From: William Lo <00005d57449a68e9-dmarc-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 13, 2026 11:05 AM
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Subject: [802.3_ISAAC] Discussion on comment #500

All,

I took an action to get some wording to define timing_lock_OK.

Insert text in 191.5.2.6 (page 116) after line 28.

Whenever a FOLLOWER loses the LEADER's timing reference it sets timing_lock_OK=0, which is communicated to the link partner via the InfoField. Otherwise, timing_lock_OK is set to 1.

Thanks,

William

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