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Re: [802.3_10SPE] Feasibility of 147.3.5 Collision detection

Thank you for the reminder – speaking as an individual.

 

(again as an individual) I beg to differ on the content of the draft and on clause 22 -

 

The 20 BT reference is at 148.4.5.4, it is the duration of “beacon_timer” which times the duration of the BEACON signal.

 

The definition of what a PHY needs to detect for  a collision is the first thing at 147.3.5 “When operating in half-duplex mode, the 10BASE-T1S PHY shall detect when a transmission initiated locally results in a corrupted signal at the MDI as a collision.”

 

The requirements for assertion of CRS are found in 22.2.2.11.  You are correct that additional requirements are in clause 147, but the clause 22 requirements remain.  It seems pretty clear here that they are not allowed to glitch, but is required to be asserted when the medium is nonidle…  I would start there and then determine whether something additional is needed:

CRS shall be asserted by the PHY when either the transmit or receive medium is nonidle. CRS shall be

deasserted by the PHY when both the transmit and receive media are idle. The PHY shall ensure that CRS

remains asserted throughout the duration of a collision condition.

CRS is not required to transition synchronously with respect to either the TX_CLK or the RX_CLK.

 

You might suggest something more is needed, to fully specify the behavior, but specifying a particular implementation is generally a bad idea, and simply describing one doesn’t add any missing requirements.

-george

From: Yong Kim <yongkim.mail@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2019 5:53 PM
To: George Zimmerman <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: STDS-802-3-10SPE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [802.3_10SPE] Feasibility of 147.3.5 Collision detection

 

Hi George,

 

Thanks.   It would be helpful (at least to me) if you were to clarify each of the points whether you are speaking as the chair or as a member.

 

Just sharing my opinion.   WRT to collision detection.  THERE IS NO SPECIFICATION other than "implementation dependent".  Some text were added between D2.2 and D2.3  something about data error/corruptions == collision but with little detail.  THIS is the only standard text we go by and review.  I was careful to say that IF Hongming's text (brief) were in the draft THEN people could evaluate/analyze (a lot work to be down downstream).  But it is not.

 

And more of my opinion.   WRT to Philip's email, 256 bit is in the draft text.  ~20 bit reference you made is not. Also his question deals w/ 147 specification, not CL22.  He wrote "..in 147.3.5 b)  it is stated that a third PHY shall assert CRS in case two or more stations cause a collision. Does the CRS need to be asserted during the entire time that the drivers are driving or is the CRS allowed to glitch? What is the maximum allowed delay from reaching differential zero on the MDI until CRS is deasserted at the MII? What is the minimum required time from driving the differential pair to +-1 until CRS shall be asserted?..."


best regards,

Yong Kim, affiliation: NIO

 

 

On Thu, Feb 7, 2019 at 4:45 PM George Zimmerman <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hongming – thank you for your answers.  It’s clear you’ve given some thought to how to build this.

 

The insertion loss of the mixing segment is specified in 147.8.1 (which references 147.7.1).  The loss at midband is specified to be less than 2.6 dB.  In voltage terms that says that the amplitude of the signal from a far end node will be 75% of the amplitude (at 10 MHz) than what is transmitted near-end.  I’d think that kind of variation would be detectable.  Remember, we have a scrambler, which ensures that transmitted bit sequences are unique with high probability.  That separates this from early Ethernet’s challenges.

 

If you don’t agree, please provide the analysis to show otherwise.  And not just that a detection COULD be missed – we can all make broken designs.  Instead, I’d want to see analysis that a device cannot be made to provide a reliable detection (because others believe it can). 

Also, remember, the standard is not a tutorial, it is an interoperability specification.  The  detection method  is local to a node, and is not an interoperability specification.

 

On process, I’d like to point out that questions, while welcome, and a good use of the reflector, are a different thing than either a problem or a proper ballot comment.  Proper ballot comments come when a commenter thinks there is a problem.  To convince others, the commenter needs to provide analysis showing the problem and a potential remedy.  Having questions isn’t enough – you need to convince people there is a problem, AND the commenter has responsibility to propose a remedy.  If you think something CANNOT be accomplished, please show that – you must convince others why the specification is not implementable, and not just say “show me how”.

 

Additionally, having read Philip’s email,  I honestly take it as some questions, not a comment. 

I refer Philip to Clause 22, where the behavior or CRS and COL are specified as signals. Requirements for asserting and holding CRS are found there, and not in the 802.3cg draft.

 

I wouldn’t take the 256 bit time assertion of COL as the detection time allowed.  That specification is simply on the time to hold the COL signal, not the detection window.  Collisions need to be detected in less time than that – I would think a 20 bit sequence of corrupted transmission symbols (2usec) would be enough to detect.

 

I’d add that when all nodes have PLCA implemented and enabled, these signals do not interfere with data frames on the medium.  

 

The way I understand it, if a node either without PLCA enabled or without PLCA implemented is present on the mixing segment attempts to transmit a frame simultaneously with one of these control signals, that (non-PLCA) PHY would detect the collision and signal its MAC appropriately to control the transmission of its data frame, as already specified in clause 147.  The PHY transmitting the PLCA signal’s behavior is specified by the Figure 148-3 (PLCA Control state diagram). (basically the beacon transmission stops as the PHY goes to the RECOVER state due to CRS being asserted).

 

Piergiorgio may have more explanation to follow.

 

-george

 

 

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