[EFM] Re: [802.3ae] query -LayerMgmtReceiveCounters

[Roy Bynum <rabynum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Shimon,

 From what you are saying then is that bit errors in certain locations may 
not be recognized as bit errors.  This would mean that if the performance 
monitoring function is at the frame error level, it may not be 100% 
accurate.  Is that correct?

Thank you,
Roy Bynum

At 11:54 AM 3/6/2002 -0800, you wrote:

> > Hello,
> > Refer 4.2.9 section for frame reception in 802.3 2000.
> >
> > The LayerMgmtReceiveCounters  procedure is called when the receive frame
> > succeeding is OK i.e the RecognizeAddress  procedure passes.
> > The aFrameCheckSequenceErrors (refer section 5.2.2.1.6) is updated in
> > the LayerMgmtReceiveCounters procedure.
> >
> > How is the counter update for FCS counter accounted, in the case of  FCS
> > error due to Address corruption ?
>
>
>A frame that encounters an error in the address field is not counted as a
>CRC error. It is rejected by the receiver as a frame that was not addressed
>to this station. The reason for that is that the receiver only counts errors
>in frames that were sent to it, and it has no way of knowing where in the
>frame the error ocurred.
>
>                                                 Shimon.