IEEE 802'17 Resilient Packet Ring Draft D0'2 Section 1 Comment Resolution May, 2002 Ottawa, Canada r

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IEEE 802.17 Resilient Packet Ring Draft D0.2
Section 1 Comment ResolutionMay, 2002Ottawa,
Canadara_sultan_at_yahoo.com
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Clauses 1 4 and Annex A

• Intro material derived from clauses
• Due on same date as other clauses
• Follows that intro always lags by one cycle (2
  months)
• exceptions when material provided early to editor
• Clause 1 provides an overview of the
  specification
• Some text too detailed and will be adjusted
• Reflects normative text of other clauses
• Technical decisions not made in the overview

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Statistics

• 50 technical non-binding
• 1 rejected
• 29 accepted-modified
• 23 accepted
• 49 technical binding
• 5 referred to section 0 (and resolved)
• 7 rejected
• 25 accepted modified
• 8 accepted
• 69 editorial

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Rejected / Referred

• Rejected
• Disallow jumbo frames
• Incorrect comment on ringlet figure
• Mandatory wrapping
• Five items referred to chief editor
• Notation will be moved to clause 3 (will move for
  change to Terms, Definitions, and Notation
• Should, shall, etc. referenced in Style Manual

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Significant Resolved Issues

• Frame size 9216 (jumbo) as specified in D02C8.1
  (11)
• Least cost vs. shortest path / ring selection by
  client or MAC (8)
• Classes A0, A1, B, C from RAH (7)
• Circumference, not span (4) clause?
• Editors questions (4) no action needed
• Maximum number of stations on ring (3) clause?
• Remove HOL blocking reference (3)
• Ringlet naming (3) (eg. CW, CCW) clause? Chief
  editor?
• Intent is to be lossless (3) (avoid specifying
  conditions)

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Significant Resolved Issues

• Describe multicast operation (4)
• Delete reference to cut-through (4)
• Delete material on reservation and provide
  editors note until defined (4) clause ?
• Reject mandatory wrapping (conflicts D0.2) (1)
• Remove reference to authentication/encryption (1)

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Editorial In Nature

• Remove unnecessary NOTE describing fairness (2)
• Fairness algorithm doesnt restrict traffic (1)
• Not all fairness message hop-by-hop (1)
• RPR header terminology included in overview when
  adopted in clause 8 (1)
• Correction in Qtag description (2)
• Remove Qtag/CID from features list as too
  detailed. (1)

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Editorial in Nature

• Omit justification for header checksum (2)
• Additions/corrections to notation (2)
• Editors note on reference to OIF docs (1)
• Add steering for multicast when available (1)
• Add HEC and IOP to acronyms (understood that IOP
  may change) (2)

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Editorial in Nature

• Picture improvements (3)
• Provisioning terminology included when approved
  (1)
• Correct description of allowed rate (1)
• Clarification of delay properties (1)
• Header clarifications (2)
• Move notation subclause to clause 3 (1)
• Add c-code reference to references (1)
• Remove text regarding network layer as client (1)
• Looping replaced by indefinite circulation
  (1)
• Description of insert, strip, etc. (1) (will edit
  into overview as appropriate)

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Editorial in Nature

• Specify fairness as weighted fairness (1)
  Correct definition of reclaimable (1)
• Remove incorrect reference to leaky bucket (just
  refer to policing) (1)
• Replace description of uncommitted and
  reclaimable from approved text (1)
• Remove uncommitted and reclaimable as too
  detailed for features list (1)