RE: [DNA] Definition of "Link Up" and "Link Down" events?

["Romascanu, Dan (Dan)" <dromasca@avaya.com>]

I would just refer to the capability of passing packets, without
mentioning IP. This is the approach taken by RFC 2863. 

Regards,

Dan

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Kempf [mailto:kempf@docomolabs-usa.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 10:02 AM
> To: Romascanu, Dan (Dan); NJEDJOU Eric RD-RESA-REN; Bernard 
> Aboba; dna@eng.monash.edu.au
> Subject: Re: [DNA] Definition of "Link Up" and "Link Down" events?
> 
> Dan,
> 
> Then what would you suggest is the appropriate way to phrase this?
> 
>         jak
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Romascanu, Dan (Dan)" <dromasca@avaya.com>
> To: "James Kempf" <kempf@docomolabs-usa.com>; "NJEDJOU Eric 
> RD-RESA-REN"
> <eric.njedjou@francetelecom.com>; "Bernard Aboba" 
> <aboba@internaut.com>; <dna@eng.monash.edu.au>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 11:51 PM
> Subject: RE: [DNA] Definition of "Link Up" and "Link Down" events?
> 
> 
> I would like to draw again the attention of the group that IMO the use
> of 'IP packets' to define low link layer link Up / link Down 
> events may
> not be appropriate. The 'capability of communicating IP 
> packets'  cannot
> be detected in some cases by lower link layers state machines .
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Dan
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-dna@ecselists.eng.monash.edu.au
> > [mailto:owner-dna@ecselists.eng.monash.edu.au] On Behalf Of
> > James Kempf
> > Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 6:21 AM
> > To: NJEDJOU Eric RD-RESA-REN; Bernard Aboba; dna@eng.monash.edu.au
> > Subject: Re: [DNA] Definition of "Link Up" and "Link Down" events?
> >
> > Eric,
> >
> >
> > I have a little problem with the most recent defintion
> > (Bernard's) of Link-Down suggested. The statement "A Link
> > Down event is only generated once the link layer considers
> > the link unusable" looks (to me at least) a bit contradictory
> > to the first sentence of the definition in the sense that the
> > link layer can consider the link unusable even without any
> > change having occured in the link state machine: PDP context
> > activated in GPRS/UMTS but very high BER Said differently,
> > the definition implies that the event cause can be "state
> > changed" in the link layer state machine as well "state did
> > not changed" (as the link can become unusable within the same
> > state) which is a problem.
> >
> > Hope my concern is understood.
> >
> > Insn't
> > "An event provided by the link layer that signifies a state
> > change associated with the interface no longer being capable
> > of communicating IP packets. transient periods of high frame
> > loss are not sufficient." enough for Link down definition?
> >
> > Please advice
> >
> > jak>> I guess I don't understand the problem. The definition
> > leaves it
> > jak>> up to
> > the link layer to decide what "unusable" means. Whether or
> > not that involves a state machine change or some other
> > consideration is pretty much up to the link layer to decide.
> >
> >             jak
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 
>