Re: Re: How many bytes should a CRC-32 protect?

Matt Mathis <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.pilc
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On Tue, 7 May 2002, Aaron Falk wrote:
> You're assuming a uniform distribution of errors, aren't you?  If you have 
> bursty errors (as in most wireless channels), you win with bigger packets 
> since errors are concentrated in a smaller number of packets.

Well yes, perhaps.  Actually I think it depends on a whole bunch of assumptions 
about error distribution, and different terms can oposite effects.

The "hidden" model I used is that all raw errors cause the CRC to be uniformly
distributed actross 4e+9 values, one of which will cause a "false pass".

Thanks,
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