Re: Ordering within RK parameter of M3UA

Brian,
thank you for this explanation.

If we accept this limitation (DPC always starts the repeated structure), 
then the following Routing Key parameter, containing parameters in the 
specified order, is incorrect (and receiver must reply with ERROR message), 
even though it can be read unambiguously:

Local-RK-Identifier
Routing Context
Traffic Mode Type
DPC
OPC List
OPC List
DPC

Is it obvious for receiver to consider this message incorrect rather than to 
accept it (since the second OPC List is clearly related to the second DPC)?
To say generally, is it incorrect in this particular situation for a 
receiver to judge on the message correctness by ability to read it 
unambiguously? (Because it seems there is no explicitly mandated ordering 
specified regarding DPC, is there?)


Thank you very much,
Sergey Mikhailov.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian F. G. Bidulock" <[email protected]>
To: "Sergey Mikhailov" <[email protected]>
Cc: "SIGTRAN" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 2:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Sigtran] Ordering within RK parameter of M3UA


> Sergey,
>
> Logically, the repeated structure only needs to start with Destination
> Point Code (to identify a new group of parameters).  The order of
> the parameters other than DPC within the repeated structure is
> unimportant.  Likely, Local-RK-Identifier and Traffic Mode should come
> first, but they don't have to.
>
> So, one would expect to find Local-RK-Identifier somewhere within the list
> of parameters, and, optionally, a Traffic Mode somewhere within the list 
> of
> parameters, an at least one Destination Point Code somewhere within the 
> list
> of parameters.  The optional parameters associated with a given DPC would
> occur between the DPC and either the next DPC or the end of the Routing 
> Key.
>
> Is this not obvious to you?
>
> --brian
>
> On Mon, 16 Jan 2006, Sergey Mikhailov wrote:
>
>> Brian,
>>
>> thank you for your reply.
>>
>> Do you mean that the phrase "MAY be repeated as a grouping within the
>> Routing Key parameter, in the structure shown above" (in that Note from
>> 3.6.1) explicitly mandates (like mentioned in 3.2) the ordering? Or it 
>> has
>> just illustrative meaning?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Sergey Mikhailov.
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Brian F. G. Bidulock" <[email protected]>
>> To: "Sergey Mikhailov" <[email protected]>
>> Cc: "SIGTRAN" <[email protected]>
>> Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 1:06 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Sigtran] Ordering within RK parameter of M3UA
>>
>>
>> > Sergey,
>> >
>> > Read Section 3.2:
>> >
>> >  ...
>> >
>> >  Where more than one parameter is included in a message, the
>> >  parameters may be in any order, except where explicitly mandated.  A
>> >  receiver SHOULD accept the parameters in any order.
>> >  ...
>> >
>> > --brian
>> >
>> > On Mon, 16 Jan 2006, Sergey Mikhailov wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >>    Hi,
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>    It   seems quite   open  to  interpretation (from  3.2  and  3.6.1 
>> >> of
>> >>    3332bis05),  whether  Destination  Point  Code, Service Indicators 
>> >> and
>> >>    Originating  Point  Code  List  parameters (which may be repeated 
>> >> as a
>> >>    grouping) must follow in exactly this order or not.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>    From 3.6.1:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>          Note: The Destination Point Code, Service Indicators, and
>> >>          Originating Point Code List parameters MAY be repeated as a
>> >>           grouping  within  the  Routing  Key parameter, in the 
>> >> structure
>> >>    shown
>> >>          above.
>> >>    It  think  that  there  is  now requirement to their ordering 
>> >> inside a
>> >>    grouping, but have to admit that this is just my interprertation.
>> >>
>> >>    Any opinions?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>    Best Regards,
>> >>
>> >>    Sergey Mikhailov.
>> >
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