Re: RFC-4460

Bhanu Prakash <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.sigtran
Message-ID <[email protected]>
I need clarification with regrards to the section 2.17 it says:

   ---------
   New text: (Section 3.3.4)
   ---------
 
   Cumulative TSN Ack: 32 bits (unsigned integer)
 
      This parameter contains the TSN of the last DATA chunk received in
      sequence before a gap.  In the case where no DATA chunk has
      been received, this value is set to the peer's Initial TSN minus
      one.

When there is no DATA received why a SACK will be sent..?

Thanks
Bhanuprakash.
 

Michael Tuexen wrote:

> Yes, RFC 2960 did not specify if there is one number space for  
> parameters
> or one number space for each chunk.
>
> This has been clarified that there is only one number space.
>
> You can write an ID for an extension of the protocol, define there
> new parameters and register them at IANA. This is how protocol  
> extensions
> work.
>
> Best regards
> Michael
>
> On Oct 3, 2006, at 10:44 AM, Bhanu Prakash wrote:
>
>>
>> The section 2.4.2. of RFC-4460 says that:
>>
>>
>>    ---------
>>    New text: (Section 3.2.1)
>>    ---------
>>
>>    The actual SCTP parameters are defined in the specific SCTP chunk
>>    sections.  The rules for IETF-defined parameter extensions are
>>    defined in Section 13.2.  Note that a parameter type MUST be unique
>>    across all chunks.  For example, the parameter type '5' is used to
>>    represent an IPv4 address (see Section 3.3.2).  The value '5'  
>> then is
>>    reserved across all chunks to represent an IPv4 address and MUST  NOT
>>    be reused with a different meaning in any other chunk.
>>
>>
>> Does it means that the RFC 2960 had allowed to have same parameter  
>> type across different chunks..?
>> Can an implementor define and use his own parameter type other than  
>> what specified in RFC..?
>> Please clarify.
>>
>> Thanks.
>> Bhanuprakash.
>>
>>
>>
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