Re: M2PA retransmission: possible consistency issue

Hi,

I think you need this buffer for message retrieval if you want
to do a changeover at the MTP3 layer.

Best regards
Michael

On May 16, 2007, at 9:44 PM, [email protected] wrote:

> Hi,
>
> seeing that M2PA retransmission issues have been discussed before I am
> prepared to accept things as they are. However, I think there is a
> consistency issue in RFC 4165 concerning retransmissions.
>
> 4.1.1. states:
>
> [...]
> "Since SCTP provides reliable delivery and ordered delivery, M2PA does
> not perform retransmissions."
> [...]
>
> While this statement perfectly makes sense, it might seem that this is
> in contrast to the fact that there is an M2PA retransmission buffer  
> for
> 'special purpose'. As I see things, "does not perform retransmissions"
> means there is no retransmission buffer.
>
> Regards,
>
> Lothar
>
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