Re: M3UA AS override mode from SGP perspective

"Brian F. G. Bidulock" <[email protected]> Sat, 9 Oct 2010 02:48:04 -0600

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Chris,

Chris Benson wrote:                          (Fri, 08 Oct 2010 13:03:29)
> 
> I am alsmost sure that the answer to this is yes, because
> the assumed ordered capabilities of the underlying transport 
> mechanism will no longer be true.  Messages in one association
> can of course overtake messages in another association.

It makes no difference whether two associations terminate on the
same ASPs or different ASPs with regard to ordering of messages.

> If that last viewpoint of mine is true (things will break),
> then "no redundant associations" should be treated as a
> requirement.

If your conlusion where valid, M3UA could not use multiple data
streams in an SCTP association.

--brian

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