Regarding the use of correlation id at the M3UA layer.

Hi All,

It is mentioned in the RFC 4666 section *4.3.4.3 ASP Active Procedure* that
in case of THM as Broadcast  "Whenever an ASP in a Broadcast mode AS becomes
ASP-ACTIVE, the SGP MUST tag the first DATA message broadcast in each
traffic flow with a unique Correlation Id parameter. The purpose of this Id
is to permit the newly active ASP to synchronize its processing of traffic
in each traffic flow with the other ASPs in the broadcast group."

I have some questions on the same as mentioned below:

1. At the sending side we are packing the correlation Id in the data
message, so on receiving this data message at the receiver end how
    the correlation id will be used for synchronization or how it will be
handled.
2. On what basis Correlation Id will be selected for the first data message,
i mean it can be any randomly selected unique no. or on
     some basis we need to calculate this correlation Id.

Thanks for your help in the advance.

Regards,
Sachin

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