RE: WG ACTION: 2 weeks to discuss [LL61] Remove initial wait

"Christian Huitema" <[email protected]> Tue, 4 May 2004 16:39:18 -0700
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> [LL61]
>  
> Description of Issue:		Remove initial wait
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> Text becomes:
> 
>     When ready to begin probing, the host should send NUM_PROBES probe
>     packets, spaced randomly, PROBE_MIN to PROBE_MAX seconds apart.

Uh, no. We want to achieve two things: avoid a meltdown in a power
on/off scenario, and space the retransmissions sufficiently to avoid
collisions. However you write it, that means "waiting [0, Probe_max -
Probe_min] for the initial transmission, then NUM_PROBES probe packets,
spaced randomly, PROBE_MIN to PROBE_MAX seconds apart (where Probe_Min
!= 0).

-- Christian Huitema