Re: [Sigtran] Optional RC configured on one side and not the other

"Brian F. G. Bidulock" <bidulock@openss7.org> Tue, 19 November 2013 07:43 UTC

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From: "Brian F. G. Bidulock" <bidulock@openss7.org>
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Richard,

Richard Knowles wrote:                   (Mon, 18 Nov 2013 10:24:25)
> 
> Assume you have the conditions (one AS, etc.) to allow RC to be
> optional, does the RFC permit one side (IPSP SE mode for example) to
> still send an RC and the other to not include an RC?   I think the
> answer is yes, but I can't find an explicit reference permitting it.  

Nothing forbidding it either.  Whether RC is included or not could
even vary on a message-by-message basis from either ASP.

--brian

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