Re: [xrblock] Proposed change to summary discard draft to address discard type issue

Glen Zorn <glenzorn@gmail.com> Fri, 21 September 2012 08:31 UTC

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Subject: Re: [xrblock] Proposed change to summary discard draft to address discard type issue
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On 09/21/2012 02:36 PM, Qin Wu wrote:

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>
 > Yes but the statement that the '"number of packets discarded" is
 > filled with the number of packets discarded due to both early and
 > late arrival which is obtained from the RTCP XR Discard Block" is
 > only true if a) the "Discard Type" field in the Discard block is set
 > to 11 or b) two instances of the Discard block are present, one with
 > the DT field set to 10 & the other with the DT field set to 01. Do
 > you think that that should be mentioned?
 >
 > [Rachel]: I got your point. How about changing the text to : " where
 > "number of packets discarded" is filled with the number of packets
 > discarded due to both early and late arrival (e.g. the discard type
 > field in the Discard block is set to 11)
 >
 > [Qin]: say "e.g." is not correct, it is better to rephrase as
 > (i.e.,Discard Type (DT) field set to 11 in the Discard block)

Yes, "e.g." is not right, but because it appears that this data is only 
valid under certain conditions, I think that it would be better to spell 
out those conditions precisely.

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