Subject: RE: No Statistics

From: "Rosen, Brian" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 11:51:51 -0500

Certainly, an MG can implement Network on a physical
termination.  In this case you would get statistics
on subtract, and you would get statistics if you
audited the termination.  Doesn't answer the question
of what happens if you don't implement Network.

Brian

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Madhu Babu Brahmanapally [mailto:[email-masked]]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 11:03 AM
> To: 'Rosen, Brian'; [email-masked]
> Subject: RE: No Statistics
> 
> 
> Hi Brian,list,
> 
> The Network Package is one package that can be implemented 
> irrespective of
> the type of termination. The physical termination even if they support
> analog line supervision package can support the Network Package. The
> Duration, Octets sent and Octets received can be made 
> applicable to these
> terminations also. Infact the Megaco protocol draft 0.1 even 
> addressed this
> issue of calculating Octets sent/received depending upon the 
> transfer rate
> on physical terminations. At least duration can be one useful 
> statistic that
> can be expected on physical terminations that supports analog 
> line package.
> 
> Best Regards.
> Madhubabu
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email-masked]
> [mailto:[email-masked]]On Behalf Of Rosen, Brian
> Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 9:28 AM
> To: [email-masked]'
> Subject: No Statistics
> 
> 
> Suppose you have a physical termination that implements the
> analog line package. It happens that that package does not
> define any statistics.
> 
> What do you get on Subtract?  Your options are:
> 	An Empty Statistics Descriptor
> 	No Statistics Descriptor
> 
> Wait, before you answer, consider:
> If you specifically Audit Statistics of such a termination,
> what do you get? (one of the above two, or an error??)
> 
> Remember that if you send an empty Audit on a Subtract,
> you get no Statistics!
> 
> Now, I don't feel strongly about this, but I would say,
> if there are no statistics to report, you don't get
> a descriptor on Subtract.  If you Audit Statistics on
> a termination with no statistics to offer, you get
> an empty Statistics Descriptor.
> 
> Brian
>