From: "O.L.N.Rao" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 04:59:58 -0700 (PDT)

Hi All,

  I doubt that there is no need to store the 
  AssertState.
  As every router knows whether it is upstream
  or downstream for that (G,I) Combination.

  If downstream router has AssertWinner=NULL, then
  Assert has not happened.  Otherwise, Assert has
  happened whose result is in AssertWinner and 
  WinnerMetric.  So, Assert State is still not
  needed i suppose. In terms of operation,
  when a downstream router sees Assert, it compares
  existing Winner if exists and modifies accordingly.
  Then there is no state required, I think.

Thanks and Regards - O.L.N.Rao

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