Subject: Re: [Sigtran] M2PA Flush Buffers

From: [email-masked]
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 10:06:19 +0530

Magesh,

In case MTP3 invokes a Resume instead of Flush Buffer, these buffered messages
need to be delivered to MTP3.
Please have a look at the "M2PA Flush Buffer" thread where this was discussed.

Regards
Anshoo.

Please respond to [email-masked]

To: 

       S Magesh <[email-masked]>
cc:        Tom George <[email-masked]>, Anshoo Sharma/HSS@HSS,
[email-masked]

Subject:        Re: [Sigtran] M2PA Flush Buffers

S,

S Magesh wrote:
(Fri, 14 Mar 2003 09:39:16)
> Anshoo
>
> Point d) mentions
>
> "M2PA SHALL discard all messages that have been received and buffered while
> the Peer was in Outage."
>
> If we are discarding the messages received during PO when
> a Flush Buffer is received, what is the need for maintaining
> the buffer during PO.

Because Resume can also be received instead of Flush Buffers,
in which case the buffers are not flushed and the link continues.

--brian

>
> Please clarify me.
>
> Magesh
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom George" <[email-masked]>
> Cc: <[email-masked]>
> Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 12:40 AM
> Subject: Re: [Sigtran] M2PA Flush Buffers
>
>
> > This looks right to me. Any other opinions?
> >
> > tomG.
> >
> > [email-masked] wrote:
> > >
> > > Should the following two points also be added to Section 4.2.4 for what
> M2PA
> > > does on receiving Flush Buffer from MTP3 ?
> > >
> > > c) M2PA SHALL discard all messages present in the transmit queue that
> are
> > > waiting to be acknowledged by the peer.
> > >
> > > d) M2PA SHALL discard all messages that have been received and buffered
> while
> > > the Peer was in Outage.
> > >
> > > Regards
> > > Anshoo.
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