From: Joe Chang (changjoe@earthlink.net)
Date: Tue Jun 15 2004 - 15:15:50 GMT-3
> I am also confused about the deliniation between CIR and MINCIR. Can
> someone give some examples on how the lab
> would formulate these parameters ?
>
> If the lab specifies:
> "Your ISP provider will mark every packet above 48kbps
> with the DE-bit"
>
> Then CIR = 48 kbps ? Right ?
>
>
I agree.
> If the lab specifies:
> "Your ISP provider will mark every packet above 48kpbs
> with the BECN-bit"
> (in the opposite direction is implicitely
> assumed here ??)
>
> Then MINCIR = 48 kbps ? Right ?
>
I disagree that BECN is directly related to the CIR or MINCIR. BECN is sent
to the source when the larger FR network experiences congestion at some
point. It may or may not be the fault of that one source ... the cumulative
traffic of several different sources / customers could be causing it.
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