RE: Common Encapsulation: Proposal for time stamp Flag

[Charles Monia <cmonia@NishanSystems.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Murali Rajagopal [mailto:muralir@lightsand.com]
> Sent: Friday, May 25, 2001 1:23 PM
> To: Charles Monia; Ips (E-mail)
> Subject: RE: Common Encapsulation: Proposal for time stamp Flag
> 
> 
> Charles:
> 
> Your requirement stems from a ease of implementation and a 
> flag bit although
> redundant would be usedful. Correct?
> 

Yes.  I see it as an optimization.

Charles

> -Murali
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ips@ece.cmu.edu [mailto:owner-ips@ece.cmu.edu]On Behalf Of
> Charles Monia
> Sent: Friday, May 25, 2001 12:11 PM
> To: Ips (E-mail)
> Subject: Common Encapsulation: Proposal for time stamp Flag
> 
> 
> Hi:
> 
> According to the encapsulation specification, the time fields 
> are checked to
> see if a time stamp is present by testing each word to see if 
> it is zero.
> From an implementation standpoint, a single flag bit in the 
> common flags
> byte seems the more efficient alternative.
> 
> Comments?
> 
> Charles
>