IEEE C802.16j-08/117
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IEEE 802.16 Broadband Wireless Access Working Group < http://ieee802.org/16 >
Comments on Transaction ID and Frame Number Action
2008-05-14
Source(s) Adrian Boariu, Shashikant Maheshwari,
Haihong Zheng, Yousuf Saifullah, Peter
Wang
Nokia Siemens Networks
Re:
Abstract
E-mail: adrian.boariu@nsn.com
This is in response for call for comments P802.16j/D4
Some comments on Transaction ID and FN
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There are some messages that require acknowledgment from the receiver of the message. If the sender does not receive the acknowledgement, it is not clear what the sender should do. This contribution provides a solution to this issue.
Supersedes: 4082, 4159, 4160, 4161, 4162, 4163
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[Change on page 39 line 22 as following]
IEEE C802.16j-08/117
Frame Number Action | 7 bits | 7-bit LSBs of the frame number
ACK Request | 1 bit | If the bit is set to 1, the receiving RS shall respond with MR_Generic-ACK; If the bit is set to 0, the receiving the RS shall not respond with MR_Generic-ACK.
[Change p. 68, line 14]
“Frame Action Number” to “Frame Number Action”
[Insert the following text above every table defining RCD, RS_Config-CMD, RS_Member_List_Update messages]
If the MR-BS does not receive an acknowledgment from an RS, it has the opportunity to retransmit the message before the Frame Number Action takes effect, while using for the Transaction ID the same value as in the initial transmission. If that is not possible, the MR-BS may transmit the message with a later Frame Number Action. If at certain frame number the RS has received more than one message, then the messages that have older
Transaction ID values shall be discarded.
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