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Hari,

An AS can consist of one or more interfaces, each with an Interface
Identifier. This permits a AS to represent more than one interface.
The same is true for M2UA.

--brian

On Thu, 27 Dec 2001, Sundaresan M wrote:

> Hi,
>
> In IUA, I have a question. RFC3057 says "ASP Active Message contains one or
> more Interface Identifiers to indicate for which AS the ASPAC applies to".
>
> Meaning that if an MGC(ASP) is a member of more than one AS then ASPAC says
> for which AS he wishes to make the MGC active. Am I right?
>
> If so What relevance/importance does this Interface Identifier has with the
> AS. Is INTERFACE IDENTIFIER an Identity for an MGC to be registered in a AS.
>
> Does the Interface indentifier has a One to one relationship with the AS.
>
> Best Regards,
> Sundar.
>
>
> Message: 1
> From:
> hari AT cosystems.com
> To:
> <discussion AT sctp.de>
> Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 19:07:15 +0530
> Subject: [SCTP-Discussion] RE: discussion digest, Vol 1 #198 - 3 msgs
> Reply-To:
> discussion AT sctp.de
>
> Hello sundar,
> i think u r getting confused with the StreamId assignment to D-Channels.
> It's only to remove the head-of-line blocking,
> It's immaterial whether MGC and SG use same Stream ID for a D-Channel.
> SG may assign for example interfaceId One ---> Stream ID 5 and MGC may
> assign InterfaceID One-> Stream Id One.
>
> So there need not be any transfer of information regarding the streamId
> assignment between MGC and SG.
> MGC will send the ASP_ACTIVE with a set of InterfaceID's on which MGC would
> like to be ACTIVE that's it.
>
> And, Yes u can send on a single StreamID mutiple D-Channel Signaling mesgs.
>
> Hope i was able to clear the ideas on StreamID assignment.
>
> Hari
>

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• [SCTP-Discussion] Relation between Interface Id's and AS, Sundaresan M, 12/27/2001
  • Re: [SCTP-Discussion] Relation between Interface Id's and AS, Brian F. G. Bidulock, 12/27/2001

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