Re: Request for link-layer header type (XRA)

[Bruno Verstuyft <bruno.verstuyft () gmail com>]

2018-01-19 23:21 GMT+01:00 Guy Harris <guy () alum mit edu>:

> On Jan 19, 2018, at 5:03 AM, Bruno Verstuyft <bruno.verstuyft () gmail com>
> wrote:
>
> > 2018-01-19 10:10 GMT+01:00 Guy Harris <guy () alum mit edu>:
> >
> > > Is the Burst ID just a sequence of octets?
> >
> > For the moment, the Burst ID  is a uint64_t. Should this not be not
> enough
> > in future implementations, it can be increased to e.g. uint128_t
>
> So it should be treated as an opaque array of bytes, with no significance
> to the values of the bytes, and used only for matching bursts and the MAC
> frames contained within them by comparing the byte arrays for equality?

Yes, this is correct.


> > > What does the Burst ID Reference field contain?  Another burst ID?
> >
> > The Burst ID reference is the same as the Burst ID. Burst IDs are used in
> > databursts, while Burst ID references are used in Mac Frames. For the
> > moment, these are both uint64_t.
>
> I.e., one or more MAC frames can be transmitted in a burst, and a capture
> can contain a record for a burst as well as records for the MAC frames
> within the burst, with the record for the burst having a Burst ID
> parameter, and all the records for the MAC frames in that burst have a
> Burst ID Reference parameter containing the burst ID value for the burst in
> which it appeared?

This is also correct.
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