[Sis-dtn] [EXT] Re: Positive reception claim vs. Negative reception claim in LTP Report Segment preparation and processing

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At first glance I don’t see a space network configuration in which the LTP segments belonging to a given LTP block could arrived misordered. Perhaps if LTP is operated over UDP also in space (the current spec does not prohibit it to the best of my memory) this could happen but I’d say it is an unlikely configuration.

Tomaso

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Subject: Re: [Sis-dtn] [EXT] Re: Positive reception claim vs. Negative reception claim in LTP Report Segment preparation and processing

But for CCSDS applications (and LTPv2 is a CCSDS thing not an IETF thing) maybe we make the assumption that segments are not misordered?  Or that the misordering is ‘small’ so that some sort of timer / couter at the receiver could filter out small anomalies?  (e.g. hold off sending a NACK for 1,000 segments)?

                --keith

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Subject: RE: [Sis-dtn] [EXT] Re: Positive reception claim vs. Negative reception claim in LTP Report Segment preparation and processing

Yes, and for good reason: the design of LTP was originally lifted directly from the CFDP Acknowledged Procedures (and thereupon tweaked a bit).  I think the argument against proactively reporting negative DS reception claims was that the missing segments might be already en route but slightly delayed due to transmission over a longer path.  In space flight communications this won’t happen because LTP will be running directly over the link; when we test LTP on Earth it is somewhat more likely, as LTP is running directly over UDP/IP and in theory those packets might travel over multiple different routes.

Scott

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Subject: RE: [Sis-dtn] [EXT] Re: Positive reception claim vs. Negative reception claim in LTP Report Segment preparation and processing

This looks similar to CFDP-class 2 with retransmission happening in asynchronous mode, isn’t it?

Regards,

Tomaso

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Subject: Re: [Sis-dtn] [EXT] Re: Positive reception claim vs. Negative reception claim in LTP Report Segment preparation and processing

I think maybe a larger opportunity for improvement would be to have a capability for a receiver to proactively NACK segments WITHOUT having to receive a checkpoint first.  That would allow autonomously sending NACKs during the block transmission (thereby filling holes quickly as they are detected) and then relying on the CP/RS/RA exchange to close out the session.

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Subject: [EXT] Re: [Sis-dtn] Positive reception claim vs. Negative reception claim in LTP Report Segment preparation and processing

Hi, guys.  I believe we are actually talking about two distinct things here.

It is true that positive ACKs are required.  Positive acknowledgments turn off the retransmission timers for checkpoints, report segments, and cancellation segments.

Separately, the individual "claims" within a report segment might be either positive or negative.  I agree with Carlo, but think Cheol is correct that negative claims can yield a small overhead advantage.  For any LTP transmission whose scope is from block offset P to Q in which there are N gaps:

•       If one of the gaps begins at P and another of the gaps ends at Q, then the report must contain either N negative claims or N - 1 positive claims.

•       If no gap begins at P and no gap ends at Q, then the report must contain either N negative claims or N + 1 positive claims.

•       If one of the gaps begins at P or one of the gaps ends at Q, but not both, then the report must contain either N negative claims or N positive claims.

I would expect the second of these cases to occur more frequently than the other two, assuming AOS/LOS events don't occur during the transmission.

I don't see how either negative or positive claims processing is simpler or easier, though; the representations are equivalent.  Ease of implementation would depend strictly on the manner in which segment information is stored and accessed at the sending and receiving ends of the transmission.  I personally found positive claims to be simpler to work with.

Scott

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Subject: Re: [Sis-dtn] Positive reception claim vs. Negative reception claim in LTP Report Segment preparation and processing

Dear Cheol,

     let me consider an LTP block with for example 20 non contigous losses, i.e. 20 gaps. The corresponding RS would include either 20 positive claims (if you have a gap at the start or at the end of the block) or 21 cl;aims otherwise.

With NAK claim you would need 20 megative claims. Is that so different?

You can say that it is easier to resend what has been explicietely said is missing, true; however, on the rx side it is easier to say what has been received than what is missing; all things considered, I cannot see any signifiocant advantage by excplicietely declaring gaps instead of received chunks.

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   Carlo

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Oggetto: Re: [Sis-dtn] Positive reception claim vs. Negative reception claim in LTP Report Segment preparation and processing

I think current LTP spec has positive ACK and negative ACK both. So if it is reversed the result will be the same.

Let me bring below example again. To provide claim inforamtion for retransmission of block 1000-2999,

<<original-positive ACK>>

lower bound = 0

upper bound = 7000

negative reception claim count = 2

offset = 0      <-- Positive ACK

length = 1000  <-- Positive ACK

offset = 3000  <-- Positive ACK

length = 4000  <-- Positive ACK

* Negative ACKs are hidden in separated Positive ACKs.

<<negative ACK>>

lower bound = 0       <-- Positive ACK

upper bound = 7000   <-- Positive ACK

negative reception claim count = 1

offset = 1000  <-- Negative ACK

length = 2000  <-- Negative ACK

I think the latter case can work too! Or am I missing something?

Cheol

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a system based solely on negative acks will not work.

v

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Ah, yes, of course you are right.

We will look into the negative ACK as part of our LTPv2 prototyping activity.

Regards,

Felix

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Hi Felix,

I think current LTP spec quite works well with negative claim also. Consider below reception claim according to the LTP spec but negative claim.

lower bound = 0

upper bound = 7000

negative reception claim count = 1

offset = 1000

length = 2000

it means a receiver is requesting block of segements which starts at 1000 and length is 2000, i.e., 1000 ~ 2999, for retransmission.

A sender can safely remove 2 blocks, i.e., 0 - 999 and 3000 - 7000. I think it is simpler, lower overhead and *importantly* easier to calculate (acutally no painful for localizing the target segment position).

Cheol

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제목 : Re: [Sis-dtn] Positive reception claim vs. Negative reception claim in LTP Report Segment preparation and processing Hi Cheol,

interesting question. One thing I can think of is that the positive claims would allow you to free memory earlier while for negative claims you need to wait until the end of a session.

Regards,

Felix

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Greetings,

This is Cheol. I am developing an LTP reference implementation. During reading the LTP specification (RFC-5326), the preparation of reception claim in Report Segment makes me confusing about why it is positive claim not negative claim for segments that were not received successfully (i.e., NAK).

For reference, CFDP’s NAK PDU has the negative claim structure when it is requested to report missing PDUs. Does anyone know about the background of choosing the positive claim for NAK operation in LTP?

I think negative claim is simpler and more efficient in terms of overhead for sender and receiver both.

I like to listen experts’ opinion on LTP operation and honestly hope it to be changed in newly coming LTP spec.

Cheol

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