[e2e] Random losses on very high speed networks

[Cannara]

Lloyd, I actually meant point-point links, which is what most microwave and
infrared ones are intended to be, and which fibers are.  You're right in
making losses due to multipath reflections one source of possible error.  In
fact, my use of "path" is here at the physical level, since that's where Saad
is going to be getting his fatal pkt errors.

I agree with you that "bandwidth" is largely misused in the networking and CS
community -- anyone who takes a networking class and still misuses  bandwidth
for capacity (at any layer) shoulda flunked.  :]

Alex

Lloyd Wood wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 21 Jul 2003, Cannara wrote:
> 
> > Saad, if you mean other than LAN radio (wireless LAN...), then microwave and
> > optical links can be subject to losses that occur because of variations in the
> > path.
> 
> a minor terminology nit, since microwave and optical links can often
> be multipath due to reflections - you mean variations in the physical
> channel here, rather than the (network) path.
> 
> (Don't get me started on those comp sci types who wave
> physical 'bandwidth' around when they mean logical link capacity at
> some other layer.)
> 
> L.