Hi Dhruv, Yes, that'd be fine. The point is to raise awareness of the concern. I'm assuming that these numbers will rarely get into the multi-second values, so it shouldn't have a large impact.
Thanks, Alia On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 12:14 PM, Dhruv Dhody <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Alia, > > Thanks for your comment, see inline... > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Pce [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alia Atlas > > Sent: 15 September 2016 19:13 > > To: The IESG <[email protected]> > > Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]; > > [email protected] > > Subject: [Pce] Alia Atlas' No Objection on > > draft-ietf-pce-pcep-service-aware-12: (with COMMENT) > > > > Alia Atlas has entered the following ballot position for > > draft-ietf-pce-pcep-service-aware-12: No Objection > > > > When responding, please keep the subject line intact and reply to all > email > > addresses included in the To and CC lines. (Feel free to cut this > introductory > > paragraph, however.) > > > > > > Please refer to > > https://www.ietf.org/iesg/statement/discuss-criteria.html > > for more information about IESG DISCUSS and COMMENT positions. > > > > > > The document, along with other ballot positions, can be found here: > > https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-pce-pcep-service-aware/ > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > COMMENT: > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > I am concerned that the 24 bit values of microseconds are being > represented > > in IEEE 32-bit floating point. > > A quick look at conversions indicates that all integers will up to 6 > > significant figures can be converted without loss of precision. That > > implies that values of over 1 second may not be accurately sent. It > would > > be useful to at least refer to the precision issue in the document. I > don't > > expect that the loss of precision at the microsecond level is critical. > > > > > [Dhruv] I could add a sentence for delay and delay variation - > > The conversion from 24 bit integer to 32 bit IEEE > floating point could introduce some loss of precision. > > Will this be okay? > > Regards, > Dhruv > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Pce mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/pce >
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