RFC 5795, "The RObust Header Compression (ROHC) Framework", March 2010

Errata ID: 2109
Status: Rejected
Type: Editorial
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Alfred Hoenes
Date Reported: 2010-04-05
Rejected by: Lars Eggert
Date Rejected: 2011-02-03

Section 5.1.2, pg.17 says:

[[  first paragraph on page 17: ]]

   PROFILES: Set of non-negative integers, where each integer indicates
   a profile supported by both the compressor and the decompressor.  A
|  profile is identified by a 16-bit value, where the 8 LSB bits
|  indicate the actual profile, and the 8 MSB bits indicate the variant
   of that profile.  The ROHC compressed header format identifies the
|  profile used with only the 8 LSB bits; this means that if multiple
   variants of the same profile are available for a ROHC channel, the
   PROFILES set after negotiation MUST NOT include more than one variant
   of the same profile.  The compressor MUST NOT compress using a
   profile that is not in PROFILES.

It should say:

   PROFILES:  Set of non-negative integers, where each integer indicates
   a profile supported by both the compressor and the decompressor.  A
|  profile is identified by a 16-bit value, where the 8 LSBs indicate
|  the actual profile, and the 8 MSBs indicate the variant of that
   profile.  The ROHC compressed header format identifies the profile
|  used with only the 8 LSBs; this means that if multiple variants of
   the same profile are available for a ROHC channel, the PROFILES set
   after negotiation MUST NOT include more than one variant of the same
   profile.  The compressor MUST NOT compress using a profile that is
   not in PROFILES.

Notes:

Rationale: Abuse of language;
the acronym definitions in Section 2.1 clearly say:
LSB Least Significant Bit.
...
MSB Most Significant Bit.
--VERIFIER NOTES--
proposed change is somewhat pedantic; it actually might reduce readability for some readers

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