On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 4:13 AM, Gerhard <gelists@gmail.com> wrote:
>>Go back to the topic, are you saying that determinism has nothing
>>to do with guaranteeing no data loss. I feel that is a bit strange.
>
> If you mean to say that "network is deterministic" means "network
> guarantees no data loss (no matter what)", then I don't think there is
> a single deterministic network on this planet, and I doubt there ever
> will be. Which would make the term "deterministic" of little value. I
> think that in order for it to be useful, the "no matter what" part
> needs to be specified differently -- which then means that certain
> types of packet loss (like cutting cables) are excluded from the
> analysis of whether a network is deterministic or not.
>

No I am not talking about cutting cables. That is covered by
redundancy or reliability or physical security. I am talking about
normal situations -- data loss due to network congestion or
things like that.

I am still thinking that "network is deterministic" should have
something to do with "network guarantees delivery of
data packet with certain repeat rate limit" or similar.

In BillW's first reply, he mentioned the following.
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"Determinism" means that you can guarantee packet delivery
within a particular maximum time; latency and jitter UP TO
that time are free to vary all over the place.
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Xiaofan
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