Signaling Timers - 3Com CoreBuilder 7000 Operation Manual

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Figure 39 Signaling Message Sequence for a Point-to-Multipoint Connection
Each signaling protocol comes with a set of timers, one for each type of

Signaling Timers

message in the protocol. These timers determine when an expected
response to a message is overdue. They are set to the expected response
time when the message is sent and decrement towards zero. If they reach
zero before the response is received, the system is notified that the
response is overdue.
Table 28 and Table 29 display the various watchdog timers associated
with the signaling messages. The start and stop timer conditions are
shown.