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RFC 3926: Section 5.1.2.1: Why is "Maximum Source Block Length" 32...

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Comment by Prasanna Kannan
Submitted on 7/6/2007
Related RFC: RFC 3926
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Section 5.1.2.1: Why is "Maximum Source Block Length" 32 bits for encoding ids 0 and 130? The Encoding Symbol ID for encoding ids 0 and 130 in RFC 3695 is 16 bits. So what is the benefit of having 32 bits when the identifier is only 16 bits long? I suggest that we have another encoding ID specific FTI format for 0 & 130 with 16 bits and the current one for 128