Identifies the average rate (bits per second) up to which service frames may be delivered but will not be guaranteed per the provider’s service level specification.
NOTE 1: EIR-I is not tracked for frame loss by the MEF Ethernet OAM Protocol, unlike CIR.
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Valid EIR expressed as a numeric value followed by “K”, “M” or “G” representing Kilobits, Megabits or Gigabits per second respectively. |
USAGE: This field is conditional.
NOTE 1: Optional when the OAM-IND field is not populated, and the associated LREF field is populated, and the LOSACT field is not “D”, otherwise prohibited.
DATA CHARACTERISTICS: 7 alpha /numeric characters
EXAMPLES: |
1 |
6 |
K |
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1 |
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0 |
8 |
G |
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1 |
0 |
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8 |
0 |
8 |
M |