If the maximum amount of time that the PAUSE frames might have stopped traffic flow is a small portion of the time during which the data was captured, the presence of the PAUSE frames should not be of...If the maximum amount of time that the PAUSE frames might have stopped traffic flow is a small portion of the time during which the data was captured, the presence of the PAUSE frames should not be of much concern. The original purpose of the protocol was to allow the interface to PAUSE its neighbor (the interface on the other end of the cable) when there was a possibility that the neighbor was transmitting fast enough to overrun the interface.
