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Subject: Re: [dccp] Packet size s on CCID3
From: Gorry Fairhurst <gorry () erg ! abdn ! ac ! uk>
Date: 2006-09-26 12:19:47
Message-ID: 45191AE3.2020701 () erg ! abdn ! ac ! uk
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Eddie Kohler wrote:
>> It is actually the opposite of what you say here. If you do the maths
>> and set s large then you can send more packets per second than what
>> you should be able to.
>
>
> While this is true, note that the draft explicitly allows
> implementations to use the maximum segment size (i.e. the largest value
> possible) for s! So we are not THAT concerned about this kind of lying.
>
> The bad case would be using one value of "s" to calculate "X", and then
> using a DIFFERENT value of "s" to calculate the packet rate from "X".
> As long as the same value of "s" is used to calculate "X" and to
> calculate the packet rate from "X", the "s"s cancel out, as Ian points
> out. For mostly-fixed-size applications, no problem; the network will
> provide whatever feedback is appropriate.
>
> Why do we have "s" at all? "s" helps account for applications that vary
> their packet size over the long term. E.g., 20 RTT of packet size X,
> alternating with 20 RTT of packet size 3X. We do not have simulations
> demonstrating what affect an incorrect "s" value would have in such a
> situation. It would be interesting to see some data.
>
> As Sally points out as well, the draft explicitly allows implementations
> to cancel out the "s" (by assuming s=MSS), calculating rates in packets
> per second only.
>
> Eddie
>
>
That is consistent with my understanding.]
Thanks,
Gorry
P.S. I'm going through the TFRC-SP I-D in detail just now (with my WG
Chair hat on).
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