Re: [aqm] ECN support for UDP (was RE: [rmcat] [rtcweb] Catching up on diffserv markings)

Jonathan Morton <chromatix99@gmail.com> Fri, 23 October 2015 13:32 UTC

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Subject: Re: [aqm] ECN support for UDP (was RE: [rmcat] [rtcweb] Catching up on diffserv markings)
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> On 23 Oct, 2015, at 11:40, Ingemar Johansson S <ingemar.s.johansson@ericsson.com> wrote:
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> Network wise, I guess the support for ECN for UDP is a matter of configuration, but if one look from strict radio (LTE) perspective it does not really matter if it is UDP or TCP over IP, it is treated the same, thus the strategy for ECN marking should be the same and should preferably follow the guidelines in RFC7567.

All the Linux qdiscs I’m aware of that support ECN are agnostic to the transport layer in this respect.  If ECN capability is advertised in a packet’s IP header, it’s eligible for ECN CE marking.

 - Jonathan Morton