Re: [aqm] TCP ACK Suppression

Steve Bauer <bauer@mit.edu> Wed, 07 October 2015 11:41 UTC

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Subject: Re: [aqm] TCP ACK Suppression
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On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 3:42 AM, LAUTENSCHLAEGER, Wolfram (Wolfram)
<wolfram.lautenschlaeger@alcatel-lucent.com> wrote:
> Is this specialized upstream TCP ACK handling, particularly the
> prioritization a general recommendation in all access technologies?
> Perhaps it should be, since otherwise up and downstream TCP flows interfere
> in a crazy queue oscillation that is typically misinterpreted by AQMs.
> Is this topic addressed in some RFC already?

See:

RFC 3449: TCP Performance Implications of Network Path Asymmetry
https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3449

in particular section 5.2

     5.2 TYPE 1: Reverse Link Bandwidth Management ...................19
       5.2.1 ACK Filtering ...........................................20
       5.2.2 ACK Decimation ..........................................21

Steven Bauer
MIT