Re: [aqm] updated draft charter

I think Bob's proposal is a useful one as we move to active queue management.

 I suspect we will need to make the distinction between the two terms
every document / presentation though to make sure people see the
distinction.

Gorry

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> On 07/12/2013 11:56, Bob Briscoe wrote:
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>> 3/ "routers, ... include buffers or queues" Buffers and queues are
>> not members of the same set (IMO). I don't think this is a picky
>> terminology point. Can we adopt the convention that the buffer is the
>> fixed memory allocation (hardware or software), and the queue is the
>> software construct within the buffer?
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> The distinction would be an interesting one to make, but hasn't
> horse bolted on this many years ago?  IMO, there's lots of history
> behind the notion that a buffer is the space used to absorb
> transient overloads (regardless of how implemented) and a queue
> is a either a synonym for buffer or a particular subset (e.g. a
> FIFO buffer).
>
> cheers,
> gja
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