Re: [Banana] De bananibus

Mirja Kühlewind <mirja.kuehlewind@tik.ee.ethz.ch> Fri, 31 March 2017 15:36 UTC

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One quick comment:

> Am 30.03.2017 um 14:23 schrieb Juliusz Chroboczek <jch@irif.fr>:
> 
> Third, I think there are some fun algorithmic issues involved, and I'd
> suggest checking the published literature on multipath VPNs (I'm not sure
> there's much on the subject).  For decent performance, a Banana box must
> have a refined AQM and a refined scheduling algorithm.  It's not clear to
> me whether the scheduling is below the AQM, above the AQM, or whether the
> two are a single algorithm.  I think there's an analogy with MPTCP here,
> where the scheduler and congestion control algorithm are intertwined in
> mysterious and marvelous ways.  (I do have some ideas, but I want to check
> the litterature before I dive in.)

I think/hope this is out of scope for banana and the ietf. That’s a place where you can do research and bring it to the IRTF or come back when you have a good and widely deeply solution. Banana may provide one recommendation for a simple solution but there is also no need for interoperability and therefore less pressure for standardization.

Mirja