Re: [core] Tsvart last call review of draft-ietf-core-new-block-11

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Hi Colin, 

Please see inline. (removed items that are addressed)

Cheers,
Med

PS: The changes can be tracked here: https://tinyurl.com/new-block-latest 

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : Colin Perkins [mailto:[e-mail]]
> Envoyé : vendredi 30 avril 2021 13:02
> À : BOUCADAIR Mohamed TGI/OLN <[e-mail]>
> Cc : [e-mail]; [e-mail]; draft-ietf-core-new-
> [e-mail]; [e-mail]
> Objet : Re: Tsvart last call review of draft-ietf-core-new-block-11
> 
> Hi,
> 
> [inline]
> 
> On 29 Apr 2021, at 7:52, [e-mail] wrote:
> > Hi Colin,
> >
> > Thank you for the review.
> >
> > Please see inline.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Med
> >
> >> -----Message d'origine-----
> >> De : Colin Perkins via Datatracker [mailto:[e-mail]]
> Envoyé :
> >> mercredi 28 avril 2021 23:55 À : [e-mail] Cc :
> [e-mail];
> >> [e-mail]; last- [e-mail]
> Objet :
> >> Tsvart last call review of draft-ietf-core-new-block-11
> >>
> >> Reviewer: Colin Perkins
> >> Review result: Ready with Issues
> >>
> 
> >>
> >> In Section 7.2, I’m not convinced by the argument to set
> MAX_PAYLOAD
> >> to 10 for similar reasons to RFC 6928. The types of link layer
> that
> >> CoAP runs over are very different to those measured to support the
> >> increase in TCP’s initial window. An argument based on typical
> >> properties of links and buffer space in networks used by CoAP
> would
> >> be more convincing (I accept that using MAX_PAYLOAD of 10 is not
> >> going to do any significant harm, even if it is higher than
> optimal).
> >
> > [Med] Actually we set it to 10 as the applicability scope of this
> spec
> > is DOTS which runs in environments similar to those of 6928. Please
> > see Section 3.2.
> 
> This would be a lot clearer if Section 3.2 were cross-referenced, and
> a reminder of the limited applicability of this specification was
> added to Section 7.2.
> 

[Med] Made this change: 

OLD:
      Note: The default value of 10 is chosen for reasons similar to
      those discussed in Section 5 of [RFC6928].

NEW:
      Note: The default value of 10 is chosen for reasons similar to
      those discussed in Section 5 of [RFC6928], especially given the
      target application discussed in Section 3.2.

> >> Section 7.2 also notes that “PROBING_RATE and other transmission
> >> parameters are negotiated between peers”. It would be appropriate
> to
> >> give some guidance on what are the bounds for safe values that can
> be
> >> negotiated for these parameters.
> >
> > [Med] I'm afraid this is out of the scope of this spec. The intent
> of
> > this note is to provide an example of an application that
> negotiates
> > these parameters. Some of these details can be found in in
> > rfc8782#section-4.5.2 mentioned in the text you quoted.
> 
> Makes sense, although I wonder if the text in Section 7.2 might be
> more clearly written “The DOTS application uses customised defaults
> for PROBING_RATE and other transmission parameters, as discussed in
> Section
> 4.5.2 of [RFC8782], that are negotiated between peers”?
> 

[Med] Thank you, but I prefer the old wording.  

> 
> >> and I would suggest that even if there are such issues, backoff
> would
> >> be appropriate given persistent congestion.
> >>
> >> Finally, is there are mechanism for gradually recovering
> MAX_PAYLOADS
> >> to its original value, if persistent loss ceases for some period?
> >>
> >
> > [Med] This is covered by the configuration refresh/negotiation
> > mechanism. The peers will refresh the configuration parameters
> > following, for example, I-D.bosh-dots-quick-blocks.
> 
> Might be worth stating that in the draft?
> 

[Med] After thinking about this further, we added this NEW text:

NEW:
   Following a period of 24 hours where no packet
   recovery was required, the value of MAX_PAYLOADS can be increased by
   1 (but without exceeding the default value) for a further 24 hour
   evaluation.

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