Re: [core] Martin Duke's Discuss on draft-ietf-core-new-block-11: (with DISCUSS and COMMENT)

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Hi Martin,

Please see inline.

Cheers,
Med

De : Martin Duke [mailto:[e-mail]]
Envoyé : lundi 3 mai 2021 20:57
À : BOUCADAIR Mohamed TGI/OLN <[e-mail]>
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Objet : Re: Martin Duke's Discuss on draft-ietf-core-new-block-11: (with DISCUSS and COMMENT)



On Fri, Apr 30, 2021 at 4:48 AM <[e-mail]<mailto:[e-mail]>> wrote:
>
> I can't reconcile (4.1) with the last sentence in (7.2).

[Med] Why? 4.1 can be done with default CoAP setting. The purpose of this CON request is to determine support of the functionality. We made this change:

OLD:
   Congestion control for CON requests and responses is specified in
   Section 4.7 of [RFC7252].  In order to benefit from faster
   transmission rates, NSTART will need to be increased from 1.
   However, the other CON congestion control parameters will need to be
   tuned to cover this change.  This tuning is not specified in this
   document given that the applicability scope of the current
   specification assumes that all requests and responses using Q-Block1
   and Q-Block2 will be Non-confirmable (Section 3.2).

NEW:
   Congestion control for CON requests and responses is specified in
   Section 4.7 of [RFC7252].  In order to benefit from faster
   transmission rates, NSTART will need to be increased from 1.
   However, the other CON congestion control parameters will need to be
   tuned to cover this change.  This tuning is not specified in this
   document given that the applicability scope of the current
   specification assumes that all requests and responses using Q-Block1
   and Q-Block2 will be Non-confirmable (Section 3.2) apart from the
                                                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
   initial Q-Block functionality negotiation.
   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Does the functionality negotiation in (4.1) involve something other than sending Q-Block options?
[Med] No. All what is needed is to send the options in a CON message as per:

   To indicate support for Q-Block2 responses, the CoAP client MUST
   include the Q-Block2 Option in a GET or similar request (FETCH, for
   example), the Q-Block2 Option in a PUT or similar request (POST, for
   example), or the Q-Block1 Option in a PUT or similar request so that
   the server knows that the client supports this Q-Block functionality
   should it need to send back a body that spans multiple payloads.
   Otherwise, the server would use the Block2 Option (if supported) to
   send back a message body that is too large to fit into a single IP
   packet [RFC7959].

If so, then (4.1) ought to clarify that it's what you mean. If it's just a GET or whatever, then the text here is fine, but there needs to be more on congestion control for confirmable messages.


 Moreover, if
> my reading of (4.1) is correct, it's not sufficient to declare
> congestion control guidance out of scope when it's a mandated part of
> the protocol.
>

>
> - (7.2) If NON_PROBING_WAIT and NON_PARTIAL_TIMEOUT both "have the
> same value as computed for EXCHANGE_LIFETIME", why are they different
> variables?

[Med] Because they refer to distinct aspects that may be tweaked separately: the timeout induced by PROBING_RATE and the one to observe for expired partial bodies.

 Or is that they SHOULD have the same value but might not?
> A normative word would be helpful here.

[Med] Not sure a change is needed here given the definition of the two parameters.

But they can't be tweaked separately! The spec states that they are both computed as EXCHANGE_LIFETIME. It does not allow for them to be set separately.
[Med] Ah, I see what confuses you. We made this change:

OLD:
   NON_PROBING_WAIT is used to limit the potential wait needed
   calculated when using PROBING_RATE.  NON_PROBING_WAIT has the same
   value as computed for EXCHANGE_LIFETIME (Section 4.8.2 of [RFC7252]).

   NON_PARTIAL_TIMEOUT is used for expiring partially received bodies.
   NON_PARTIAL_TIMEOUT has the same value as computed for
   EXCHANGE_LIFETIME (Section 4.8.2 of [RFC7252]).

NEW:

   NON_PROBING_WAIT is used to limit the potential wait needed

   calculated when using PROBING_RATE.  By default, NON_PROBING_WAIT has

   the same value as EXCHANGE_LIFETIME (Section 4.8.2 of [RFC7252]).



   NON_PARTIAL_TIMEOUT is used for expiring partially received bodies.

   By default, NON_PARTIAL_TIMEOUT has the same value as

   EXCHANGE_LIFETIME (Section 4.8.2 of [RFC7252]).


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