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Re: congestion control? - (was Re: Appointment of a Transport Area Director)

Michael Richardson <mcr+ietf@sandelman.ca> Mon, 04 March 2013 18:44 UTC

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>>>>> "rgensen" == rgensen  <Roger> writes:
    rgensen> I'll ask a rather basic question and hope someone will
    rgensen> answer in an educational way - Why is congestion control so
    rgensen> important? And where does it apply? ... :-)

The Transport Area has all of the groups that deal with transport
protocols that need to do congestion control.   Further, the (current)
split of work means that all of the groups that need congestion
oversight would be cared for by the position that is currently becoming
empty as Wes leaves.

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