[ippm] Proposed changes to default settings in the Capacity metric load adjustment algorithm

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Thread-Topic: Proposed changes to default settings in the Capacity metric load adjustment algorithm
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Subject: [ippm] Proposed changes to default settings in the Capacity metric load adjustment algorithm
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IPPM,

I want to point out that some recent results conducted by others encouraged us to test some additional values for seq error threshold and a wider value range of values for consecutive errored status (during feedback intervals).  We discovered that we would like to revise the default values to make the load adjustment a little less-sensitive to non-congestion-related loss and protect the fast ramp-up from ending prematurely. For example, a very short burst of lost packets spanning the boundary between two feedback intervals is currently sufficient to end fast ramp-up.

The current table in 8.1 contains:
+--------------+-------------+--------------+-----------------------+
| Parameter    | Default     | Tested Range | Expected Safe Range   |
|              |             | or values    | (not entirely tested, |
|              |             |              | other values NOT      |
|              |             |              | RECOMMENDED)          |
+--------------+-------------+--------------+-----------------------+
...
+--------------+-------------+--------------+-----------------------+
| sequence     | 0           | 0, 100       | same as tested        |
| error        |             |              |                       |
| threshold    |             |              |                       |
+--------------+-------------+--------------+-----------------------+
| consecutive  | 2           | 2            | Use values >1 to      |
| errored      |             |              | avoid misinterpreting |
| status       |             |              | transient loss        |
+--------------+-------------+--------------+-----------------------+


The revised table rows would look like this:

+--------------+-------------+--------------+-----------------------+
| Parameter    | Default     | Tested Range | Expected Safe Range   |
|              |             | or values    | (not entirely tested, |
|              |             |              | other values NOT      |
|              |             |              | RECOMMENDED)          |
+--------------+-------------+--------------+-----------------------+
...
+--------------+-------------+--------------+-----------------------+
| sequence     | 10          | 0,1,5,10,100 | same as tested        |
| error        |             |              |                       |
| threshold    |             |              |                       |
+--------------+-------------+--------------+-----------------------+
| consecutive  | 3           | 2,3,4,5      | Use values >1 to      |
| errored      |             |              | avoid misinterpreting |
| status       |             |              | transient loss        |
+--------------+-------------+--------------+-----------------------+

Somehow, persistent non-congestion-related loss had mostly eluded our previous tests. But our goal has been to provide default values that will work in automated testing run by anyone in any implementation or circumstances - not just ~expert users and those who run the udpst utility.

So we'd like to change default values for:

  seq error threshold         from 0 to 10
  consecutive errored status  from 2 to  3

and update our tested range/values column as well.

Al