Re: [ledbat] INIT_CWND and MIN_CWND (WAS Re: New Version Notification for draft-ietf-ledbat-congestion-08.txt)

Joe Touch <touch@isi.edu> Thu, 20 October 2011 20:29 UTC

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Subject: Re: [ledbat] INIT_CWND and MIN_CWND (WAS Re: New Version Notification for draft-ietf-ledbat-congestion-08.txt)
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On 10/20/2011 11:15 AM, Gorry Fairhurst wrote:
>
>
> On 20/10/2011 18:29, Joe Touch wrote:
>>
>> On 10/19/2011 10:21 PM, Ingemar Johansson S wrote:
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> Change of subject name.
>>> I have no strong opinion on this but I would like to ask how likely
>>> it is that LEDBAT is used for shortlived flows in the first place.
>>
>> INIT_CWND comes into play during any restart, e.g., after a gap in the
>> offered load.
>>
> Is that the "restart window" (RW) in TCP?

Yes.

Per RFC 2581:

    For the purposes of this standard, we define RW = IW.

LEDBAT doesn't do otherwise, so that's why I've been assuming the same.

Joe