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Re: [quicwg/base-drafts] describe what happens when the PTO timer expires (#2455)

Martin Thomson <notifications@github.com> Tue, 12 February 2019 02:26 UTC

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martinthomson commented on this pull request.



> @@ -506,9 +506,10 @@ delay sending an acknowledgement.
 The PTO value MUST be set to at least kGranularity, to avoid the timer expiring
 immediately.
 
-When a PTO timer expires, the PTO period MUST be set to twice its current value.
-This exponential reduction in the sender's rate is important because the PTOs
-might be caused by loss of packets or acknowledgements due to severe congestion.
+When a PTO timer expires, the sender sends a probe packet as described in the
+next section. The PTO period MUST be set to twice its current value. This

```suggestion
next section. The PTO period then MUST be set to twice its current value. This
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