Re: [quicwg/base-drafts] Document TCP RTO vs QUIC PTO (#3441)

[Martin Thomson <[e-mail]>]

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> @@ -228,6 +228,25 @@ QUIC endpoints measure the delay incurred between when a packet is received and
 when the corresponding acknowledgment is sent, allowing a peer to maintain a
 more accurate round-trip time estimate (see Section 13.2 of {{QUIC-TRANSPORT}}).
 
+### Probe Timeout Replaces RTO and TLP
+
+QUIC uses a probe timeout (see {{pto}}), with a timer based on TCP's RTO
+computation.  QUIC's PTO includes the peer's maximum expected acknowledgement
+delay instead of using a fixed minimum timeout. Unlike TCP, which collapses
+the congestion window upon expiry of an RTO, QUIC does not collapse the
+congestion window until persistent congestion {{persistent-congestion}} is

```suggestion
congestion window until persistent congestion ({{persistent-congestion}}) is
```

> @@ -228,6 +228,25 @@ QUIC endpoints measure the delay incurred between when a packet is received and
 when the corresponding acknowledgment is sent, allowing a peer to maintain a
 more accurate round-trip time estimate (see Section 13.2 of {{QUIC-TRANSPORT}}).
 
+### Probe Timeout Replaces RTO and TLP
+
+QUIC uses a probe timeout (see {{pto}}), with a timer based on TCP's RTO
+computation.  QUIC's PTO includes the peer's maximum expected acknowledgement
+delay instead of using a fixed minimum timeout. Unlike TCP, which collapses
+the congestion window upon expiry of an RTO, QUIC does not collapse the
+congestion window until persistent congestion {{persistent-congestion}} is
+declared and instead allows probe packets to temporarily exceed the congestion
+window whenever the timer expires.  In practice, this is similar to TCP with
+F-RTO, but it does allow more packets to be sent when the congestion window was

Citation for F-RTO?

> +QUIC specifies a time-based definition (see {{persistent-congestion}}) to
+ensure one or more packets are sent prior to a dramatic decrease in
+congestion window.

```suggestion
QUIC specifies a time-based definition to ensure one or more packets are sent
prior to a dramatic decrease in congestion window; see
{{persistent-congestion}}.
```

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