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Re: [quicwg/base-drafts] Are random packet number skips still relevant for opportunistic ACK protection? (#1030)

Marten Seemann <notifications@github.com> Tue, 09 January 2018 10:04 UTC

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Subject: Re: [quicwg/base-drafts] Are random packet number skips still relevant for opportunistic ACK protection? (#1030)
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For optimistic ACK mitigation, it is sufficient to skip a single packet number. I don't see any advantage you would get from skipping more packet numbers at once. 

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