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Re: [quicwg/base-drafts] Send after receiving an ACK (#3047)

ianswett <notifications@github.com> Thu, 24 October 2019 23:51 UTC

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ianswett commented on this pull request.



> @@ -1031,9 +1031,8 @@ OnAckReceived(ack, pn_space):
     OnPacketAcked(acked_packet.packet_number, pn_space)
 
   DetectLostPackets(pn_space)

Q: Why would you always send one packet?  Depending on how ACKs were grouped, this could result in an unnecessary burst of packets that could defeat the congestion controller's intent.  Based on my experience, I don't think this is a purely theoretical problem.

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