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Re: [quicwg/base-drafts] Clarify time threshold vs crypto timer (#2620)

ianswett <notifications@github.com> Mon, 15 April 2019 21:32 UTC

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ianswett commented on this pull request.



> @@ -537,8 +537,13 @@ and otherwise it MUST send an Initial packet in a UDP datagram of at least
 1200 bytes.
 
 The crypto retransmission timer is not set if the time threshold
-{{time-threshold}} loss detection timer is set.  When the crypto
-retransmission timer is active, the probe timer ({{pto}}) is not active.
+{{time-threshold}} loss detection timer is set.  The time threshold loss
+detection timer is both expected to expire earlier than the crypto
+retransmission timeout and be much less likely to spuriously retransmit data.
+The Initial and Handshake packet number spaces are typically going to have a

If the number of packets is small, it's unlikely you'll hit the packet threshold loss detection, making time threshold much more important.

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