Re: Current QUIC performance is compromised compared to TCP for asymmetric paths

Lars Eggert <lars@eggert.org> Mon, 27 April 2020 17:48 UTC

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Subject: Re: Current QUIC performance is compromised compared to TCP for asymmetric paths
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 20:47:57 +0300
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Hi,

On 2020-4-20, at 15:59, Gorry Fairhurst <gorry@erg.abdn.ac.uk> wrote:
> We had prepared some slides for the Vancouver IETD to discuss QUIC's ACKs, and how to make QUIC work better than TCP in common asymmetric paths.
> 
> This is a short slide deck that summarises what we have learned about ACKs in QUIC:
> 
> https://erg.abdn.ac.uk/users/gorry/ietf/QUIC/

thanks, Gorry.

Folks who care about a change here should please prioritize progressing this issue. We're close to being able to last-call the specs, and would like this resolved in time.

Thanks,
Lars