Re: Two Notable Ack Frequency Issues

Roberto Peon <fenix@fb.com> Mon, 13 September 2021 19:33 UTC

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From: Roberto Peon <fenix@fb.com>
To: Martin Thomson <mt@lowentropy.net>, "quic@ietf.org" <quic@ietf.org>
Subject: Re: Two Notable Ack Frequency Issues
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Without ACKs, it seems difficult to do flow control and/or congestion control.
I'd be quite opposed to ditching ACKs unless it was extremely clear how to achieve a stable internet without it.
This is worthy of a fair bit of discussion that I've yet to see here.
-=R

On 9/12/21, 5:59 PM, "QUIC on behalf of Martin Thomson" <quic-bounces@ietf.org on behalf of mt@lowentropy.net> wrote:

    On Mon, Sep 13, 2021, at 10:50, Matt Joras wrote:
    > As for NO_ACK, I think it is best considered in the context of the 
    > related issue[2] in the DATAGRAM draft. 

    Tommy already said it:

    "Yes, I think having a new document with a problem statement and proposal would be best here."