Re: [QUIC] QUIC ACK frames and one-way transfer time (was RE: Drafts structure and split)

Ted Hardie <ted.ietf@gmail.com> Fri, 28 October 2016 16:50 UTC

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From: Ted Hardie <ted.ietf@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2016 09:50:19 -0700
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Cc: Ian Swett <ianswett@google.com>, Kyle Rose <krose@krose.org>, Ryan Hamilton <rch@google.com>, Ingemar Johansson S <ingemar.s.johansson@ericsson.com>, Spencer Dawkins at IETF <spencerdawkins.ietf@gmail.com>, Jana Iyengar <jri@google.com>, marcelo bagnulo braun <marcelo@it.uc3m.es>, Jim Roskind <JimRoskind@gmail.com>, quic@ietf.org
Subject: Re: [QUIC] QUIC ACK frames and one-way transfer time (was RE: Drafts structure and split)
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On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 10:30 AM, Christian Huitema <huitema@huitema.net>
wrote:

> On Wednesday, October 26, 2016 10:10 AM, Ingemar Johansson wrote:
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> > That was interesting.
> > I probably need some pen and paper exercise to figure out how good
> synchronization
> > one can get this. If it is within 20-30ms (rough figure) then it can be
> useful. Otherwise
> > it can still be useful as it can help to remedy for instance late comers
> advantage and
> > base-delay inflation issues that is a known problem for LEDBAT.
>
> If an implementer really feels ambitious, there is enough information in
> the ACK to run an NTP style algorithm and compute skew and lag. That will
> drive the precision in the millisecond range.


My employer may have IPR that covers this approach.  I'm working with our
legal folks to get a disclosure filed.

Of course, that's not really necessary for any practical purpose. The
> receiver measured ACK delay is quite sufficient.
>
>
I agree with this; while there are cases where you might want and need
this, I don't really think this is one of them.

regards,

Ted


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