Re: [re-ECN] Pls respond: Do we have a Congestion Exposure community?

Soo-Hyun Choi <s.choi@computer.org> Wed, 02 September 2009 17:47 UTC

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Hi Bob,


On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 17:33, Bob Briscoe<rbriscoe@jungle.bt.co.uk> wrote:
> Folks,
>
> I'd like to try to arrange a Congestion Exposure (re-ECN) BoF in Nov at the
> Hiroshima IETF. If so, we have to notify the area directors v soon - by
> 24:00 UTC Mon 7 Sep 09. #1 gating function for Area Directors: activity on
> an ietf list.
>
> Therefore, pls respond preferably *on this list* if you're interested in
> being involved, no matter how insignificantly, e.g.
>
> - you want congestion visibility for other stuff you're doing
>  (but don't intend to work on it itself)
> - reviewing docs,
> - alternative way to achieve congestion exposure
> - participate in mailing list discussion,
> - co-authoring docs
> - design ways to do incremental deployment
> - using code for other stuff you're doing
> - thinking up new uses for the protocol
> - breaking it
> - analysing benefits/costs
> - implement protocol
> - implement a demo
> - running or participating in trials
> - standing on the sidelines booing or clapping
> - whatever
>

I would like to express my interest working on the above mentioned
items (especially, implementing protocols, co-authoring docs, promote
my own CC protocol, etc), and I would like to support the re-ECN BoF
on the next IETF meeting.

Cheers,

--
Soo-Hyun Choi
UCL Computer Science
(http://www.cs.ucl.ac.uk/staff/S.Choi)


> Perceived problem:
> Most people want to work on something finite like a new cool
> non-TCP-friendly congestion control. Less people want to go into an
> pseudo-infinite loop fixing IP to allow other cool stuff to happen. If you
> want something like re-ECN to be there, but don't have the bandwidth to work
> on it, that's cool too - please say this - it's still palpable support. And
> you will be likely to have review comments related to how you want to use
> it.
>
> Cheers
>
>
> Bob
>
>
> ________________________________________________________________
> Bob Briscoe,               Networks Research Centre, BT Research
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