Re: [re-ECN] Acronym for BoF / w-g?

[Matthew Ford <[e-mail]>]

On 28/09/2009 19:32, Bob Briscoe wrote:
> Can someone suggest a way to decide between the ideas proposed so far
> below, rather than just going round and round on the list?

Pick one ;)

> Expect - EXPosing CongesTion

I like this one - it's not ludicrously contrived, and it's germane to 
the work (as in, you can tell how much congestion to ... expect)

> If we're voting, I vote for CEX (with a soft C of course).

Reminds me of the BT Security Evaluation and Certification Scheme 
(BTSECS) ... *shudder*


Mat

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> Bob
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>> Subject: RE: [re-ECN] Name for BoF?
>> Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 11:01:43 +0100
>> From: <[e-mail]>
>> To: <[e-mail]>om>, <[e-mail]>uk>,
>> <[e-mail]>
>> Cc: <[e-mail]>
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>> 6 more suggestions:
>>
>> Connexion - CONgestioN EXposure InformatiON
>> Context - CONgestion EXposed Truthfully
>> Convex - CONgestion Voluntarily EXposed
>> Counted - COngestion {UNiversally Truthfully} ExposeD
>> Exact - EXposing All CongesTion
>> Expect - EXPosing CongesTion
>>
>> Of these I think I prefer exact, counted and context as the words
>> convey something of what we mean.
>>
>> Toby
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>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: [e-mail] [mailto:[e-mail]] On
>> > Behalf Of [e-mail]
>> > Sent: 08 September 2009 09:20
>> > To: Briscoe,RJ,Bob,XVR9 BRISCORJ R; [e-mail]
>> > Cc: [e-mail]
>> > Subject: Re: [re-ECN] Name for BoF?
>> >
>> > If you want to go for something catchy I had been thinking on the lines
>> > of:
>> >
>> > ExCeTra (pronounced etc.) - EXposing Congestion TRAnsparently
>> >
>> > I am exactly split between Congestion Transparency and Congestion
>> > Exposure. Congestion Visibility is weak...
>> >
>> > Toby
>> >
>> > PS - glad we got something out in time for the deadline. Let's hope it
>> > proves suitable to get us to the starting gate in Hiroshima...
>> >
>> > > -----Original Message-----
>> > > From: [e-mail] [mailto:[e-mail]] On
>> > > Behalf Of Bob Briscoe
>> > > Sent: 08 September 2009 09:03
>> > > To: re-ECN unIETF list
>> > > Cc: Ingemar Johansson S
>> > > Subject: Re: [re-ECN] Name for BoF?
>> > >
>> > > Folks,
>> > >
>> > > More views welcome?
>> > >
>> > > Summary of 'votes' so far...
>> > >
>> > > At 00:08 08/09/2009, João Taveira Araújo wrote:
>> > > >Bob Briscoe wrote:
>> > > >>Folks,
>> > > >>
>> > > >>One important issue I never raised - the name.
>> > > >>
>> > > >>Congestion Exposure
>> > > >>Congestion Visibility
>> > > >>Congestion Transparency
>> > >
>> > > Congestion Exposure seems to get everyone's approval
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > >>And a short form:
>> > > >>CEX?
>> > > >>re-ECN?
>> > >
>> > > Everyone agrees on what it shouldn't be: Not re-ECN
>> > > Less agreement on a replacement:
>> > >
>> > > CEX
>> > > ConEx
>> > > re-con
>> > > Also, one vote for "Wait until later."
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > I'm not so keen on including "Con" for obvious
>> > > reasons :) Choosing something like that can come back and bite you.
>> > > It also sounds somehow as much like config as congestion.
>> > >
>> > > Some time ago, Toby came up with a clever one:
>> > > C-IT (pron. "See it") for Congestion Information
>> > Transparency.
>> > > not so useful if we're not calling it transparency tho.
>> > >
>> > > Hey, I've just had a thought, the flag (or
>> > > codepoint) for rest-of-path congestion could be
>> > > called CEX (Congestion Expected), rather
>> > > ambiguous with ECN's "Congestion Experienced (CE)" tho.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Bob
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
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