Re: [re-ECN] Complete draft Charter for proposed CONEX WG

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Thanks Mirja - both changes work for me
phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mirja Kühlewind [mailto:[e-mail]] 
> Sent: 08 December 2009 15:47
> To: [e-mail]
> Cc: Eardley,PL,Philip,DEE1 R
> Subject: Re: [re-ECN] Complete draft Charter for proposed CONEX WG
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> see below
> 
> > The purpose of the CONEX working group is to develop a mechanism to 
> > allow senders to inform the network of the level of congestion they 
> > expect their packets to encounter. This information is 
> currently only 
> > visible at the transport layer.
> I would add the end systems here: "This information is 
> currently only visible 
> at the transport layer in the end systems."
> 
> > With the output of CONEX, it will be
> > possible to provide sufficient information in each IP 
> datagram so that
> > any node in the network can see the expected rest-of-path 
> congestion.
> > Once any node can see the impact it causes (and suffers) by 
> sending or
> > forwarding packets, it will be possible to hold senders and whole
> > networks accountable for the congestion they cause downstream. Tools
> > that exploit the CONEX output could be used for mitigating 
> distributed
> > denial of service (DDoS); simplifying differentiation of quality of
> > service (QoS); policing compliance to congestion control; and so on.
> Maybe change the order here: "Tools that exploit the CONEX 
> output could be 
> used for simplifying differentiation of quality of service 
> (QoS); policing 
> compliance to congestion control; mitigating distributed 
> denial of service 
> (DDoS); and so on."
> 
> BR,
> Mirja
> 
>