Re: [rtcweb] Prioritization

"Matthew Kaufman (SKYPE)" <matthew.kaufman@skype.net> Fri, 25 April 2014 17:04 UTC

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To: Martin Thomson <martin.thomson@gmail.com>, Simon Perreault <simon.perreault@viagenie.ca>
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Subject: Re: [rtcweb] Prioritization
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If a "lower priority" packet is dispatched before a "higher priority" packet in order to "prevent starvation", then what does "higher priority" mean?

Streams that are deliberately set to take resources from other streams should behave that way. Otherwise the knob shouldn't be labeled the way it is.

Matthew Kaufman

> -----Original Message-----
> From: rtcweb [mailto:rtcweb-bounces@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Martin
> Thomson
> Sent: Friday, April 25, 2014 10:01 AM
> To: Simon Perreault
> Cc: rtcweb@ietf.org
> Subject: Re: [rtcweb] Prioritization
> 
> On 25 April 2014 08:17, Simon Perreault <simon.perreault@viagenie.ca>
> wrote:
> > I'll shut up now. I see your point. If nobody else feels this issue is
> > important, feel free to ignore my comment.
> 
> Honestly, I was originally inclined to agree with you, but the SHOULD leaves
> plenty of wiggle room for those who think they know better.
> 
> I think that providing motivation in the document - something like "This
> ensures that lower priority streams receive fewer resources, but cannot be
> completely blocked by those at higher priority." - would help to ensure that
> people who think they know better - and don't - can't screw things up too
> much.
> 
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