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Re: revision RFC 2001 (draft-ietf-tcpimpl-cong-control-00.txt)

Vern Paxson <vern@ee.lbl.gov> Tue, 18 August 1998 17:53 UTC

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Earlier I wrote:

> > Are there any clocking or other advantages to having frequent ACKs?
> 
> Yes, definitely.  You get smoother clocking out of new packets at the
> sender; the window opens more quickly; and when there's loss, you're more
> likely to have fast retransmission opportunities.

Oops - Curtis pointed out that this last is wrong, the fast retransmission
opportunities don't increase (other than indireclty, because the window
opens more quickly).

		Vern

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