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Re: [tcpm] Is this a problem?

Joe Touch <touch@ISI.EDU> Mon, 05 November 2007 21:28 UTC

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Lloyd Wood wrote:
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>> Yes, this is a problem for which a variety of solutions exist, and for
>> which a coordinated solution would be useful. No, that itself is not
>> justification for assuming TCP is the place to do this.
> 
> try this thought on for size:
> 
> "The need for congestion control is a problem for which a variety of
> solutions exist, and for which a coordinated solution would be useful.

I should have said "for which a variety of solutions in a variety of
places - OS, application, API, protocol - exist..."

The primary point is that this isn't owned by communications layers.

Joe


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