Re: [tcpm] WGLC for draft-ietf-tcpm-hystartplusplus-04

Reese Enghardt <ietf@tenghardt.net> Wed, 27 April 2022 18:18 UTC

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Subject: Re: [tcpm] WGLC for draft-ietf-tcpm-hystartplusplus-04
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Dear Michael, all,

I have done some testing of the FreeBSD implementation with NewReno, and 
I have also read through draft-ietf-tcpm-hystartplusplus-04.

The document specifies Hystart++ precisely enough for me to understand 
how it works, and I appreciate the brevity and clarity. I am in favor of 
this document advancing.

I do have a couple of questions/comments, which I would appreciate to 
see considered before publishing the document:

First of all, I realize this is TCPM, but is it still worth adding a 
statement about the generality of the mechanism, as Hystart++ can also 
be implemented for other transport protocols? Is Hystart++ expected to 
be "compatible" with all congestion control algorithms? Please consider 
adding a brief statement to the Abstract or Introduction.

In Section 1, it says "HyStart++ reduces packet loss and 
retransmissions, and improves goodput in lab measurements and real world 
deployments."
I think Hystart++ could potentially also help reduce queue delay for 
some congestion controllers and a non-AQM bottleneck, is this correct? 
If so, I think this point would be worth adding.
Are there any published testing results and/or more details on the 
tested setup(s), network path conditions under which Hystart++ has been 
tested, etc, that the authors are aware of, beyond the existing Section 
5? If so, please add links to them here or in Section 5. Please also 
consider adding a forward reference to Section 5 here.

In Section 4.2, the document defines "windowEnd as a sequence number 
initialized to SND.UNA". Why SND.UNA and not SND_MAX, i.e., the highest 
sequence number that was sent? (I think the FreeBSD implementation 
initializes it to tp->snd_max, which makes sense to me, therefore, I'm 
wondering if the spec should say the same.)
I think initializing it to SND.UNA would still work, as SND.UNA would 
probably be acked soon and then windowEnd would become SND.NXT. But in 
my mind, it seems like this adds one very short round at the beginning, 
perhaps unnecessarily. Please let me know if I'm missing anything here.

For Section 5: Are there any particular network path characteristics for 
which Hystart++ (with the recommended constants or others) is expected 
to perform particularly well, or not so well? Are there any results for 
higher capacity links such as 1 Gbps, any results specifically for 
mobile links, etc? Please consider adding citations here.
If you are aware of any findings along these lines, or any guidance on 
how to tune the constants in these cases, please consider adding a few 
sentences here or in Section 4.3.

Thank you.

Best,
Reese


On 4/13/22 13:18, Michael Tuexen wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> this e-mail starts the working group last call for draft-ietf-tcpm-hystartplusplus-04.
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> The WGLC runs until Friday, May 6th 2022.
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> Best regards
> Michael
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