Re: [tcpm] [Tmrg] Increasing the Initial Window - Notes

[Mark Allman <[e-mail]>]

> I thought the issue was "If we fix problem X of TCP (very slow to
> start), should applications be able to test whether that fix has been
> made, and disable their old work-arounds (opening multiple
> connections) if it has?"

OK.  So, the client wants to issue small requests to some server and
expects content in return (a la HTTP).  How many connections should it
open?  The server controls the initial cwnd that matters and the client
controls the number of parallel connections.

allman