Re: [tcpm] Summary of feedback on draft-ietf-tcpm-initcwnd-03

PS - +1 on ready for WGLC

On 4/5/2012 11:22 AM, Joe Touch wrote:
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> On 4/5/2012 12:15 AM, Gorry Fairhurst wrote:
>> I think this captures my issues, except that I think it is important to
>> clarify that new connections from the "host" or "sending interface"
>> SHOULD fall back to the initial window allowed in....
>
> FWIW, that is mentioned briefly at the end of Sec 2, but could be better
> included in the summary recommendations in Sec 12.
>
> Joe
>
>>
>> I'm happy to work with the I-D Editors to precision wording if this
>> helps, but overall I think we are ready for a WGLC.
>>
>> Gorry
>>
>>
>> On 04/04/2012 09:58, Scharf, Michael (Michael) wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Here is a summary of what the chairs understood as feedback to be
>>> added to the next version of draft-ietf-tcpm-initcwnd-03, which we
>>> plan to WGLC:
>>>
>>> * The wording at the beginning of the draft (and possibly the title)
>>> must better highlight the experimental status of the document.
>>>
>>> * The document should say that at time of publication there is only
>>> limited experimental data regarding the impact on non-TCP traffic.
>>>
>>> * In Section 12, the lost packets during the initial burst is
>>> explicitly mentioned as one performance metric that SHOULD be monitored.
>>>
>>> * The document explicitly states that further work and experiments are
>>> needed regarding a backoff mechanism, most notably to avoid repeated
>>> connection setup attempts to the same host that each suffer from loss
>>> caused by a too large initial window. My suggested phrasing would be:
>>> "The sender SHOULD cache information about connection setups using an
>>> initial window larger than allowed by RFC 3390, and it SHOULD fall
>>> back to the initial window allowed by RFC 3390 if there is evidence of
>>> performance issues. Further experiments are needed on the design of
>>> such a cache and corresponding heuristics."
>>>
>>> If there are any additional comments or thoughts, please let us know.
>>> Please focus on suggestions for specific text.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Michael
>>>
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