Re: [tcpm] Increasing the Initial Window - Notes

[Lars Eggert <[e-mail]>]

Hi,

we currently seem to be a bit stuck. The Google folks have gathered a lot of data, but at the moment it's still not quite clear - to me at least - what data-based argument would convince the WG to either permit IW10 and under what considerations, or which argument would convince us to not do it.

I talked to a few folks after the meeting and made this suggestion:

* Google makes the raw data available. Yoshifumi requested this at the mike, and Jerry said he'd see if this was possible.

* We plan a TCPM interim in a few months, with the only topic being IW10.

* Folks (other than Google) who like IW10 crunch down the raw Google data in an attempt to provide a convincing argument to allow it, and under which conditions. (Obviously, folks can also generate their own data, if they like.)

* Folks sceptical about IW10 crunch down the Google data in an attempt to find problematic cases that'd make the WG lean against IW10. (Obviously, folks can also generate their own data, if they like.)

* We hold the interim with these folks presenting, and see what shakes out.

The idea here is that we really need a more diverse set of folks playing with IW10. Thoughts?

Lars