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

[Joe Touch <[e-mail]>]

Hi, Jerry (et al.),

The logic here is astounding.

We can't use a reactive system because it would make the wrong decision, 
and potentially treat all endpoints the wrong way.

So let's make a static decision that is, essentially, the same as the 
automatic one with particular parameters (A=0, M=1, timescale=infinite, 
aggregation=all). Alternately, for Mark's proposal, that would be (A=+k, 
M=1, timescale=every few years, aggregation=all).

I conclude that:

	- if there is no objective metric for the safety of this
	change, it MUST NOT be deployed

	- if there is an objective metric for its safety, it's surely
	more safe to incorporate that as a test

Even if all the 'auto' system does is backoff to IW=3 if IW=10 causes 
persistent problems, that's MUCH SAFER than anything else.

If, as Mark concludes, an auto system isn't ready for prime time because 
we don't know the impact, then surely we don't have enough info for a 
static configuration of that auto system either.

Joe