[tcpm] informal poll about initial cwnd

Mark Allman <mallman@icir.org> Thu, 06 January 2011 18:17 UTC

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Given that there are three proposals put down in I-D form in some matter
of baked-ness I am wondering if there is any sort of clear WG preference
on the *approach* to changing the initial window.  So, putting aside the
particulars for a moment and just thinking about the approach I'd like
to take a quick, informal, absolutely non-binding in any way (obviously)
poll to take the WG's pulse.

So, do you prefer ...

(A) To increase the current static IW definition to a single updated
    value.

    (Current proposal: draft-ietf-tcpm-initcwnd-00.txt, but I am
    explicitly not asking about IW=10, just IW=some_X.)

(B) To increase the current static IW definition with a schedule of IW
    updates to play out over some period of time.

    (Current proposal: draft-allman-tcpm-bump-initcwnd-00.txt, but I am
    explicitly not asking if you like the given schedule.)

(C) To define a procedure for hosts to figure out how to adapt their IW
    over time.

    (Current proposal: draft-touch-tcpm-automatic-iw-00.txt, but I am
    explicitly not asking if you buy the particulars of this, just the
    overall approach.)

(D) The current IW seems OK and I haven't seen a good reason to think it
    needs changed.

Thanks!

allman