Re: TCP behavior across WiFi pointers ?

[Aaron Falk <[e-mail]>]

Hey Mark-

Didn't you do some work on TCP over wifi a while ago?

--aaron

On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 1:33 PM Michael Welzl <[e-mail]> wrote:

> I would think that 1) there are probably pointers, and 2) the people who
> have them should be on the ICCRG list, which I’m cc’ing.
>
> I suggest for this to be the last email that includes tsvarea so that the
> thread entirely moves to ICCRG.
>
>
> > On Nov 8, 2017, at 6:42 PM, Toerless Eckert <[e-mail]> wrote:
> >
> > Any pointers to work analyzing the differences in behavior when TCP is
> run
> > across WiFi as opposed to wired ? Especially with WiFi in the home ?
> >
> > I am primarily thinking that there could be a higher demand for
> > TCP (end-to-end) retransmissions when using WiFi because the L2/WiFi
> > local retransmissions are insufficient. And if so, what the
> characteristics
> > of those end-to-end retransmissions is (would assume they would be larger
> > than N msec, where N is whatever the L2/wifi protection window is, which
> > unfortunately i don't know).
> >
> > Asking because we've got the poor "must-sit-in-back-of-the-bus" traffic
> > called IP multicast that is not protected by L2/wifi retransmissions at
> > all and now we're wondering if carrying it over TCP as a workaround
> > could help, and therefore trying to educate myself on specific known
> > issue left when running traffic over TCP over WiFi.
> >
> > If any other TSV or other WG mailing list might be a better place to
> > ask. pls. let me know.
> >
> > Thank!
> >    Toerless
> >
>
>