Re: [tsvwg] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC3390 (4569)

[Mark Allman <[e-mail]>]

Yep- this is a small error that could well be noted in the RFC
errata.

I looked at it has its roots in RFC 2414 (the RFC that 3390
obsoleted).  So, you might as well add a note to that one, too.

allman



> The following errata report has been submitted for RFC3390,
> "Increasing TCP's Initial Window".
> 
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> You may review the report below and at:
> http://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=3390&eid=4569
> 
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> Type: Technical
> Reported by: Nikolai Malykh <[e-mail]>
> 
> Section: 8.1
> 
> Original Text
> -------------
>    A second set of experiments explored TCP performance over dialup
>    modem links.  In experiments over a 28.8 bps dialup channel [All97a,
>    AHO98], a four-segment initial window decreased the transfer time of
>    a 16KB file by roughly 10%, with no accompanying increase in the drop
>    rate.  A simulation study [RFC2416] investigated the effects of using
>    a larger initial window on a host connected by a slow modem link and
>    a router with a 3 packet buffer.  The study concluded that for the
>    scenario investigated, the use of larger initial windows was not
>    harmful to TCP performance.
> 
> Corrected Text
> --------------
>    A second set of experiments explored TCP performance over dialup
>    modem links.  In experiments over a 28.8 Kbps dialup channel [All97a,
>    AHO98], a four-segment initial window decreased the transfer time of
>    a 16KB file by roughly 10%, with no accompanying increase in the drop
>    rate.  A simulation study [RFC2416] investigated the effects of using
>    a larger initial window on a host connected by a slow modem link and
>    a router with a 3 packet buffer.  The study concluded that for the
>    scenario investigated, the use of larger initial windows was not
>    harmful to TCP performance.
> 
> Notes
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> Error bit rate - bps instead of Kbps.
> 
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> RFC3390 (draft-ietf-tsvwg-initwin-04)
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> Title: Increasing TCP's Initial Window
> Publication Date    : October 2002
> Author(s): M. Allman, S. Floyd, C. Partridge
> Category: PROPOSED STANDARD
> Source: Transport Area Working Group
> Area: Transport
> Stream: IETF
> Verifying Party     : IESG