Re: [tsvwg] Question regarding slide 3 of https://datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/106/materials/slides-106-tsvwg-sessb-31-tcp-prague-status-of-implementation-and-evaluation-00#page=3

Jonathan Morton <chromatix99@gmail.com> Fri, 11 June 2021 12:53 UTC

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Subject: Re: [tsvwg] Question regarding slide 3 of https://datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/106/materials/slides-106-tsvwg-sessb-31-tcp-prague-status-of-implementation-and-evaluation-00#page=3
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> On 11 Jun, 2021, at 1:38 pm, Sebastian Moeller <moeller0@gmx.de> wrote:
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> As far as I understand ethernet, a packet is always send at the negotiated link rate, and shaper basically control how many packets/bytes per unit of time they admit, so the link itself will always either be 100% loaded or idle> I guess what I should ask, what do you mean with smoothly shaped or what would be a link layer you want to differentiate against here?

I think what he means is that switched Ethernet does not aggregate or burst packets, and doesn't have a MAC grant delay.  This makes it close to an ideal packet delivery system.

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