Re: [tsvwg] draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb, more questions
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From: "Black, David" <David.Black@dell.com>
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Subject: Re: [tsvwg] draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb, more questions
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I wanted to strongly +1 this portion of the discussion: > > The final SHOULD is intended to address your concern about prioritization > (since it results in segregation without prioritization). > > [SM] Ah, in that case the AP needs to be be NQB aware anyway, > would it then not be better to use an appropriate scheduler/AQM in front of > the AC_BE queue and keep all traffic in the same priority class? The > disadvantage of setting AC_VI to the same EDCA values as AC_BE is then that > applications that expect an airtime access boost from using AC_VI will not get > it any more (not necessarily a deal-breaker but certainly unexpected enough > to merit clear communication of that side-effect). > > > Absent this requirement (or the ability to comply with it operationally), the > operator would need to consider (and perhaps limit) which applications are > allowed to be marked as NQB. This aspect isn't discussed in the draft, but I > will add it based on your input. > > [SM] Great! I would guess the safest would be to have the NQB- > aware scheduler in an AP apply some (proportional) rate-limiting if NQB > traffic is getting preferential air-time access. This is an example of a good thing to do with all uses of "SHOULD" - at least warn about the risks and/or consequences of not following the "SHOULD" (or "SHOULD NOT"), and (even better) provide some advice on staying out of serious trouble in that case (as will be done here). Thanks!, --David > -----Original Message----- > From: tsvwg <tsvwg-bounces@ietf.org> On Behalf Of Sebastian Moeller > Sent: Tuesday, November 5, 2019 3:59 AM > To: Greg White > Cc: tsvwg IETF list > Subject: Re: [tsvwg] draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb, more questions > > > [EXTERNAL EMAIL] > > Hi Greg, > > > > On Nov 5, 2019, at 01:28, Greg White <g.white@CableLabs.com> wrote: > > > > Hi Sebastian, > > > > Interoperability with existing WiFi equipment is an important aspect, since > WiFi latency can be considerable. By default, many existing APs only support > 4 priority queues, and thus it is not possible to meet all of the requirements > of the NQB PHB (at least in this default configuration). > > [SM] I agree the question is how to deal with that "impedance > mismatch". > > > Nonetheless, it is possible to utilize two of the four queues in order to > meet some of the requirements, and thus provide some of the benefits of > the NQB PHB. > > [SM] Unless you opt for selecting AC_BK for the NQB traffic, for most > users the value of NQB will be mostly in the priority boost on wifi and the > resulting air-time access advantage (which results in both lower latency and > potentially higher bandwidth). > > > With proper configuration and/or policies, this can be done safely. > > [SM] Sure, I am concerned about the status quo wich does not entail > "proper configuration and/or policies", and hence I believe the NQB special > treatment on WIFI should be opt-in and not "opt-out" (in quotes as most > endusers will not be able to opt-out). For thid reaon I believe that the > proposal to use a code point that by default is mapped to AC_BK is the only > correct solution (as a bonus it seems that such a code point also has a better > chance to survive transit over the internet). NQB-aware APs then simply > treat that NQB-codepoint however they want. If for example a priority boost > is desired such an AP can easily implement the required rate-limiting so that > AC_BE traffic does not get starved out. In short, I fully agree that special > treatment requires "proper configuration and/or policies" and the desirable > strategy if that can not guaranteed should be "do no harm". > > > The final SHOULD is intended to address your concern about prioritization > (since it results in segregation without prioritization). > > [SM] Ah, in that case the AP needs to be be NQB aware anyway, > would it then not be better to use an appropriate scheduler/AQM in front of > the AC_BE queue and keep all traffic in the same priority class? The > disadvantage of setting AC_VI to the same EDCA values as AC_BE is then that > applicatons that expect an airtime access boost from using AC_VI will not get > it any more (not necessarily a deal-breaker but certainly unexpected enough > to merit clear communication of that side-effect). > > > Absent this requirement (or the ability to comply with it operationally), the > operator would need to consider (and perhaps limit) which applications are > allowed to be marked as NQB. This aspect isn't discussed in the draft, but I > will add it based on your input. > > [SM] Great! I would guess the safest would be to have the NQB- > aware scheduler in an AP apply some (proportional) rate-limiting if NQB > traffic is getting preferential air-time access. > > > > > Network operators understand the value of segregating NQB traffic on WiFi > links, and will almost certainly select a DSCP in practice that achieves that > goal. > > [SM] That is exactly part of my concern with the default mapping to > AC_VI approach, I expect that very quickly a lot of traffic will utilize the AC_VI > queue potentially starving normal AC_BE traffic in the process. > > > Assigning a different DSCP in this draft would do nothing to prevent them > from doing so. > > [SM] Sure, but is that really a good justification for proposing a DSCP > with known side-effects? As far as I am concerned an RFC should propose > sane defaults and hope for the best. > > > Instead, what we need to do is clearly articulate how to make best use of > the existing WiFi tools, and how to avoid conflicts. > > [SM] I believe the last two are mutually exclusive... > > > > > In existing RFCs, the IETF already recommends that video conferencing > applications mark their traffic as either AF4x or CS4, all of which get mapped > to AC_VI. The remaining language in the NQB draft describes sparser flows > than these. > > [SM] as an implementer I read "relatively low data rates", without > further guidance I have very little intuition what to use as reference. Could > this be made more explicit? This is orthogonal to the question whether such > a limit should be enforced in any way, here the question really is about > getting a feel what is considered acceptable for NQB treatment. > > > > > Based on your comments, I attempted to remove all text that could be > interpreted as recommending that high-data-rate traffic be marked NQB. > > [SM] Thanks, as long as the aggregate NQB traffic is relative sparse > compared to the available WiFi bandwidth (or the number of tx_ops) most of > my WiFi concerns get less and less relevant. To be explicit, I do not object on > principle to using AC_VI or even AC_VO as long as this does not eat > significantly into the tx_ops for AC_BE, the current draft improves in that > direction. Would it be possible to make this point even stronger? > > > It appears that I missed one instance (in the Introduction it gives > "interactive voice and video" as an example). Aside from this (which I can > correct), I think the draft currently recommends that NQB only be used for > sparse traffic. That said, the section where this guidance is intended to be > given is still lacking in specificity, and poses some open questions that may > need to be addressed in a subsequent revision. > > [SM] Sounds great. Now this then cycles back to one of the other > open topics, "enforcement". Ideally NQB-aware APs should monitor both > queues and re-assign flows between them based on flow-behavior in > relation to time-variant bandwidth experienced by that flow. > > Best Regards > Sebastian > > > > > Best Regards, > > Greg > > > > > > On 11/4/19, 3:25 PM, "tsvwg on behalf of Sebastian Moeller" <tsvwg- > bounces@ietf.org on behalf of moeller0@gmx.de> wrote: > > > > Regarding https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-tsvwg- > nqb/?include_text=1 > > > > 7.3. WiFi Networks > > > > WiFi networking equipment compliant with 802.11e generally supports > > either four or eight transmit queues and four sets of associated EDCA > > parameters (corresponding to the four WiFi Multimedia Access > > Categories) that are used to enable differentiated media access > > characteristics. Implementations typically utilize the IP DSCP field > > to select a transmit queue, but should be considered as Non- > > Differentiated Services-Compliant Nodes as described in Section 4 of > > [RFC2475]. As a result this document discusses interoperability with > > WiFi networks, as opposed to PHB compliance. > > > > As discussed in [RFC8325], most existing implementations use a > > default DSCP to User Priority mapping that utilizes the most > > significant three bits of the DiffServ Field to select "User > > Priority" which is then mapped to the four WMM Access Categories. In > > order to increase the likelihood that NQB traffic is provided a > > separate queue from QB traffic in existing WiFi equipment, the 0x2A > > codepoint is preferred for NQB. This would map NQB to UP_5 which is > > in the "Video" Access Category. > > > > Systems that utilize [RFC8325], SHOULD map the NQB codepoint to > UP_5 > > in the "Video" Access Category. > > > > In order to preserve the incentives principle, WiFi systems SHOULD > > configure the EDCA parameters for the Video Access Category to match > > those of the Best Effort Access Category. > > > > > > [SM] This last section is puzzling: if the wifi system configures AC_VI with > EDCA parameters that match the AC_BE parameters, AC_VI ceases to be > different from AC_BE, in that case picking a codepoint that automatically > maps to CS0 and hence to AC_BE seems much safer, simpler and straight > forward to me. > > Especially since essentially none of the millions deployed WiFi APs out > there will a) have this configured like proposed already and b) none of the > consumer APs I know actually allow to easily adjust EDCA parameters at all. I > guess I must be missing something and would be delighted to be shown why > the proposed text is the right thing. > > My take on this still is, if NQB traffic is sufficiently sparse using AC_VI can > be justified, but without any rate limits this has the potential of being quite > unfair to concurrent APs on the same channel (as well as the neighboring > channels that overlap with the selected). > > I do not want to sound alarmist, but given the number of cable-ISP WiFi- > APs (as indicated by a SSID containing the ISPs name) in my city, I believe > making sure that those APs will not basically start hogging most airtime > seems the prudent thing to do. If there are sufficient backstops in place (like > rate limiting or automatic down-marking if the traffic is not sparse enough) to > avoid the described situation, I am all for it. > > > > The text probably should also openly discuss that in WiFi/WMM the four > available queues by design have different priorities, and by moving NQB out > of the default AC_BE while leaving QB flows in there, this effectively runs > against the following text in the draft: "The NQB queue SHOULD be given > equal priority compared to queue-building traffic of equivalent importance." > (leaving alone the question how an AP or a station is supposed to measure > importance) > > > > > > Sebastian > > > >
- [tsvwg] draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb, more questions Sebastian Moeller
- Re: [tsvwg] draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb, more questions Greg White
- Re: [tsvwg] draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb, more questions Sebastian Moeller
- Re: [tsvwg] draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb, more questions Black, David
- Re: [tsvwg] draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb, more questions Sebastian Moeller
- Re: [tsvwg] draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb, more questions Greg White
- Re: [tsvwg] draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb, more questions Sebastian Moeller
- Re: [tsvwg] draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb, more questions Black, David
- Re: [tsvwg] draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb, more questions Greg White
- Re: [tsvwg] draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb, more questions Greg White
- Re: [tsvwg] draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb, more questions Sebastian Moeller
- Re: [tsvwg] draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb, more questions Dave Taht
- Re: [tsvwg] draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb, more questions Greg White
- Re: [tsvwg] draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb, more questions Greg White
- Re: [tsvwg] draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb, more questions Sebastian Moeller
- Re: [tsvwg] draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb, more questions Greg White
- Re: [tsvwg] draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb, more questions Sebastian Moeller
- Re: [tsvwg] draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb, more questions Greg White
- Re: [tsvwg] draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb, more questions Sebastian Moeller
- Re: [tsvwg] draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb, more questions Sebastian Moeller
- Re: [tsvwg] draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb, more questions Greg White
- Re: [tsvwg] draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb, more questions Sebastian Moeller
- Re: [tsvwg] draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb, more questions Black, David
- Re: [tsvwg] draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb, more questions Black, David
- Re: [tsvwg] draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb, more questions Sebastian Moeller
- Re: [tsvwg] draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb, more questions Sebastian Moeller
- Re: [tsvwg] draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb, more questions Black, David
- Re: [tsvwg] draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb, more questions Sebastian Moeller
- Re: [tsvwg] draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb, more questions Greg White
- Re: [tsvwg] draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb, more questions Sebastian Moeller
- Re: [tsvwg] draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb, more questions Sebastian Moeller
- Re: [tsvwg] draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb, more questions Black, David
- Re: [tsvwg] draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb, more questions Black, David
- Re: [tsvwg] draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb, more questions Greg White
- Re: [tsvwg] draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb, more questions Black, David
- Re: [tsvwg] draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb, more questions Sebastian Moeller
- Re: [tsvwg] draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb, more questions Greg White
- Re: [tsvwg] draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb, more questions Black, David
- Re: [tsvwg] draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb, more questions Greg White
- Re: [tsvwg] draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb, more questions Sebastian Moeller
- Re: [tsvwg] draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb, more questions Sebastian Moeller
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