Re: [tsvwg] Review comments on a careful read of the L4S ID

[Tom Henderson <[e-mail]>]

On 5/5/21 11:52 PM, Gorry Fairhurst wrote:
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> *5. Please be careful with the words here.*
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> This text:
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> “This specificationdefines _the protocol to be used for_ a new network
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> service called low latency, low loss and scalable throughput (L4S).”
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> ⁃This document does not define a protocol, so the words "_the protocol 
> to be used for" _should be removed.

Gorry, on this point, I made the original suggestion to call this a 
protocol document during the -13 review (email to the list on March 7); 
please see below my original comment regarding this.

- Tom

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 > Title
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 > The title of this draft suggests that the scope is narrowly defining
 > the identifier of L4S semantics, but the draft covers much more than
 > this; in fact, it perhaps it could more accurately be described as an
 > L4S protocol specification.  At the end of the abstract, the draft
 > states "This specification defines the rules that L4S transports and
 > network elements need to follow...", i.e. a protocol.  It also gets
 > into operational considerations and open questions for experimentation.
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 > Perhaps a broader title such as "Explicit Congestion Notification
 > (ECN) Protocol for Ultra-Low Queuing Delay (L4S)" would better match
 > the contents.