[e2e] An alternative algorithm of calculating RTO

Craig Partridge craig at aland.bbn.com
Mon Jun 3 11:37:41 PDT 2002


In message <Le979397816060.20900 at freemail.peopledaily.com.cn>, jaglee at peoplemai
l.com.cn writes:

>Maximum value of N can be aribitually chosen. It should not be less than 8 nor
 >  greater than 32.

Isn't the limit of 8 a problem -- most transactions don't last that many
round-trips.  And how much more accurate is this estimate (in particular,
is the probability it is too short -- the most important issue -- greater
or less than that of the old calculation)?

Thanks!

Craig




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