[e2e] An alternative algorithm of calculating RTO

Colin Percival colin.percival at wadham.ox.ac.uk
Mon Jun 3 12:13:20 PDT 2002


At 2 Jun 2002 18:39:39 +0800 (CST), jaglee at peoplemail.com.cn wrote:
>If implemented all with integer operation and run on a modern 
>high-frequency CPU with level-1 cache, the overhead of calculating cmrtt 
>and crttvar my be trival.

   I don't think the overhead really is as insignificant as you 
suggest.  Network speeds are increasing much faster than CPU speeds, so 
even if the cost is trivial now it won't necessarily remain trivial.

Colin Percival




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