[Tsvwg] Re: [e2e] Are you interested in TOEs and related issues

[Marko Zec]

On Tuesday 09 March 2004 01:07, Craig Partridge wrote:
> In message <200403090046.15061.zec at tel.fer.hr>, Marko Zec writes:
> >All I was trying to point out in my prior posts is that precisely in
> >such a situation bursty traffic will present a big failure.
>
> Right, but bursts only matter if they cause a queue to build up in a
> router. Putting a burst on a wire doesn't mean a queue in the router
> -- it depends on the speed of the routers inputs and outputs.
>
> Putting this another way, TCP causes a queue in the bottleneck router
> (the spot where A > D).


OK, can we then agree that making such a spot a subject to an additional 
traffic burst can be considered a bad thing?

Marko