[e2e] 10% packet loss stops TCP flow

Reiner Ludwig Reiner.Ludwig at ericsson.com
Wed Mar 2 00:13:22 PST 2005


At 09:01 02.03.05, Lloyd Wood wrote:
>On Wed, 2 Mar 2005, Reiner Ludwig wrote:
>
>> At 08:12 02.03.05, Lloyd Wood wrote:
>> >That's a "rule of thumb" that completely fails performance-wise on
>> >long-distance wireless links e.g. geostationary satellite, and
>RFC3366
>> >warns against the dangers of perfect persistence.
>> >
>> >Reiner, do we have to hash out five years of arguing your personal
>> >beliefs on the IETF pilc mailing list yet AGAIN?
>>
>> I expected you to be one of the first to jump on this, but it is not
>> fair to say that this is only my "personal beliefs".
>>
>> It was the consensus of the PILC WG in the IETF: RFC3819.
>
>And RFC3819 refers to RFC3366.
>
>Your point?

The reading you have to do yourself, but I'll help you once more: sections 8.1 and 8.2 in RFC3819 (BCP).

///Reiner 



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