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Why does it matter how efficient each individual packet is, in terms of overhead vs payload? If I send N bytes in M packets the total transfer overhead and effi
by cillian64 9y ago
Why does it matter how efficient each individual packet is, in terms of overhead vs payload? If I send N bytes in M packets the total transfer overhead and efficiency are the same regardless of how uniform the packet sizes are.
The only problem I see is that the larger fragments are more likely to get refragmented, while uniform fragments are more likely to pass through subsequent MTU bottlenecks.
- noselasd 9y agoI don't quite understand what you are trying to convey. If you send 100 packets with 10 bytes payload(or TCP segments if you will), I hope it is obvious that there are more overhead (Ethernet/IP/TCP header of 100 packets) compared to sending 1 packet with a 1000 byte payload. Normally this matters as it is desirable for systems to use less resources, not more. (e.g. we'd want to lessen the load on the network, we'd want applications to have low latency)