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TCP relies on lost packages for congestion control. They improve their bandwidth by removing that control. I really wonder what happens when you deploy somethin
by sly010 14y ago
TCP relies on lost packages for congestion control.
They improve their bandwidth by removing that control.
I really wonder what happens when you deploy something
like that in scale.
My guess is that if you don't implement this carefully,
it might actually cause congestion problems under certain circumstances. Regardless, getting a reliable connection
for yourself by tunnelling and FEC is nice.
- regularfry 14y agoFrom the paper linked elsewhere in this thread: Note that network coding only masks random erasures, and allows TCP to react to congestion; thus, when there are correlated losses, TCP/NC also closes its window. Sounds like they thought of that.