On 2008-2-11, at 19:51, ext David Conrad wrote:
On Feb 10, 2008, at 11:36 PM, Stig Venaas wrote:1. First packet is delayed, packets are kept in order 2. First packet is delayed, subsequent packets may arrive first 3. All initial packets dropped Which of these apply depends on how the application protocol or transport protocol behaves, as well as the underlying system.Since all of these are possible today, won't all application or transport protocols need to deal with the possibility of these happening already?
Sure, and the concern isn't that apps and transports can't deal with these events when they happen. However, dealing with these events usually has some negative performance impact.
The question is if any of the proposed layer-3 extensions increase the probability of these events happening to a degree where user-perceived performance is significantly impacted.
And the answer may well be "no, they don't", but I'd be good to back that statement up with data.
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