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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mike Kilburn)
Sat Jun 22 14:21:07 1996
To: "Eric Schenk" <schenk@cs.toronto.edu>
cc: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 22 Jun 1996 12:17:12 -0400."
<96Jun22.121717edt.15394@dvp.cs.toronto.edu>
Date: Sat, 22 Jun 1996 19:49:56 +0200
From: Mike Kilburn <mike@lserv.conexio.co.za>
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>
> There is probably an interesting research question buried in here.
> Is it possible to have a TCP flow control algorithm that can tell
> the difference between congestion and a flaky line?
>
I dont see how because a flaky line can have loss patterns which are
both periodic (high freq. 60HZ phase jitter or phase problem with a clock)
and random (wind and rain on damaged and poorly insulated local leads out
in the bush). It might be able to tell the difference between a *particular*
congestion problem and a *particular* kind of flaky line.
