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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dennis)
Sat Jun 22 16:51:04 1996
Date: Sat, 22 Jun 1996 15:48:17 -0400
To: Mike Kilburn <mike@lserv.conexio.co.za>
From: dennis@etinc.com (Dennis)
Cc: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
>>
>>
>> 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.
>
Or more often an overloaded router.
Dennis
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