Subject: Re: [tcpm] I-D Action: draft-ietf-tcpm-rtorestart-08.txt

From: "Scharf, Michael (Michael)" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2015 16:58:33 +0000

It is my understanding that all raised WGLC issues are addressed by -08. Thus, we'll proceed with publication.

Michael

> -----Original Message-----
> From: tcpm [mailto:[email-masked]] On Behalf Of Per Hurtig
> Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2015 9:14 AM
> To: [email-masked] Extensions
> Cc: [email-masked]
> Subject: Re: [tcpm] I-D Action: draft-ietf-tcpm-rtorestart-08.txt
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> we’ve now addressed all the comments we’ve received during WGLC,
> including:
> 
> * Clarified, at multiple places in the document, that the modification
> only
>    causes the effective RTO to be more aggressive, not the actual RTO.
> 
> * Removed information in the introduction that was too detailed, i.e.,
>    material that is hard to understand without knowing details of the
>    algorithm.
> 
> * Changed the name of Section 3 to more correctly capture the actual
>    contents of the section.
> 
> * Re-arranged the text in Section 3 to have a more logical structure.
> 
> * Moved text from the algorithm description (Section 4) to the
>    introduction of the discussion section (Section 5).  The text was
>    discussing the possible effects of the algorithm more than
>    describing the actual algorithm.
> 
> * Clarified why the RECOMMENDED value of rrthresh is four.
> 
> * Reworked the introduction to be suitable for both TCP and SCTP.
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> Per
> > On 18 Jun 2015, at 09:05, [email-masked] wrote:
> >
> >
> > A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts
> directories.
> > This draft is a work item of the TCP Maintenance and Minor Extensions
> Working Group of the IETF.
> >
> >        Title           : TCP and SCTP RTO Restart
> >        Authors         : Per Hurtig
> >                          Anna Brunstrom
> >                          Andreas Petlund
> >                          Michael Welzl
> > 	Filename        : draft-ietf-tcpm-rtorestart-08.txt
> > 	Pages           : 16
> > 	Date            : 2015-06-18
> >
> > Abstract:
> >   This document describes a modified sender-side algorithm for
> managing
> >   the TCP and SCTP retransmission timers that provides faster loss
> >   recovery when there is a small amount of outstanding data for a
> >   connection.  The modification, RTO Restart (RTOR), allows the
> >   transport to restart its retransmission timer so that the effective
> >   RTO becomes more aggressive in situations where fast retransmit
> >   cannot be used.  This enables faster loss detection and recovery
> for
> >   connections that are short-lived or application-limited.
> >
> >
> > The IETF datatracker status page for this draft is:
> > https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-tcpm-rtorestart/
> >
> > There's also a htmlized version available at:
> > https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-tcpm-rtorestart-08
> >
> > A diff from the previous version is available at:
> > https://www.ietf.org/rfcdiff?url2=draft-ietf-tcpm-rtorestart-08
> >
> >
> > Please note that it may take a couple of minutes from the time of
> submission
> > until the htmlized version and diff are available at tools.ietf.org.
> >
> > Internet-Drafts are also available by anonymous FTP at:
> > ftp://ftp.ietf.org/internet-drafts/
> >
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