On Nov 8, 2013, at 5:56 AM, "Akhtar, Shahid (Shahid)" 
<[email protected]> wrote:

> One of the the objectives of newer AQMs being defined here should be to 
> minimize tuning, but we should recognize that likely tuning or some 
> configuration cannot be eliminated altogether.
>  
> FB: That's an opinion. One of the objectives of Van and Kathy's work, and 
> separately of Rong Pan et al's work, is to design an algorithm that may have 
> different initial conditions drawn from a table given the interface it finds 
> itself on, but requires no manual tuning. The great failure of RED, 
> recommended in RFC 2309, is not that it doesn't work when properly 
> configured; it's that real humans don't have the time to properly tune it 
> differently for each of the thousands of link endpoints in their networks. 
> There is no point in changing away from RED if that is also true of the 
> replacement.
>  
> SA: You argue that "initial conditions" determine some of the parameters of 
> newer AQMs (like Codel and PIE), then those same initial conditions would 
> also determine some of the key parameters for RED/WRED.

I'm simply going to point out that Van and Kathy spent quite a bit of time and 
effort trying to do exactly that, and it didn't pan out. Codel is their 
suggestion of a replacement that is largely auto-tuning within a specified 
range of situations.

On your other points, please suggest text, and the WG can discuss whether they 
buy it.

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