On 11/12/2014 1:39 PM, Fred Baker (fred) wrote: >> Abstract >> >> Bufferbloat is a phenomenon where excess buffers in the network cause >> high latency and jitter. > > How about: Buffer bloat is a phenomenon in which transports such as > TCP using loss-based or mark-based congestion control procedures create > excessive buffer occupancy, resulting in high latency and jitter.
It would be useful to define this in a way that transcends current protocol behavior (which can change). IMO: Bufferbloat is the use of network buffering beyond what is necessary to reduce loss, resulting in unnecessary increases in latency and/or jitter. Joe _______________________________________________ aqm mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/aqm
