Dave, Thanks for the valuable comments. We will see how we can incorporate them. For the comments below, please see inline.
Regards, Rong From: Dave Dolson <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Date: Wednesday, April 1, 2015 1:22 PM To: "[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: [aqm] PIE departure rate estimation In https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-aqm-pie-00#section-4.3, it says, “We only measure the departure rate when there are sufficient data in the buffer” Why can’t departure rate be estimated regardless of queue size? Just count packets leaving over time? I’m wondering how to avoid the estimate getting stuck at the last value sampled when the queue had a certain quantity in it. >>>>>>>>>>>>RP: We need to make sure that there are enough data in the queue to >>>>>>>>>>>>guarantee a rate sample. The reason is that if a queue is empty >>>>>>>>>>>>from time to time, we can't measure its true draining rate. The >>>>>>>>>>>>time when the queue empty should be cut out of the drain time >>>>>>>>>>>>calculation. For simplicity, it is better to make sure we have >>>>>>>>>>>>enough data in the queue to ensure accurate rate measurement sample. Section 4.2 cites Little’s Law as “est_del = qlen/depart_rate”, but according to Wikipedia<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little%27s_law>, the law uses arrival rate, not departure rate. I don’t know if it matters (I didn’t read Little’s proof), but this gives credence to the suggestion in section 6 that the algorithm could use arrival rate. And I think it might be easier to measure when the queue has few items in it. >>>>>>>>>>>>RP: what you mentioned is to calculate average number of customers >>>>>>>>>>>>in a system using the arrival. >>>>>>>>>>>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little's_law Wikipedia also mentions >>>>>>>>>>>>that mean responseTime = MeanNumberInSystem / MeanThroughput. What >>>>>>>>>>>>we measure is the mean response time (latency). Hence, it is >>>>>>>>>>>>correct in our draft. David Dolson Senior Software Architect, Sandvine Inc.
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