Yes, we just came to consensus on the edits. I will be sending them out shortly.
Thanks, --MM-- Evil is defined by mortals who think they know "The Truth" and use force to apply it to others. ------------------------------------------- Matt Mathis (Email is best) Home & mobile: 412-654-7529 please leave a message if you must call. On Mon, Dec 1, 2025 at 10:20 AM Alanna Paloma <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings, > > We do not believe we have heard from you regarding this document's > readiness for publication. Please review our previous messages describing > the AUTH48 process and containing our document-specific questions. > > We will wait to hear from you before continuing with the publication > process. > > The AUTH48 status page for this document is located here: > https://www.rfc-editor.org/auth48/rfc9937 > > Thank you, > Alanna Paloma > RFC Production Center > > > On Nov 21, 2025, at 3:50 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > > > Authors, > > > > While reviewing this document during AUTH48, please resolve (as > necessary) > > the following questions, which are also in the source file. > > > > 1) <!-- [rfced] Please insert any keywords (beyond those that appear in > > the title) for use on https://www.rfc-editor.org/search. --> > > > > > > 2) <!-- [rfced] "Reno" is not used in RFC 5681, except in titles in the > > References section. Please review and let us know if/how this citation > > should be updated. Note that there are multiple occurrences of this > > throughout the document. > > > > Original: > > Congestion control algorithms like Reno [RFC5681] and CUBIC [RFC9438] > > are built on the conceptual foundation of this self clock process. > > --> > > > > > > 3) <!--[rfced] To have the abbreviation directly match the expanded > form, > > may we update this text as follows? > > > > Original: > > As a baseline, to be cautious when there may be > > considerable congestion, PRR uses its Conservative Reduction Bound > > (PRR-CRB), which is strictly packet conserving. When recovery seems > > to be progressing well, PRR uses its Slow Start Reduction Bound (PRR- > > SSRB), which is more aggressive than PRR-CRB by at most one segment > > per ACK. > > > > Perhaps: > > As a baseline, to be cautious when there may be > > considerable congestion, PRR uses its Conservative Reduction Bound > > (CRB), which is strictly packet conserving. When recovery seems > > to be progressing well, PRR uses its Slow Start Reduction Bound (SSRB), > > which is more aggressive than PRR-CRB by at most one segment > > per ACK. > > --> > > > > > > 4) <!--[rfced] To avoid awkward hyphenation of an RFC citation, may we > > rephrase the latter part of this sentence as follows? > > > > Original: > > Since [RFC6937] was written, PRR has also been adapted to perform > > multiplicative window reduction for non-loss based congestion control > > algorithms, such as for [RFC3168] style Explicit Congestion > > Notification (ECN). > > > > Perhaps: > > Since [RFC6937] was written, PRR has also been adapted to perform > > multiplicative window reduction for non-loss-based congestion control > > algorithms, such as for Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) as > > described in [RFC3168]. > > --> > > > > > > 5) <!--[rfced] To improve readability, may we add parentheses in this > > sentence? Please review and let us know if thus suggested update > > retains the intended meaning. > > > > Original: > > In recovery without SACK, DeliveredData is estimated to be > > 1 SMSS on receiving a duplicate ACK, and on a subsequent partial or > > full ACK DeliveredData is the change in SND.UNA, minus 1 SMSS for > > each preceding duplicate ACK. > > > > Perhaps: > > In recovery without SACK, DeliveredData is estimated to be > > 1 SMSS on receiving a duplicate ACK (and the change is in SND.UNA on > > a subsequent partial or full ACK DeliveredData), minus 1 SMSS for > > each preceding duplicate ACK. > > --> > > > > > > 6) <!-- [rfced] May we clarify "[RFC6675] 'half window of silence'" as > > follows? > > > > Original: > > The [RFC6675] "half window of silence" may temporarily > > reduce queue pressure when congestion control does not reduce the > > congestion window entering recovery to avoid further losses. > > > > Perhaps: > > The "half window of silence" that a SACK-based Conservative Loss > > Recovery Algorithm [RFC6675] experiences may temporarily > > reduce queue pressure when congestion control does not reduce the > > congestion window entering recovery to avoid further losses. > > --> > > > > > > 7) <!--[rfced] FYI - We found free access versions of these references > in > > the ACM Digital Library and added DOIs and URLs to these references. > > > > Current: > > [Flach2016policing] > > Flach, T., Papageorge, P., Terzis, A., Pedrosa, L., Cheng, > > Y., Karim, T., Katz-Bassett, E., and R. Govindan, "An > > Internet-Wide Analysis of Traffic Policing", SIGCOMM '16: > > Proceedings of the 2016 ACM SIGCOMM Conference, pp. > > 468-482, DOI 10.1145/2934872.2934873, August 2016, > > <https://doi.org/10.1145/2934872.2934873>. > > > > [Hoe96Startup] > > Hoe, J., "Improving the Start-up Behavior of a Congestion > > Control Scheme for TCP", SIGCOMM '96: Conference > > Proceedings on Applications, Technologies, Architectures, > > and Protocols for Computer Communications, pp. 270-280, > > DOI 10.1145/248157.248180, August 1996, > > <https://doi.org/10.1145/248157.248180>. > > > > > > [IMC11] Dukkipati, N., Mathis, M., Cheng, Y., and M. Ghobadi, > > "Proportional Rate Reduction for TCP", IMC '11: > > Proceedings of the 2011 ACM SIGCOMM Conference on Internet > > Measurement Conference, pp. 155-170, > > DOI 10.1145/2068816.2068832, November 2011, > > <https://doi.org/10.1145/2068816.2068832>. > > > > [Jacobson88] > > Jacobson, V., "Congestion Avoidance and Control", > > Symposium proceedings on Communications architectures and > > protocols (SIGCOMM '88), pp. 314-329, > > DOI 10.1145/52325.52356, August 1988, > > <https://doi.org/10.1145/52325.52356>. > > > > [Savage99] Savage, S., Cardwell, N., Wetherall, D., and T. Anderson, > > "TCP Congestion Control with a Misbehaving Receiver", ACM > > SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review, vol. 29, no. 5, pp. > > 71-78, DOI 10.1145/505696.505704, October 1999, > > <https://doi.org/10.1145/505696.505704>. > > > > [VCC] Cronkite-Ratcliff, B., Bergman, A., Vargaftik, S., Ravi, > > M., McKeown, N., Abraham, I., and I. Keslassy, > > "Virtualized Congestion Control (Extended Version)", > > SIGCOMM '16: Proceedings of the 2016 ACM SIGCOMM > > Conference pp. 230-243, DOI 10.1145/2934872.2934889, > > August 2016, <http://www.ee.technion.ac.il/~isaac/p/ > > sigcomm16_vcc_extended.pdf>. > > > > --> > > > > > > 8) <!-- [rfced] Some author comments are present in the XML. Please > confirm > > that no updates related to these comments are outstanding. Note that the > > comments will be deleted prior to publication. > > --> > > > > > > 9) <!-- [rfced] Abbreviations > > > > a) FYI - We have added expansions for the following abbreviations > > per Section 3.6 of RFC 7322 ("RFC Style Guide"). Please review each > > expansion in the document carefully to ensure correctness. > > > > Content Delivery Network (CDN) > > Forward Acknowledgment (FACK) > > Recent Acknowledgment Tail Loss Probe (RACK-TLP) > > > > > > b) Both the expansion and the acronym for the following term are used > > throughout the document. Would you like to update to use the expansion > upon > > first usage and the acronym for the rest of the document? > > > > round-trip time (RTT) > > --> > > > > > > 10) <!--[rfced] Throughout the text, the following terminology appears > to > > be used inconsistently. May we update each to the form on the right? > > > > Fast Retransmit > fast retransmit > > limited transmit > Limited Transmit > > --> > > > > > > 11) <!-- [rfced] Please review the "Inclusive Language" portion of the > > online Style Guide < > https://www.rfc-editor.org/styleguide/part2/#inclusive_language> > > and let us know if any changes are needed. 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