Hi Eddie,

many thanks indeed for looking into this. 

|  From Ian's patch, it appears that the OLD code DID NOT include the most 
|  recent loss interval (i.e., the incomplete loss interval, the one that has 
no 
|  losses) in its calculation of i_tot1.  Ian has added the following line to 
do 
|  this:
|  
|   > +    i_tot1 += non_loss * dccp_li_hist_w[0];
|  
|  This is correct.  The RFC requires that one of the i_tots include the 
|  incomplete loss interval.  So this part of the patch is required for RFC 
|  compliance.
You are right, there are issues with the current code, and these have not been 
fixed yet. 
Some are addressed by Ian's patch, some not. Will send a summary of these to 
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
which will take on board the points you raised. 
  
|  I don't quite get why one needs dccp_li_hist_recalc_recalcloss.  One could 
do 
|  probably do that simpler, and maybe Ian can explain his reasoning.  Why is 
it 
|  necessary at all? 
Embedded in Ian's patch is to what seems to be a novel technique and this is 
why I asked
you to look at it, as I had difficulties matching it up with existing RFCs and 
IDs. If the
technique does indeed improve performance then Ian has tackled an original 
problem and
contributed a new algorithm. But I also have difficulties in understanding what 
the benefits
and differences would be. 

Best regards
Gerrit

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