Arjuna -

If the sender had been idle or datalimited, then the minrate is calculated as:

If (sender has been idle or data-limited)
                min_rate = max(2*X_recv, W_init/R);
            Else
                min_rate = 2*X_recv;

But I guess we have overlooked the possibility that loss event rate p
could be greater than 0 after an idle or datalimited period. So in the
presence of loss, it may not be wise to assign the minrate to be a
maximum of 2*X_recv and Winit/R..

RFC3448bis (draft-ietf-dccp-rfc3448bis-00.txt)
adds the following:

             If (p > 0)
                 Calculate X_calc using the TCP throughput equation.
                 X = max(min(X_calc, min_rate), s/t_mbi);

That is, if (p>0), the allowed sending rate is also at most
X_calc, as calculated from the TCP-friendly equation.
This seems fine to me.  It just means that if the sender has been
idle or data-limited, and X_recv is less than half W_init/R,
then the allowed sending rate is not limited by X_recv, it is limited
by W_init/R instead.  It is still *also* limited by X_calc, if p>0.

Yes?

(Apologies for the very late reply.)

- Sally
http://www.icir.org/floyd/


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