For an industry that has been predicated on queuing theory that permits
managing data traffic through moments of transient congestion, the idea
that the best way to achieve Quality of Service is simply to throw excess
bandwidth at the problem is quaint.
On the other hand, that simplistic congestion control approach has some
appeal for planning IETF meeting capacity.
Rather than trying to carefully provide "enough" meeting room capacity for
expected attendance, what would be the effect of reserving *too much*
capacity for our meetings?
For example, ensure that rooms are 50% larger than we think they need to be
and make sure there are some extra rooms, in case we need to move an
oversubscribed group to a larger room.
The only two effects I can think of are: extra dollars and further
restrictions on where we can meet. The latter is inevitable given our
growth, the planning trick would merely accelerate the constraint.
How bad would the extra cost be? Given the work we do in these meetings
and the negative effect of overcrowding, is the extra cost worthwhile?
d/
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Dave Crocker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Brandenburg Consulting <www.brandenburg.com>
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