Hi,
TCP would slow down quite significantly if there is packet loss during
start-up. Here is a brief analysis of what happens when TCP runs into
a retransmission timeout during the first RTT. (Mapping-lookup-
related
packet loss happens always during the first RTT, so packet loss
during later RTTs is irrelevant here.)
I agree with Christian. Yet....
If we are going to introduce a big change in the Internet
Architecture (and Loc/ID split -is- a big change) to think that
todays protocol will work with the same degree of efficiency is kind
of utopia.
Once loc/ID is introduced, probably something like a future TCP-Vegas+
+ or TCP-New-New-New-Reno will fix the inefficiencies.
In other words, we should aim not at preserving top performances, but
to not "degrade them too much".
Luigi Iannone
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