linux/net/dccp/ccids
Gerrit Renker a3cbdde8e9 dccp ccid-3: Preventing Oscillations
This implements [RFC 3448, 4.5], which performs congestion avoidance behaviour
by reducing the transmit rate as the queueing delay (measured in terms of
long-term RTT) increases.

Oscillation can be turned on/off via a module option (do_osc_prev) and via sysfs
(using mode 0644), the default is off.

Overflow analysis:
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 * oscillation prevention is done after update_x(), so that t_ipi <= 64000;
 * hence the multiplication "t_ipi * sqrt(R_sample)" needs 64 bits;
 * done using u64 for sqrt_sample and explicit typecast of t_ipi;
 * the divisor, R_sqmean, is non-zero because oscillation prevention is first
   called when receiving the second feedback packet, and tfrc_scaled_rtt() > 0.

A detailed discussion of the algorithm (with plots) is on
http://www.erg.abdn.ac.uk/users/gerrit/dccp/notes/ccid3/sender_notes/oscillation_prevention/

The algorithm has negative side effects:
  * when allowing to decrease t_ipi (leads to a large RTT) and
  * when using it during slow-start;
both uses are therefore disabled.

Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
2008-09-04 07:45:43 +02:00
..
lib dccp ccid-3: Preventing Oscillations 2008-09-04 07:45:43 +02:00
Kconfig dccp ccid-3: Measuring the packet size s with regard to rfc3448bis-06 2008-09-04 07:45:42 +02:00
Makefile [DCCP] CCID2: Initial CCID2 (TCP-Like) implementation 2006-03-20 17:41:47 -08:00
ccid2.c tcp/dccp: Consolidate common code for RFC 3390 conversion 2008-09-04 07:45:39 +02:00
ccid2.h dccp ccid-2: Replace broken RTT estimator with better algorithm 2008-09-04 07:45:39 +02:00
ccid3.c dccp ccid-3: Preventing Oscillations 2008-09-04 07:45:43 +02:00
ccid3.h dccp ccid-3: Preventing Oscillations 2008-09-04 07:45:43 +02:00