[e2e] TCP un-friendly congestion control

[Craig Partridge]

In message <200306061751.h56HpZe3013436 at cougar.icir.org>, Sally Floyd writes:

>>TCP can achieve performance in excess 1 Gbps on terrestrial links.  
>
>However, if you add occasional packet drops (e.g., from slow-start
>bursts from the occasional moderate-sized competing flow), the
>Standard TCP is likely to completely fail to use the available
>bandwidth in a high-delay high-bandwidth environment.

Yes.  But if the network is a special, controlled network, as often is
in these cases, congestion loss may be rare.

Craig