[e2e] Why do we need TCP flow control (rwnd)?

Detlef Bosau detlef.bosau at web.de
Tue Jul 1 06:29:27 PDT 2008


Michael Scharf wrote:
> BTW: I wonder how all those TCP simulators out there address this
> problem.
>   

Do they?

I remember some old discussion about NS2 simulations. And IIRC, Dave 
Reed exactly pointed out the problem of missing application models.
I did not follow the NS3 discussion, but despite of some experimental 
work, the NS2 did not address the flow control problem at all.


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