[e2e] Reasons not to deply TCP BIC/Cubic

[Saverio Mascolo]

i think windows uses tcp compund (that we have not investigated...)

-sm
On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 1:23 PM, Barry Constantine <
Barry.Constantine at jdsu.com> wrote:

> Hi Saverio,
>
> Does Windows 7 use this TCP implementation as well?
>
> Thank you,
> Barry Constantine
>
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> Subject: [e2e] Reasons not to deply TCP BIC/Cubic
>
> Dear all,
>
> we know that TCP BIC/Cubic is default in Linux and as a consequence
> 50% of servers employs TCP BIC/Cubic.
>
> Our measurements say that there could be reasons not to deploy TCP
> BIC/Cubic. These reasons  are in our opinion rooted in its more
> aggressive probing phase. In particular, in common network conditions,
> TCP BIC/CUBIC exhibits: 1. a larger RTT average wrt to TCP NewReno or
> TCP Westwood+; 2. a larger number of retransmission wrt to TCP NewReno
> or TCP Westwood+; 3 larger throughput but same goodput wrt to TCP
> NewReno or Westwood+.
>
> In other terms, it seems that its more aggressive probing increases
> both throughput and retransmissions but leaving unchanged the goodput.
> This is  neutral for the users but negative for the network.
>
> I appreciate your views.
>
> Thanks for the attention and best regards,
>
> Saverio Mascolo
>
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