On Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 05:26:51PM +0100, Michael Rogers wrote:
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> > When a packet is successfully transmitted we increment the window size
> > by b. When a packet is lost we multiply it by a. We send packets every
> > (round trip time / window size).
> > 
> > This is definitely TCP-friendly?
> 
> This is definitely not TCP-friendly - it's not even AIMD. You never
> leave slow-start mode, so the window size increases exponentially until
> you lose a packet.

How does it increase exponentially? "We increment the window size by b"!
> 
> In the first RTT there will be one packet and one ack, so the window
> will increase by b to 1+b. In the second RTT there will be 1+b packets
> and 1+b acks, so the window size will increase by 1+b to 2+2b. In the
> third RTT there will be 2+2b packets and 2+2b acks, so the window size
> will increase by 2+2b to 4+4b, etc.

It's not windowed. The window is simply a device to determine the rate
at which we should send packets.
> 
> Cheers,
> Michael
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