On Dec 16, 2007 3:17 PM, Tony Finch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 15 Dec 2007, Fred Baker wrote: > > On Dec 15, 2007, at 2:17 AM, Jeyasekar Antony wrote: > > > > > > I heard that TCP is not suitable for high speed network because of its > > > is it true? is there any research work going on in this context?
TCP can fill a big pipe as long as the RTT isn't high and the packet loss rate is near zero. -G > > you might look at tcpm. > > Also http://www.aciri.org/floyd/hstcp.html > > > The discussions happen across our high speed (2.5 and 10 G in many > > places) backbone, and use SMTP, which runs on TCP > > Hardly the best example of an application that needs to get maximum > bandwidth out of a connection. Practically no SMTP connections will > get near to filling the BDP of that kind of network. > > Tony. > -- > f.a.n.finch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://dotat.at/ > FISHER: VARIABLE 3 OR 4. SLIGHT OR MODERATE. MAINLY FAIR. MODERATE OR GOOD. > > > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@ietf.org > https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf > _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf
