Eddie,
many thanks for the answer; which does clarify an issue which has cost quite
a lot of reading RFC 3448 / 4342. In particular the example you give below,
where I_0 is promoted to I_1, makes quite clear that - despite the wording in
RFC 3448 - it is indeed better to use the distance from
In the ICCRG's goal to foster a long-term congestion control
architecture for the Internet, its initial step is to understand all of
the current mechanisms in use. As an aid to this, the ICCRG is working
on a document that summarizes all of the congestion control mechanisms
and other guidance
