Re: About the importance of packets in a single data stream

2013-10-11 Thread Mikael Abrahamsson
On Sat, 12 Oct 2013, Michael Welzl wrote: My question is, why is none of this happening? My guess is that the rule to always deliver packets within a stream in order. If packets within the same stream have different DCSP values, there is a risk that they will go into different queues and the

About the importance of packets in a single data stream

2013-10-11 Thread Michael Welzl
Hi, I'll begin by apologizing for asking what I'm quite sure is a terribly stupid question to many of you. The question is: It has long been known that media data can have different levels of importance. Simply put, if packet #1 from a single source contains parts of a video's I-Frame and pac

RE: [tcmtf] Community Neworks: any idea about them?

2013-10-11 Thread Jose Saldana
Hi, Mirko. I understand what you mean, but I don't know if considering TCP is a good idea at this stage. As seen in the BoF in Berlin, many people in the Transport Area are really worried about adding any extra delay to TCP, since TCP dynamics are governed by RTT. So my opinion is to forget about

RE: [tcmtf] Community Neworks: any idea about them?

2013-10-11 Thread Jose Saldana
Hi, Lloyd. Thanks a lot for the link! It is really interesting: a country with 1400 people sharing a single satellite connection. In fact, it is similar to AlcalalĂ­, the village in Spain, in which also 1400 people share the Internet access provided by the local Council. (http://www.alcalali.es/ver/