Hello Transport Area, I hope everyone had a good IETF 114. I sure did.
In particular, I appreciated the level of engagement at the TSVAREA meeting when we discussed a potential Congestion Control Working Group. Meeting video here: https://youtu.be/TSpK8C0DqDc?t=619 Mailing list thread starts here: https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/tsv-area/S0q0WyRBvqHEopqLz34G3b0tsKA/ and lastly, the straw-man proposed charter: https://github.com/martinduke/congestion-control-charter The main takeaways: (1) Most participants supported this work, but a few think that standards-track congestion controls are mostly a waste of time and resources (2) There appears to be enough interest in actively authoring/editing the main documents to make progress (3) While the main proposed deliverables are process-oriented and non-controversial, there is disagreement on what is "in" or "out" of working group scope (loss recovery, AQM, multipath, etc) Now that the ADs have rallied the area, it is time to hand off refinement to the community. *We need at least two volunteers* to complete the process of gathering consensus on a charter. I hope that a rapid tempo of discussion on this list could avoid the need for a BoF. However, If a BoF is needed to reach this consensus, these proponents would be expected to chair it, presumably in London. These proponents would presumably eventually either become working group chairs or edit the deliverables, but volunteering now is not a commitment to either. Though a lower priority than finding these volunteers, we would also welcome individual drafts addressing any of the deliverables listed in the draft charter. Please email Zahed and me if you're interested. Thanks, Martin
