Re: Coded TCP

2012-10-24 Thread Cameron Byrne
On Oct 24, 2012 12:40 AM, "Daniël W. Crompton" wrote: > > On 24 October 2012 08:35, Masataka Ohta wrote: > > > (2012/10/24 12:29), Rodrick Brown wrote: > > > "With coded TCP, blocks of packets are clumped together and then > > > transformed into algebraic equations that describe the packets. If >

Re: Coded TCP

2012-10-24 Thread Daniël W . Crompton
On 24 October 2012 08:35, Masataka Ohta wrote: > (2012/10/24 12:29), Rodrick Brown wrote: > > "With coded TCP, blocks of packets are clumped together and then > > transformed into algebraic equations that describe the packets. If > > part of the message is lost, the receiver can solve the equation

Re: Coded TCP

2012-10-23 Thread Masataka Ohta
(2012/10/24 12:29), Rodrick Brown wrote: > "With coded TCP, blocks of packets are clumped together and then > transformed into algebraic equations that describe the packets. If > part of the message is lost, the receiver can solve the equation to > derive the missing data. Don't do that. > MIT fo

Re: Coded TCP

2012-10-23 Thread George Herbert
I understand and believe in the value of erasure coding, though I want to see the latency effects here. But that model was very detailed view into an overly simple (to the point of operationally unrealistic) model. Bad example, for a research paper. George William Herbert Sent from my iPhone

Re: Coded TCP

2012-10-23 Thread Michael Painter
George Herbert wrote: Modeled with just simple FTP sessions? Ugh: they admitted to having MIT backbone packet traces to analyze, and then used that simple of a simulator... The practical benefits of the technology, known as coded TCP, were seen on a recent test run on a New York-to-Boston Ac

Re: Coded TCP

2012-10-23 Thread George Herbert
Modeled with just simple FTP sessions? Ugh: they admitted to having MIT backbone packet traces to analyze, and then used that simple of a simulator... George William Herbert Sent from my iPhone On Oct 23, 2012, at 8:29 PM, Rodrick Brown wrote: > "With coded TCP, blocks of packets are clumped