Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 28 Oct 2004 17:55:48 -0700 | From | Prasanna Meda <> | Subject | Re: rcv_wnd = init_cwnd*mss |
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"David S. Miller" wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 23:15:48 -0700 > "Meda, Prasanna" <pmeda@akamai.com> wrote: > > > Thanks, still it is unclear to me why are we > > downsizing the advertised window(rcv_wnd) to cwnd? > > To defeat disobeying sender, or something like below? > > There is never any reason to advertise a receive window > larger than the initial congestion window of the sender > could ever be. > > Setting it properly like this also makes sure that we do > receive window update events at just the right place as > the sender starts sending us the initial data frames.
That makes sense!
But are we coping with cwnd increase on sender? Looks rcv rwnd s updated by only 1 pkt at time.
Thanks, Prasanna.
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