Re: resending: slow start triggered if recv window full on packet loss?

["Peter Teoh" <htmldeveloper@xxxxxxxxx>]

yes....it is something called slow start....part of RFC:

http://www.google.com/search?q=tcp+slow+start&btnG=Google+Search

first 10 URLs gave very good overview..

On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 6:36 PM, somebody nodoby
<despista000@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I think it hasn't reached the mailing list
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> From: somebody nodoby <despista000@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 2:04 AM
> Subject: slow start triggered if recv window full on packet loss?
> To: kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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>
> Hi
>
> I'm trying to understand one behaviour of TCP I cannot explain
>
> analyzing some traces, I find that when there is a fast-retransmit and
> during
> that period the receive window is filled, when the sender receives a window
> update and resumes the sending activity, it resumes using slow start, or
> that is what it looks like:
>
> http://sites.google.com/site/despista000/index-html     (tcptrace plot)
>
> does my description matches the behaviour shown in the plot?
>
> comments appreciated
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
>



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Regards,
Peter Teoh

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