Thoughts on increasing MTUs on the internet
Mikael Abrahamsson
swmike at swm.pp.se
Thu Apr 12 20:48:09 UTC 2007
On Thu, 12 Apr 2007, Joe Loiacono wrote:
> Window size is of course critical, but it turns out that MTU also impacts
> rates (as much as 33%, see below):
>
> MSS 0.7
> Rate = ----- * -------
> RTT (P)**0.5
>
> MSS = Maximum Segment Size
> RTT = Round Trip Time
> P = packet loss
So am I to understand that with 0 packetloss I get infinite rate? And TCP
window size doesn't affect the rate?
I am quite confused by this statement. Yes, under congestion larger MSS is
better, but without congestion I don't see where it would differ apart
from the interrupt load I mentioned earlier?
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Mikael Abrahamsson email: swmike at swm.pp.se
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