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| author | Mike Perry <mikeperry-git@torproject.org> | 2021-07-29 17:02:32 +0000 |
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| committer | Mike Perry <mikeperry-git@torproject.org> | 2021-07-29 17:02:32 +0000 |
| commit | 532bec055175b626a0b200aeeb24e57bbeb4e78e (patch) | |
| tree | 2d5993e512a9fd656404a72ff6d706bb0725571f /proposals | |
| parent | baa504ea8f54fd7d3da1ece073843e672bf00a00 (diff) | |
| download | torspec-532bec055175b626a0b200aeeb24e57bbeb4e78e.tar.gz torspec-532bec055175b626a0b200aeeb24e57bbeb4e78e.zip | |
Prop 324: Rename cc_icw to cc_cwnd_init
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| -rw-r--r-- | proposals/324-rtt-congestion-control.txt | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/proposals/324-rtt-congestion-control.txt b/proposals/324-rtt-congestion-control.txt index b7d827e..25118a4 100644 --- a/proposals/324-rtt-congestion-control.txt +++ b/proposals/324-rtt-congestion-control.txt @@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ network traffic. This experimentation and tuning is detailed in section All of these algorithms have rules to update 'cwnd' - the current congestion window, which starts out at a value controlled by consensus parameter -'cc_icw'. The algorithms also keep track of 'inflight', which is a count of -the number of cells currently not yet acked by a SENDME. The algorithm MUST +'cc_cwnd_init'. The algorithms also keep track of 'inflight', which is a count +of the number of cells currently not yet acked by a SENDME. The algorithm MUST ensure that cells cease being sent if 'cwnd - inflight <= 0'. Note that this value CAN become negative in the case where the cwnd is reduced while packets are inflight. @@ -922,7 +922,7 @@ These are sorted in order of importance to tune, most important first. The lower this value is, the sooner we can get an estimate of the true BDP of a circuit. Low values may lead to massive over-estimation, due to ack compression. However, if this - value is above the number of acks that fit in cc_icw, then + value is above the number of acks that fit in cc_cwnd_init, then we won't get a BDP estimate within the first use of the circuit. Additionally, if this value is above the number of acks that fit in cc_cwnd_min, we may not be able to estimate BDP @@ -942,7 +942,7 @@ These are sorted in order of importance to tune, most important first. 100, we can set this as low as 33 to have the same amount of overhead. - cc_icw: + cc_cwnd_init: - Description: Initial congestion window for new congestion control Tor clients. This can be set much higher than TCP, since actual TCP to the guard will prevent |