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- From: atkinson@itd.nrl.navy.mil (Randall Atkinson)
- Subject: Re: new AAL (SSCOP?)
- Message-ID: <BxFAwr.270@ra.nrl.navy.mil>
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- Organization: Naval Research Laboratory, DC
- References: <1992Nov8.231642.7509@nntpd.lkg.dec.com>
- Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 00:34:03 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov8.231642.7509@nntpd.lkg.dec.com> goldstein@carafe.enet.dec.com (Fred R. Goldstein) writes:
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- [ other stuff deleted ]
- % If you have a lot of loss in the ATM layer, then TCP recovery
- % (single selective recovery, at best) will not be very effective at
- % high speeds over multi-hop (or other long delay) links.
-
- This is a strong statement. It is not at all clear to me that a Van
- Jacobson TCP will not be sufficiently effective. I'd be much obliged
- if you'd explain why you believe there is a problem with handling
- things with TCP/IP/AAL5 without the other mechanism you mention.
-
- Ran
- atkinson@itd.nrl.navy.mil
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