0.65 .051 . .033 .0034 0.008
0.7 .041 .06 .018 .0022 0.007
0.75 .034 .04 .0099 .0011
0p.8 .028 .027 .0052 .00072
0.85 .023 .015 .0021 .00034
0.9 .020 .011 .0011 .00010
0.95 .017 .0079 .00021 .000037
Table 1: Sending Rate S as a Function of the Packet Drop Rate p,
for RTO set to 2 RTT, and S in packets per RTT.
The table below shows the average sending rate S, for TCP connections
with the RTO set to 10 RTT.
Drop
Rate p Eq(1) Sims:ECN Sims:TimeStamp Sims:Drops
------ ----- -------- -------------- ----------
0.1 0.97 2.92 1.67 1.64
0.2 0.23 1.82 .56 .31
0.25 0.13 .88 .36 .13
0.3 0.08 .61 .23 .059
0.35 0.056 .41 .15 .029
0.4 0.040 .28 .094 .014
0.45 0.029 .18 .061 .0080
0.5 0.021 .11 .038 .0053
0.55 0.016 .077 .022 .0030
0.6 0.013 .045 .013 .0018
0.65 0.010 . .0082 .0013
0.7 0.0085 .018 .0042
0.75 0.0069 .012 .0025 .00071
0.8 0.0057 .0082 .0014 .00030
0.85 0.0046 .0047 .00057 .00014
0.9 0.0041 .0034 .00026 .000025
0.95 0.0035 .0024 .000074 .000013
Table 2: Sending Rate as a Function of the Packet Drop Rate,
for RTO set to 10 RTT, and S in packets per RTT.
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13. Authors’ Addresses
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Patrik Faltstrom
Sally Floyd
Jun-ichiro Itojun Hagino
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Geoff Huston (IAB Executive Director)
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James Kempf
Eric Rescorla
Mike St. Johns
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