Re: Coded TCP

[George Herbert <george.herbert () gmail com>]

I understand and believe in the value of erasure coding, though I want to see the latency effects here.  But that model 
was very detailed view into an overly simple (to the point of operationally unrealistic) model.  Bad example, for a 
research paper.


George William Herbert
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On Oct 23, 2012, at 8:57 PM, "Michael Painter" <tvhawaii () shaka com> wrote:

> George Herbert wrote:
> > Modeled with just simple FTP sessions?
> >
> > Ugh: they admitted to having MIT backbone packet traces to analyze, and then used that simple of a simulator...
>
>
> The practical benefits of the technology, known as coded TCP, were seen on a recent test run on a New York-to-Boston 
> Acela train, notorious for poor connectivity. By increasing their available bandwidth-the amount of data that can be 
> relayed in a given period of time-Medard and students were able to watch blip-free YouTube videos while some other 
> passengers struggled to get online. "They were asking us 'How did you do that?' and we said 'We're engineers!' " she 
> jokes.
>
> More here:
> http://www.technologyreview.com/news/429722/a-bandwidth-breakthrough/?utm_campaign=newsletters&utm_source=newsletter-daily-all&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20121023
>