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The CoDel queue management algorithm

The CoDel queue management algorithm

Posted Jun 30, 2012 8:43 UTC (Sat) by dlang (✭ supporter ✭, #313)
In reply to: The CoDel queue management algorithm by Lennie
Parent article: The CoDel queue management algorithm

There are many cases where packets getting dropped _is_ better than packets getting buffered.

One really popular application where this is true is your telephone. The phone system backbone has been digital for years (ATM was invented specifically for phone use), and with real-time audio you really do want to have packets dropped if you can't keep up rather than buffering and falling behind.


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The CoDel queue management algorithm

Posted Jun 30, 2012 11:38 UTC (Sat) by Lennie (subscriber, #49641) [Link]

I'm not saying that it's bad that the packets get droppped, actually I totally agree.

TCP was designed around the idea that packets get dropped (and in a timely fashion ! that is what the bufferbloat problem is all about after all).

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