Re:How we built a new, fast file transfer protocol
by ac130kz on Saturday March 26, 2022 @03:33PM
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Some basic transfer based on UDP with forward error correction is a really good solution to tackle packet loss and avoid TCP congestion entirely.
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Re:How we built a new, fast file transfer protocol
by mcharawi on Saturday March 26, 2022 @03:44PM
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So congestion and packet loss are different problems; it is true that forward error correction could be a good way to avoid retransmitting lost packets, but the only way to avoid congestion is to adjust the congestion window (for window based congestion control) or packet sending rate (for rate based congestion control) based on some indicator of congestion.