∫ntegrabℓε ∂iﬀerentiαℓs · unorganised notes, code, and writings of random topics

Mathis & Mahdavi (1996) Forward Acknowledgement: Refining TCP Congestion Control (CCR)

January 6, 2012 paper

FACK TCP is using SACK option for better recovery. It decouples the congestion control from data recovery algorithms, i.e. when and how much data to send vs what to send. [more]

The Design Pattern in NS-3 Random Variables

December 27, 2011 blog code

I saw a very useful pattern in the random variable design in NS-3, but I can’t remember the name for such pattern. It goes as follows: [more]

Prakash et al (2011) The TCP Outcast Problem: Exposing Unfairness in Data Center Networks

December 19, 2011 paper

This paper describes TCP outcast problem, which arises in the following setting: [more]

Python generators

December 19, 2011 blog code

Summary from reading: “Generator Tricks for Systems Programmers” and “A Curious Course on Coroutines and Concurrency” by David Beazley [more]

destutter

December 11, 2011 blog code

I read across Yaron Minsky’s article in ACM Queue, http://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=2038036 [more]