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From: <erik.taraldsen@telenor.com>
To: <bloat@lists.bufferbloat.net>
Subject: Re: [Bloat] Bufferbloat on 4G Connexion
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2019 11:51:36 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1571917896021.11761@telenor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.1910231047010.4488@qynat-yncgbc>

> The key thing in both BQL and AQL is that instead of treating all packets the
> same, you account for how long it will take to transmit them.
>
> In Wifi, your transmission rate can vary by a factor of 1000x (1Mb to over 1Gb
> per second), so just counting bytes as BQL does is no longer good enough.
>
> how much does the actual over-the-air transmission rate vary in 4G? I'd bet that
> it varies less than wifi does because wifi must retain compatibility with the
> earliest equipment while 4G no longer supports 2G protocols.

So in a scenario with a fixed (wall mounted outdoor unit) LTE device BQL could work 
quite well as the radio will not fluctuate too much.  

But for a mobil "pocket router" being carried around an AQL approach would be needed?  


-Erik

  reply	other threads:[~2019-10-24 11:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <mailman.865.1571824497.1240.bloat@lists.bufferbloat.net>
2019-10-23 11:56 ` Rich Brown
2019-10-23 12:27   ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
2019-10-24  7:26     ` Luca Muscariello
2019-10-24  9:34       ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
2019-10-24 12:55         ` Luca Muscariello
2019-10-24 14:02           ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
2019-10-23 17:52   ` David Lang
2019-10-24 11:51     ` erik.taraldsen [this message]
2019-10-24 12:14       ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
2019-10-24 12:14       ` Jonathan Morton
2019-10-11 14:56 Guillaume ROBIER
2019-10-22 21:02 ` Jonathan Morton
2019-10-23  7:28   ` erik.taraldsen
2019-10-23  8:24     ` David Lang
2019-10-23  8:37     ` Sebastian Moeller
2019-10-23  9:54     ` Jonathan Morton

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