From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from tuna.sandelman.ca (tuna.sandelman.ca [209.87.249.19]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.bufferbloat.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3DB2C3BA8E for ; Tue, 16 Jan 2018 16:34:10 -0500 (EST) Received: from sandelman.ca (obiwan.sandelman.ca [209.87.249.21]) by tuna.sandelman.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F687200E1; Tue, 16 Jan 2018 16:39:27 -0500 (EST) Received: from obiwan.sandelman.ca (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by sandelman.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69ACB80653; Tue, 16 Jan 2018 16:34:09 -0500 (EST) From: Michael Richardson To: Arie cc: bloat@lists.bufferbloat.net In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: MH-E 8.6; nmh 1.7-RC3; GNU Emacs 24.5.1 X-Face: $\n1pF)h^`}$H>Hk{L"x@)JS7<%Az}5RyS@k9X%29-lHB$Ti.V>2bi.~ehC0; <'$9xN5Ub# z!G,p`nR&p7Fz@^UXIn156S8.~^@MJ*mMsD7=QFeq%AL4m Subject: Re: [Bloat] Curious bufferbloat on DOCSIS connection with many downloads X-BeenThere: bloat@lists.bufferbloat.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: General list for discussing Bufferbloat List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2018 21:34:10 -0000 --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain Arie wrote: > I'm puzzled by this result, somehow sending 300KB/s of empty packets > upstream drastically improves the latency of my connection when it's > receiving many downloads. Maybe not exactly power save, but perhaps asking for the upstream bandwidth gets the CMTS to notice you more often and schedule a dump of it's queue of traffic for you. -- ] Never tell me the odds! | ipv6 mesh networks [ ] Michael Richardson, Sandelman Software Works | network architect [ ] mcr@sandelman.ca http://www.sandelman.ca/ | ruby on rails [ --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEzBAEBCAAdFiEEbsyLEzg/qUTA43uogItw+93Q3WUFAlpeb9EACgkQgItw+93Q 3WU0nQgAjgm24zpRNmN4dyqpu1wQfq2SmIWF9A72/SV5aXUzTqC1WdsjAx6gQmVv 9L0YAP4fYlDi/hWBjD65obbyhGtUZb7xab8ysxQR3Xw3d99qzyXG1Ake2YGv05sK qR1xGWFp/3Suvu7KM+a06brQukpVb1Uht9Pi2fvPBK1U9+VyS3TzJvejZlXD7MfL 6ysfrdNtSpDV2EYz2l7RBhtxR8Z6eU5MCwRdBSj4GTKRzg4qxS9icyadZx6V+kas g9MeErNGZwo9yPuaNQVqCQV6IQF8eHsrZoHLs8uL1Otn7tp2u4CGBEQsYkwEowmo idN7kzKKGwkG7f52hpKxhVWV3qiBzQ== =DahM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--