[Bloat] CFP: Workshop on Reducing Internet Latency

[Mikael Abrahamsson]

On Tue, 10 Dec 2013, MUSCARIELLO Luca IMT/OLN wrote:

>> We actually did talk about having a self-service portal where the customer 
>> could choose their preferred profile, either fast (no interleaving), 4ms or 
>> 16 ms interleaving, and also their safety margin to 6, 9 or 12 dB. Fast or 
>> 4ms interleaving worked well with 12 dB SNR margin (which means lower 
>> latency but also lower access speeds), whereas 6dB margin often required 
>> 16ms interleaving to work well. 
>
> Was that successful? Did  customers use that?
> Usually it is not, but I'd like to know about your experience.

We only talked about it, it was never implemented (at least not when I was 
there). We however made the different profiles available to customer 
service, so customers could call in and have their profiles set to 
whatever suited them best.

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Mikael Abrahamsson    email: swmike at swm.pp.se