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Bug #4983

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AsfStrategy only records the first response when it forwards a packet and sends a probes to an alternate face

Added by Ernest McCracken over 5 years ago. Updated over 1 year ago.

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Closed
Priority:
Normal
Category:
Forwarding
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When Asf Strategy forwards an interest it may also send a probe interest to an alternate face to get additional metrics. However, when the data response comes back it consumes the PIT entry so only the quickest response is recorded. The probe is generally wasted work as the slower response comes back as unsolicited data. There is no pipeline to the forwarding strategy for when unsolicited data is received. Additionally even if we added a trigger for this, the rtt calculation requires the PIT entry.

If the strategy was able to record more than one metric during probing rounds then it could respond quicker during congestion or primary link failure.

This seems like a bug but if the implementation was the original intention then I suppose this is a new feature for Asf.

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