[Iccrg] TCP requirements

[Lachlan Andrew]

Greetings Keshav,

On 11/10/06, S. Keshav <keshav at uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
> If scheme A is fair to all users, and scheme B is unfair, but every user
> with scheme B gets more than the same user with scheme A, would you
> prefer B to A? I would.

Very good point.  However, most concepts of fairness (like max-min
fairness and utility maximisation) already eliminate that possibility.
 They define all "fair" points to be on the "Pareto-optimal" boundary,
where it is impossible for all users to improve simultaneously.  A
point where everyone gets equal rate isn't necessarily "fair".

> So, a discussion of fairness, and its relationship to congestion is
> well worth having.

Agreed!

Lachlan

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