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RED !!!RED NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION ALGORITHM PARAMETERS SEE ALSO SOURCES AUTHORS ---- !!NAME red - Random Early Detection !!SYNOPSIS __tc qdisc ... red limit__ bytes __min__ bytes __max__ bytes __avpkt__ bytes __burst__ packets __[[ ecn ] [[ bandwidth__ rate __] probability__ chance !!DESCRIPTION Random Early Detection is a classless qdisc which manages its queue size smartly. Regular queues simply drop packets from the tail when they are full, which may not be the optimal behaviour. RED also performs tail drop, but does so in a more gradual way. Once the queue hits a certain average length, packets enqueued have a configurable chance of being marked (which may mean dropped). This chance increases linearly up to a point called the __max__ average queue length, although the queue might get bigger. This has a host of benefits over simple taildrop, while not being processor intensive. It prevents synchronous retransmits after a burst in traffic, which cause further retransmits, etc. The goal is the have a small queue size, which is good for interactivity while not disturbing TCP/IP traffic with too many sudden drops after a burst of traffic. Depending on 08 ECN is configured, marking either means dropping or purely marking a packet as overlimit. !!ALGORITHM The average queue size is used for determining the marking probability. This is calculated using an Exponential Weighted Moving Average, which can be more or less sensitive to bursts. When the average queue size is below __min__ bytes, no packet will ever be marked. When it exceeds __min,__ the probability of doing so climbs linearly up to __probability,__ until the average queue size hits __max__ bytes. Because __probability__ is normally not set to 100%, the queue size might conceivably rise above __max__ bytes, so the __limit__ parameter is provided to set a hard maximum for the size of the queue. !!PARAMETERS min Average queue size at which marking becomes a possibility. max At this average queue size, the marking probability is maximal. Should be at least twice __min__ to prevent synchronous retransmits, higher for low __min.__ probability Maximum probability for marking, specified as a floating point number from 0.0 to 1.0. Suggested values are 0.01 or 0.02 (1 or 2%, respectively). limit Hard limit on the real (not average) queue size in bytes. Further packets are dropped. Should be set higher than max+burst. It is advised to set this a few times higher than __max.__ burst Used for determining how fast the average queue size is influenced by the real queue size. Larger values make the calculation more sluggish, allowing longer bursts of traffic before marking starts. Real life experiments support the following guideline: (min+min+max)/(3*avpkt). avpkt Specified in bytes. Used with burst to determine the time constant for average queue size calculations. 1000 is a good value. bandwidth This rate is used for calculating the average queue size after some idle time. Should be set to the bandwidth of your interface. Does not mean that RED will shape for you! Optional. ecn As mentioned before, RED can either 'mark' or 'drop'. Explicit Congestion Notification allows RED to notify remote hosts that their rate exceeds the amount of bandwidth available. Non-ECN capable hosts can only be notified by dropping a packet. If this parameter is specified, packets which indicate that their hosts honor ECN will only be marked and not dropped, unless the queue size hits __limit__ bytes. Needs a tc binary with RED support compiled in. Recommended. !!SEE ALSO tc(8) !!SOURCES o Floyd, S., and Jacobson, V., Random Early Detection gateways for Congestion Avoidance. http://www.aciri.org/floyd/papers/red/red.html o Some changes to the algorithm by Alexey N. Kuznetsov. !!AUTHORS Alexey N. Kuznetsov, ----
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