[ih] Loss as a congestion signal [internet-history Digest, Vol 84, Issue 4]

[Craig Partridge]

> I understand your feeling that 'doing the retransmission on an end-end basis
> wastes resources', but... doing local retransmission _as well_ as end-end
> retransmission (which one _has_ to have - see above) is going to make things
> more complicated - perhaps _significantly_ more complicated. Just how much
> more, depends on exactly what is done, and how.

There's actually an excellent thesis on this topic which shows
that local retransmission can be counter productive.  Reiner Ludwig,
Eliminating Inefficient Cross-Layer Interactions in Wireless Networks,
from RWTH Aachen.

Craig