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Immediate ACKs are good for PTO
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Fixes #214
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ianswett authored Sep 4, 2023
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Expand Up @@ -451,6 +451,11 @@ will wait 'max_ack_delay', increasing the chances of a premature PTO.
Therefore, if Ignore Order is enabled, the PTO MUST be larger than the peer's
'max_ack_delay'.

When sending PTO packets, one can either skip a sufficient number of packet numbers
or include an IMMEDIATE_ACK frame to elicit an immediate acknowledgement. This
avoids waiting for the ack delay for acknowledgements of PTO packets, reducing
tail latency and allowing the sender to exclude the peer's 'max_ack_delay' from
subsequent PTO calculations.

# Determining Acknowledgement Frequency {#implementation}

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