This document is the product and represents the consensus of the Coding for
Efficient Network Communications Research Group (NWCRG). It discusses complex
relationships between FEC coding and congestion control, explaining how these
technologies can coexist when applied end-to-end, and opens to various research
questions in the domain.
This document has been adopted as RG Item document in November 2019, directly
after the presentation of the individual document version -00. There was a
broad consensus during the November 2019 NWCRG meeting (confirmed on the list)
about the importance of the topic, in particular in order to combat bad
practices and wrong ideas. Since then the document went through regular updates
and has been discussed at lenght during all the following IETF meetings. We
held a RG Last Call in May-June 2021 during which I reviewed the document and
found only minor issues, that have been fixed. The document has previously been
extensively reviewed, essentially by the chairs.
I therefore believe this document represents a consensus of our RG and is now
ready for IRSG review.
Vincent Roca