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This book answers a question which came about while the author was working on his diploma thesis [1]: would it be better to ask for the available bandwidth instead of probing the network (like TCP does)? The diploma thesis was concerned with long-distance musical interaction (“NetMusic”). This is a very peculiar application: only a small amount of bandwidth may be necessary, but timely delivery and reduced loss are very important. Back then, these requirements led to a thorough investigation of existing telecommunication network mechanisms, but a satisfactory answer to the question could not be found.
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Welzl, M. (2003). Introduction. In: Scalable Performance Signalling and Congestion Avoidance. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0519-8_1
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