BBR Development

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BBR Congestion Control Development

BBR is a new congestion control algorithm developed at Google.

There is a blog post on the launch of BBR for Google.com, YouTube, and Google Cloud Platform
There is a paper describing BBR in the February 2017 issue of CACM (the same content is in the ACM Queue BBR article from Oct 2016).
There are Internet Drafts specifying the BBR algorithm and the delivery rate estimation algorithm used by BBRv1.
BBR code from the BBR team at Google:
- BBRv1:
  - BBRv1 for Linux TCP (added in Linux v4.9: main commit)
  - BBRv1 for QUIC: .cc | .h
- BBRv2 (alpha):
  - BBRv2 alpha for Linux TCP
  - BBRv2 alpha for QUIC: .cc | .h
Quick start: a guide for getting started with the Linux TCP BBR implementation
BBR FAQ: frequently asked questions related to BBR and its implementations
[YouTube] [slides] for a BBR talk at the Linux netdev 1.2 conference (Oct 2016)
[YouTube] [slides] for a BBR talk in the ICCRG session at IETF 97 (Nov 2016)
[YouTube] [slides] for a talk covering policers and BBR's handling of policers, in the MAPRG session at IETF 97 (Nov 2016)
[YouTube] [slides] BBR talk at the ICCRG session at IETF 98 (Mar 2017)
[YouTube] [slides] BBR talk at the ICCRG session at IETF 99 (Jul 2017)
[YouTube] [slides] BBR talk at the ICCRG session at IETF 100 (Nov 2017)
[YouTube] [slides] BBR talk at the ICCRG session at IETF 101 (Mar 2018)
[YouTube] [slides] BBR Congestion Control Work at Google: IETF 102 Update (Jul 2018)
[YouTube] [slides] BBR Congestion Control: IETF 102 Update: BBR Startup (Jul 2018)
[YouTube] [slides] BBR v2: A Model-based Congestion Control - ICCRG at IETF 104 (Mar 2019)
[YouTube] [slides] BBR v2: A Model-based Congestion Control: IETF 105 Update - ICCRG (Jul 2019)
[YouTube] [slides] BBR v2: A Model-based Congestion Control: Performance Optimizations - IETF 106 - ICCRG (Nov 2019)
[YouTube] BBR: A Model-based Congestion Control - High-Speed Networking Workshop (May 2020)
[YouTube] [slides] BBR Update: 1: BBR.Swift; 2: Scalable Loss Handling - IETF 109 - ICCRG (Nov 2020)
[YouTube] [slides] BBR Internal Deployment, Code, Draft Plans - IETF 110 - ICCRG (Mar 2021)

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May 28

I am curious if anyone has applied this in linux, and to bbr. https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/

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I am curious if anyone has applied this in linux, and to bbr. https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/

May 28

May 26

BBRv2 v2alpha installation issue

Hi All, I followed the the recipe in the BBR v2alpha README. The installation process looks good and

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BBRv2 v2alpha installation issue

Hi All, I followed the the recipe in the BBR v2alpha README. The installation process looks good and

May 26

Wesley Rosenblum

May 24

BBRLossThresh derivation

Is there an explanation or derivation for the default `BBRLossThresh` of 2%? I've seen that it

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BBRLossThresh derivation

Is there an explanation or derivation for the default `BBRLossThresh` of 2%? I've seen that it

May 24

Neal Cardwell, … Yuanlai7

May 15

BBRv2 v2alpha branch rebased from 5.10 to 5.13.12

Hi Neal, I read all the posts regarding the BBRv2 installation. But I encountered another problem

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BBRv2 v2alpha branch rebased from 5.10 to 5.13.12

Hi Neal, I read all the posts regarding the BBRv2 installation. But I encountered another problem

May 15

Sadjida Lebid, Neal Cardwell2

Apr 27

Beginner needs help.

Hi, For the question about the cwnd and pacing rate, please consult the original intro piece: https:/

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Beginner needs help.

Hi, For the question about the cwnd and pacing rate, please consult the original intro piece: https:/

Apr 27

Wesley Rosenblum, … evol...@web.de20

Apr 18

BBRv2 RFC Draft 02 Issues

Another issue I noticed recently: BBRAdaptUpperBounds() in §4.3.3.6 calls BBRAdvanceMaxBwFilter() if

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BBRv2 RFC Draft 02 Issues

Another issue I noticed recently: BBRAdaptUpperBounds() in §4.3.3.6 calls BBRAdvanceMaxBwFilter() if

Apr 18

Arshiya, Neal Cardwell2

Apr 17

How to use BBRv2 on FreeBSD

Hi, I'm not aware of any BBRv2 implementation for FreeBSD. AFAIK, it would be likely to show up

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How to use BBRv2 on FreeBSD

Hi, I'm not aware of any BBRv2 implementation for FreeBSD. AFAIK, it would be likely to show up

Apr 17

Yuanlai Zhou, Neal Cardwell3

Apr 14

Want to confirm the simulation of BBRv2 behavior

Hi Neal, Thanks for the quick reply. I will check my code based on your suggestions. Thanks, Yuanlai

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Want to confirm the simulation of BBRv2 behavior

Hi Neal, Thanks for the quick reply. I will check my code based on your suggestions. Thanks, Yuanlai

Apr 14

Dave Taht, … Neal Cardwell17

Apr 3

Are we heading towards a BBR-dominant Internet?

On Mon, Apr 3, 2023 at 2:25 AM Sebastian Moeller <moel...@gmx.de> wrote: Hi Neil, thanks for

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Are we heading towards a BBR-dominant Internet?

On Mon, Apr 3, 2023 at 2:25 AM Sebastian Moeller <moel...@gmx.de> wrote: Hi Neil, thanks for

Apr 3

翁佳煌, Neal Cardwell2

Mar 11

bbr switch to cubic

On Sat, Mar 11, 2023 at 4:13 AM 翁佳煌 <wengji...@gmail.com> wrote: Hi， Because cubic and bbr

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bbr switch to cubic

On Sat, Mar 11, 2023 at 4:13 AM 翁佳煌 <wengji...@gmail.com> wrote: Hi， Because cubic and bbr

Mar 11

uken chou, Neal Cardwell2

Feb 28

Will BBR behave abnormally due to discontinuous sending flow

On Mon, Feb 27, 2023 at 9:48 PM uken chou <zyx104...@gmail.com> wrote: For each flow, the

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Will BBR behave abnormally due to discontinuous sending flow

On Mon, Feb 27, 2023 at 9:48 PM uken chou <zyx104...@gmail.com> wrote: For each flow, the

Feb 28

William Tang, … Neal Cardwell4

Feb 23

Current state of BBRv2

On Thu, Feb 23, 2023 at 11:27 AM Dave Taht <dave...@gmail.com> wrote: On Thu, Feb 23, 2023 at

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Current state of BBRv2

On Thu, Feb 23, 2023 at 11:27 AM Dave Taht <dave...@gmail.com> wrote: On Thu, Feb 23, 2023 at

Feb 23

Dunk Hong, Neal Cardwell2

Feb 23

Fine Tuning BBRv2 Parameters

On Thu, Feb 23, 2023 at 2:39 AM Dunk Hong <wdd...@gmail.com> wrote: Hi! In this communication

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Fine Tuning BBRv2 Parameters

On Thu, Feb 23, 2023 at 2:39 AM Dunk Hong <wdd...@gmail.com> wrote: Hi! In this communication

Feb 23

Gauri Baraskar, … Dave Taht3

Jan 18

Running webrtc with BBR

There are webrtc implementations of GCC in the pion library, signal's webrtc implementation (rust

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Running webrtc with BBR

There are webrtc implementations of GCC in the pion library, signal's webrtc implementation (rust

Jan 18

Mahdi, Neal Cardwell2

12/7/22

BBR startup state

On Thu, Nov 3, 2022 at 7:48 PM 'Mahdi' via BBR Development <bbr...@googlegroups.com>

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BBR startup state

On Thu, Nov 3, 2022 at 7:48 PM 'Mahdi' via BBR Development <bbr...@googlegroups.com>

12/7/22

12/1/22

BBR in the fediverse?

I haven't been keeping up with BBR much lately, but I was pretty disturbed by the behaviors of

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BBR in the fediverse?

I haven't been keeping up with BBR much lately, but I was pretty disturbed by the behaviors of

12/1/22

Sadjida Lebid, Neal Cardwell2

12/1/22

On Thu, Dec 1, 2022 at 4:33 AM Sadjida Lebid <sadjid...@gmail.com> wrote: Hello everyone, I

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On Thu, Dec 1, 2022 at 4:33 AM Sadjida Lebid <sadjid...@gmail.com> wrote: Hello everyone, I

12/1/22

Dave Taht, … Muhammad Ahsan10

11/24/22

Aggregating without bloating - hard times for tcp and wifi

On Wed, Nov 23, 2022 at 9:25 PM Muhammad Ahsan <muhamm...@umt.edu.pk> wrote: > > Hi

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Aggregating without bloating - hard times for tcp and wifi

On Wed, Nov 23, 2022 at 9:25 PM Muhammad Ahsan <muhamm...@umt.edu.pk> wrote: > > Hi

11/24/22

Wesley Rosenblum

11/1/22

Multiplexed HTTP/3 BBR versus multi-connection HTTP/1

When migrating from HTTP/1.1 to a protocol that supports multiplexing, such as HTTP/2 or HTTP/3, the

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Multiplexed HTTP/3 BBR versus multi-connection HTTP/1

When migrating from HTTP/1.1 to a protocol that supports multiplexing, such as HTTP/2 or HTTP/3, the

11/1/22

Wesley Rosenblum, … Neal Cardwell6

10/26/22

Latency and pacing rate while application-limited

On Wed, Oct 26, 2022 at 3:23 PM Bob McMahon <bob.m...@broadcom.com> wrote: A bit off topic

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Latency and pacing rate while application-limited

On Wed, Oct 26, 2022 at 3:23 PM Bob McMahon <bob.m...@broadcom.com> wrote: A bit off topic

10/26/22

Mahdi, Neal Cardwell2

10/20/22

Google's buffer management system

Hi Mahdi, You can read about this in some of the Sigcomm papers from Google over the years: Jupiter

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Google's buffer management system

Hi Mahdi, You can read about this in some of the Sigcomm papers from Google over the years: Jupiter

10/20/22

Junho Choi, Neal Cardwell2

10/14/22

Feedback on draft-cheng-iccrg-delivery-rate-estimation-02

Hi Junho, Thanks for posting this issue to the bbr-dev and ICCRG lists, and thank you very much for

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Feedback on draft-cheng-iccrg-delivery-rate-estimation-02

Hi Junho, Thanks for posting this issue to the bbr-dev and ICCRG lists, and thank you very much for

10/14/22

8/23/22

Model-Based Insights on the Performance, Fairness, and Stability of BBR

I keep hoping that a paper will appear that compares BBR against the behaviors of pie, codel, fq-

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Model-Based Insights on the Performance, Fairness, and Stability of BBR

I keep hoping that a paper will appear that compares BBR against the behaviors of pie, codel, fq-

8/23/22

8/4/22

SIGCOMM MIT paper: Starvation in e2e congestion control

Perhaps it's obvious to the authors that FQ opens up new possibilities for delay based

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SIGCOMM MIT paper: Starvation in e2e congestion control

Perhaps it's obvious to the authors that FQ opens up new possibilities for delay based

8/4/22

US柠檬, … MUHAMMAD AHSAN5

7/28/22

Can BBR v2 release the official version and merge it into the Linux 5.XX kernel?

Come on baby, the BBR2 project has been dragging on for a long time, it has been 3 years, or has

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Can BBR v2 release the official version and merge it into the Linux 5.XX kernel?

Come on baby, the BBR2 project has been dragging on for a long time, it has been 3 years, or has

7/28/22

Wesley Rosenblum

7/21/22

Round versus Loss Round

What is the difference between a Round and a Loss Round? The draft RFC seems to use Loss Rounds only

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Round versus Loss Round

What is the difference between a Round and a Loss Round? The draft RFC seems to use Loss Rounds only

7/21/22

Wesley Rosenblum, Neal Cardwell4

7/21/22

BBRv2 Round versus RateSample

On Thu, Jul 21, 2022 at 5:13 PM Wesley Rosenblum <wes...@gmail.com> wrote: Thanks Neal! >

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BBRv2 Round versus RateSample

On Thu, Jul 21, 2022 at 5:13 PM Wesley Rosenblum <wes...@gmail.com> wrote: Thanks Neal! >

7/21/22

Shiva Ketabi, Neal Cardwell2

7/4/22

Building kernel with BBRv2 on VMs

In my experience the kernel config in the v2alpha distribution works for Google Cloud VMs and Linode

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Building kernel with BBRv2 on VMs

In my experience the kernel config in the v2alpha distribution works for Google Cloud VMs and Linode

7/4/22

Peilong Jiang, Neal Cardwell3

6/27/22

Wrong bandwidth estimate result in traffic limit scene

Hi Peilong, Thanks for the details. This detail that you mentioned may be key: > I use software

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Wrong bandwidth estimate result in traffic limit scene

Hi Peilong, Thanks for the details. This detail that you mentioned may be key: > I use software

6/27/22

6/20/22

how can I proof 4.20 will

Hi, I want to find which BBR version should I use, than I found this patch ( https://patchwork.ozlabs

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how can I proof 4.20 will

Hi, I want to find which BBR version should I use, than I found this patch ( https://patchwork.ozlabs

6/20/22

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