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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Peilong Jiang, Neal Cardwell3

Jun 27

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

Jun 27

Jun 20

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

Jun 20

Morten Lindeberg, … Bob McMahon11

Jun 13

BBR Linux implementation to expose the estimated bw at bottleneck link?

Anyways, thanks a ton Neal! Great help! Just the kind of feature I was hoping existed! søndag 12.

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BBR Linux implementation to expose the estimated bw at bottleneck link?

Anyways, thanks a ton Neal! Great help! Just the kind of feature I was hoping existed! søndag 12.

Jun 13

matt.a...@gmail.com, Neal Cardwell5

Jun 10

"Application-limited" and flow control

I think that's reasonable. On Friday, June 10, 2022 at 2:17:49 PM UTC-7 Neal Cardwell wrote: Hi

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"Application-limited" and flow control

I think that's reasonable. On Friday, June 10, 2022 at 2:17:49 PM UTC-7 Neal Cardwell wrote: Hi

Jun 10

Sam Kumar, … Damien Claisse3

Jun 3

Question on Strange BBR Behavior

Hi Neal, I'm experiencing a very similar issue, during transfer of a ~300MB file, traffic

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Question on Strange BBR Behavior

Hi Neal, I'm experiencing a very similar issue, during transfer of a ~300MB file, traffic

Jun 3

Wesley Rosenblum, evol...@web.de3

May 23

BBRv2 RFC Draft 02 Issues

Thanks, I've shared it in the ICCRG group as well: https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/iccrg/

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BBRv2 RFC Draft 02 Issues

Thanks, I've shared it in the ICCRG group as well: https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/iccrg/

May 23

Apr 28

Reno vs CUBIC vs BBR over Geo-Stationary and LEO satellite service

Here are some interesting real-world results for geo-stationary and low earth orbit satellite (

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Reno vs CUBIC vs BBR over Geo-Stationary and LEO satellite service

Here are some interesting real-world results for geo-stationary and low earth orbit satellite (

Apr 28

Apr 26

comments on draft-cardwell-iccrg-bbr-congestion-control-02

Hello, I am working on bbr2 cc on quiche (https://github.com/cloudflare/quiche/pull/1218). Basically

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comments on draft-cardwell-iccrg-bbr-congestion-control-02

Hello, I am working on bbr2 cc on quiche (https://github.com/cloudflare/quiche/pull/1218). Basically

Apr 26

Apr 23

rBBR for celluar networks

this looks pretty encouraging: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=9703289 -- I

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rBBR for celluar networks

this looks pretty encouraging: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=9703289 -- I

Apr 23

Apr 7

webtransport select BBR

how to select BBR congestion control in webtransport (chrome)

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webtransport select BBR

how to select BBR congestion control in webtransport (chrome)

Apr 7

Neal Cardwell, MUHAMMAD AHSAN6

Mar 29

BBRv2 v2alpha branch rebased from 5.10 to 5.13.12

Hi, Thanks for the report. It looks like the default kernel config in the v2alpha distribution is not

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BBRv2 v2alpha branch rebased from 5.10 to 5.13.12

Hi, Thanks for the report. It looks like the default kernel config in the v2alpha distribution is not

Mar 29

Fátima Fernández

Mar 25

BBRv2 draft-related issues

Hello! I have a conceptual question about how BBR transitions from STARTUP to DRAIN state when packet

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BBRv2 draft-related issues

Hello! I have a conceptual question about how BBR transitions from STARTUP to DRAIN state when packet

Mar 25

Mar 7

Fwd: New Version Notification for draft-cheng-iccrg-delivery-rate-estimation-02.txt

Hi all, Posting this for discussion. This includes various minor changes. HTML: https://www.ietf.org/

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Fwd: New Version Notification for draft-cheng-iccrg-delivery-rate-estimation-02.txt

Hi all, Posting this for discussion. This includes various minor changes. HTML: https://www.ietf.org/

Mar 7

Mar 7

Fwd: New Version Notification for draft-cardwell-iccrg-bbr-congestion-control-02.txt

Hi all, Posting this for discussion. This includes various minor changes. HTML: https://www.ietf.org/

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Fwd: New Version Notification for draft-cardwell-iccrg-bbr-congestion-control-02.txt

Hi all, Posting this for discussion. This includes various minor changes. HTML: https://www.ietf.org/

Mar 7

Adrian Z, Neal Cardwell4

Mar 7

Comments on new BBRv2 draft (draft-cardwell-iccrg-bbr-congestion-control-01)

On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 2:26 AM Adrian Z <adrianzap24@gmail.com> wrote: Hi Neal, >Thanks for

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Comments on new BBRv2 draft (draft-cardwell-iccrg-bbr-congestion-control-01)

On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 2:26 AM Adrian Z <adrianzap24@gmail.com> wrote: Hi Neal, >Thanks for

Mar 7

BobAnkh Shen, Neal Cardwell2

Feb 17

Question on figure 3 of the bbr paper

On Thu, Feb 17, 2022 at 4:40 AM BobAnkh Shen <bobankhshen@gmail.com> wrote: Hello, While I'

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Question on figure 3 of the bbr paper

On Thu, Feb 17, 2022 at 4:40 AM BobAnkh Shen <bobankhshen@gmail.com> wrote: Hello, While I'

Feb 17

marcello gambetti, … Bob McMahon5

Feb 2

help testing bbrv1 between two aws ubuntu 20 servers

Can you provide the iperf output including the -e option? If you can sync the clocks, try --trip-

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help testing bbrv1 between two aws ubuntu 20 servers

Can you provide the iperf output including the -e option? If you can sync the clocks, try --trip-

Feb 2

mingkun bian, ians...@google.com2

Jan 13

why does not quic bbr use undo mechanism

Undo logic is relatively complex, and with BBR relying on bandwidth more than loss, I'd expect

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why does not quic bbr use undo mechanism

Undo logic is relatively complex, and with BBR relying on bandwidth more than loss, I'd expect

Jan 13

Jan 5

BBRv2 - output bbr2 variables using ss

Hello dear BBR community ! First of all, happy new year ! Secondly, I was wondering how one can,

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BBRv2 - output bbr2 variables using ss

Hello dear BBR community ! First of all, happy new year ! Secondly, I was wondering how one can,

Jan 5

李锤子, ians...@google.com2

12/28/21

Question about bytes_in_flight & prior_bytes_inlight in OnPacketSent & OnCongestionEvent

bytes_in_fight in OnPacketSent() is bytes_in_flight prior to the packet being sent. If you look at

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Question about bytes_in_flight & prior_bytes_inlight in OnPacketSent & OnCongestionEvent

bytes_in_fight in OnPacketSent() is bytes_in_flight prior to the packet being sent. If you look at

12/28/21

12/17/21

flash tcp paper

There's a lot to like about this paper, https://www.sci-hub.se/10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3077612 Not

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flash tcp paper

There's a lot to like about this paper, https://www.sci-hub.se/10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3077612 Not

12/17/21

Dhvit Mehta, … Neal Cardwell3

12/11/21

Specify the BBR Congestion Control Algorithm for each connection

You can use a BPF program to do that sort of thing. Here's an example BPF program to set the

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Specify the BBR Congestion Control Algorithm for each connection

You can use a BPF program to do that sort of thing. Here's an example BPF program to set the

12/11/21

Holger Hoffstätte, Neal Cardwell2

12/11/21

Re: [bbr-dev] How to specify the BBR Congestion Control Algorithm for each port

You can use a BPF program to do that sort of thing. Here's an example BPF program to set the

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Re: [bbr-dev] How to specify the BBR Congestion Control Algorithm for each port

You can use a BPF program to do that sort of thing. Here's an example BPF program to set the

12/11/21

11/8/21

Fwd: New Version Notification for draft-cheng-iccrg-delivery-rate-estimation-01.txt

Posting this for discussion at today's ICCRG session and beyond. Feedback welcome! Thanks! neal -

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Fwd: New Version Notification for draft-cheng-iccrg-delivery-rate-estimation-01.txt

Posting this for discussion at today's ICCRG session and beyond. Feedback welcome! Thanks! neal -

11/8/21

11/8/21

Fwd: New Version Notification for draft-cardwell-iccrg-bbr-congestion-control-01.txt

Posting this for discussion at today's ICCRG session and beyond. Feedback welcome! Thanks! neal -

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Fwd: New Version Notification for draft-cardwell-iccrg-bbr-congestion-control-01.txt

Posting this for discussion at today's ICCRG session and beyond. Feedback welcome! Thanks! neal -

11/8/21

Adrian Z, Neal Cardwell2

10/22/21

Some questions about BBRv2's behavior

On Fri, Oct 22, 2021 at 4:53 AM Adrian Z <adrianzap24@gmail.com> wrote: Hi Neal, I've been

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Some questions about BBRv2's behavior

On Fri, Oct 22, 2021 at 4:53 AM Adrian Z <adrianzap24@gmail.com> wrote: Hi Neal, I've been

10/22/21

Brian Tierney, Neal Cardwell4

10/7/21

bbr2 on 100G LANs

Hi Brian, Thanks for pinging us about this. You have not missed any patches. :-) This is still on our

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bbr2 on 100G LANs

Hi Brian, Thanks for pinging us about this. You have not missed any patches. :-) This is still on our

10/7/21

Mahdi, Neal Cardwell2

9/29/21

BBRv2 parameters

On Tue, Sep 28, 2021 at 10:46 PM 'Mahdi' via BBR Development <bbr-dev@googlegroups.com>

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BBRv2 parameters

On Tue, Sep 28, 2021 at 10:46 PM 'Mahdi' via BBR Development <bbr-dev@googlegroups.com>

9/29/21

赵亚, Neal Cardwell3

9/27/21

Why BBR in probebw state use min_rtt round instead of packet-timed round

For what it's worth, the motivation for using wall clock time rather than packet-timed round

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Why BBR in probebw state use min_rtt round instead of packet-timed round

For what it's worth, the motivation for using wall clock time rather than packet-timed round

9/27/21

9/22/21

added to BBR FAQ: where does the value of the BBR Drain pacing_gain come from?

Hi, We have just posted to the BBR FAQ an analytic derivation explaining the pacing gain used in

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added to BBR FAQ: where does the value of the BBR Drain pacing_gain come from?

Hi, We have just posted to the BBR FAQ an analytic derivation explaining the pacing gain used in

9/22/21

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