Will Bep29 of Bittorrent Be Updated in the Near Future?
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I think BEP29 has three major problems:
1. Very low bandwidth utilization over long-distance networks (similar to classical Reno)
2. Pacing is not mandated
3. It doesn't maintain low priority when AQM is deployed
The author critiques BEP29, a BitTorrent protocol, highlighting its low bandwidth utilization, lack of mandated pacing, and issues with low priority maintenance under Active Queue Management (AQM).
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