09-25-2024, 11:30 PM
I think I discovered why Chrome handles peak time congestion better than Firefox.
Google developed the BBR Algorithm in 2016. BBR ("Bottleneck Bandwidth and Round-trip propagation time") is a congestion control algorithm.
It's open source on GitHub. More details are here. I don't know if it needs to be implemented at both ends using a 'handshake' signal or not. if so, with YouTube and Chrome a Google product is at both ends of the connection. I can't find anything about Mozilla implementing this algorithm (but I didn't look very hard)
I'm now watch YouTube in HD at evening peak in Australia on wireless broadband for the first time.
I found this algorithm while reading about Starlink.
I think Starlink satellite internet could be another topic. It's certainly big enough technically for that
Google developed the BBR Algorithm in 2016. BBR ("Bottleneck Bandwidth and Round-trip propagation time") is a congestion control algorithm.
It's open source on GitHub. More details are here. I don't know if it needs to be implemented at both ends using a 'handshake' signal or not. if so, with YouTube and Chrome a Google product is at both ends of the connection. I can't find anything about Mozilla implementing this algorithm (but I didn't look very hard)
I'm now watch YouTube in HD at evening peak in Australia on wireless broadband for the first time.
I found this algorithm while reading about Starlink.
I think Starlink satellite internet could be another topic. It's certainly big enough technically for that