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Subject: Datagram sizes
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Date: Tue, 26-May-87 18:09:22 EDT
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The discussion seems close to an observation I've run across.
Packet size and datagram size have historically been a function
of buffer size, since that was the bottleneck.  It seems that
the controlling factor in packet size is noise.  Shorter packets
are more noise resistant, all other controlling parameters constant.

Rex Buddenberg
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