Basic BBR info here, lots of other analysis and blog posts to search for though: https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/671069/
It should land in released upstream 4.9 kernels, at which point we can consider playing with it here. It sounds very promising, especially at the edge, but also possibly elsewhere in our infrastructure.
This task is just a reminder for when the right kernel arrives here.
Reading list:
- ACM Queue article http://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=3022184
- ICCRG session at IETF 98 (Mar 2017) https://www.ietf.org/proceedings/98/slides/slides-98-iccrg-an-update-on-bbr-congestion-control-00.pdf
- BBR Development mailing list https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/bbr-dev