@@ -100,10 +100,13 @@ interpretation of TCP loss detection mechanisms.
100100Every packet may contain several frames. We outline the frames that are
101101important to the loss detection and congestion control machinery below.
102102
103- * Congestion controlled frames are frames that count towards bytes in
103+ * Congestion- controlled frames are those that count towards bytes in
104104 flight and need acknowledgement. The most common are STREAM frames,
105105 which typically contain application data.
106106
107+ * Congestion-controlled packets are those that contain at least one
108+ congestion-controlled frame.
109+
107110* Crypto handshake data is sent on stream 0, and uses the reliability
108111 machinery of QUIC underneath.
109112
@@ -540,8 +543,9 @@ max_ack_delay:
540543
541544reordering_threshold :
542545: The largest packet number gap between the largest acked
543- congestion controlled packet and smaller unacknowledged congestion
544- controlled packet before it is declared lost.
546+ congestion-controlled packet and an unacknowledged
547+ congestion-controlled packet with a lower packet number
548+ before it is declared lost.
545549
546550time_reordering_fraction :
547551: The reordering window as a fraction of max(smoothed_rtt, latest_rtt).
@@ -909,7 +913,7 @@ the reduction to once per round trip.
909913# # Tail Loss Probe
910914
911915A TLP packet MUST NOT be blocked by the sender's congestion controller. The
912- sender MUST however count these bytes as additional bytes in flight, since a TLP
916+ sender MUST however count these bytes as additional bytes-in- flight, since a TLP
913917adds network load without establishing packet loss.
914918
915919Acknowledgement or loss of tail loss probes are treated like any other packet.
@@ -971,13 +975,13 @@ are described in this section.
971975
972976bytes_in_flight :
973977: The sum of the size in bytes of all sent packets that contain at least
974- one congestion controlled frame, and have not been acked or declared
978+ one congestion- controlled frame, and have not been acked or declared
975979 lost. The size does not include IP or UDP overhead.
976980 Packets only containing ACK frames do not count towards bytes_in_flight
977981 to ensure congestion control does not impede congestion feedback.
978982
979983congestion_window :
980- : Maximum number of bytes in flight that may be sent.
984+ : Maximum number of bytes-in- flight that may be sent.
981985
982986end_of_recovery :
983987: The largest packet number sent when QUIC detects a loss. When a larger
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