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feat: auto-tune stream receive window #1868

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Previously the stream send and receive window had a hard limit at 1MB. On high latency and/or high bandwidth connections (i.e. large bandwidth-delay product), 1 MB is not enough to exhaust the available bandwidth.

Sample scenario:

delay_s = 0.05
window_bits = 1 * 1024 * 1024 * 8
bandwidth_bits_s = window_bits / delay_s
bandwidth_mbits_s = bandwidth_bits_s / 1024 / 1024 # 160.0

In other words, on a 50 ms connection a 1 MB window can at most achieve 160 Mbit/s.

This commit introduces an auto-tuning algorithm for the stream receive window, increasing the window towards the bandwidth-delay product of the connection.


Work in progress for now. Able to transfer >160Mbit/s on a 50ms link already.

Currently implementing the algorithm proposed in #733 (comment). I still have to familiarize myself with the algorithm proposed in #733 (comment). Which ever is chosen, both need the same scaffolding.

Fixes #733.

TODO

  • Reasonable upper limit (e.g. 500ms and 1gbit/s)
  • Shrink buffers
  • Investigate only linear CC increase on simulator (no loss)

This commit adds a basic smoke test using the `test-ficture` simulator,
asserting that on a connection with unlimited bandwidth and 50ms round-trip-time
Neqo can eventually achieve > 1 Gbit/s throughput.

Showcases the potential a future stream flow-control auto-tuning algorithm can have.

See mozilla#733.
Previously the stream send and receive window had a hard limit at 1MB. On high
latency and/or high bandwidth connections, 1 MB is not enough to exhaust the
available bandwidth.

Sample scenario:

```
delay_s = 0.05
window_bits = 1 * 1024 * 1024 * 8
bandwidth_bits_s = window_bits / delay_s
bandwidth_mbits_s = bandwidth_bits_s / 1024 / 1024 # 160.0
```

In other words, on a 50 ms connection a 1 MB window can at most achieve 160
Mbit/s.

This commit introduces an auto-tuning algorithm for the stream receive window,
increasing the window towards the bandwidth-delay product of the connection.
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mxinden added 17 commits May 14, 2024 15:49
This commit adds a basic smoke test using the `test-fixture` simulator,
asserting the expected bandwidth on a 1 gbit link.

Given mozilla#733, the current expected bandwidth
is limited by the fixed sized stream receive buffer (1MiB).
A `Node` (e.g. a `Client`, `Server` or `TailDrop` router) can be in 3 states:

``` rust
enum NodeState {
    /// The node just produced a datagram.  It should be activated again as soon as possible.
    Active,
    /// The node is waiting.
    Waiting(Instant),
    /// The node became idle.
    Idle,
}
```

`NodeHolder::ready()` determines whether a `Node` is ready to be processed
again. When `NodeState::Waiting`, it should only be ready when `t <= now`, i.e.
the waiting time has passed, not `t >= now`.

``` rust
impl NodeHolder {
    fn ready(&self, now: Instant) -> bool {
        match self.state {
            Active => true,
            Waiting(t) => t <= now, // not >=
            Idle => false,
        }
    }
}
```

The previous behavior lead to wastefull non-ready `Node`s being processed and
thus a large test runtime when e.g. simulating a gbit
connection (mozilla#2203).
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