RFC 2581: TCP Congestion Control

Allman, M.
Paxson, V.
Stevens, W.

Abstract

This document defines TCP's four intertwined congestion control algorithms: slow start, congestion avoidance, fast retransmit, and fast recovery. In addition, the document specifies how TCP should begin transmission after a relatively long idle period, as well as discussing various acknowledgment generation methods.

Keywords

TCP
slow start
congestion avoidance
protocol

Notes

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Bibtex

 @misc {allman.paxson.stevens_2581rfc99,
   author = {M. Allman and V. Paxson and W. Stevens},
    title = {{RFC} 2581: {TCP} Congestion Control},
     year = {1999}    
}
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