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BEST CURRENT PRACTICE

Updated by:

RFC 7141

Author:

S. Floyd

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IETF

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ecm (tsv)

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC2914

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Abstract

The goal of this document is to explain the need for congestion control in the Internet, and to discuss what constitutes correct congestion control. This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements.

For the definition ofStatus,seeRFC 2026.

For the definition ofStream, seeRFC 8729.