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RFC 5681
TCP Congestion Control,September 2009
- File formats:
- Status:
- DRAFT STANDARD
- Obsoletes:
- RFC 2581
- Updated by:
- RFC 9438
- Authors:
- M. Allman
V. Paxson
E. Blanton - Stream:
- IETF
- Source:
- tcpm (wit)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC5681
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Abstract
This document defines TCP's four intertwined congestion controlalgorithms: slow start, congestion avoidance, fast retransmit, andfast recovery. In addition, the document specifies how TCP shouldbegin transmission after a relatively long idle period, as well asdiscussing various acknowledgment generation methods. This documentobsoletes RFC 2581. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
For the definition ofStatus,seeRFC 2026.
For the definition ofStream, seeRFC 8729.