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RFC 6937
Proportional Rate Reduction for TCP,May 2013
- File formats:
- Status:
- EXPERIMENTAL
- Obsoleted by:
- RFC 9937
- Authors:
- M. Mathis
N. Dukkipati
Y. Cheng - Stream:
- IETF
- Source:
- tcpm (wit)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC6937
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Abstract
This document describes an experimental Proportional Rate Reduction(PRR) algorithm as an alternative to the widely deployed FastRecovery and Rate-Halving algorithms. These algorithms determine theamount of data sent by TCP during loss recovery. PRR minimizesexcess window adjustments, and the actual window size at the end ofrecovery will be as close as possible to the ssthresh, as determinedby the congestion control algorithm.
For the definition ofStatus,seeRFC 2026.
For the definition ofStream, seeRFC 8729.