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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. This document obsoletes
RFC 2581. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
Authors:
Ethan Blanton <eblanton@cs.purdue.edu>
Vern Paxson <vern@icir.org>
Mark Allman <mallman@icir.org>
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