@techreport{ash-manral-ospf-congestion-control-00, number = {draft-ash-manral-ospf-congestion-control-00}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ash-manral-ospf-congestion-control/00/}, author = {Gerald Ash}, title = {{Congestion Avoidance \& Control for OSPF Networks}}, pagetotal = 0, year = 2002, month = apr, day = 23, abstract = {Based on overload and failure experience with link-state protocols, this draft identifies means to enable link-state protocols to: o avoid getting into congestion states wherever possible o respond gracefully to network overloads and failures o gracefully recover from massive loss of topology database information The proposed mechanisms include the following: o throttle setups of link adjacencies o reduce the rate of flooding of link-state-advertisements(LSAs) o prioritized treatment of Hello \& LSA ack packets o database backup \& resynchronization for graceful recovery from loss of topology database information.}, }