@techreport{ietf-scone-protocol-06, number = {draft-ietf-scone-protocol-06}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-scone-protocol/06/}, author = {Martin Thomson and Christian Huitema and Kazuho Oku and Matt Joras and Marcus Ihlar}, title = {{Standard Communication with Network Elements (SCONE) Protocol}}, pagetotal = 28, year = 2026, month = jul, day = 29, abstract = {This document describes a protocol where on-path network elements can communicate their perspective on the maximum sustainable throughput for QUIC flows to endpoints. This throughput advice suggests an upper bound on long-term average throughput, independent of and complementary to real-time congestion control signals.}, }