Technical Summary:
This document advances the F-RTO algorithm previously published in
RFC 4138 from Experimental to Proposed Standard. The changes from
RFC 4138 are described in an appendix, but mainly consist of
clarifications. This document only upgrades F-RTO for TCP from
Experimental to Standards Track; F-RTO for SCTP remains an
Experimental mechanism as described in RFC 4138. (This is the
reason why this document updates RFC 4138 instead of obsoleting it.)
Working Group Summary
The working group saw that there were good experiences with F-RTO
trials for TCP, and decided that it was reasonable to move it from
Experimental to Proposed Standard. The working group has accepted
all of the changes that the authors have made without much
controversy.
Document Quality
The document was reviewed for quality by a fair number of TCPM
WG members.
Personnel
Wesley Eddy (wesley.m.eddy@nasa.gov) is the document shepherd.
Lars Eggert (lars.eggert@nokia.com) has reviewed this document for the
IESG.
RFC Editor Note.
Please expand the RTO (Retransmission Timeout) and MSS
(Maximum Segment Size) acronyms on first occurrence.
Section 5:
Old:
"unnecessarily an inappropriately"
NEW:
"unnecessarily and inappropriately"