%% You should probably cite rfc2416 instead of this I-D. @techreport{shepard-tcp-4-packets-3-buff-01, number = {draft-shepard-tcp-4-packets-3-buff-01}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-shepard-tcp-4-packets-3-buff/01/}, author = {Dr. Craig Partridge and Dr. Timothy J. Shepard}, title = {{When TCP Starts Up With Four Packets Into Only Three Buffers}}, pagetotal = 7, year = 1998, month = jun, day = 26, abstract = {This memo is to document a simple experiment. The experiment showed that in the case of a TCP receiver behind a 9600 bps modem link at the edge of a fast Internet where there are only 3 buffers before the modem (and the fourth packet of a four-packet start will surely be dropped), no significant degradation in performance is experienced by a TCP sending with a four-packet start when compared with a normal slow start (which starts with just one packet). This memo provides information for the Internet community.}, }