@misc{rfc2581, series = {Request for Comments}, number = 2581, howpublished = {RFC 2581}, publisher = {RFC Editor}, doi = {10.17487/RFC2581}, url = {https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2581}, author = {Dr. Vern Paxson and Mark Allman and W. Richard Stevens}, title = {{TCP Congestion Control}}, pagetotal = 14, year = 1999, month = apr, day = 1, 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. {[}STANDARDS-TRACK{]}}, }