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The Benefits of Using Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN)
RFC 8087

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2024-01-25
(System) Received changes through RFC Editor sync (added Verified Errata tag)
2023-08-03
(System) Received changes through RFC Editor sync (added Errata tag)
2017-03-07
(System)
Received changes through RFC Editor sync (created alias RFC 8087, changed title to 'The Benefits of Using Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN)', changed abstract to …
Received changes through RFC Editor sync (created alias RFC 8087, changed title to 'The Benefits of Using Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN)', changed abstract to 'The goal of this document is to describe the potential benefits of applications using a transport that enables Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN).  The document outlines the principal gains in terms of increased throughput, reduced delay, and other benefits when ECN is used over a network path that includes equipment that supports Congestion Experienced (CE) marking.  It also discusses challenges for successful deployment of ECN.  It does not propose new algorithms to use ECN nor does it describe the details of implementation of ECN in endpoint devices (Internet hosts), routers, or other network devices.', changed pages to 19, changed standardization level to Informational, changed state to RFC, added RFC published event at 2017-03-07, changed IESG state to RFC Published)
2017-03-07
(System) RFC published