Technical Summary
This document describes CUBIC which is a congestion control algorithm
used in TCP. CUBIC modifies the standard congestion control mechanism in
TCP in order to address low utilization issues for networks with large BDP.
CUBIC is well deployed in the current Internet since it has been used as
the default congestion control scheme in Linux. The objective of the draft
is to document the mechanism of CUBIC in Linux code as an informational RFC.
Working Group Summary
The TCPM working group has discussed how to document CUBIC mechanism
and reached the consensus to describe what is currently implemented as an
informational RFC. While the WG spent two year to discuss the draft, no major
controversial point has been raised during this process.
Document Quality
The draft has been reviewed and discussed by various participants in the WG
including experts from Linux kernel development community which have been
useful to adjust the description of detailed logics.
Personnel
The document shepherd is Yoshifumi Nishida <nishida@sfc.wide.ad.jp>.
The responsible Area Director is Mirja Kuehlewind <ietf@kuehlewind.net>.