TCP Congestion Window Validation
RFC 2861, “TCP Congestion Window Validation”, is a Historic document published in June 2000 by M. Handley, J. Padhye, S. Floyd. It has been obsoleted by RFC 7661 — refer to the newer document for the authoritative version. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document describes a simple modification to TCP's congestion control algorithms to decay the congestion window cwnd after the transition from a sufficiently-long application-limited period, while using the slow-start threshold ssthresh to save information about the previous value of the congestion window. This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community.
What “Historic” means
A specification that has been superseded or is otherwise no longer recommended for use.
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