RFC 2884 · INFORMATIONAL · 2000
SUN · 14 JUN 2026
Performance Evaluation of Explicit Congestion Notification in IP Networks
Overview
RFC 2884, “Performance Evaluation of Explicit Congestion Notification in IP Networks”, is an Informational document published in July 2000 by J. Hadi Salim, U. Ahmed. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This memo presents a performance study of the Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) mechanism in the TCP/IP protocol using our implementation on the Linux Operating System. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
What “Informational” means
Published for the general information of the community. It does not define an IETF standard and carries no standards-track status.
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