RFC 3124 · PROPOSED STANDARD · 2001

The Congestion Manager

Overview

RFC 3124, “The Congestion Manager”, is a Proposed Standard document published in June 2001 by H. Balakrishnan, S. Seshan. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document describes the Congestion Manager (CM), an end-system module that enables an ensemble of multiple concurrent streams from a sender destined to the same receiver and sharing the same congestion properties to perform proper congestion avoidance and control, and allows applications to easily adapt to network congestion. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

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What “Proposed Standard” means

An entry-level standards-track specification: stable, peer-reviewed and a solid basis for implementation, though it may still evolve before becoming an Internet Standard.

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