RFC 6057 · HISTORIC · 2010
SUN · 14 JUN 2026
Comcast's Protocol-Agnostic Congestion Management System
Overview
RFC 6057, “Comcast's Protocol-Agnostic Congestion Management System”, is a Historic document published in December 2010 by C. Bastian, T. Klieber, J. Livingood, J. Mills, R. Woundy. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document describes the congestion management system of Comcast Cable, a large cable broadband Internet Service Provider (ISP) in the U.S. Comcast completed deployment of this congestion management system on December 31, 2008. This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes.
What “Historic” means
A specification that has been superseded or is otherwise no longer recommended for use.
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