RFC 2001
TCP Slow Start, Congestion Avoidance, Fast Retransmit, and Fast Recovery Algorithms, January 1997
- File formats:
- Status:
- PROPOSED STANDARD
- Obsoleted by:
- RFC 2581
- Author:
- W. Stevens
- Stream:
- [Legacy]
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC2001
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Abstract
Modern implementations of TCP contain four intertwined algorithms that have never been fully documented as Internet standards: slow start, congestion avoidance, fast retransmit, and fast recovery. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.
For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.