File formats:

Status:

BEST CURRENT PRACTICE

Authors:

M. Allman
D. Glover
L. Sanchez

Stream:

IETF

Source:

tcpsat (tsv)

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC2488

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Abstract

The Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) provides reliable delivery of data across any network path, including network paths containing satellite channels. While TCP works over satellite channels there are several IETF standardized mechanisms that enable TCP to more effectively utilize the available capacity of the network path. This document outlines some of these TCP mitigations. This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements.

For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.