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Status:

INFORMATIONAL

Authors:

M. Welzl
D. Ros

Stream:

IETF

Source:

ledbat (tsv)

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC6297

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Abstract

This document provides a survey of transport protocols that are designed to have a smaller bandwidth and/or delay impact on standard TCP than standard TCP itself when they share a bottleneck with it. Such protocols could be used for delay-insensitive "background" traffic, as they provide what is sometimes called a "less than" (or "lower than") best-effort service. This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes.

For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.