RFC 7786
TCP Modifications for Congestion Exposure (ConEx), May 2016
- File formats:
- Status:
- EXPERIMENTAL
- Authors:
- M. Kuehlewind, Ed.
R. Scheffenegger - Stream:
- IETF
- Source:
- conex (tsv)
DOI: 10.17487/RFC7786
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Abstract
Congestion Exposure (ConEx) is a mechanism by which senders inform the network about expected congestion based on congestion feedback from previous packets in the same flow. This document describes the necessary modifications to use ConEx with the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP).
For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.
For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.