RFC 9406
HyStart++: Modified Slow Start for TCP, May 2023
- File formats:
- Also available: XML file for editing
- Status:
- PROPOSED STANDARD
- Authors:
- P. Balasubramanian
Y. Huang
M. Olson - Stream:
- IETF
- Source:
- tcpm (wit)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC9406
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Abstract
This document describes HyStart++, a simple modification to the slow start phase of congestion control algorithms. Slow start can overshoot the ideal send rate in many cases, causing high packet loss and poor performance. HyStart++ uses increase in round-trip delay as a heuristic to find an exit point before possible overshoot. It also adds a mitigation to prevent jitter from causing premature slow start exit.
For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.
For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.