RFC 9600
TRansparent Interconnection of Lots of Links (TRILL): Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) Support, August 2024
- File formats:
- Also available: XML file for editing
- Status:
- PROPOSED STANDARD
- Authors:
- D. Eastlake 3rd
B. Briscoe - Stream:
- IETF
- Source:
- trill (rtg)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC9600
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Abstract
Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) allows a forwarding element to notify downstream devices, including the destination, of the onset of congestion without having to drop packets. This can improve network efficiency through better congestion control without packet drops. This document extends ECN to TRansparent Interconnection of Lots of Links (TRILL) switches, including integration with IP ECN, and provides for ECN marking in the TRILL header extension flags word (RFC 7179).
For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.
For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.