{"draft":"draft-ietf-tcpm-rfc2581bis-07","doc_id":"RFC5681","title":"TCP Congestion Control","authors":["M. Allman","V. Paxson","E. Blanton"],"format":["ASCII","HTML"],"page_count":"18","pub_status":"DRAFT STANDARD","status":"DRAFT STANDARD","source":"TCP Maintenance and Minor Extensions","abstract":"This document defines TCP's four intertwined congestion control\r\nalgorithms: slow start, congestion avoidance, fast retransmit, and\r\nfast recovery.  In addition, the document specifies how TCP should\r\nbegin transmission after a relatively long idle period, as well as\r\ndiscussing various acknowledgment generation methods.  This document\r\nobsoletes RFC 2581.  [STANDARDS-TRACK]","pub_date":"September 2009","keywords":["[--------]","slow start","congestion avoidance","fast retransmit","fast recovery"],"obsoletes":["RFC2581"],"obsoleted_by":[],"updates":[],"updated_by":[],"see_also":[],"doi":"10.17487\/RFC5681","errata_url":"https:\/\/www.rfc-editor.org\/errata\/rfc5681"}