Specifying New Congestion Control Algorithms

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Publisher: IETF
Doc Type: Best Practice
Pages: 10
Abstract: The IETF's standard congestion control schemes have been widely shown to be inadequate for various environments (e.g., high-speed networks). Recent research has yielded many alternate congestion control schemes that significantly differ from the IETF's congestion control principles. Using these new congestion control schemes in the global Internet has possible ramifications to both the traffic using the new congestion control and to traffic using the currently standardized congestion control. Therefore, the IETF must proceed with caution when dealing with alternate congestion control proposals. The goal of this document is to provide guidance for considering alternate congestion control algorithms within the IETF. This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements.
Publication Date: 2007-08-01
Status Note: Best Current Practice
DOI: 10.17487/RFC5033
Link: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC5033
Author(s): Sally Floyd
Mark Allman

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IETF RFC 2581 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 2914 [Active*]
IETF RFC 2960 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 4340 [Active*]

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S. Floyd, Metrics for the Evaluation of Congestion Control Mechanisms, Work in Progress, July 2007. EXTERNAL
S. Floyd and E. Kohler, Tools for the Evaluation of Simulation and Testbed Scenarios, Work in Progress, July 2007. EXTERNAL
Floyd, S., and Jacobson, V., Random Early Detection Gateways for Congestion Avoidance, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, V.1 N.4, August 1993. EXTERNAL
IETF RFC 2488 [Active*]
IETF RFC 2988 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 3150 [Active*]
IETF RFC 3155 [Active*]
IETF RFC 3649 [Active*]
IETF RFC 3714 [Active*]
IETF RFC 3819 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4653 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4782 [Active*]

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IETF RFC 5783 [Active*]
IETF RFC 6077 [Active*]
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IETF RFC 8931 [Active*]
IETF RFC 9293 [Active*]
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