Computing TCP's Retransmission Timer

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Publisher: IETF
Doc Type: Standard
Pages: 11
Abstract: This document defines the standard algorithm that Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) senders are required to use to compute and manage their retransmission timer. It expands on the discussion in Section 4.2.3.1 of RFC 1122 and upgrades the requirement of supporting the algorithm from a SHOULD to a MUST. This document obsoletes RFC 2988. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
Publication Date: 2011-06-01
Status Note: Proposed Standard
DOI: 10.17487/RFC6298
Link: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC6298
Author(s): Dr. Vern Paxson
Mark Allman
Jerry Chu
Matt Sargent
Keyword(s): RTO

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IETF RFC 793 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 1122 [Active*]
IETF RFC 1323 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 2119 [Active*]
IETF RFC 5681 [Active*]

Bibliographic Reference(s)

Chu, J., "Tuning TCP Parameters for the 21st Century", http://www.ietf.org/proceedings/75/slides/tcpm-1.pdf , July 2009. EXTERNAL
Allman, M. and V. Paxson, "On Estimating End-to-End Network Path Properties", SIGCOMM 99. EXTERNAL
Jacobson, V. and M. Karels, "Congestion Avoidance and Control", ftp://ftp.ee.lbl.gov/papers/congavoid.ps.Z . EXTERNAL
Karn, P. and C. Partridge, "Improving Round-Trip Time Estimates in Reliable Transport Protocols", SIGCOMM 87. EXTERNAL
Jacobson, V., "Congestion Avoidance and Control", Computer Communication Review, vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 314-329, Aug. 1988. EXTERNAL
Schulman, A., Levin, D., and Spring, N., "CRAWDAD data set umd/sigcomm2008 (v. 2009-03-02)", http://crawdad.cs.dartmouth.edu/umd/sigcomm2008 , March, 2009. EXTERNAL
Henderson, T., Kotz, D., and Abyzov, I., "CRAWDAD trace dartmouth/campus/tcpdump/fall03 (v. 2004-11-09)", http://crawdad.cs.dartmouth.edu/dartmouth/campus/ tcpdump/fall03 , November 2004. EXTERNAL
IETF RFC 2988 [Superseded*]

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Referenced By

IETF draft-bormann-core-congestion-control-02 [Active*]
IETF draft-ietf-core-cocoa-02 [Active*]
IETF RFC 6347 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 7323 [Active*]
IETF RFC 8085 [Active*]
IETF RFC 8305 [Active*]
IETF RFC 9293 [Active*]