A Conservative Loss Recovery Algorithm Based on Selective Acknowledgment (SACK) for TCP

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Publisher: IETF
Doc Type: Standard
Pages: 15
Abstract: This document presents a conservative loss recovery algorithm for TCP that is based on the use of the selective acknowledgment (SACK) TCP option. The algorithm presented in this document conforms to the spirit of the current congestion control specification (RFC 5681), but allows TCP senders to recover more effectively when multiple segments are lost from a single flight of data. This document obsoletes RFC 3517 and describes changes from it. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
Publication Date: 2012-08-01
Status Note: Proposed Standard
DOI: 10.17487/RFC6675
Link: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC6675
Author(s): Ethan Blanton
Mark Allman
Lili Wang
Ilpo Järvinen
Markku Kojo
Yoshifumi Nishida
Keyword(s): TCP, Retransmission, Congestion Control

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IETF RFC 793 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 2018 [Active*]
IETF RFC 2119 [Active*]
IETF RFC 5681 [Active*]

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Fernando Gont, "Security Assessment of the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)", CPNI Technical Note 3/2009, < http://www.gont.com.ar/papers/ tn-03-09-security-assessment-TCP.pdf >, February 2009. EXTERNAL
Jitendra Padhye, Sally Floyd "Identifying the TCP Behavior of Web Servers", ACM SIGCOMM, August 2001. EXTERNAL
Van Jacobson, "Modified TCP Congestion Avoidance Algorithm", Technical Report, LBL, April 1990. EXTERNAL
Kevin Fall and Sally Floyd, "Simulation-based Comparisons of Tahoe, Reno and SACK TCP", Computer Communication Review, July 1996. EXTERNAL
Mark Allman, Chris Hayes, Hans Kruse, Shawn Ostermann, "TCP Performance Over Satellite Links", Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Telecommunications Systems, Nashville, TN, March, 1997. EXTERNAL
Mark Allman, "A Web Server's View of the Transport Layer", ACM Computer Communication Review, 30(5), October 2000. EXTERNAL
IETF RFC 2914 [Active*]
IETF RFC 3517 [Superseded*]
RFC5961 — RFC5961 EXTERNAL
IETF RFC 6298 [Active*]
IETF RFC 6582 [Active*]

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Referenced By

IETF RFC 6937 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 7323 [Active*]
IETF RFC 7661 [Active*]
IETF RFC 9438 [Active*]
IETF RFC 9937 [Active*]