{
  "draft": "draft-ietf-tcpimpl-cong-control-05",
  "doc_id": "RFC2581",
  "title": "TCP Congestion Control",
  "authors": [
    "M. Allman",
    "V. Paxson",
    "W. Stevens"
  ],
  "format": [
    "TEXT",
    "HTML"
  ],
  "page_count": "14",
  "pub_status": "PROPOSED STANDARD",
  "status": "PROPOSED STANDARD",
  "source": "TCP Implementation",
  "abstract": "This document defines TCP's four intertwined congestion control algorithms: slow start, congestion avoidance, fast retransmit, and fast recovery.  In addition, the document specifies how TCP should begin transmission after a relatively long idle period, as well as discussing various acknowledgment generation methods. [STANDARDS-TRACK]",
  "pub_date": "April 1999",
  "keywords": [
    "TCP-CC",
    "Transmission Control Protocol",
    "Congestion Control"
  ],
  "obsoletes": [
    "RFC2001"
  ],
  "obsoleted_by": [
    "RFC5681"
  ],
  "updates": [],
  "updated_by": [
    "RFC3390"
  ],
  "see_also": [],
  "doi": "10.17487/RFC2581",
  "errata_url": "https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata/rfc2581"
}