{
  "draft": "draft-paxson-tcp-rto-01",
  "doc_id": "RFC2988",
  "title": "Computing TCP's Retransmission Timer",
  "authors": [
    "V. Paxson",
    "M. Allman"
  ],
  "format": [
    "TEXT",
    "HTML"
  ],
  "page_count": "8",
  "pub_status": "PROPOSED STANDARD",
  "status": "PROPOSED STANDARD",
  "source": "Transport and Services Working Group",
  "abstract": "This document defines the standard algorithm that Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) senders are required to use to compute and manage their retransmission timer. [STANDARDS-TRACK]",
  "pub_date": "November 2000",
  "keywords": [
    "TCP",
    "transmission control protocol",
    "algorithm"
  ],
  "obsoletes": [],
  "obsoleted_by": [
    "RFC6298"
  ],
  "updates": [],
  "updated_by": [],
  "see_also": [],
  "doi": "10.17487/RFC2988",
  "errata_url": "https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata/rfc2988"
}