RFC 2001: TCP Slow Start, Congestion Avoidance, Fast Retransmit, and Fast Recovery Algorithms

Modern implementations of TCP contain four intertwined algorithms that have never been fully documented as Internet standards: slow start, congestion…

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Outgoing relationships (1 related RFC)

Informative reference — RFC 1122: Requirements for Internet Hosts - Communication Layers

Incoming relationships (13 related RFCs)

Obsoleted by, Informatively referenced by — RFC 2581: TCP Congestion Control
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5681: TCP Congestion Control
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2582: The NewReno Modification to TCP's Fast Recovery Algorithm
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2357: IETF Criteria for Evaluating Reliable Multicast Transport and Application Protocols
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2481: A Proposal to add Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) to IP
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2525: Known TCP Implementation Problems
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2414: Increasing TCP's Initial Window
Informatively referenced by — RFC 3148: A Framework for Defining Empirical Bulk Transfer Capacity Metrics
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2760: Ongoing TCP Research Related to Satellites
Informatively referenced by — RFC 3782: The NewReno Modification to TCP's Fast Recovery Algorithm
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9040: TCP Control Block Interdependence
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2488: Enhancing TCP Over Satellite Channels using Standard Mechanisms
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9317: Operational Considerations for Streaming Media