RFC 4774: Specifying Alternate Semantics for the Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) Field

There have been a number of proposals for alternate semantics for the Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) field in the IP header RFC 3168. This document…

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Outgoing relationships (10 related RFCs)

Normative reference — RFC 3168: The Addition of Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) to IP
Informative reference — RFC 4340: Datagram Congestion Control Protocol (DCCP)
Informative reference — RFC 2914: Congestion Control Principles
Informative reference — RFC 2960: Stream Control Transmission Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 2581: TCP Congestion Control
Informative reference — RFC 3540: Robust Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) Signaling with Nonces
Informative reference — RFC 4342: Profile for Datagram Congestion Control Protocol (DCCP) Congestion Control ID 3: TCP-Friendly Rate Control (TFRC)
Informative reference — RFC 3448: TCP Friendly Rate Control (TFRC): Protocol Specification
Informative reference — RFC 4341: Profile for Datagram Congestion Control Protocol (DCCP) Congestion Control ID 2: TCP-like Congestion Control
Informative reference — RFC 3714: IAB Concerns Regarding Congestion Control for Voice Traffic in the Internet

Incoming relationships (13 related RFCs)

Updated by, Informatively referenced by — RFC 6040: Tunnelling of Explicit Congestion Notification
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7567: IETF Recommendations Regarding Active Queue Management
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7414: A Roadmap for Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) Specification Documents
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9331: The Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) Protocol for Low Latency, Low Loss, and Scalable Throughput (L4S)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5696: Baseline Encoding and Transport of Pre-Congestion Information
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9599: Guidelines for Adding Congestion Notification to Protocols that Encapsulate IP
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6627: Overview of Pre-Congestion Notification Encoding
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9600: TRansparent Interconnection of Lots of Links (TRILL): Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) Support
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5559: Pre-Congestion Notification (PCN) Architecture
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8311: Relaxing Restrictions on Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) Experimentation
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6660: Encoding Three Pre-Congestion Notification (PCN) States in the IP Header Using a Single Diffserv Codepoint (DSCP)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8087: The Benefits of Using Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9330: Low Latency, Low Loss, and Scalable Throughput (L4S) Internet Service: Architecture