RFC 8087: The Benefits of Using Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN)

The goal of this document is to describe the potential benefits of applications using a transport that enables Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN). The…

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Outgoing relationships (16 related RFCs)

Normative reference — RFC 3168: The Addition of Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) to IP
Normative reference — RFC 2474: Definition of the Differentiated Services Field (DS Field) in the IPv4 and IPv6 Headers
Normative reference — RFC 8085: UDP Usage Guidelines
Normative reference — RFC 6040: Tunnelling of Explicit Congestion Notification
Normative reference — RFC 7567: IETF Recommendations Regarding Active Queue Management
Informative reference — RFC 768: User Datagram Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 4340: Datagram Congestion Control Protocol (DCCP)
Informative reference — RFC 5681: TCP Congestion Control
Informative reference — RFC 3758: Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) Partial Reliability Extension
Informative reference — RFC 6679: Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) for RTP over UDP
Informative reference — RFC 1349: Type of Service in the Internet Protocol Suite
Informative reference — RFC 4774: Specifying Alternate Semantics for the Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) Field
Informative reference — RFC 3649: HighSpeed TCP for Large Congestion Windows
Informative reference — RFC 6789: Congestion Exposure (ConEx) Concepts and Use Cases
Informative reference — RFC 5562: Adding Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) Capability to TCP's SYN/ACK Packets
Informative reference — RFC 7928: Characterization Guidelines for Active Queue Management (AQM)

Incoming relationships (6 related RFCs)

Informatively referenced by — RFC 8085: UDP Usage Guidelines
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9293: Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8931: IPv6 over Low-Power Wireless Personal Area Network (6LoWPAN) Selective Fragment Recovery
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9599: Guidelines for Adding Congestion Notification to Protocols that Encapsulate IP
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9601: Propagating Explicit Congestion Notification across IP Tunnel Headers Separated by a Shim
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9006: TCP Usage Guidance in the Internet of Things (IoT)