RFC 9040: TCP Control Block Interdependence

This memo provides guidance to TCP implementers that is intended to help improve connection convergence to steady-state operation without affecting…

Read RFC 9040 on the RFC Editor

Outgoing relationships (30 related RFCs)

Obsoletes, Informative reference — RFC 2140: TCP Control Block Interdependence
Normative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Normative reference — RFC 8174: Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC 2119 Key Words
Normative reference — RFC 793: Transmission Control Protocol
Normative reference — RFC 1122: Requirements for Internet Hosts - Communication Layers
Normative reference — RFC 1191: Path MTU discovery
Normative reference — RFC 5681: TCP Congestion Control
Normative reference — RFC 4821: Packetization Layer Path MTU Discovery
Normative reference — RFC 8201: Path MTU Discovery for IP version 6
Normative reference — RFC 6298: Computing TCP's Retransmission Timer
Normative reference — RFC 7413: TCP Fast Open
Informative reference — RFC 4960: Stream Control Transmission Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 5925: The TCP Authentication Option
Informative reference — RFC 4340: Datagram Congestion Control Protocol (DCCP)
Informative reference — RFC 7231: Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Semantics and Content
Informative reference — RFC 2663: IP Network Address Translator (NAT) Terminology and Considerations
Informative reference — RFC 6437: IPv6 Flow Label Specification
Informative reference — RFC 7540: Hypertext Transfer Protocol Version 2 (HTTP/2)
Informative reference — RFC 7323: TCP Extensions for High Performance
Informative reference — RFC 2001: TCP Slow Start, Congestion Avoidance, Fast Retransmit, and Fast Recovery Algorithms
Informative reference — RFC 3390: Increasing TCP's Initial Window
Informative reference — RFC 3124: The Congestion Manager
Informative reference — RFC 1644: T/TCP -- TCP Extensions for Transactions Functional Specification
Informative reference — RFC 8684: TCP Extensions for Multipath Operation with Multiple Addresses
Informative reference — RFC 1379: Extending TCP for Transactions -- Concepts
Informative reference — RFC 6928: Increasing TCP's Initial Window
Informative reference — RFC 2414: Increasing TCP's Initial Window
Informative reference — RFC 7661: Updating TCP to Support Rate-Limited Traffic
Informative reference — RFC 6691: TCP Options and Maximum Segment Size (MSS)
Informative reference — RFC 7424: Mechanisms for Optimizing Link Aggregation Group (LAG) and Equal-Cost Multipath (ECMP) Component Link Utilization in Networks

Incoming relationships (5 related RFCs)

Informatively referenced by — RFC 9522: Overview and Principles of Internet Traffic Engineering
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9623: Implementing Interfaces to Transport Services
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9868: Transport Options for UDP
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9768: More Accurate Explicit Congestion Notification (AccECN) Feedback in TCP
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9959: Careful Resume: Convergence of Congestion Control from Retained State