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RFC 2416: When TCP Starts Up With Four Packets Into Only Three Buffers

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This memo is to document a simple experiment. The experiment showed that in the case of a TCP receiver behind a 9600 bps modem link at the edge of a fast Internet where there are only 3 buffers before the modem (and the fourth packet of a four-packet start will surely be dropped), no significant degradation in performance is experienced by a TCP sending with a four-packet start when compared with a normal slow start (which starts with just one packet). This memo provides information for the Internet community.

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Document ID
RFC2416
Published
September 1998
Authors
T. Shepard; C. Partridge
Status
INFORMATIONAL
Stream
IETF
Area
tsv
Pages
7
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