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RFC 2481: A Proposal to add Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) to IP

This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 3168.

Current version: RFC 3168 — The Addition of Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) to IP

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This note describes a proposed addition of ECN (Explicit Congestion Notification) to IP. This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community.

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Document ID
RFC2481
Published
January 1999
Authors
K. Ramakrishnan; S. Floyd
Status
EXPERIMENTAL
Stream
Legacy
Area
—
Pages
25
Also known as
—
Obsoleted by:
RFC 3168

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