RFC 2488: Enhancing TCP Over Satellite Channels using Standard Mechanisms
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
The Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) provides reliable delivery of data across any network path, including network paths containing satellite channels. While TCP works over satellite channels there are several IETF standardized mechanisms that enable TCP to more effectively utilize the available capacity of the network path. This document outlines some of these TCP mitigations. This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements.
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC2488
- Published
- January 1999
- Authors
- M. Allman; D. Glover; L. Sanchez
- Status
- BEST CURRENT PRACTICE
- Stream
- IETF
- Area
- tsv
- Pages
- 19
- Also known as
- BCP28
Topics
Related documents
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- RFC 2760Ongoing TCP Research Related to SatellitesCurrent
February 2000
- RFC 2525Known TCP Implementation ProblemsCurrent
March 1999
- RFC 2416When TCP Starts Up With Four Packets Into Only Three BuffersCurrent
September 1998
- RFC 2415Simulation Studies of Increased Initial TCP Window SizeCurrent
September 1998
- RFC 2414Increasing TCP's Initial WindowObsoleted
September 1998
- RFC 2398Some Testing Tools for TCP ImplementorsCurrent
August 1998
- RFC 2582The NewReno Modification to TCP's Fast Recovery AlgorithmObsoleted
April 1999
- RFC 2923TCP Problems with Path MTU DiscoveryCurrent
September 2000
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