RFC 9204: QPACK: Field Compression for HTTP/3
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
This specification defines QPACK: a compression format for efficiently representing HTTP fields that is to be used in HTTP/3. This is a variation of HPACK compression that seeks to reduce head-of-line blocking.
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC9204
- Published
- June 2022
- Authors
- C. Krasic; M. Bishop; A. Frindell
- Status
- PROPOSED STANDARD
- Stream
- IETF
- Area
- wit
- Pages
- 41
- Also known as
- —
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