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RFC 9840: rLEDBAT: Receiver-Driven Low Extra Delay Background Transport for TCP

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This document specifies receiver-driven Low Extra Delay Background Transport (rLEDBAT) -- a set of mechanisms that enable the execution of a less-than-best-effort congestion control algorithm for TCP at the receiver end. This document is a product of the Internet Congestion Control Research Group (ICCRG) of the Internet Research Task Force (IRTF).

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Document ID
RFC9840
Published
September 2025
Authors
M. Bagnulo; A. García-Martínez; G. Montenegro; P. Balasubramanian
Status
EXPERIMENTAL
Stream
IRTF
Area
—
Pages
18
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