Document Action: 'Early Retransmit for TCP and SCTP' to Experimental RFC

The IESG <iesg-secretary@ietf.org> Thu, 28 January 2010 15:24 UTC

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The IESG has approved the following document:

- 'Early Retransmit for TCP and SCTP '
   <draft-ietf-tcpm-early-rexmt-04.txt> as an Experimental RFC


This document is the product of the TCP Maintenance and Minor Extensions Working Group. 

The IESG contact persons are Lars Eggert and Magnus Westerlund.

A URL of this Internet-Draft is:
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-tcpm-early-rexmt-04.txt

Technical Summary

This document proposes a new mechanism for TCP and SCTP that can be
used to recover lost segments when a connection's congestion window
is small. This allows the transport to use fast retransmit to recover
segment
losses that would otherwise require a lengthy retransmission timeout.

Document Quality

There is limited implementation experience.  There are no MIBs or
other special items requiring expert review.

Personnel

Wesley Eddy (Wesley.M.Eddy@nasa.gov) is the document shepherd.
Lars Eggert (lars.eggert@nokia.com) reviewed it for the IESG.