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       Title     : TCP Control Block Interdependence                       
       Author(s) : J. Touch
       Filename  : draft-touch-tcp-interdep-01.txt
       Pages     : 11
       Date      : 04/18/1997

This draft makes the case for interdependent TCP control blocks, where part
of the TCP state is shared among similar concurrent connections, or across 
similar connection instances. TCP state includes a combination of 
parameters, such as connection state, current round-trip time estimates, 
congestion control information, and process information.  This state is 
currently maintained on a per-connection basis in the TCP control block, 
but should be shared across connections to the same host. The goal is to 
improve transient transport performance, while maintaining 
backward-compatibility with existing implementations.   
                   
This document is a product of the LSAM project at ISI.  Comments are 
solicited and should be addressed to the author.                           

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