[tcpm] TCPM WG Status

[Pasi Sarolahti <[e-mail]>]

Hi,

Below is a status summary of various TCPM WG drafts, and individual drafts that are related to the TCPM work. Please let us know, if there are errors.

- Pasi


Recent RFCs
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The NewReno Modification to TCP's Fast Recovery Algorithm
(draft-ietf-tcpm-rfc3782-bis)
* Milestone Target: Proposed Standard in April 2011
* Status: RFC 6582 (April 2012)

1948bis
(draft-ietf-tcpm-rfc1948bis)
* Milestone Target: Proposed Standard in September 2011
* Status: RFC 6528  (Feb 2012)

WG Items Nearing RFC Publication
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Conservative SACK-based Recovery Algorithm / RFC 3517bis
(draft-ietf-tcpm-3517bis)
* Milestone Target: Proposed Standard in October 2010
* Status: RFC Editor's queue
* Action: RFC Editor processing, then publish RFC

MSS Option
(draft-ietf-tcpm-tcpmss)
* Milestone Target: Proposed Standard in July 2009
* Status: RFC Editor's queue / AUTH48
* Action: Authors to check the document, then publish

WG Items in WGLC or being revised after WGLC
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Increasing the Initial Window
(draft-ietf-tcpm-initcwnd)
* Milestone Target: Experimental in September 2011
* Status: In WGLC that ends on July 30 (after the TCPM meeting)
* Action: WG to review and send comments, or acknowledge that the draft is ok

Active WG Items
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1323bis
(draft-ietf-tcpm-1323bis)
* Milestone Target: Proposed Standard in July 2009
* Status: Revised after being expired, Richard Scheffenegger has joined editing team
* Action: Should get feedback from WG

Proportional Rate Reduction for TCP
(draft-ietf-tcpm-proportional-rate-reduction)
* Milestone Target: Experimental in May 2012
* Status: Probably ready for WGLC
* Action: Chairs plan to start WGLC after IETF-84 meeting

Shared Use of Experimental TCP Options
(draft-ietf-tcpm-experimental-options)
* Milestone Target: PS in Sept. 2012
* Status: Revised after IETF-83, needs WG review
* Action: WG review, then perhaps ready for WGLC?

TCP Fast Open
(draft-ietf-tcpm-fastopen)
* Milestone Target: Experimental in Sept. 2012
* Status: Revised after IETF-83
* Action: Needs WG review

Discontinued WG Items
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TCP Security
(draft-ietf-tcpm-tcp-security)
* Milestone Target: BCP in August 2010
* Status: Will be discontinued due to lack of consensus and progress
* Action: Chairs to ask milestone removal

Active Individual Internet-Drafts
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Laminar TCP and the case for refactoring TCP congestion control
(draft-mathis-tcpm-tcp-laminar)
* Status: Recently updated
* Action: Presentation at IETF-84

Updating TCP to support Variable-Rate Traffic
(draft-fairhurst-tcpm-newcwv)
* Status: ver -03 updated in June 2012, some discussion ongoing
* Action: Continue discussion on mailing list, no presentation at IETF-84

A TCP Authentication Option NAT Extension
(draft-touch-tcp-ao-nat)
* Status: ver 03 updated on May 30, individual RFC submission planned
* Action: Presentation at IETF-84

Automating the Initial Window in TCP
(draft-touch-tcpm-automatic-iw)
* Status: Recently updated
* Action: continue discussion on mailing list (no presentation at IETF-84)

Accurate ECN Feedback Option in TCP
(draft-kuehlewind-tcpm-accurate-ecn)
(draft-kuehlewind-tcpm-accurate-ecn-option)
* Status: Recently updated
* Action: Presentation at IETF-84

Additional negotiation in the TCP Timestamp Option field during the TCP handshake
(draft-scheffenegger-tcpm-timestamp-negotiation)
* Status: Recently updated
* Action: Presentation at IETF-84

TCP and SCTP RTO Restart
(draft-hurtig-tcpm-rtorestart)
* Status: Recently updated
* Action: Presentation at IETF-84

Processing of IP Security/Compartment and Precedence Information by TCP
(draft-gont-tcpm-tcp-seccomp-prec)
* Status: Not updated since IETF-83

Processing of TCP segments with Mirrored End-points
(draft-gont-tcpm-tcp-mirrored-endpoints)
* Status: Not updated since IETF-83

TCP Loss Probe (TLP): An Algorithm for Fast Recovery of Tail Losses
(draft-dukkipati-tcpm-tcp-loss-probe)
* Status: New draft
* Action: Presentation at IETF-84

Highly Efficient Selective Acknowledgement (SACK) for TCP
(draft-sabatini-tcp-sack)
* Status: New draft
* Action: Presentation at IETF-84