TCP Congestion Control: A Systems Approach

Peterson, Brakmo, and Davie

Table of Contents

• Preface
• Chapter 1: Introduction
  • 1.1 What is Congestion?
  • 1.2 Controlling Congestion
  • 1.3 Theoretical Underpinnings
  • 1.4 Congestion Control Today
  • 1.5 Reference Implementation
• Chapter 2: Background
  • 2.1 Best-Effort Packet Delivery
  • 2.2 Reliable Byte-Stream
  • 2.3 High-Speed Networks
• Chapter 3: Design Space
  • 3.1 Implementation Choices
  • 3.2 Evaluation Criteria
  • 3.3 Comparative Analysis
  • 3.4 Experimental Methodology
• Chapter 4: Control-Based Algorithms
  • 4.1 Timeout Calculation
  • 4.2 Additive Increase/Multiplicative Decrease
  • 4.3 Slow Start
  • 4.4 Fast Retransmit and Fast Recovery
  • 4.5 Incremental Enhancements
  • 4.6 TCP CUBIC
• Chapter 5: Avoidance-Based Algorithms
  • 5.1 TCP Vegas
  • 5.2 Varied Assumptions
  • 5.3 TCP BBR
• Chapter 6: Active Queue Management
  • 6.1 DECbit
  • 6.2 Random Early Detection
  • 6.3 Explicit Congestion Notification
• Chapter 7: Beyond TCP
  • 7.1 Data Centers (DCTCP)
  • 7.2 Background Transport (LEDBAT)
  • 7.3 HTTP Performance (QUIC)
  • 7.4 TCP-Friendly Protocols (TFRC)
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