RFC 3481: TCP over Second (2.5G) and Third (3G) Generation Wireless Networks

This document describes a profile for optimizing TCP to adapt so that it handles paths including second (2.5G) and third (3G) generation wireless networks. It…

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Outgoing relationships (26 related RFCs)

Normative reference — RFC 2460: Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
Normative reference — RFC 3168: The Addition of Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) to IP
Normative reference — RFC 1191: Path MTU discovery
Normative reference — RFC 1323: TCP Extensions for High Performance
Normative reference — RFC 2018: TCP Selective Acknowledgment Options
Normative reference — RFC 1981: Path MTU Discovery for IP version 6
Normative reference — RFC 3095: RObust Header Compression (ROHC): Framework and four profiles: RTP, UDP, ESP, and uncompressed
Normative reference — RFC 2988: Computing TCP's Retransmission Timer
Normative reference — RFC 2581: TCP Congestion Control
Normative reference — RFC 2507: IP Header Compression
Normative reference — RFC 3042: Enhancing TCP's Loss Recovery Using Limited Transmit
Normative reference — RFC 3390: Increasing TCP's Initial Window
Normative reference — RFC 2582: The NewReno Modification to TCP's Fast Recovery Algorithm
Normative reference — RFC 1435: IESG Advice from Experience with Path MTU Discovery
Normative reference — RFC 3241: Robust Header Compression (ROHC) over PPP
Informative reference — RFC 2401: Security Architecture for the Internet Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 2246: The TLS Protocol Version 1.0
Informative reference — RFC 1144: Compressing TCP/IP Headers for Low-Speed Serial Links
Informative reference — RFC 2309: Recommendations on Queue Management and Congestion Avoidance in the Internet
Informative reference — RFC 2883: An Extension to the Selective Acknowledgement (SACK) Option for TCP
Informative reference — RFC 1644: T/TCP -- TCP Extensions for Transactions Functional Specification
Informative reference — RFC 3449: TCP Performance Implications of Network Path Asymmetry
Informative reference — RFC 2884: Performance Evaluation of Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) in IP Networks
Informative reference — RFC 2757: Long Thin Networks
Informative reference — RFC 2760: Ongoing TCP Research Related to Satellites
Informative reference — RFC 3374: Problem Description: Reasons For Performing Context Transfers Between Nodes in an IP Access Network

Incoming relationships (4 related RFCs)

Normatively referenced by — RFC 7414: A Roadmap for Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) Specification Documents
Informatively referenced by — RFC 3522: The Eifel Detection Algorithm for TCP
Informatively referenced by — RFC 4614: A Roadmap for Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) Specification Documents
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9006: TCP Usage Guidance in the Internet of Things (IoT)