RFC 7560: Problem Statement and Requirements for Increased Accuracy in Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) Feedback

Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) is a mechanism where network nodes can mark IP packets, instead of dropping them, to indicate congestion to the…

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Outgoing relationships (10 related RFCs)

Normative reference — RFC 3168: The Addition of Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) to IP
Normative reference — RFC 3540: Robust Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) Signaling with Nonces
Informative reference — RFC 5681: TCP Congestion Control
Informative reference — RFC 2018: TCP Selective Acknowledgment Options
Informative reference — RFC 896: Congestion Control in IP/TCP Internetworks
Informative reference — RFC 6679: Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) for RTP over UDP
Informative reference — RFC 3449: TCP Performance Implications of Network Path Asymmetry
Informative reference — RFC 6789: Congestion Exposure (ConEx) Concepts and Use Cases
Informative reference — RFC 6093: On the Implementation of the TCP Urgent Mechanism
Informative reference — RFC 5690: Adding Acknowledgement Congestion Control to TCP

Incoming relationships (3 related RFCs)

Informatively referenced by — RFC 9330: Low Latency, Low Loss, and Scalable Throughput (L4S) Internet Service: Architecture
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9331: The Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) Protocol for Low Latency, Low Loss, and Scalable Throughput (L4S)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9768: More Accurate Explicit Congestion Notification (AccECN) Feedback in TCP