RFC 8084: Network Transport Circuit Breakers

This document explains what is meant by the term "network transport Circuit Breaker". It describes the need for Circuit Breakers (CBs) for network tunnels and…

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Outgoing relationships (17 related RFCs)

Normative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Normative reference — RFC 3168: The Addition of Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) to IP
Normative reference — RFC 8085: UDP Usage Guidelines
Informative reference — RFC 1112: Host extensions for IP multicasting
Informative reference — RFC 5681: TCP Congestion Control
Informative reference — RFC 3985: Pseudo Wire Emulation Edge-to-Edge (PWE3) Architecture
Informative reference — RFC 2914: Congestion Control Principles
Informative reference — RFC 7761: Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification (Revised)
Informative reference — RFC 5348: TCP Friendly Rate Control (TFRC): Protocol Specification
Informative reference — RFC 2309: Recommendations on Queue Management and Congestion Avoidance in the Internet
Informative reference — RFC 6679: Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) for RTP over UDP
Informative reference — RFC 4448: Encapsulation Methods for Transport of Ethernet over MPLS Networks
Informative reference — RFC 8083: Multimedia Congestion Control: Circuit Breakers for Unicast RTP Sessions
Informative reference — RFC 4553: Structure-Agnostic Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) over Packet (SAToP)
Informative reference — RFC 5087: Time Division Multiplexing over IP (TDMoIP)
Informative reference — RFC 5086: Structure-Aware Time Division Multiplexed (TDM) Circuit Emulation Service over Packet Switched Network (CESoPSN)
Informative reference — RFC 7893: Pseudowire Congestion Considerations

Incoming relationships (7 related RFCs)

Normatively referenced by — RFC 8085: UDP Usage Guidelines
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8402: Segment Routing Architecture
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8083: Multimedia Congestion Control: Circuit Breakers for Unicast RTP Sessions
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9347: Aggregation and Fragmentation Mode for Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) and Its Use for IP Traffic Flow Security (IP-TFS)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9599: Guidelines for Adding Congestion Notification to Protocols that Encapsulate IP
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9622: An Abstract Application Programming Interface (API) for Transport Services
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9317: Operational Considerations for Streaming Media