RFC - 2414

Increasing TCP's Initial Window

Original:	ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2414.txt
Authors:	M. Allman [NASA Lewis/Sterling Software], S. Floyd [LBNL], C. Partridge [BBN Technologies]
Date:	September 1998
Category:	Informational
This specification has been !!! obsoleted !!!

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Obsoleted by:
RFC-3390prop	Increasing TCP's Initial Window

Referred by:	18 RFC
Refers to:	11 RFC

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Status

This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Discussion and suggestions for improvement are requested. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

Copyright Notice

Copyright (C) The Internet Society (1998). All Rights Reserved.

Abstract

This document specifies an increase in the permitted initial window for TCP from one segment to roughly 4K bytes. This document discusses the advantages and disadvantages of such a change, outlining experimental results that indicate the costs and benefits of such a change to TCP.

Terminology

The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119 [RFC2119].

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