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End-to-end Performance Implications of Links with Errors

Network Working Group                                         S. Dawkins
Request for Comments: 3155                                 G. Montenegro
BCP: 50                                                          M. Kojo
Category: Best Current Practice                                V. Magret
                                                               N. Vaidya
                                                             August 2001


        End-to-end Performance Implications of Links with Errors

Status of this Memo

   This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the
   Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
   improvements.  Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

Copyright Notice

   Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2001).  All Rights Reserved.

Abstract

   This document discusses the specific TCP mechanisms that are
   problematic in environments with high uncorrected error rates, and
   discusses what can be done to mitigate the problems without
   introducing intermediate devices into the connection.

Table of Contents

   1.0 Introduction .............................................    2
      1.1 Should you be reading this recommendation?  ...........    3
      1.2 Relationship of this recommendation to PEPs ...........    4
      1.3 Relationship of this recommendation to Link Layer
          Mechanisms.............................................    4
   2.0 Errors and Interactions with TCP Mechanisms ..............    5
      2.1 Slow Start and Congestion Avoidance [RFC 2581] .........    5
      2.2 Fast Retransmit and Fast Recovery [RFC 2581] ...........    6
      2.3 Selective Acknowledgements [RFC 2018, RFC 2883] .........    7
   3.0 Summary of Recommendations ...............................    8
   4.0 Topics For Further Work ..................................    9
      4.1 Achieving, and maintaining, large windows .............   10
   5.0 Security Considerations ..................................   11
   6.0 IANA Considerations ......................................   11
   7.0 Acknowledgements .........................................   11
   References ...................................................   11
   Authors' Addresses ...........................................   14
   Full Copyright Statement .....................................   16




Dawkins, et al.          Best Current Practice