Evaluation: draft-allman-tcp-sack - A Conservative SACK-based Loss Recovery Algorithm for TCP to Proposed Standard

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Harald Alvestrand   [   ]     [   ]       [   ]      [   ]
Steve Bellovin      [   ]     [   ]       [   ]      [   ]
Scott Bradner       [ X ]     [   ]       [   ]      [   ]
Randy Bush          [   ]     [   ]       [   ]      [   ]
Patrik Faltstrom    [   ]     [   ]       [   ]      [   ]
Bill Fenner         [   ]     [   ]       [   ]      [   ]
Ned Freed           [   ]     [   ]       [   ]      [   ]
Allison Mankin      [   ]     [   ]       [   ]      [   ]
Thomas Narten       [   ]     [   ]       [   ]      [   ]
Erik Nordmark       [   ]     [   ]       [   ]      [   ]
Jeff Schiller       [   ]     [   ]       [   ]      [   ]
Bert Wijnen         [   ]     [   ]       [   ]      [   ]
Alex Zinin          [   ]     [   ]       [   ]      [   ]



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Subject: Protocol Action: A Conservative SACK-based Loss Recovery 
	   Algorithm for TCP to Proposed Standard
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The IESG has approved the Internet-Draft 'A Conservative SACK-based 
Loss Recovery Algorithm for TCP' <draft-allman-tcp-sack-13.txt> as a 
Proposed Standard. This document is the product of the Transport Area 
Working Group. The IESG contact persons are Scott Bradner and Allison 
Mankin.
   
Technical Summary
   
This document presents a conservative loss recovery algorithm for TCP
that is based on the use of the selective acknowledgment TCP option. 
The algorithm presented in this document conforms to the spirit of the 
current congestion control specification RFC2581, but allows TCP 
senders to recover more effectively when multiple segments are lost 
from a single flight of data.

Working Group Summary
   
The working group supported publishing of this document.
   
Protocol Quality
   
This document was reviewed for the IESG by Allison Mankin and Scott
Bradner.