Evaluation: draft-ietf-tsvwg-highspeed - HighSpeed TCP for Large Congestion Windows

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Last Call to expire on: 2003-09-16

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                      Yes  No-Objection  Discuss  Abstain
Harald Alvestrand    [   ]     [   ]     [   ]     [   ]
Steve Bellovin       [   ]     [   ]     [   ]     [   ]
Randy Bush           [   ]     [   ]     [   ]     [   ]
Bill Fenner          [   ]     [   ]     [   ]     [   ]
Ned Freed            [   ]     [   ]     [   ]     [   ]
Ted Hardie           [   ]     [   ]     [   ]     [   ]
Russ Housley         [   ]     [   ]     [   ]     [   ]
Allison Mankin       [   ]     [   ]     [   ]     [   ]
Thomas Narten        [   ]     [   ]     [   ]     [   ]
Jon Peterson         [ X ]     [   ]     [   ]     [   ]
Margaret Wasserman   [   ]     [   ]     [   ]     [   ]
Bert Wijnen          [   ]     [   ]     [   ]     [   ]
Alex Zinin           [   ]     [   ]     [   ]     [   ]

2/3 (9) Yes or No-Objection opinions needed to pass.

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Subject: Document Action: 'HighSpeed TCP for Large Congestion 
         Windows' to Experimental RFC 

The IESG has approved the Internet-Draft 'HighSpeed TCP for Large 
Congestion Windows' <draft-ietf-tsvwg-highspeed-01.txt> as an Experimental 
RFC. This document is the product of the Transport Area Working Group 
Working Group. 

The IESG contact persons are Jon Peterson and Allison Mankin.

Technical Summary
 
HighSpeed TCP modifies the congestion control mechanisms of TCP to accommodate large congestion windows tailored to high-speed networks. Standard TCP constrains the congestion window that can be achieved by TCP in realistic multi-gigabit environments. Accordingly, HighSpeed TCP adapts the congestion window much more appropriately to achieve an optimal steady-state for very rapid data transfer, and does so in a way that can co-exist with standard TCP deployments on the Internet.
 
Working Group Summary
 
The TSVWG Working Group supports the advancement of this Experimental protocol. Several proposals to address the use of TCP in high-speed networks have arisen outside the IETF (largely in academic communities); it is believed that the experimental deployment of HighSpeed TCP will aid significantly in determining the direction of ongoing research in this area.
 
Protocol Quality
 
This document was reviewed for the IESG by Allison Mankin and Jon Peterson.