rfc-7786

TCP Modifications for Congestion Exposure (ConEx)

M. Kuehlewind (Editor), R. Scheffenegger

date2016-05 streamIETF areatsv wgconex statusEXPERIMENTAL pages20 canonicalhttps://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7786 doi10.17487/RFC7786

Congestion Exposure (ConEx) is a mechanism by which senders inform the network about expected congestion based on congestion feedback from previous packets in the same flow. This document describes the necessary modifications to use ConEx with the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP).