rfc-2988

Computing TCP's Retransmission Timer

V. Paxson, M. Allman

date2000-11 streamIETF areawit wgtsvwg statusPROPOSED STANDARD pages8 canonicalhttps://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2988 doi10.17487/RFC2988 errataview

This document defines the standard algorithm that Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) senders are required to use to compute and manage their retransmission timer. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

obsoleted by

rfc-6298 — Computing TCP's Retransmission Timer