{"draft":"draft-paxson-tcpm-rfc2988bis-02","doc_id":"RFC6298","title":"Computing TCP's Retransmission Timer","authors":["V. Paxson","M. Allman","J. Chu","M. Sargent"],"format":["ASCII","HTML"],"page_count":"11","pub_status":"PROPOSED STANDARD","status":"PROPOSED STANDARD","source":"TCP Maintenance and Minor Extensions","abstract":"This document defines the standard algorithm that Transmission Control\r\nProtocol (TCP) senders are required to use to compute and manage their\r\nretransmission timer.  It expands on the discussion in Section 4.2.3.1\r\nof RFC 1122 and upgrades the requirement of supporting the algorithm\r\nfrom a SHOULD to a MUST.  This document obsoletes RFC 2988.  \r\n[STANDARDS-TRACK]","pub_date":"June 2011","keywords":["[--------]","RTO"],"obsoletes":["RFC2988"],"obsoleted_by":[],"updates":["RFC1122"],"updated_by":[],"see_also":[],"doi":"10.17487\/RFC6298","errata_url":null}