JMU
TCP Congestion Control
An Introduction


Prof. David Bernstein
James Madison University

Computer Science Department
bernstdh@jmu.edu


Motivation
Where to Manage Resources
Congestion and Window Size
TCP Tahoe
TCP Tahoe (cont.)
TCP Reno (and Derivatives)
Retransmission Timers in Tahoe/Reno
TCP Vegas
Aside: Congestion Avoidance in Routers