On 11/12/2025 01:01, Alanna Paloma wrote:
Hi Neal,

The files have been updated per your request.

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Sorry, for this late response !!!

I have reviewed the changes in the final updated text in: https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9937.txt

RFC3168 is a Standards Track reference, and we ought to be careful in the way this is cited, and change this.

I propose:

1. Section 4, CURRENT:
   such as for Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) as
   described in [RFC3168].

NEW:
   such as for Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) as
   specified in [RFC3168].

---
2. Section 4, CURRENT:
   However, note that using PRR for cwnd reductions
   for the [RFC3168] variant of ECN has been observed, with some
   approaches to Active Queue Management (AQM), to cause an excess cwnd
   reduction during ECN-triggered congestion episodes, as noted in
   [VCC].

DELETE sentence:
- My preference would be to delete this sentence and remove the reference to 
[VCC].
If there was a clear consensus in the working group that this topic need to
be included, please replace by:
    There can be interactions between using PRR and
    approaches to Active Queue Management (AQM) and ECN, guidance on the
    development and assessment of congestion control
    mechanisms is provided in [RFC9743].

(( Please check my note below about the original reference. ))


3. Section 11.2, CURRENT:
   PRR only operates
   during a congestion control response episode, such as fast recovery
   or response to*the* [RFC3168]*variant of* ECN,
NEW:
   PRR only operates
   during a congestion control response episode, such as fast recovery
   or a step reduction in the cwnd from the TCP ECN reaction defined in 
[RFC3168].


I'm sorry that I missed this in my earlier review.

Best wishes,
Gorry
(WIT AD).

---

Note:

Since PRR will be a PS, this RFC-to-be must clearly differentiate any experimental work.

 [VCC]      Cronkite-Ratcliff, B., Bergman, A., Vargaftik, S., Ravi,
              M., McKeown, N., Abraham, I., and I. Keslassy,
              "Virtualized Congestion Control (Extended Version)",
              SIGCOMM '16: Proceedings of the 2016 ACM SIGCOMM
              Conference pp. 230-243, DOI 10.1145/2934872.2934889,
              August 2016,<http://www.ee.technion.ac.il/~isaac/p/ 
sigcomm16_vcc_extended.pdf>.

I have carefully re-read the above reference, and it seem this is not necessary to the understanding of PRR.

The experiments defined are in the context of multi-tenant data centres, e.g.,  a new method for hypervisors to interact with specific ECN methods, interactions with DCTCP, and otheres, e.g., some simulation analysis of overshoot with specific AQM scenarios. In summary, this presents an experimental modification that is a varient of RFC3168.

I think this reference is not necessary and not suitable for a PS. **IF** the specification does really need some hints at future experimental work, then I suggests it cites guidance on the development and assessment of congestion control mechanisms in [RFC9743].




On Dec 10, 2025, at 3:59 PM, Neal Cardwell<[email protected]> wrote:

Hi Alanna,

I had 4 minor editing requests based on the December 3 version of the text:

--- in "4.  Changes Relative to RFC 6937":

rfc6937bis-21:
   using PRR for cwnd reductions for [RFC3168] ECN

OLD:
   using PRR for cwnd reductions for ECN [RFC3168]

NEW:
   using PRR for cwnd reductions for the [RFC3168] variant of ECN

Rationale: IMHO the auth48 edit to use the phrase "ECN [RFC3168]" implies that 
there is only one version of ECN. However, there are at least 3: classic [RFC3168], DCTCP 
[RFC8257], and L4S [RFC9331]. Here  [RFC3168] is intended as an adjective clarifying 
which flavor of ECN we are discussing, not to indicate that ECN is only defined in 
[RFC3168].

I'd suggest using the "the [RFC3168] variant of ECN" phrase that is currently in Section 
"11.2. Fairness".

---- in 6.2.  Per-ACK Steps

rfc6937bis-21:
    Finally, the sender uses DeliveredData, inflight, SafeACK, and other
    PRR state to compute
    SndCnt, a local variable indicating exactly how
    many bytes should be sent in response to each ACK,
    and then uses SndCnt to update cwnd

OLD:
    Finally, the sender uses DeliveredData, inflight, SafeACK, and other
    PRR state to compute
    SndCnt, a local variable indicating exactly how
    many bytes should be sent in response to each ACK
    and then uses SndCnt to update cwnd

NEW:
    Finally, the sender uses DeliveredData, inflight, SafeACK, and other
    PRR state to compute
    SndCnt, a local variable indicating exactly how
    many bytes should be sent in response to each ACK,
    and then uses SndCnt to update cwnd

Rationale: the phrase "a local variable indicating exactly how many bytes should be sent in 
response to each ACK" is a parenthetic or non-restrictive clause, so AFAIK should be enclosed with 
commas before and after. (Strunk & White Elements of Style rule: "Enclose parenthetic 
expressions between commas".)

--- in 8.  Examples

rfc6937bis-21:
   This section illustrates the PRR and [RFC6675] algorithms

OLD:
   This section illustrates the PRR and [RFC6675] algorithm

NEW:
   This section illustrates the PRR and [RFC6675] algorithms

Rationale:
PRR and [RFC6675] are two different algorithms.

--- in 14.2.  Informative References

rfc6937bis-21:
   [FACK]    Mathis, M. and J. Mahdavi, "Forward Acknowledgment:
               Refining TCP Congestion Control", ACM SIGCOMM
               SIGCOMM1996, August 1996,

OLD:
   [FACK]     Mathis, M. and J. Mahdavi, "Forward Acknowledgment:
               Refining TCP Congestion Control", ACM SIGCOMM Computer
               Communication Review, vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 281-291,

NEW:
   [FACK]     Mathis, M. and J. Mahdavi, "Forward Acknowledgment:
               Refining TCP Congestion Control", SIGCOMM '96: Conference
               Proceedings on Applications, Technologies, Architectures,
               and Protocols for Computer Communications, pp. 281-291,

Rationale: IMHO it's very useful/important to indicate that a paper is a SIGCOMM paper, 
so we should not drop the fact that the FACK paper was in SIGCOMM '96 (the list of 
SIGCOMM '96 papers is here:https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/248156 ). I'm 
suggesting the "NEW" text for indicating the paper was in SIGCOMM '96  based on 
the fact that [Hoe96Startup] was also in SIGCOMM '96; so I've just borrowed the SIGCOMM 
'96 citation text from [Hoe96Startup], which looks like:
[Hoe96Startup]
Hoe, J., "Improving the Start-up Behavior of a Congestion
Control Scheme for TCP", SIGCOMM '96: Conference
Proceedings on Applications, Technologies, Architectures,
and Protocols for Computer Communications, pp. 270-280,
DOI 10.1145/248157.248180, August 1996,
<https://doi.org/10.1145/248157.248180>.
(The confusion arises because SIGCOMM papers can be cited in two ways: (1) as 
in the SIGCOMM 'XY conference proceedings, or (2) as an issue of ACM SIGCOMM 
Computer Communication Review.)

Thanks!

neal


On Wed, Dec 10, 2025 at 5:14 PM Alanna Paloma<[email protected]> 
wrote:
Hi Matt,

Thank you for your approval. It’s been noted on the AUTH48 status page:
https://www.rfc-editor.org/auth48/rfc9937

We will await approvals from Neal, Yuchung, and Nandita prior to moving this 
document forward in the publication process.

Best regards,
Alanna Paloma
RFC Production Center

On Dec 10, 2025, at 7:54 AM, Matt Mathis<[email protected]> wrote:

I approve of the draft posed Dec 3rd.

Everybody else, please review and chime in.

Thanks,
--MM--
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apply it to others.
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On Wed, Dec 3, 2025 at 12:26 PM Alanna Paloma<[email protected]> 
wrote:
Hi Neal and Gorry,

Thank you for your replies. Gorry’s approval has been noted on the AUTH48 
status page:
https://www.rfc-editor.org/auth48/rfc9937

One preliminary meta-note about process:

   https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9937-auth48diff.html (all AUTH48 
changes)
FWIW, AFAICT this version does not include all auth48 changes. One change I 
noticed that it does not include is the following:

rfc6937bis-21:
   using [RFC6675] loss detection
   MAY use the "pipe" algorithm as specified in [RFC6675]

latest auth48 version:
   using loss detection [RFC6675]
   MAY use the "pipe" algorithm as specified in [RFC6675]
) To clarify, the -auth48diff file only highlights changes after a document has 
moved into AUTH48 state. The change you noted was not highlighted in the 
-auth48diff file (it's now highlighted as we have reverted our initial edit per 
your request) because it was made by editors prior to the document entering 
AUTH48 state.

To see all edits made, including those made before and during AUTH48 state, see 
this file:
  https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9937-diff.html (comprehensive diff)

We have updated the files per your request.

The files have been posted here (please refresh):
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  https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9937.xml

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  https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9937-lastdiff.html (last version to 
this one)
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We will await any further changes you may have and approvals from each author 
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Please see the AUTH48 status page for this document here:
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Thank you,
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On Dec 3, 2025, at 6:29 AM, Neal Cardwell<[email protected]> wrote:

Hi editors and co-authors,

I had time to review the auth48 edits this morning, and have some proposed 
edits.

One preliminary meta-note about process:

   https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9937-auth48diff.html (all AUTH48 
changes)
FWIW, AFAICT this version does not include all auth48 changes. One change I 
noticed that it does not include is the following:

rfc6937bis-21:
   using [RFC6675] loss detection
   MAY use the "pipe" algorithm as specified in [RFC6675]

latest auth48 version:
   using loss detection [RFC6675]
   MAY use the "pipe" algorithm as specified in [RFC6675]

Here are a few edits I'd like to request, tweaking the edits made during the 
auth48 process:

---

rfc6937bis-21:
   using [RFC6675] loss detection
   MAY use the "pipe" algorithm as specified in [RFC6675]

OLD:
   using loss detection [RFC6675]
   MAY use the "pipe" algorithm as specified in [RFC6675]

NEW:
   using [RFC6675] loss detection
   MAY use the "pipe" algorithm as specified in [RFC6675]

Rationale: IMHO the auth48 edit to employ the phrase "using loss detection [RFC6675]" implies that 
loss detection necessarily means [RFC6675], or is only defined in [RFC6675]. However, there are multiple 
widely-deployed loss recovery algorithms (notably [RFC6675] and [RFC8985]), and this paragraph we are 
specifically discussing  how to adapt PRR's use of the "inflight" quantity to both of those 
algorithms, and in this sentence we are discussing how to  adapt PRR's use of the "inflight" 
quantity to [RFC6675] loss detection, so it's important not to imply that loss detection is only defined in 
[RFC6675].

---

rfc6937bis-21:
   Finally, the sender uses DeliveredData, inflight, SafeACK, and other
   PRR state to compute SndCnt

OLD:
   Finally, the sender uses DeliveredData, inflight, SafeACK, and other
   PRR states to compute SndCnt

NEW:
   Finally, the sender uses DeliveredData, inflight, SafeACK, and other
   PRR state to compute SndCnt

Rationale: IMHO the auth48 edit to use "states" implies that DeliveredData, inflight, SafeACK are names of 
"states" in a state machine. However, those are the names of "state" variables representing the 
"state" of the algorithm, not the names of "states" in a state machine.

---

rfc6937bis-21:
    Earlier measurements (in section 6 of [RFC6675]) indicate that
    [RFC6675] significantly outperforms [RFC6937] PRR
    using only PRR-CRB

OLD:
    Earlier measurements (in Section 6 of [RFC6675]) indicate that
    [RFC6675] significantly outperforms PRR [RFC6937]
    using only PRR-CRB

NEW:
    Earlier measurements (in Section 6 of [RFC6675]) indicate that
    [RFC6675] significantly outperforms the [RFC6937] version of PRR
    using only PRR-CRB

Rationale: IMHO the auth48 edit to use the phrase "outperforms PRR [RFC6937]" (a) implies that PRR 
is only described by [RFC6937], and (b) states that  "[RFC6675] significantly outperforms PRR". 
Both implications are incorrect. For (a), there are two versions of PRR: one in the old [RFC6937] and one in 
the new [RFC9937], and we used the phrase "[RFC6937] PRR" to clarify which version we are talking 
about. For (b), the new version of PRR outperforms [RFC6675], which is why we are bothering to standardize 
it. :-)  Note that in this passage, we are discussing differences between the [RFC6937] version of PRR and 
the new [RFC9937] version of PRR. So in this context it is important to clarify that PRR is *not* synonymous 
with [RFC6937]; there are two different versions of PRR: original [RFC6937] and new [RFC9937]. [RFC6675] 
outperforms one variant of the original  [RFC6937] PRR, but not the new version of PRR in [RFC9937]. To my 
mind, the suggested NEW text clarifies that this passage is referring to the [RFC6937] PRR variant.

---
rfc6937bis-21:
   response to [RFC3168] ECN

OLD:
   response to ECN [RFC3168]

NEW:
   response to the [RFC3168] variant of ECN

Rationale: IMHO the auth48 edit to use the phrase "ECN [RFC3168]" implies that 
there is only one version of ECN. However, there are at least 3: classic [RFC3168], DCTCP 
[RFC8257], and L4S [RFC9331]. Here  [RFC3168] is intended as an adjective clarifying 
which flavor of ECN we are discussing, not to indicate that ECN is only defined in 
[RFC3168].

---

Thanks!

neal


On Wed, Dec 3, 2025 at 3:47 AM Gorry Fairhurst<[email protected]> wrote:
On 01/12/2025 23:08, Alanna Paloma wrote:
Hi Authors and Gorry (AD)*,

*Gorry - As the AD, please review and approve the deleted text in Section 7.
I have now read this and this is descriptive text about the properties.

I APPROVE this change,

Thanks,

Gorry

For context, here is the authors’ explanation:
6) <!-- [rfced] May we clarify "[RFC6675] 'half window of silence'" as
follows?

Original:
     The [RFC6675] "half window of silence" may temporarily
     reduce queue pressure when congestion control does not reduce the
     congestion window entering recovery to avoid further losses.

Perhaps:
     The "half window of silence" that a SACK-based Conservative Loss
     Recovery Algorithm [RFC6675] experiences may temporarily
     reduce queue pressure when congestion control does not reduce the
     congestion window entering recovery to avoid further losses.
-->
We want to delete the last three sentences of this paragraph.  They got garbled 
and don't belong here anyhow.   This restores the text as it was RFC 6937.
OLD:
     The [RFC6675] "half window of silence" may temporarily reduce queue 
pressure when congestion control does not reduce the congestion window entering recovery 
to avoid further losses. The goal of PRR is to minimize the opportunities to lose the 
self clock by smoothly controlling inflight toward the target set by the congestion 
control. It is the congestion control's responsibility to avoid a full queue, not PRR.
NEW:
     (DELETED)
See this diff file:
    https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9937-auth48diff.html


Authors - Thank you for your replies.  We have updated as requested.

We could use some advice on keywords.  Can you tell us the keywords associated 
with RFC 5681 and RFC 6675?
) The keywords for RFCs 5681 and 6675 can be seen here:
     
https://www.rfc-editor.org/search/rfc_search_detail.php?rfc=5681&keywords=keyson
     
https://www.rfc-editor.org/search/rfc_search_detail.php?rfc=6675&keywords=keyson

3) <!--[rfced] To have the abbreviation directly match the expanded form,
may we update this text as follows?

Original:
     As a baseline, to be cautious when there may be
     considerable congestion, PRR uses its Conservative Reduction Bound
     (PRR-CRB), which is strictly packet conserving.  When recovery seems
     to be progressing well, PRR uses its Slow Start Reduction Bound (PRR-
     SSRB), which is more aggressive than PRR-CRB by at most one segment
     per ACK.

Perhaps:
     As a baseline, to be cautious when there may be
     considerable congestion, PRR uses its Conservative Reduction Bound
     (CRB), which is strictly packet conserving.  When recovery seems
     to be progressing well, PRR uses its Slow Start Reduction Bound (SSRB),
     which is more aggressive than PRR-CRB by at most one segment
     per ACK.
-->

Yes this is good, for this paragraph only.  I'm confirming that the rest of the 
document will continue to use PRR-SSRB and PRR-CRB.  Correct?
) Yes, all other instances of “PRR-SSRB” and “PRR-CRB” will remain as is.

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On Dec 1, 2025, at 11:51 AM, Matt Mathis<[email protected]> wrote:


Sorry, I missed reply-all.

Our adjustments to you edits are inline below.

On Fri, Nov 21, 2025 at 3:50 PM<[email protected]> wrote:
Authors,

While reviewing this document during AUTH48, please resolve (as necessary)
the following questions, which are also in the source file.

Add PRR as an official abbreviation in the title
OLD:
<title abbrev="Proportional Rate Reduction"> Proportional Rate Reduction</title>
NEW:
<title abbrev="PRR"> Proportional Rate Reduction (PRR)</title>
   Update my email address
OLD:
<email>[email protected]</email>
NEW:
<email>[email protected]</email>

1) <!-- [rfced] Please insert any keywords (beyond those that appear in
the title) for use onhttps://www.rfc-editor.org/search. -->

We could use some advice on keywords.  Can you tell us the keywords associated 
with RFC 5681 and RFC 6675?
Tentatively:
OLD:
<keyword>example</keyword>
NEW:
<keyword>loss recovery, SACK, self clock, fast retransmit, fast 
recovery</keyword>


2) <!-- [rfced] "Reno" is not used in RFC 5681, except in titles in the
References section. Please review and let us know if/how this citation
should be updated. Note that there are multiple occurrences of this
throughout the document.

Original:
     Congestion control algorithms like Reno [RFC5681] and CUBIC [RFC9438]
     are built on the conceptual foundation of this self clock process.
-->
No changes to the citation for Reno [RFC 5681] here or elsewhere.   Many other 
documents that use this citation.

Reno was the genesis of modern Internet congestion control, and as such it is 
the foundation of RFC 5681 and nearly all work in ICCRG, CCWG, and much of 
TCPM.  However, Reno was never properly described in any documents, as a 
proposed standard or otherwise. If it had been, RFC 5681 (and all of its 
predecessors) would almost certainly be described as updating Reno.


3) <!--[rfced] To have the abbreviation directly match the expanded form,
may we update this text as follows?

Original:
     As a baseline, to be cautious when there may be
     considerable congestion, PRR uses its Conservative Reduction Bound
     (PRR-CRB), which is strictly packet conserving.  When recovery seems
     to be progressing well, PRR uses its Slow Start Reduction Bound (PRR-
     SSRB), which is more aggressive than PRR-CRB by at most one segment
     per ACK.

Perhaps:
     As a baseline, to be cautious when there may be
     considerable congestion, PRR uses its Conservative Reduction Bound
     (CRB), which is strictly packet conserving.  When recovery seems
     to be progressing well, PRR uses its Slow Start Reduction Bound (SSRB),
     which is more aggressive than PRR-CRB by at most one segment
     per ACK.
-->

Yes this is good, for this paragraph only.  I'm confirming that the rest of the 
document will continue to use PRR-SSRB and PRR-CRB.  Correct?
(Changes as above)
   OLD:
     As a baseline, to be cautious when there may be
     considerable congestion, PRR uses its Conservative Reduction Bound
     (PRR-CRB), which is strictly packet conserving.  When recovery seems
     to be progressing well, PRR uses its Slow Start Reduction Bound (PRR-
     SSRB), which is more aggressive than PRR-CRB by at most one segment
     per ACK.

NEW:
     As a baseline, to be cautious when there may be
     considerable congestion, PRR uses its Conservative Reduction Bound
     (CRB), which is strictly packet conserving.  When recovery seems
     to be progressing well, PRR uses its Slow Start Reduction Bound (SSRB),
     which is more aggressive than PRR-CRB by at most one segment
     per ACK.
4) <!--[rfced] To avoid awkward hyphenation of an RFC citation, may we
rephrase the latter part of this sentence as follows?

Original:
     Since [RFC6937] was written, PRR has also been adapted to perform
     multiplicative window reduction for non-loss based congestion control
     algorithms, such as for [RFC3168] style Explicit Congestion
     Notification (ECN).

Perhaps:
     Since [RFC6937] was written, PRR has also been adapted to perform
     multiplicative window reduction for non-loss-based congestion control
     algorithms, such as for Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) as
     described in [RFC3168].
-->
Yes this is good.  As above.
OLD:
     Since [RFC6937] was written, PRR has also been adapted to perform
     multiplicative window reduction for non-loss based congestion control
     algorithms, such as for [RFC3168] style Explicit Congestion
     Notification (ECN).

NEW:
     Since [RFC6937] was written, PRR has also been adapted to perform
     multiplicative window reduction for non-loss-based congestion control
     algorithms, such as for Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) as
     described in [RFC3168].



5) <!--[rfced] To improve readability, may we add parentheses in this
sentence? Please review and let us know if thus suggested update
retains the intended meaning.

Original:
     In recovery without SACK, DeliveredData is estimated to be
     1 SMSS on receiving a duplicate ACK, and on a subsequent partial or
     full ACK DeliveredData is the change in SND.UNA, minus 1 SMSS for
     each preceding duplicate ACK.

NO we want a different change Perhaps:
     In recovery without SACK, DeliveredData is estimated to be
     1 SMSS on receiving a duplicate ACK (and the change is in SND.UNA on
     a subsequent partial or full ACK DeliveredData), minus 1 SMSS for
     each preceding duplicate ACK.
-->
OLD:
     In recovery without SACK, DeliveredData is estimated to be
     1 SMSS on receiving a duplicate ACK, and on a subsequent partial or
     full ACK DeliveredData is the change in SND.UNA, minus 1 SMSS for
     each preceding duplicate ACK.
NEW:
     In recovery without SACK, DeliveredData is estimated to be
     1 SMSS on each received duplicate ACK (i.e. SND.UNA did not change).
     When SND.UNA advances (i.e a full or partial ACK)
     DeliveredData is the change in SND.UNA, minus 1 SMSS for
     each preceding duplicate ACKs.
New edit, XML line 331, second paragraph of section 6.2.  (This is a revision 
of an rfc-editor change.)
OLD:
(signed) change in SACK.
NEW:
signed change in quantity of data marked SACKed in the scoreboard.
6) <!-- [rfced] May we clarify "[RFC6675] 'half window of silence'" as
follows?

Original:
     The [RFC6675] "half window of silence" may temporarily
     reduce queue pressure when congestion control does not reduce the
     congestion window entering recovery to avoid further losses.

Perhaps:
     The "half window of silence" that a SACK-based Conservative Loss
     Recovery Algorithm [RFC6675] experiences may temporarily
     reduce queue pressure when congestion control does not reduce the
     congestion window entering recovery to avoid further losses.
-->
We want to delete the last three sentences of this paragraph.  They got garbled 
and don't belong here anyhow.   This restores the text as it was RFC 6937.
OLD:
     The [RFC6675] "half window of silence" may temporarily reduce queue 
pressure when congestion control does not reduce the congestion window entering recovery 
to avoid further losses. The goal of PRR is to minimize the opportunities to lose the 
self clock by smoothly controlling inflight toward the target set by the congestion 
control. It is the congestion control's responsibility to avoid a full queue, not PRR.
NEW:
     (DELETED)


7) <!--[rfced] FYI - We found free access versions of these references in
the ACM Digital Library and added DOIs and URLs to these references.

Current:
     [Flach2016policing]
                Flach, T., Papageorge, P., Terzis, A., Pedrosa, L., Cheng,
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RFC 9937 (draft-ietf-tcpm-prr-rfc6937bis-21)

Title            : Proportional Rate Reduction
Author(s)        : M. Mathis, N. Cardwell, Y. Cheng, N. Dukkipati
WG Chair(s)      : Yoshifumi Nishida, Michael Tüxen

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