A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. RFC 7765 Title: TCP and Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) RTO Restart Author: P. Hurtig, A. Brunstrom, A. Petlund, M. Welzl Status: Experimental Stream: IETF Date: February 2016 Mailbox: per.hurtig@kau.se, anna.brunstrom@kau.se, apetlund@simula.no, michawe@ifi.uio.no Pages: 15 Characters: 35361 Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso: None I-D Tag: draft-ietf-tcpm-rtorestart-10.txt URL: https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7765 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17487/RFC7765 This document describes a modified sender-side algorithm for managing the TCP and Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) retransmission timers that provides faster loss recovery when there is a small amount of outstanding data for a connection. The modification, RTO Restart (RTOR), allows the transport to restart its retransmission timer using a smaller timeout duration, so that the effective retransmission timeout (RTO) becomes more aggressive in situations where fast retransmit cannot be used. This enables faster loss detection and recovery for connections that are short lived or application limited. This document is a product of the TCP Maintenance and Minor Extensions Working Group of the IETF. EXPERIMENTAL: This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Discussion and suggestions for improvement are requested. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. This announcement is sent to the IETF-Announce and rfc-dist lists. To subscribe or unsubscribe, see https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce https://mailman.rfc-editor.org/mailman/listinfo/rfc-dist For searching the RFC series, see https://www.rfc-editor.org/search For downloading RFCs, see https://www.rfc-editor.org/retrieve/bulk Requests for special distribution should be addressed to either the author of the RFC in question, or to rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org. Unless specifically noted otherwise on the RFC itself, all RFCs are for unlimited distribution. The RFC Editor Team Association Management Solutions, LLC