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Proposed standard set of congestion avoidance features.

Defines TCP Window Scale option, timestamps, and protection against wrapped sequence numbers (PAWS).

Standard, STD7, the basis for all later extensions.

Proposed standard defining the SACK extension, a technique to better recover from packet loss.

Informational document.

Standard extending the use of SACK to acknowledging duplicate packets.

Experimental standard that addresses revalidation of the congestion window after a period when the connection was not network-limited.

Proposed standard adding extra information to TCP allowing routers to inform end-points about congestion.

Best current practices document describing ways to improve TCP performance over satellite links.