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CC_HTCP(4) Kernel Interfaces Manual CC_HTCP(4) NAME cc_htcp -- H-TCP Congestion Control Algorithm DESCRIPTION The H-TCP congestion control algorithm was designed to provide increased throughput in fast and long-distance networks. It attempts to maintain fairness when competing with legacy NewReno TCP in lower speed scenarios where NewReno is able to operate adequately. The congestion window is increased as a function of the time elapsed since the last congestion event. The window increase algorithm operates like NewReno for the first second after a congestion event, and then switches to a high-speed mode based on a quadratic increase function. The implementation was done in a clean-room fashion, and is based on the Internet Draft and other documents referenced in the "SEE ALSO" section be- low. MIB Variables The algorithm exposes the following tunable variables in the net.inet.tcp.cc.htcp branch of the sysctl(3) MIB: adaptive_backoff Controls use of the adaptive backoff algorithm, which is designed to keep network queues non-empty during conges- tion recovery episodes. Default is 0 (disabled). rtt_scaling Controls use of the RTT scaling algorithm, which is de- signed to make congestion window increase during conges- tion avoidance mode invariant with respect to RTT. De- fault is 0 (disabled). SEE ALSO cc_cdg(4), cc_chd(4), cc_cubic(4), cc_dctcp(4), cc_hd(4), cc_newreno(4), cc_vegas(4), mod_cc(4), tcp(4), mod_cc(9) D. Leith and R. Shorten, H-TCP: TCP Congestion Control for High Bandwidth- Delay Product Paths, https://tools.ietf.org/id/draft-leith-tcp-htcp-06.txt. D. Leith, R. Shorten, and T. Yee, "H-TCP: A framework for congestion con- trol in high-speed and long-distance networks", Proc. PFLDnet, 2005. G. Armitage, L. Stewart, M. Welzl, and J. Healy, "An independent H-TCP im- plementation under FreeBSD 7.0: description and observed behaviour", SIG- COMM Comput. Commun. Rev., 3, 38, 27-38, July 2008. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Development and testing of this software were made possible in part by grants from the FreeBSD Foundation and Cisco University Research Program Fund at Community Foundation Silicon Valley. HISTORY The cc_htcp congestion control module first appeared in FreeBSD 9.0. The module was first released in 2007 by James Healy and Lawrence Stewart whilst working on the NewTCP research project at Swinburne University of Technology's Centre for Advanced Internet Architectures, Melbourne, Aus- tralia, which was made possible in part by a grant from the Cisco Univer- sity Research Program Fund at Community Foundation Silicon Valley. More details are available at: http://caia.swin.edu.au/urp/newtcp/ AUTHORS The cc_htcp congestion control module was written by James Healy <jimmy@deefa.com> and Lawrence Stewart <lstewart@FreeBSD.org>. This manual page was written by Lawrence Stewart <lstewart@FreeBSD.org> and David Hayes <david.hayes@ieee.org>. FreeBSD ports 15.quarterly May 13, 2021 CC_HTCP(4)
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