Congestion Detection
Packet loss as an indicator of congestion.
Set slow start threshold (ssthresh) to min(cwnd, Wrcvr)/2
Retransmit pkt, set cwnd to 1 (reenter slow start)
Time (units of RTTs)
Congestion
Window (cwnd)
Receiver Window
Idle Interval
Timeout
1
ssthresh
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