Article 73NDB [$] More accurate congestion notification for TCP

[$] More accurate congestion notification for TCP

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The "More Accurate Explicit Congestion Notification" (AccECN) mechanism isdefined by thisRFC draft. The Linux kernel has been gaining support for AccECN withTCP over the last few releases; the 7.0 release will enable it by defaultfor general use. AccECN is a subtle change to how TCP works, but it hasthe potential to improve how traffic flows over both public and privatenetworks.
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