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Pradeep Vairamani
Pradeep Vairamani

Reputation: 4302

Why is the initial phase in TCP congestion control called slow start?

Why is the initial phase in TCP congestion control called slow start when actually it is exponential while the additive increase phase has linear congestion window growth?

Upvotes: 8

Views: 1199

Answers (1)

kakhkAtion
kakhkAtion

Reputation: 2334

Slow start was introduced in 1988*. It was called "slow start" because it was slower than the prior approach which was simply blasting packets out without considering the congestion.

Congestion Avoidance and Control by Van Jacobson and Michael J. Karels

Upvotes: 10

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