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	RFC 1254:

        Title:      Gateway Congestion Control Survey
       	Author:     A. Mankin and K. Ramakrishnan, Editors
	Mailbox:    mankin@gateway.mitre.org, rama@kalvi.enet.dec.com
	Pages:      25
	Characters: 68,361
        Updates/Obsoletes:  none

		pathname: rfc/rfc1254.txt


The growth of network intensive Internet applications has made gateway
congestion control a high priority.  The IETF Performance and
Congestion Control Working Group surveyed and reviewed gateway
congestion control and avoidance approaches.  The purpose of this memo
is to present a review of the congestion control approaches, as a way
of encouraging new discussion and experimentation.  Included in the
survey are Source Quench, Random Drop, Congestion Indication (DEC
Bit), and Fair Queueing.  The task remains for Internet implementors
to determine and agree on the most effective mechanisms for
controlling gateway congestion.

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Joyce K. Reynolds
USC/Information Sciences Institute