ECN question + TCP Cubic multiplicative decrease+ Old quizzes not yet available

Re: ECN question + TCP Cubic multiplicative decrease+ Old quizzes not yet available

par Ludovic Thomas,
Number of replies: 0

Hi, 

"When both TCP congestion control and ECN are used, does TCP still go into fast recovery when a loss is detected by fast retransmit or it only goes into fast recovery when the ECE flag is received?"

Yes, fast recovery will be triggered either after fast re-transmit (triple dupack) or after ECN detection. Both mechanisms will be active.

"Is the multiplicative decrease in TCP Cubic 0.7 in both fast recovery and slow start?"

Fast recovery: new congestion window gets 0.7*old congestion window

After timeout: new slow start threshold gets 0.7*old congestion window but you go back to slow start (so the new congestion window goes back to the slow start inital value).

Ludovic