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Old 09-02-2011
Looking for a Low-Latency TCP Congestion Avoidance Algorithm
I was looking at differnt types of TCP Congestion Avoidance algorithms and realized that they are almost all tailored toward "high speed networks with high latency" (aka. LFN)

Anybody know of a Congestion Avoidance algorithm used in low-latency networks?
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Old 09-02-2011
The default was engineered for low-latency networks, I thought, hence the emphasis on engineering better algorithms for higher latency.
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Old 09-02-2011
What are you referring to as the default?
Running Kernel 2.6.8 to 2.6.18 the "default" appears to be BIC:
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BIC is used by default in Linux kernels 2.6.8 through 2.6.18.
In 2.6.19, the default changed to CUBIC:
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CUBIC is used by default in Linux kernels since version 2.6.19
However, BIC & CUBIC (just a variation on BIC) state that they are:
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an implementation of TCP with an optimized congestion control algorithm for high speed networks with high latency
So what default are you referring to?
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Old 09-02-2011
Basic TCP/IP itself, as well as the carrier-sense media-access control, exponential backoff, and so forth used on many media TCP is carried over.
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