METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL MINIMUM RETRANSMISSION TIMER

摘要

Disclosed is a method for reducing spurious retransmissions in a transmission control protocol (TCP) environment. An interval is established. A retransmission timeout (RTO) is set to remain constant during the interval. A maximum of all round trip time (RTT) measurements is used during the interval to set a new RTO for a next interval. An interval boundary is determined. Also disclosed is an apparatus for reducing spurious retransmissions in a transmission control protocol (TCP) environment. The apparatus can include a processor. The processor can be configured to: establish an interval; set a retransmission timeout (RTO) to remain constant during the interval; use a maximum of all round trip time (RTT) measurements during the interval to set a new RTO for a next interval; and determine an interval boundary.