TCP Congestion Control: AIMD

We’ve already looked at what congestion control is in a previous lesson. Let’s get into some TCP-specific congestion control algorithms now!

But first:

Requirements of a Congestion Control Algorithm

1. The congestion control scheme must avoid congestion. In practice, this means that the algorithm should ensure that the bandwidth allocated to a certain host at any given time does not exceed the bandwidth of the bottleneck link.

2. The congestion ...