Talk:Slow-start

message: code.google.com/speed/articles/tcp_initcwnd_paper.pdf states that google have proposed that the initial window gets increased by a factor of about 3 to take into account modern networks and effect of slow start on http latency. Perhaps it's worth adding something about this?
See also http://blog.benstrong.com/2010/11/google-and-microsoft-cheat-on-slow.html  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.33.39.10 (talk) 10:14, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed changes to slow start 

message: If a loss event occurs, TCP assumes this it is due to network congestion and takes steps to reduce the offered load on the network
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If a loss event occurs, TCP assumes that this is due to network congestion and takes steps to reduce the offered load on the network
?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 145.120.15.174 (talk) 21:21, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Textual error? 

message: The article includes "congestion avoidance" in the "slow start" mechanism when in fact it is a totally different phase. Slow start has also a deeper motivation than congestion control: it is an algorithm which introduces information in the network gradually and it is inspired from electrical networks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.50.44.104 (talk) 13:37, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Big error 

message: This information is redundant of that in TCP Congestion Avoidance, and even contradicts it to some degree.  Additionally, this article includes details from other elements of Congestion Avoidance besides its namesake.  Please initiate a proposal to merge it with the article on TCP Congestion Avoidance. -143.215.108.82 (talk) 09:36, 19 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I've put up merge banners here and at TCP congestion avoidance algorithm. Looks some cleanup/reorganization is called for in this area. I am not personally decided on how to proceed. -—Kvng 03:16, 15 December 2012 (UTC)

text: *Merge Article size and scope would be better placed there. Widefox; talk 10:08, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

text: *Merge I have suggested a wider merge of all relevant stubs into a new comprehensive article. See Talk:TCP congestion control and please comment, then I'll proceed. — JFG talk 04:00, 29 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge with TCP Congestion Avoidance 

message: Isn't the name of the algorithm "slow start" (not "slow-start", with dash)? This is how it is referenced in RFC 5681 and RFC 2001. Perhaps the name of the article should be changed.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.216.222.19 (talk) 09:37, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name of the algorithm 

message: The article says under the introductory text of Algorithm: "Once a loss event has occurred or the threshold has been reached, TCP enters the linear growth (congestion avoidance) phase." Shouldn't it be: "Once the threshold has been reached, TCP enters the linear growth (congestion avoidance) phase."?
As per my understanding of the RFC and slow start behavior, when a loss event occurs, TCP does not enter the linear growth phase but instead adjusts ssthresh and restarts again from its initial cwnd. This explanation is also given under Basic slow-start and contradicts with the above introductory statement under Algorithm.
14.139.113.18 (talk) 06:28, 28 November 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for catching this. I have removed "a loss event has occurred or". -—Kvng 16:52, 30 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Linear growth on loss event?