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Rethinking the TCP Nagle Algorithm
Overview Modern TCP implementations include a mechanism, known as the Nagle algorithm, which prevents the unnecessary transmission of a large number of small packets. This algorithm has proved useful in protecting the Internet against excessive packet loads. However, many applications suffer performance problems as a result of the traditional implementation of the Nagle algorithm. An interaction between the Nagle algorithm and TCP's delayed acknowledgment policy can create an especially severe problem, through a temporary "deadlock." These flaws in the Nagle algorithm have prompted many application implementors to disable it, even in cases where this is neither necessary nor wise.
| Publisher | Hewlett-Packard (HP) | File Format | |
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| Date Published | January 2001 | Downloads | 1 |
| Format | White Papers | ||
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