Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) is an extension to the Internet Protocol and to the Transmission Control Protocol and is defined in RFC 3168 (2001). ECN allows end-to-end notification of network congestion without dropping packets.

IP packets encapsulated in IP The encapsulation of IP packet headers in tunnels is used in many places, including IPsec and IP in IP . This section considers issues related to interactions between ECN and IP tunnels, and specifies two alternative solutions.

Mar 21, 2022 · ECN is Congestion Signaling Mechanism defined in RFC 3168. It came around in 1999 and went on to become finalized around in 2001. It uses two bits in the TCP header and two bits in the IP header. It marks the packets, where marking = flipping a bit in the headers.

Section 9.1 of RFC 3168 discusses IP packets encapsulated in IP, but we do not have a separate document updating RFC 2003, "IP Encapsulation within IP", for ECN compatibility. The ECN BOF at the L.A. IETF, March 1998.

On encapsulation, it updates RFC 3168 to bring all IP-in-IP tunnels (v4 or v6) into line with RFC 4301 IPsec ECN processing. On decapsulation, it updates both RFC 3168 and RFC 4301 to add new behaviours for previously unused combinations of inner and outer headers.

Sep 1, 2001 · This paper discusses the use of Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) mechanisms in the TCP/IP protocol. The first part proposes new guidelines for TCP's response to ECN mechanisms (e.g., Source Quench packets, ECN fields in packet headers).

Jan 23, 2023 · This memo specifies the incorporation of ECN (Explicit Congestion Notification) to TCP and IP, including ECN's use of two bits in the IP header. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

This memo specifies the incorporation of ECN (Explicit Congestion Notification) to TCP and IP, including ECN's use of two bits in the IP header. [STANDARDS-TRACK] For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026. For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.

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This is an older version of an Internet-Draft that was ultimately published as RFC 3168. A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries.