Jacobson: congestion avoidance and control

What changed

Presented packet-conservation-based congestion avoidance, slow start and adaptive controls.

Scientific scope

The record is the sole-author SIGCOMM 1988 proceedings paper. Michael Karels appears on a later revised report; subsequent TCP variants, standards and claims about all network conditions remain separate.

Evidence

The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. The record is the sole-author SIGCOMM 1988 proceedings paper. Michael Karels appears on a later revised report; subsequent TCP variants, standards and claims about all network conditions remain separate.

Contributors

• Van Jacobson · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.

• ACM DOI record for Congestion Avoidance and Control
• University-hosted copy of Jacobson’s SIGCOMM paper

Provisional WRS assessment, edition 2026-10-16.1. Independent expert calibration is pending. This grade does not certify correctness or assign ownership.

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