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33.Dd May 13, 2021
34.Dt CC_NEWRENO 4
35.Os
36.Sh NAME
37.Nm cc_newreno
38.Nd NewReno Congestion Control Algorithm
39.Sh SYNOPSIS
40.In netinet/cc/cc_newreno.h
41.Sh DESCRIPTION
42The NewReno congestion control algorithm is the default for TCP.
43Details about the algorithm can be found in RFC5681.
44.Sh Socket Options
45The
46.Nm
47module supports a number of socket options under TCP_CCALGOOPT (refer to
48.Xr tcp 4
49and
50.Xr mod_cc 9 for details)
51which can
52be set with
53.Xr setsockopt 2
54and tested with
55.Xr getsockopt 2 .
56The
57.Nm
58socket options use this structure defined in
59<sys/netinet/cc/cc_newreno.h>:
60.Bd -literal
61struct cc_newreno_opts {
62	int name;
63	uint32_t val;
64}
65.Ed
66.Bl -tag -width ".Va CC_NEWRENO_BETA_ECN"
67.It Va CC_NEWRENO_BETA
68Multiplicative window decrease factor, specified as a percentage, applied to
69the congestion window in response to a congestion signal per: cwnd = (cwnd *
70CC_NEWRENO_BETA) / 100.
71Default is 50.
72.It Va CC_NEWRENO_BETA_ECN
73Multiplicative window decrease factor, specified as a percentage, applied to
74the congestion window in response to an ECN congestion signal when
75.Va net.inet.tcp.cc.abe=1
76per: cwnd = (cwnd * CC_NEWRENO_BETA_ECN) / 100.
77Default is 80.
78.Pp
79Note that currently the only way to enable
80hystart++ is to enable it via socket option.
81When enabling it a value of 1 will enable precise internet-draft (version 4) behavior
82(subject to any MIB variable settings), other setting (2 and 3) are experimental.
83.El
84.Pp
85Note that hystart++ requires the TCP stack be able to call to the congestion
86controller with both the
87.Va newround
88function as well as the
89.Va rttsample
90function.
91Currently the only TCP stacks that provide this feedback to the
92congestion controller is rack.
93.Sh MIB Variables
94The algorithm exposes these variables in the
95.Va net.inet.tcp.cc.newreno
96branch of the
97.Xr sysctl 3
98MIB:
99.Bl -tag -width ".Va beta_ecn"
100.It Va beta
101Multiplicative window decrease factor, specified as a percentage, applied to
102the congestion window in response to a congestion signal per: cwnd = (cwnd *
103beta) / 100.
104Default is 50.
105.It Va beta_ecn
106Multiplicative window decrease factor, specified as a percentage, applied to
107the congestion window in response to an ECN congestion signal when
108.Va net.inet.tcp.cc.abe=1
109per: cwnd = (cwnd * beta_ecn) / 100.
110Default is 80.
111.El
112.Sh SEE ALSO
113.Xr cc_cdg 4 ,
114.Xr cc_chd 4 ,
115.Xr cc_cubic 4 ,
116.Xr cc_dctcp 4 ,
117.Xr cc_hd 4 ,
118.Xr cc_htcp 4 ,
119.Xr cc_vegas 4 ,
120.Xr mod_cc 4 ,
121.Xr tcp 4 ,
122.Xr mod_cc 9
123.Rs
124.%A "Mark Allman"
125.%A "Vern Paxson"
126.%A "Ethan Blanton"
127.%T "TCP Congestion Control"
128.%O "RFC 5681"
129.Re
130.Rs
131.%A "Naeem Khademi"
132.%A "Michael Welzl"
133.%A "Grenville Armitage"
134.%A "Gorry Fairhurst"
135.%T "TCP Alternative Backoff with ECN (ABE)"
136.%O "RFC 8511"
137.Re
138.Sh ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
139Development and testing of this software were made possible in part by grants
140from the FreeBSD Foundation and Cisco University Research Program Fund at
141Community Foundation Silicon Valley.
142.Sh HISTORY
143The
144.Nm
145congestion control algorithm first appeared in its modular form in
146.Fx 9.0 .
147.Pp
148The module was first released in 2007 by James Healy and Lawrence Stewart whilst
149working on the NewTCP research project at Swinburne University of Technology's
150Centre for Advanced Internet Architectures, Melbourne, Australia, which was made
151possible in part by a grant from the Cisco University Research Program Fund at
152Community Foundation Silicon Valley.
153More details are available at:
154.Pp
155http://caia.swin.edu.au/urp/newtcp/
156.Sh AUTHORS
157.An -nosplit
158The
159.Nm
160congestion control module was written by
161.An James Healy Aq Mt jimmy@deefa.com ,
162.An Lawrence Stewart Aq Mt lstewart@FreeBSD.org
163and
164.An David Hayes Aq Mt david.hayes@ieee.org .
165.Pp
166Support for TCP ABE was added by
167.An Tom Jones Aq Mt tj@enoti.me .
168.Pp
169This manual page was written by
170.An Lawrence Stewart Aq Mt lstewart@FreeBSD.org .
171