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--- abstract

This document describes a QUIC extension for an endpoint to control its peer's
delaying of acknowledgments.
This document specifies an extension to QUIC that permits an endpoint to
request that its peer changes its behavior when sending or delaying acknowledgments.

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# Introduction

This document describes a QUIC extension for an endpoint to control its peer's
delaying of acknowledgments.
The QUIC transport protocol recommends to send an ACK frame
after receiving at least two ack-eliciting packets; see {{Section 13.2 of QUIC-TRANSPORT}}. However, it leaves the determination
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of how frequently to send acknowledgments in response to ack-eliciting packets
to the data receiver without any ability for the data sender to impact this
behavior. This document specifies an extension to QUIC that permits an endpoint to
request that its peer changes its behavior when sending or delaying acknowledgments.

This document defines a new transport parameter to announce the support of this
extension and specifies two new frame types to request changes to the peer's
acknowledgement behavior.

## Terms and Definitions

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