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Reword congestion signal response
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Co-authored-by: Jana Iyengar <jri.ietf@gmail.com>
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martinthomson and janaiyengar committed Aug 25, 2020
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Expand Up @@ -788,13 +788,16 @@ approach that increases the congestion window by one maximum datagram size per
congestion window acknowledged. A congestion controller MUST NOT increase the
congestion window by more than this amount.

When first entering congestion avoidance, when a packet is declared lost, or
when the ECN-CE count is increased, the congestion controller described in this
document halves the congestion window, reduces the slow start threshold to the
resulting size, and enters the recovery period. A congestion controller MUST
reduce the congestion window when a loss or ECN-CE marking is detected.
The congestion controller described in this document, when not in the
recovery period ({{recovery}}), MUST take the following steps when first
entering congestion avoidance, when a packet is declared lost, or when
the ECN-CE count is increased:

## Recovery Period
* halve the congestion window,
* set the slow start threshold to the size of the reduced congestion window, and
* enter the recovery period.

## Recovery Period {#recovery}

A recovery period is entered when loss or ECN-CE marking of a packet is
detected in congestion avoidance after the congestion window and slow start
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