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### The Minimum Congestion Window is 2 Packets

QUIC recommends that the minimum congestion window be 2 packets instead
of the 1 packet minimum in TCP.
2 packets avoid waiting for a delayed acknowledgement and allow the PTO to
send 2 packets instead of 1, which can be particularly important during the
handshake.
of the 1 packet minimum in TCP. A minimum of 2 packets avoids waiting for a
delayed acknowledgement, which can substantially decrease throughput,
particularly if the max_ack_delay is larger than the round trip time.


# Estimating the Round-Trip Time {#compute-rtt}
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