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diff --git a/net/ipv4/Kconfig b/net/ipv4/Kconfig index 712ebacacb6..adbe855d931 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/Kconfig +++ b/net/ipv4/Kconfig @@ -452,6 +452,21 @@ config TCP_CONG_BIC increase provides TCP friendliness. See http://www.csc.ncsu.edu/faculty/rhee/export/bitcp/ +config TCP_CONG_WESTWOOD + tristate "TCP Westwood+" + depends on INET + default m + ---help--- + TCP Westwood+ is a sender-side only modification of the TCP Reno + protocol stack that optimizes the performance of TCP congestion + control. It is based on end-to-end bandwidth estimation to set + congestion window and slow start threshold after a congestion + episode. Using this estimation, TCP Westwood+ adaptively sets a + slow start threshold and a congestion window which takes into + account the bandwidth used at the time congestion is experienced. + TCP Westwood+ significantly increases fairness wrt TCP Reno in + wired networks and throughput over wireless links. + endmenu source "net/ipv4/ipvs/Kconfig" |