NAME

     mod_cc — Modular congestion control

DESCRIPTION

     The modular congestion control framework allows the TCP implementation to dynamically change
     the congestion control algorithm used by new and existing connections.  Algorithms are
     identified by a unique ascii(7) name.  Algorithm modules can be compiled into the kernel or
     loaded as kernel modules using the kld(4) facility.

     The default algorithm is NewReno, and all connections use the default unless explicitly
     overridden using the TCP_CONGESTION socket option (see tcp(4) for details).  The default can
     be changed using a sysctl(3) MIB variable detailed in the MIB Variables section below.

     Algorithm specific parameters can be set or queried using the TCP_CCALGOOPT socket option
     (see tcp(4) for details).  Callers must pass a pointer to an algorithm specific data, and
     specify its size.

MIB Variables

     The framework exposes the following variables in the net.inet.tcp.cc branch of the sysctl(3)
     MIB:

     available  Read-only list of currently available congestion control algorithms by name.

     algorithm  Returns the current default congestion control algorithm when read, and changes
                the default when set.  When attempting to change the default algorithm, this
                variable should be set to one of the names listed by the
                net.inet.tcp.cc.available MIB variable.

SEE ALSO

     cc_cdg(4), cc_chd(4), cc_cubic(4), cc_dctcp(4), cc_hd(4), cc_htcp(4), cc_newreno(4),
     cc_vegas(4), tcp(4), mod_cc(9)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

     Development and testing of this software were made possible in part by grants from the
     FreeBSD Foundation and Cisco University Research Program Fund at Community Foundation
     Silicon Valley.

HISTORY

     The mod_cc modular congestion control framework first appeared in FreeBSD 9.0.

     The framework was first released in 2007 by James Healy and Lawrence Stewart whilst working
     on the NewTCP research project at Swinburne University of Technology's Centre for Advanced
     Internet Architectures, Melbourne, Australia, which was made possible in part by a grant
     from the Cisco University Research Program Fund at Community Foundation Silicon Valley.
     More details are available at:

     http://caia.swin.edu.au/urp/newtcp/

AUTHORS

     The mod_cc facility was written by Lawrence Stewart <lstewart@FreeBSD.org>, James Healy
     <jimmy@deefa.com> and David Hayes <david.hayes@ieee.org>.

     This manual page was written by David Hayes <david.hayes@ieee.org> and Lawrence Stewart
     <lstewart@FreeBSD.org>.