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Network Working Group
Request for Comments: 1144

V. Jacobson/1/
LBL
February 1990

Compressing TCP/IP Headers

for Low-Speed Serial Links

Status of this Memo

This RFC is a proposed elective protocol for the Internet community and requests discussion and suggestions for improvement. It describes a method for compressing the headers of TCP/IP datagrams to improve performance over low speed serial links. The motivation, implementation and performance of the method are described. C code for a sample implementation is given for reference. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

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1. This work was supported in part by the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract Number DE-AC03-76SF00098.


Connected: An Internet Encyclopedia
RFC 1144