Connected: An Internet Encyclopedia
RFC 1144
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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.
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