Congestion Avoidance and Control
Slow Start
n initially, congestion window size cwnd = 1 MSS
(maximum segment size)
n increment window size by 1 MSS on each new ack
n slow start phase ends when window size reaches the slow-
start threshold
n cwnd grows exponentially with time during slow start
factor of 2 per RTT
Could be less if sender does not always have data to send