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This paper is an exploratory survey of TCP congestion control principles and techniques. In addition to the standard algorithms used in common software implementations of TCP, this paper also describes some of the more common proposals developed by researchers over the years. By studying congestion control techniques used in TCP implementation software and network hardware we can better comprehend the performance issues of packet switched networks and in particular, the public Internet. There has been some serious discussion given to the potential of a large-scale Internet collapse due to network overload or congestion [6], [17]. So far the Internet has survived, but there has been a number of incidents throughout the years where serious problems have disabled large parts of the network. Some of these incidents have been a result of algorithms used or not used in the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) [19]. Others are a result of problems in areas such as security, or perhaps more accurately, the lack thereof [24]. The popularity of the Internet has heightened the need for more bandwidth throughout all tiers of the network. Home users need more bandwidth than the traditional 64Kb/s channel a telephone provider typically allows. Video, music, games, file sharing and browsing the web requires more and more bandwidth to avoid the “World Wide Wait” as it has come to be known by those with slower and often heavily congested connections. Internet Service Providers (ISPs) who provide the access to the average home customer have had to keep up as more and more users get connected to the information superhighway. Core backbone providers have had to ramp up their infrastructure to support the increasing demand from their customers below. Today it would be unusual