Following a timeout occurrence, we considered the possibility of doubling the timeout interval. This method can be thought of as a type of congestion control. The question is why TCP requires a...

Extracted text: Following a timeout occurrence, we considered the possibility of doubling the timeout interval. This method can be thought of as a type of congestion control. The question is why TCP requires a window-based congestion-control method in addition to the doubling-timeoutinterval approach described above.