{"draft":"draft-ietf-tsvwg-circuit-breaker-15","doc_id":"RFC8084","title":"Network Transport Circuit Breakers","authors":["G. Fairhurst"],"format":["ASCII","HTML"],"page_count":"24","pub_status":"BEST CURRENT PRACTICE","status":"BEST CURRENT PRACTICE","source":"Transport and Services Working Group","abstract":"This document explains what is meant by the term \"network transport                         \r\nCircuit Breaker\".  It describes the need for Circuit Breakers (CBs)\r\nfor network tunnels and applications when using non-congestion-\r\ncontrolled traffic and explains where CBs are, and are not, needed.\r\nIt also defines requirements for building a CB and the expected\r\noutcomes of using a CB within the Internet.","pub_date":"March 2017","keywords":["Congestion control","CC","UDP","Tunnel","Encapsulation","Transport Protocol","Congestion Control"],"obsoletes":[],"obsoleted_by":[],"updates":[],"updated_by":[],"see_also":["BCP0208"],"doi":"10.17487\/RFC8084","errata_url":null}