Problem Statement for the Datagram Congestion Control Protocol (DCCP)

Status of This Memo This memo provides information for the Internet community.I tdoes not specify an Internet standard of anykind. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. Abstract This document describes for the historical record the motivation behind the Datagram Congestion Control Protocol (DCCP), an unreliable transport protocol incorporating end-to-end congestion control. DCCP implements a congestion-controlled, unreliable flowof datagrams for use by applications such as streaming media or on-line games.