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Noel,

RFC 802 was my first RFC! The congestion being discussed was with regard to
the ARPANET.

Also, flow control procedures were included in X.25, which was first
published in 1976, although it was obviously in progress well before then.

Cheers,
Andy



On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 5:27 PM, Noel Chiappa <[email protected]>
wrote:

>     > From: Detlef Bosau <[email protected]>
>
>     > When were the terms congestion control and flow control coined?
>
> 'Flow control' (in networking - in communications overall, it goes back
> even
> further) is pretty old: RFC-36 (March 1970) talks about it in close to the
> modern sense (although at that point, it was provided by the network, not
> by
> the end-host), so its use in data networks dates back basically to the
> beginning.
>
> 'Congestion control' has also been around for a while - see RFC-802
> (November
> 1981), and then Nagle's magnificent RFC-896 (January 1984), where is
> appears
> in pretty much its modern meaning.
>
>         Noel
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr">Noel,<div><br></div><div>RFC 802 was my first RFC! The con=
gestion being discussed was with regard to the ARPANET.</div><div><br></div=
><div>Also, flow control procedures were included in X.25, which was first =
published in 1976, although it was obviously in progress well before then.<=
br>

<div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Andy</div><div><br></div></div></div>=
<div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 2=
1, 2014 at 5:27 PM, Noel Chiappa <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:jn=
[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt;</s=
pan> wrote:<br>

<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">=C2=A0 =C2=A0 &gt; From: Detlef Bosau &lt;<a=
 href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt;<br>
<div class=3D""><br>
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 &gt; When were the terms congestion control and flow control =
coined?<br>
<br>
</div>&#39;Flow control&#39; (in networking - in communications overall, it=
 goes back even<br>
further) is pretty old: RFC-36 (March 1970) talks about it in close to the<=
br>
modern sense (although at that point, it was provided by the network, not b=
y<br>
the end-host), so its use in data networks dates back basically to the<br>
beginning.<br>
<br>
&#39;Congestion control&#39; has also been around for a while - see RFC-802=
 (November<br>
1981), and then Nagle&#39;s magnificent RFC-896 (January 1984), where is ap=
pears<br>
in pretty much its modern meaning.<br>
<span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888"><br>
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Noel<br>
</font></span></blockquote></div><br></div>

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