{
  "draft": "draft-ietf-tsvwg-circuit-breaker-15",
  "doc_id": "RFC8084",
  "title": "Network Transport Circuit Breakers",
  "authors": [
    "G. Fairhurst"
  ],
  "format": [
    "TEXT",
    "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 Circuit Breaker\".  It describes the need for Circuit Breakers (CBs) for network tunnels and applications when using non-congestion- controlled traffic and explains where CBs are, and are not, needed.  It also defines requirements for building a CB and the expected outcomes 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": [],
  "doi": "10.17487/RFC8084",
  "errata_url": null
}