"RFC 5681 documents the following four intertwined TCP congestion control algorithms: slow start@ congestion avoidance@ fast retransmit@ and fast recovery. RFC 5681 explicitly allows certain modifications of these algorithms@ including modifications that use the TCP Selective Acknowledgment (SACK) option (RFC 2883)@ and modifications that respond to ""partial acknowledgments"" (ACKs that cover new data@ but not all the data outstanding when loss was detected) in the absence of SACK. This document describes a specific algorithm for responding to partial acknowledgments@ referred to as ""NewReno"". This response to partial acknowledgments was first proposed by Janey Hoe. This document obsoletes RFC 3782."
RFC 6582-2012 history
2012RFC 6582-2012 The NewReno Modification to TCP’s Fast Recovery Algorithm