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by deadgrey19 3137 days ago
Congestion avoidance and control, by Van Jacobson looks at how TCP, the fundamental protocol behind the internet, works (or didn't work to begin with). It's a pretty easy paper to digest without too many dependencies, especially if you skip the maths (which is explained intuitively anyway). And it's a fascinating read. I highly recommend it!

https://nsl.cs.sfu.ca/papers/Jaco88.pdf