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{{Wikipedia|Datagram Congestion Control Protocol}}

'''Datagram Congestion Control Protocol''' or '''DCCP''' is a [[protocol]] defined by [https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4340 RFC 4340]. It is a proposed standard dated March 2006 for managing large volumes of data (such as streaming media).<br />
It is useful with [[UDP]], which lacks congestion control.

== Further reading ==
* [https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4336 RFC 4336 - Problem Statement for the DCCP] - DCCP background
* [https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6335 RFC 6335] - Best Current Practice document that updates <nowiki>RFC 4340</nowiki>. [https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6335#section-10 &sect; 10] discusses DCCP