This patch addresses the requirements depicted by section 7.1.1 and
7.1.2 of the RFC 4960. Specifically, it implements the Slow-start and
Congestion-avoidance policies.
The patch also took care of correctly implementing some 'formatting'
functions required - for instance - in packet(s) tracing.
Change-Id: I68eade1b30345de3acb3ac8a653a5ef76eb6d2ac
Signed-off-by: Marco Varlese <marco.varlese@suse.com>