diff --git a/libp2p/protocols/pubsub/pubsub.nim b/libp2p/protocols/pubsub/pubsub.nim
index 800565d44..3efa395e9 100644
--- a/libp2p/protocols/pubsub/pubsub.nim
+++ b/libp2p/protocols/pubsub/pubsub.nim
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ import ./errors as pubsub_errors,
        ../../peerid,
        ../../peerinfo,
        ../../errors,
-       ../../utility
+       ../../utility,
+       ../../utils/semaphore
 
 import metrics
 import stew/results
@@ -80,6 +81,11 @@ declarePublicCounter(libp2p_pubsub_received_ihave, "pubsub broadcast ihave", lab
 declarePublicCounter(libp2p_pubsub_received_graft, "pubsub broadcast graft", labels = ["topic"])
 declarePublicCounter(libp2p_pubsub_received_prune, "pubsub broadcast prune", labels = ["topic"])
 
+#The number of simultaneous transmissions. A smaller number can speedup message reception and relaying
+#ideally this should be an adaptive number, increasing for low bandwidth peers and decreasing for high bandwidth peers
+const
+  DefaultMaxSimultaneousTx* = 2
+
 type
   InitializationError* = object of LPError
 
@@ -128,6 +134,7 @@ type
     rng*: ref HmacDrbgContext
 
     knownTopics*: HashSet[string]
+    semTxLimit: AsyncSemaphore
 
 method unsubscribePeer*(p: PubSub, peerId: PeerId) {.base, gcsafe.} =
   ## handle peer disconnects
@@ -311,7 +318,7 @@ method getOrCreatePeer*(
     p.onPubSubPeerEvent(peer, event)
 
   # create new pubsub peer
-  let pubSubPeer = PubSubPeer.new(peerId, getConn, onEvent, protos[0], p.maxMessageSize)
+  let pubSubPeer = PubSubPeer.new(peerId, getConn, onEvent, protos[0], p.maxMessageSize, addr p.semTxLimit)
   debug "created new pubsub peer", peerId
 
   p.peers[peerId] = pubSubPeer
@@ -510,6 +517,7 @@ method initPubSub*(p: PubSub)
   p.observers = new(seq[PubSubObserver])
   if p.msgIdProvider == nil:
     p.msgIdProvider = defaultMsgIdProvider
+  p.semTxLimit = newAsyncSemaphore(DefaultMaxSimultaneousTx)
 
 method addValidator*(p: PubSub,
                      topic: varargs[string],
diff --git a/libp2p/protocols/pubsub/pubsubpeer.nim b/libp2p/protocols/pubsub/pubsubpeer.nim
index ce5bdc1af..771e87059 100644
--- a/libp2p/protocols/pubsub/pubsubpeer.nim
+++ b/libp2p/protocols/pubsub/pubsubpeer.nim
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ import rpc/[messages, message, protobuf],
        ../../stream/connection,
        ../../crypto/crypto,
        ../../protobuf/minprotobuf,
-       ../../utility
+       ../../utility,
+       ../../utils/semaphore
 
 export peerid, connection, deques
 
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ type
     behaviourPenalty*: float64 # the eventual penalty score
     overheadRateLimitOpt*: Opt[TokenBucket]
 
+    semTxLimit: ptr AsyncSemaphore         #Control Max simultaneous transmissions to speed up indivisual receptions
     rpcmessagequeue: RpcMessageQueue
     maxNumElementsInNonPriorityQueue*: int # The max number of elements allowed in the non-priority queue.
     disconnected: bool
@@ -311,23 +313,35 @@ proc sendMsgSlow(p: PubSubPeer, msg: seq[byte]) {.async.} =
     debug "No send connection", p, msg = shortLog(msg)
     return
 
-  trace "sending encoded msg to peer", conn, encoded = shortLog(msg)
-  await sendMsgContinue(conn, conn.writeLp(msg))
-
-proc sendMsg(p: PubSubPeer, msg: seq[byte]): Future[void] =
+proc sendMsg(p: PubSubPeer, msg: seq[byte]): Future[void] {.async.}=
+  if p.sendConn == nil or p.sendConn.closed():
+    await sendMsgSlow(p, msg)
+  
   if p.sendConn != nil and not p.sendConn.closed():
-    # Fast path that avoids copying msg (which happens for {.async.})
     let conn = p.sendConn
-
     trace "sending encoded msg to peer", conn, encoded = shortLog(msg)
-    let f = conn.writeLp(msg)
-    if not f.completed():
-      sendMsgContinue(conn, f)
-    else:
-      f
-  else:
-    sendMsgSlow(p, msg)
 
+    if msg.len < 2000:    #ideally we should only forward idontwant messages through this fast path
+      let f = conn.writeLp(msg)
+      await f or sleepAsync(5.milliseconds)
+      if not f.completed:
+        asyncSpawn sendMsgContinue(conn, f)
+    else:
+      await p.semTxLimit[].acquire()
+      try:
+        let f = conn.writeLp(msg)
+        #ideally sleep time should be based on peer bandwidth and message size
+        await f or sleepAsync(450.milliseconds)
+
+        if not f.completed:
+          asyncSpawn sendMsgContinue(conn, f)
+        p.semTxLimit[].release()
+      
+      except CatchableError as exc:
+        p.semTxLimit[].release()
+        await conn.close()
+
+    
 proc sendEncoded*(p: PubSubPeer, msg: seq[byte], isHighPriority: bool): Future[void] =
   ## Asynchronously sends an encoded message to a specified `PubSubPeer`.
   ##
@@ -499,6 +513,7 @@ proc new*(
   onEvent: OnEvent,
   codec: string,
   maxMessageSize: int,
+  sem: ptr AsyncSemaphore,
   maxNumElementsInNonPriorityQueue: int = DefaultMaxNumElementsInNonPriorityQueue,
   overheadRateLimitOpt: Opt[TokenBucket] = Opt.none(TokenBucket)): T =
 
@@ -516,3 +531,4 @@ proc new*(
   result.sentIHaves.addFirst(default(HashSet[MessageId]))
   result.heDontWants.addFirst(default(HashSet[SaltedId]))
   result.startSendNonPriorityTask()
+  result.semTxLimit = sem