The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers D (대한전기학회논문지:시스템및제어부문D)

The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers (대한전기학회)
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TCP Congestion Control Based on Timeout Patterns

타임아웃 패턴에 기반한 TCP 혼잡 제어

  • 임갑주 (삼성전자 반도체사업부) ;
  • 연창환 (한양대 전자통신전파공학) ;
  • 남상원 (한양대 전자전기컴퓨터공학) ;
  • 이인환 (한양대 전자전기컴퓨터공학)
  • Published : 2004.12.01
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Abstract

This paper infers two patterns of timeout from the characteristics of TCP Reno and confirms the existence of the patterns by conducting actual experiments. All timeouts can be classified into either of these patterns by using the history of RTT value. Based on the observed patterns, the paper proposes two algorithms to improve the performance of TCP Reno. Experimental results show that, when compared with TCP Reno, the proposed algorithms improve the bandwidth utilization by 3 to 12 percent. The paper provides good examples of how timeout-based and delay-based congestion control can efficiently work together.

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