Cycle-based TCP-friendly algorithm

Author

Ait-Hellal, Omar ; Yamamoto, Lidia ; Leduc, Guy

Author_Institution

Inst. Montefiore, Liege Univ., Belgium

fYear

1999

fDate

6/21/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

776

Abstract

Several TCP-friendly algorithms have been proposed to support multimedia applications. These algorithms try to mimic the congestion control behavior of TCP. However, the oscillatory (bursty) nature of TCP traffic is widely known to be unsuitable for most typical real-time applications. Adopting such behavior would result in annoying QoS oscillations for the users of such real-time applications. We describe a new TCP-friendly algorithm based on the TCP cycle estimation. We show through simulations that the proposed algorithm is able to smooth the oscillations while keeping fairness towards TCP

Keywords

adaptive control; digital simulation; multimedia communication; quality of service; telecommunication congestion control; telecommunication traffic; transport protocols; QoS oscillations; TCP cycle estimation; adaptive mechanisms; bursty TCP traffic; congestion control; cycle-based TCP-friendly algorithm; fairness; multimedia applications; oscillatory TCP traffic; real-time applications; simulations; Adaptive control; Communication system traffic control; Computational modeling; Electronic mail; Equations; Heuristic algorithms; Programmable control; Protection; Traffic control; Videoconference;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Telecommunications Conference, 1999. GLOBECOM '99

Conference_Location

Rio de Janeireo

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5796-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GLOCOM.1999.830172

Filename

830172