Title :
On the burstiness of the TCP congestion-control mechanism in a distributed computing system
Author :
Wu-Chun Feng ; Tinnakornsrisuphap, Peerapol ; Philip, I.
Author_Institution :
RADIANT, Los Alamos Nat. Lab., NM, USA
Abstract :
Several studies in network traffic characterization have concluded that network traffic is self-similar and therefore not readily amenable to statistical multiplexing in a distributed computing system. This paper examines the effects of the TCP protocol stack on network traffic via an experimental study on the different implementations of TCP. We show that even when aggregate application traffic smooths out as more applications´ traffic are multiplexed, TCP introduces burstiness into the aggregate traffic load, reducing network performance when statistical multiplexing is used within the network gateways
Keywords :
computer networks; multiplexing; telecommunication congestion control; telecommunication traffic; transport protocols; TCP congestion-control mechanism; TCP protocol stack; aggregate application traffic; burstiness; distributed computing system; network gateways; network performance; network traffic; network traffic characterization; statistical multiplexing; Aggregates; Computer networks; Distributed computing; Electrical capacitance tomography; Intelligent networks; Laboratories; Peer to peer computing; Quality of service; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control;
Conference_Titel :
Distributed Computing Systems, 2000. Proceedings. 20th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Taipei
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0601-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICDCS.2000.840912
