Title :
CAM02-2: WB-RTO: A Window-Based Retransmission Timeout for TCP
Author :
Psaras, Ioannis ; Tsaoussidis, Vassilis
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Demokritos Univ. of Thrace, Xanthi
fDate :
Nov. 27 2006-Dec. 1 2006
Abstract :
We present a new timeout algorithm for TCP, based on the observation that TCP-RTO should not be solely based on RTT estimations. We argue that the design principles of the current timeout algorithm may lead to flow synchronization, unnecessary retransmission effort and unfair resource allocation. WB-RTO exhibits two major properties: (i) it cancels retransmission synchronization which dominates when resource demand exceeds by far resource supply and (ii) reschedules flows on the basis of their contribution to congestion.
Keywords :
resource allocation; telecommunication traffic; transport protocols; TCP; WB-RTO; flow synchronization; network congestion; resource allocation; resource supply; timeout algorithm; window-based retransmission timeout; Algorithm design and analysis; Computer networks; Delay; Differential equations; Extraterrestrial measurements; Particle measurements; Partitioning algorithms; Resource management; Scheduling algorithm; Weight measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Global Telecommunications Conference, 2006. GLOBECOM '06. IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0356-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1930-529X
DOI :
10.1109/GLOCOM.2006.13
