A method for increasing throughput based on packet striping

Author

Jacquet, Frédérique ; Misson, Michel

Author_Institution

Dept. GTR, IUT Clermont-Ferrand, Aubiere, France

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

375

Lastpage

379

Abstract

This paper presents a method based on packet striping aimed at increasing throughput and quality of service. Striping is a method for improving network performance by splitting traffic over multiple physical links. Striping algorithms have to deal with the different characteristics of the links. A multilink system is described, it provides a basis for exploring and testing several striping schemes. We propose a new striping algorithm which tends to keep the order of packets and limits the effects of different delays on channels. This is done not by a synchronization at the receiver side but by detecting which packets are expected to be late regarding to the others. These packets are sent in advance so that an in-order delivery is aimed for. This algorithm is efficient even when there are high error rates like it can be encountered in wireless networks. A modeling of the multilink system provides different simulation results which allow the interest of our striping algorithm to be verified

Keywords

digital simulation; packet switching; quality of service; telecommunication links; telecommunication networks; telecommunication traffic; QoS; channel delays; high error rates; multilink system; network performance; packet striping; quality of service; simulation results; striping algorithms; throughput; traffic splitting; wireless networks; Costs; Delay effects; Error analysis; Protocols; Quality of service; System testing; Telecommunication network reliability; Telecommunication traffic; Throughput; Wireless networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Universal Multiservice Networks, 2000. ECUMN 2000. 1st European Conference on

Conference_Location

Colmar

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6419-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ECUMN.2000.880788

Filename

880788