Title :
A method for increasing throughput based on packet striping
Author :
Jacquet, Frédérique ; Misson, Michel
Author_Institution :
Dept. GTR, IUT Clermont-Ferrand, Aubiere, France
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;
Conference_Titel :
Universal Multiservice Networks, 2000. ECUMN 2000. 1st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Colmar
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6419-8
DOI :
10.1109/ECUMN.2000.880788
