Title :
Stability analysis of window-based flow control mechanism in TCP/IP networks
Author :
Ohsaki, Hiroyuki ; Murata, Masayuki ; Ushio, Toshimitsu ; Miyahara, Hideo
Author_Institution :
Graduate Sch. of Eng. Sci., Osaka Univ., Japan
Abstract :
A version of the TCP mechanism, called TCP Vegas, has been proposed earlier, and has potential to achieve better performance than current mechanisms such as TCP Tahoe and Reno. This paper considers a window-based flow control mechanism based on a slightly modified congestion avoidance mechanism of TCP Vegas, and introduces its mathematical model described by a nonlinear difference equation. We calculate its fixed point, and a stability condition of the fixed point is derived
Keywords :
computer networks; stability; telecommunication congestion control; transport protocols; TCP Vegas; TCP/IP networks; congestion avoidance mechanism; nonlinear difference equation; stability analysis; window-based flow control mechanism; Buffer storage; Difference equations; Explosives; IP networks; Intelligent networks; Mathematical model; Propagation delay; Stability analysis; TCPIP; Throughput;
Conference_Titel :
Control Applications, 1999. Proceedings of the 1999 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kohala Coast, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5446-X
DOI :
10.1109/CCA.1999.801211
