TCP flow control for maximum throughput and QoS guarantee

Author

Satoh, Hideki

Author_Institution

Inf. & Commun. Syst. Lab., Toshiba Corp., Kawasaki, Japan

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

280

Lastpage

285

Abstract

The author proposes a flow control for a TCP connection which determines the packet sending rate so as to maximize a performance measure function for the fairness, throughput and packet loss ratio. The performance is examined for the TCP packet network by theoretical analysis and computer simulation, and it is shown that the proposed method is optimal and fair, and that almost the maximum throughput is obtained with a packet loss ratio of less than the required value, even if the packet network does not guarantee QoS

Keywords

control system analysis computing; digital simulation; flow control; losses; optimal control; optimisation; packet switching; performance index; quality of service; telecommunication computing; telecommunication control; transport protocols; TCP flow control; TCP packet network; computer simulation; fairness; maximum throughput; packet loss ratio; packet sending rate; performance measure function maximization; service quality guarantee; Communication system control; Communication system traffic control; Computer simulation; Loss measurement; Performance loss; Propagation losses; Protocols; Size control; Stability; Throughput;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Internet Workshop, 1999. IWS 99

Conference_Location

Osaka

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5925-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IWS.1999.811026

Filename

811026