A new approach to model the stationary behavior of TCP connections

Author

Casetti, Claudio ; Meo, Michela

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Elettronica, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Volume

1

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

367

Abstract

In this paper, we outline a methodology that can be applied to model the behavior of TCP flows. The proposed methodology stems from a Markovian model of a single TCP source, and eventually considers the superposition and interaction of several such sources using standard queueing analysis techniques. Our approach allows the evaluation of such performance indices as throughput, queueing delay and packet loss of TCP flows. The results obtained through our model are validated by means of simulation, under several topology and traffic settings

Keywords

Markov processes; delays; network topology; queueing theory; telecommunication traffic; transport protocols; Markovian model; TCP connections; TCP flows; packet loss; performance evaluation; queueing analysis; queueing delay; simulation; stationary behavior; throughput; topology; traffic; Fluid dynamics; Large Hadron Collider; Protocols; Queueing analysis; Robustness; Steady-state; Stochastic processes; Throughput; Topology; Traffic control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

INFOCOM 2000. Nineteenth Annual Joint Conference of the IEEE Computer and Communications Societies. Proceedings. IEEE

Conference_Location

Tel Aviv

ISSN

0743-166X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5880-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/INFCOM.2000.832207

Filename

832207