A fluid-flow analytical model of networked multimedia TFRC traffic sources

Author

Barbera, Mario ; Licandro, Francesco ; Lombardo, Alfio ; Schembra, Giovanni

Author_Institution

DIIT, Catania Univ., Italy

Volume

1

fYear

2005

fDate

28 Nov.-2 Dec. 2005

Abstract

With the advent of multimedia traffic over the Internet several TCP-friendly protocols have been developed to improve UDP with congestion control mechanisms. The most promising TCP-friendly protocol is the TFRC. This paper addresses a novel analytical model for TFRC traffic sources. The model is able to capture TFRC behavior and its dependence on the network congestion state. Moreover, the model includes the TFRC loss probability estimation algorithm performed by the receiver. In order to keep the model manageable, whatever the number of sources and network routers, a fluid-flow approach is used.

Keywords

Internet; flow; multimedia communication; telecommunication network routing; telecommunication traffic; transport protocols; Internet; TCP-friendly protocols; TFRC; fluid-flow analytical model; network routers; networked multimedia; probability estimation algorithm; traffic sources; Analytical models; Communication system traffic control; Electronic mail; Equations; Internet; Performance analysis; Protocols; Streaming media; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Telecommunications Conference, 2005. GLOBECOM '05. IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9414-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GLOCOM.2005.1577663

Filename

1577663