TCP CERL+: revisiting TCP congestion control in wireless networks with random loss

Wireless Networks - In this paper, we analyze the performance of wireless networks subject to random loss. In this regard, we revisit our TCP Congestion Control Enhancement for Random Loss (CERL)...     

TCP Veno: TCP enhancement for transmission over wireless access networks

Wireless access networks in the form of wireless local area networks, home networks, and cellular networks are becoming an integral part of the Internet. Unlike wired networks, random packet loss due to bit errors is not negligible in wireless networks, and this causes significant performance degradation of transmission control protocol (TCP). We propose and study a novel end-to-end congestion control mechanism called TCP Veno that is simple and effective for dealing with random packet loss. A key ingredient of Veno is that it monitors the network congestion level and uses that information to decide whether packet losses are likely to be due to congestion or random bit errors. Specifically: (1) it refines the multiplicative decrease algorithm of TCP Reno-the most widely deployed TCP version in practice-by adjusting the slow-start threshold according to the perceived network congestion level rather than a fixed drop factor and (2) it refines the linear increase algorithm so that the connection can stay longer in an operating region in which the network bandwidth is fully utilized. Based on extensive network testbed experiments and live Internet measurements, we show that Veno can achieve significant throughput improvements without adversely affecting other concurrent TCP connections, including other concurrent Reno connections. In typical wireless access networks with 1% random packet loss rate, throughput improvement of up to 80% can be demonstrated. A salient feature of Veno is that it modifies only the sender-side protocol of Reno without changing the receiver-side protocol stack.     

A time-dominated TCP congestion control over heterogeneous networks

The traditional transmission control protocol (TCP) suffers from performance problems such as throughput bias against flows with longer packet roundtrip time (RTT), which leads to burst traffic flows producing high packet loss, long delays, and high delay jitter. This paper proposes a TCP congestion control mechanism, TD-TCP, that the sender increases the congestion window according to time rather than receipt of acknowledgement. Since this mechanism spaces out data sent into the network, data are not sent in bursts. In addition, the proposed mechanism reduces throughput bias because all flows increase the congestion window at the same rate regardless of their packet RTT. The implementation of the mechanism affects only the protocol stack at the sender; hence, neither the receiver nor the routers need modifications. The mechanism has been implemented in the Linux platform and tested in conjunction with various TCP variants in real environments. The experimental result shows that the proposed mechanism improves transmission performance, especially in networks with congestion and/or high packet loss rates. Experiments in real commercial wireless networks have also been conducted to support the proposed mechanism's practical use. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

An enhancement of TCP Veno over light-load wireless networks

This letter observes that TCP Veno behaves conservatively over light-load wireless networks. A new variable, congestion loss rate, is introduced into Veno's algorithm. It helps Veno deal with random loss more intelligently, by keeping its congestion window increasing if the link load is in light state. The simulation results demonstrate that, such enhancement can improve Veno's throughput up to 60% without any fairness or friendliness sacrificed.     

无线网络中一种改进的TCP拥塞控制机制

由于无线网络中存在高误码、信号衰落、切换等原因，使传统TCP的应用受到了挑战。本文提出了一种新的无线网络拥塞控制方案—MRBR算法，它根据RTT值的变化对Reno协议进行修改，区分网络拥塞和无线链路差错，然后针对不同的原因，选取正确的参数实施拥塞控制。MRBR算法只需修改协议的发送部分，并且可以与Reno兼容。仿真结果表明，该方法增强了网络对拥塞以及随机差错的判断处理能力，有效提高了网络的吞吐量。     

Rate-based feedback control over TCP wireless networks using supervisory control

This paper proposes a systematic approach to the rate-based feedback control based on the supervisory control framework for discrete event systems. Since communication networks can be represented as discrete event systems, we design the supervisor to generate the admissible behavior for TCP wireless networks. It is shown that the controlled networks guarantee the fair sharing of the available bandwidth and avoid the packet loss caused by the-buffer overflow of TCP wireless networks.     

TCP over ATM的拥塞控制研究进展

指出了ＴＣＰ／ＩＰ在ＡＴＭ网络中运用遇到的困难,综述了ＴＣＰ拥塞控制方案与ＡＴＭ层拥塞控制策略的进展,概述了ＴＣＰｏｖｅｒＡＴＭ研究的现状,指出了为的工作方向。     

非对称无线网络中增强TCP性能的方法

针对非对称无线网络中,源节点和目的节点之间可能存在多条通信路径,通过计算反向路径带宽和平均吞吐量的关系,提出了将TCP数据报文段和确认报文段（ACK）的传输路径分离的方法。把路径的带宽作为判断标准,选择带宽大的那条路径返回ACK信号。仿真证明了提出的方法可以更加有效地提高TCP吞吐量,增强TCP的性能。     

Bandwidth estimation schemes for TCP over wireless networks

The use of enhanced bandwidth estimation procedures within the congestion control scheme of TCP was proposed recently as a way of improving TCP performance over links affected by random loss. This paper first analyzes the problems faced by every bandwidth estimation algorithm implemented at the sender side of a TCP connection. Some proposed estimation algorithms are then reviewed, analyzing and comparing their estimation accuracy and performance. As existing algorithms are poor in bandwidth estimation, and in sharing network resources fairly, we propose TIBET (time intervals based bandwidth estimation technique). This is a new bandwidth estimation scheme that can be implemented within the TCP congestion control procedure, modifying only the sender-side of a connection. The use of TIBET enhances TCP source performance over wireless links. The performance of TIBET is analyzed and compared with other schemes. Moreover, by studying TCP behavior with an ideal bandwidth estimation, we provide an upper bound to the performance of all possible schemes based on different bandwidth estimates.     

Improving performance of TCP over mobile wireless networks

Mobile IP is a network layer protocol for handling mobility of hosts in the Internet. However, mobile IP handoff causes degradation of TCP performance. Hence, there is a need for improving performance of TCP over mobile IP in wireless mobile networks. We propose an approach which handles losses due to both wireless link errors and host mobility. To handle losses due to host mobility, a method for seamless handoff is proposed. Empirical results show that the scheme provides substantial improvement of performance.

无线网络下一种改进的TCP拥塞控制机制TCP_RD

本文探讨了无线网络下误码丢包对TCP性能的影响,认为短期内误码丢包严重时,可以通过数据发送速率的降低来有效避免不必要的误码丢包,从而提高数据发送的可靠性,减少移动主机不必要的能源消耗和系统的额外开销。基于此,本文提出了一种改进的TCP拥塞控制机制TCP_RD,此机制实现简单,系统额外开销小,既能有效提高数据发送的可靠性,又不会过多降低系统吞吐量和加大系统时延。     

QoS-driven adaptive congestion control for voice over IP in multiservice wireless cellular networks

This work establishes a QoS-driven adaptive congestion control framework that provides QoS guarantees to VoIP service flows in mixed traffic scenarios for wireless cellular networks. The framework is composed of three radio resource management algorithms: admission control, packet scheduling, and load control. The proposed framework is scalable to several services and can be applied in any current or future packet-switched wireless system. By means of dynamic system-level simulations carried out in a specific case study where VoIP and Web service flows compete for shared access in an HSDPA wireless network, the proposed framework is able to increase the overall system capacity twofold depending on the traffic mix, while keeping the system operating optimally in its target QoS profile.     

iTCP: an intelligent TCP with neural network based end-to-end congestion control for ad-hoc multi-hop wireless mesh networks

Maintaining the performance of reliable transport protocols, such as transmission control protocol (TCP), over wireless mesh networks (WMNs) is a challenging problem due to the unique characteristics of data transmission over WMNs. The unique characteristics include multi-hop communication over lossy and non-deterministic wireless mediums, data transmission in the absence of a base station, similar traffic patterns over neighboring mesh nodes, etc. One of the reasons for the poor performance of conventional TCP variants over WMNs is that the congestion control mechanisms in conventional TCP variants do not explicitly account for these unique characteristics. To address this problem, this paper proposes a novel artificial intelligence based congestion control technique for reliable data transfer over WMNs. The synergy with artificial intelligence is established by exploiting a carefully designed neural network (NN) in the congestion control mechanism. We analyze the proposed NN based congestion control technique in detail and incorporate it into TCP to create a new variant that we name as intelligent TCP or iTCP. We evaluate the performance of iTCP using both ns-2 simulations and real testbed experiments. Our evaluation results demonstrate that our proposed congestion control technique exhibits a significant improvement in total network throughput and average energy consumption per transmitted bit compared to the congestion control techniques used in other TCP variants.     

无线多媒体网络中自适应拥塞控制算法的研究

提出了一种适用于采用无线接入多媒体流的拥塞控制算法,简称adaptive-MQWB(adaptivemediaQoSandwirelessbandwidth)。该算法依据当前带宽的动态变化率,在满足多媒体传输的最大时延的前提下,以最佳目标队长为实现目标,寻求最优的主动队列管理方案。仿真结果表明,与目前已有的MADR、tuned-RED算法相比,adaptive-MQWB算法在带宽动态变化的自适应性和多媒体传输时延的QoS保证方面都表现出更好的性能优势。     

Cross-layer congestion control in ad hoc wireless networks

The paper presents the problem of performance degradation of transport layer protocols due to congestion of wireless local area networks. Following the analysis of available solutions to this problem, a cross-layer congestion avoidance scheme (C³TCP) is presented, able to obtain higher performance by gathering capacity information such as bandwidth and delay at the link layer. The method requires the introduction of an additional module within the protocol stack of the mobile node, able to adjust the outgoing data stream based on capacity measurements. Moreover, a proposal to provide optional field support to existing IEEE 802.11 protocol, in order to support the presented congestion control solution as well as many other similar approaches, is presented. Achieved results underline good agreement with design considerations and high utilization of the available resources.     

混合网络下的TCP拥塞控制跨层优化算法

针对混合网络中并行链路间TCP流的不公平性,提出一种新的算法.此算法利用跨层设计的思想,以传输层的数据重传率为参数来调整TCP流不公平性,也就是说MAC层上的竞争窗口将根据重传率的动态变化而改变,其目的在于抑制并行链路TCP流接入信道能力的不公平性.并且用仿真工具NS2进行仿真的结果表明,采用改进算法后的网络公平性指数比未改进前提高了17.9％.该算法能明显改善并行链路间TCP流的不公平性.     

Error and congestion control for wireless sensor networks

In the wireless sensors network (WSN) field, a wide variety of sensors produce a heterogeneous traffic mix, targeting diverse applications with different reliability requirements. We focus on emergency response scenarios, where a mobile rescuer moves through a, possibly disconnected, network, trying to talk to diverse sensors. We assume two types of sensors, event sensors triggered by an event and periodic sensors activated at predefined time intervals, as well as two types of transmission, either using the highest bit rate available or using predefined bit rates. Our reliable transport protocol for sensor networks with mobile sinks (RT‐SENMOS) takes into account all these parameters and tries to provide the best possible user experience under the current circumstances of the network, using a sink‐driven approach where an application‐specific sink is combined with generic sensors. RT‐SENMOS was implemented and tested over a real network with emulated losses and compared against rate‐controlled reliable transport (RCRT), a well‐known sink‐driven protocol. The results show that RT‐SENMOS fully exploits the available bandwidth in all cases, while RCRT only manages to exploit 60% to 90% of it. Furthermore, RT‐SENMOS adapts much faster to prevailing network conditions, while its protocol overhead, in terms of control messages exchanged, is much lower than that of RCRT.     

Implicit hop-by-hop congestion control in wireless multihop networks

It has been shown that TCP and TCP-like congestion control are highly problematic in wireless multihop networks. In this paper we present a novel hop-by-hop congestion control protocol that has been tailored to the specific properties of the shared medium. In the proposed scheme, backpressure towards the source node is established implicitly, by passively observing the medium. A lightweight error detection and correction mechanism guarantees a fast reaction to changing medium conditions and low overhead. Our approach is equally applicable to TCP- and UDP-like data streams. We demonstrate the performance of our approach by an in-depth simulation study. These findings are underlined by testbed results obtained using an implementation of our protocol on real hardware.     

一种改进的TCP over OBS网络拥塞控制策略

首先深入分析了TCP over OBS网络中造成TCP性能下降的各种原因.在此基础上,考虑将近年来提出的GAIMD算法与OBS网络的特点相结合,提出了一种改进的拥塞控制策略.该策略能在一定程度上改善OBS网络由于随机竞争丢包给TCP性能带来的负面影响.