• DocumentCode
    1073235
  • Title

    A remedy for performance degradation of TCP Vegas in asymmetric networks

  • Author

    Fu, Cheng P. ; Liew, Soung C.

  • Author_Institution
    Inf. Eng. Dept., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin, China
  • Volume
    7
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2003
  • Firstpage
    42
  • Lastpage
    44
  • Abstract
    Many previous studies have indicated that TCP Vegas outperforms TCP Reno. This letter shows that in asymmetric networks in which the bottleneck is on the reverse path rather than on the forward path, Vegas underutilizes the available bandwidth on the forward path by a large margin. A solution that makes use of the TCP timestamp option can effectively restore the throughput on the forward path.
  • Keywords
    Internet; telecommunication congestion control; transport protocols; Internet; TCP Reno; TCP Vegas; TCP timestamp option; asymmetric networks; available bandwidth; congestion control; forward path; performance degradation remedy; reverse path; throughput restoration; transport protocol; Bandwidth; Degradation; Hybrid fiber coaxial cables; IP networks; Intelligent networks; Internet; Propagation delay; Satellites; Throughput; Transport protocols;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Communications Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1089-7798
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LCOMM.2002.805544
  • Filename
    1159889
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1073235