Performance of TCP over ABR service class

Author

Hasegawa, Go ; Ohsaki, Hiroyuki ; Murata, Masayuki ; Miyahara, Hideo

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. & Comput. Sci., Osaka Univ., Japan

Volume

3

fYear

1996

Firstpage

1935

Abstract

The performance of TCP over ATM networks is evaluated using a simulation technique for the model where the multiple ATM switches are interconnected. In multihop networks, the unfairness among connections possibly become a problem due to the difference of the number of hops or the round trip times among connections. We first compare three methods For supporting TCP traffic; available bit rate (ABR), unspecified bit rate (UBR) with EPD (early packet discard), and EPD with per-VC accounting. Results show that the performance of TCP over ABR is degraded once the cell loss takes place due to the inappropriate control parameter setting. We then consider TCP over ABR with an EPD enhancement in which an EPD mechanism is incorporated into ABR

Keywords

asynchronous transfer mode; digital simulation; packet switching; simulation; telecommunication congestion control; telecommunication traffic; transport protocols; ABR; ABR service class; EPD; TCP performance; TCP traffic; UBR; available bit rate; cell loss; congestion control; connection unfairness; control parameter setting; early packet discard; interconnected ATM switches; multihop networks; perVC accounting; round trip times; simulation experiments; simulation technique; traffic; unspecified bit rate; Asynchronous transfer mode; Bandwidth; Bit rate; Communication system traffic control; Data communication; Packet switching; Protection; Protocols; Quality of service; Switches;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Telecommunications Conference, 1996. GLOBECOM '96. 'Communications: The Key to Global Prosperity

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3336-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GLOCOM.1996.591974

Filename

591974