Title :
FAST TCP: from theory to experiments
Author :
Jin, Cheng ; Wei, David ; Low, Steven H. ; Bunn, Julian ; Choe, Hyojeong D. ; Doylle, J.C. ; Newman, Harvey ; Ravot, Sylvain ; Singh, Suresh ; Paganini, Fernando ; Buhrmaster, Gary ; Cottrell, Les ; Martin, Olivier ; Feng, Wu-chun
Author_Institution :
Caltech, Pasadena, CA, USA
Abstract :
We describe a variant of TCP, called FAST, that can sustain high throughput and utilization at multigigabits per second over large distances. We present the motivation, review the background theory, summarize key features of FAST TCP, and report our first experimental results.
Keywords :
telecommunication congestion control; telecommunication traffic; transport protocols; FAST TCP; background traffic; congestion control algorithm; queueing delay; transport control protocol; Algorithm design and analysis; Artificial intelligence; Current measurement; Delay estimation; Iterative algorithms; Laboratories; Linear accelerators; Loss measurement; Stability; Throughput;
Journal_Title :
Network, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MNET.2005.1383434
