Title :
TCP-SMART: a technique for improving TCP performance in a spotty wide band environment
Author :
Elaoud, Moncef ; Han, Parameswaran Ramanat
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Wisconsin Univ., Madison, WI, USA
Abstract :
We describe a scheme called TCP-SMART to improve the end-to-end throughput of TCP connections in the spotty wide band environment. In this scheme, a TCP-SMART agent at the base station uses local retransmissions, acknowledgment filtering, and selective generation of duplicate acknowledgments to increase the TCP throughput despite extended periods of poor channel conditions and short disconnections. When compared to other schemes, TCP-SMART achieves higher end-to-end TCP throughput
Keywords :
broadband networks; digital simulation; land mobile radio; radio networks; software agents; transport protocols; Infostation; TCP connections; TCP performance improvement; TCP-SMART; TCP-SMART agent; acknowledgment filtering; base station; duplicate acknowledgments; end-to-end throughput; local retransmissions; mobile host; poor channel conditions; selective generation; short disconnections; simulation results; spotty wide band environment; wireless link; Airports; Bandwidth; Base stations; Bit error rate; Degradation; Filtering; Road transportation; Throughput; Transport protocols; Wideband;
Conference_Titel :
Communications, 2000. ICC 2000. 2000 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
New Orleans, LA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6283-7
DOI :
10.1109/ICC.2000.853814
