Improving file transfer in FCS networks

Author

Ladha, Sourabh ; Amer, Paul D. ; Caro, Armando L., Jr. ; Iyengar, Janardhan R.

Author_Institution

Comput. & Inf. Sci. Dept., Delaware Univ., Newark, DE, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

13-16 Oct. 2003

Firstpage

944

Abstract

In this paper, we compare the performance of two transport protocols, SCTP and the New-Reno variant of TCP, for file transfers in two FCS networking scenarios. We argue why SCTP is better suited for file transfers in a network prone to resource failures. To measure performance, we implemented FTP over SCTP in a FreeBSD environment. Our results indicate for our tested path configurations, (1) using SCTP as the transport for FTP significantly reduces file transfer time, and (2) FTP over SCTP is more robust to losses.

Keywords

Internet; computer network reliability; fault tolerance; file organisation; military communication; telecommunication congestion control; telecommunication traffic; transport protocols; FCS networking; FTP; FreeBSD environment; New-Reno variant; SCTP; file transfer protocol; future combat systems; resource failures; stream control transmission protocol; transport protocols; Bandwidth; Computer networks; Fault tolerance; Government; Intelligent networks; Robustness; Testing; Throughput; Transport protocols; Unmanned aerial vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Military Communications Conference, 2003. MILCOM '03. 2003 IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8140-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MILCOM.2003.1290284

Filename

1290284