TCP/IP traffic over ATM networks with ABR flow and congestion control

Author

An, Liping ; Ansari, Nirwan ; Arulambalam, Ambalavanar

Author_Institution

Center for Comm. & Sig. Proc., New Jersey Inst. of Technol., Newark, NJ, USA

Volume

3

fYear

1997

fDate

3-8 Nov 1997

Firstpage

1845

Abstract

We compare the performance of TCP/IP traffic running on different rate based ABR flow control algorithms such as explicit forward congestion indication (EFCI), explicit rate indication for congestion avoidance (ERICA), and fast max-min rate allocation (FMMRA) by extensive simulations. The FMMRA algorithm is shown to exhibit the favorable features of least buffer requirement, fair bandwidth allocation to TCP connections, fast and accurate allowed cell rate (ACR) adjustment according to the changes of network traffic, and the highest effective TCP throughput

Keywords

asynchronous transfer mode; buffer storage; telecommunication congestion control; telecommunication traffic; transport protocols; ABR congestion control; ABR flow control algorithms; ACR rate adjustment; ATM networks; EFCI; ERICA; FMMRA; TCP throughput; TCP/IP traffic; allowed cell rate; buffer requirement; explicit forward congestion indication; explicit rate indication for congestion avoidance; fair bandwidth allocation; fast max-min rate allocation; network traffic; performance; simulations; Asynchronous transfer mode; Bandwidth; Channel allocation; Communication system traffic control; Delay; Resource management; Switches; TCPIP; Telecommunication traffic; Throughput; Traffic control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Telecommunications Conference, 1997. GLOBECOM '97., IEEE

Conference_Location

Phoenix, AZ

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4198-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GLOCOM.1997.644591

Filename

644591