TCP performance enhancements in ATM networks with large buffers and priority mechanisms

Author

Perloff, Michael ; Reiss, Kurt

Author_Institution

GTE Gov. Syst. Corp., Needham Heights, MA, USA

Volume

3

fYear

1995

fDate

18-22 Jun 1995

Firstpage

1478

Abstract

Poor performance of the standard TCP/IP protocol over high-speed ATM networks has been observed in previous studies. The present paper reports on improvements of TCP/IP performance in an ATM wide area network achieved by implementation of simple congestion control mechanisms based on utilization of large buffers and cell discard priority mechanisms. An output-buffered ATM switch architecture with adjustable buffers is considered in a coast-to-coast OC3 network. Improvements in both throughput and fairness observed in simulations are discussed

Keywords

asynchronous transfer mode; buffer storage; performance evaluation; telecommunication congestion control; transport protocols; wide area networks; ATM networks; TCP performance enhancements; adjustable buffers; cell discard priority; coast-to-coast OC3 network; congestion control; fairness; output-buffered ATM switch architecture; standard TCP/IP protocol; throughput; wide area network; Asynchronous transfer mode; Collaborative work; Computer networks; Distributed computing; Intelligent networks; Protocols; Switches; TCPIP; Telecommunication traffic; Throughput;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications, 1995. ICC '95 Seattle, 'Gateway to Globalization', 1995 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2486-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICC.1995.524448

Filename

524448