Layered multicast with TCP-friendly congestion control using active networks

Author

Cheng, Lechang ; Ito, Mabo R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., British Columbia Univ., Vancouver, BC, Canada

Volume

1

fYear

2003

fDate

23 Feb.-1 March 2003

Firstpage

806

Abstract

The paper introduces a new scheme of receiver-driven layered multicast using active networks (RLM-AN). As most layered multicast schemes conduct an end-to-end congestion control mechanism, we propose a distributed TCP-friendly congestion control scheme. The multicast tree is regarded as a set of virtual links and TCP-friendly congestion control is performed on each virtual link. By introducing the congestion control mechanism in the active nodes inside the network, we obtain smoother and more TCP-friendly throughputs and quick response to congestion inside the network.

Keywords

multicast communication; multimedia communication; telecommunication congestion control; transport protocols; trees (mathematics); TCP-friendly congestion control; active networks; active nodes; audio stream distribution; distributed congestion control; end-to-end congestion control; multicast tree; multimedia communication; receiver-driven layered multicast; video stream distribution; virtual links; Bandwidth; Computer networks; Distributed computing; Distributed control; Feedback; IP networks; Multicast algorithms; Network servers; Streaming media; Throughput;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Telecommunications, 2003. ICT 2003. 10th International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7661-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTEL.2003.1191512

Filename

1191512