Performance-adaptive prediction-based transport control over dedicated links

Xukang Lu, Qishi Wu, Nageswara S.V. Rao, Zongmin Wang

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Abstract

Several research and production networks now provide multiple Gbps dedicated connections to meet the demands of large data transfers over wide-area networks. End users, however, have not been able to see corresponding increase in application goodputs mainly because (i) such rates have pushed the bottleneck from the network to the end system, and (ii) the traditional transport methods are not optimized for handling host dynamics. Due to the sharing with unknown background workloads, the data receiver oftentimes lacks sufficient system resources to process packets arriving from high-speed dedicated links, therefore leading to significant packet drops at the end system. We propose a rigorous design approach for a new class of transport protocols that explicitly account for the dynamics of the running environment to maximize application goodputs over dedicated connections. The control strategy of the proposed transport method combines two aspects: (i) the receiving bottleneck rate is predicted based on performance modeling, and (ii) the sending rate is stabilized at the estimated bottleneck rate based on stochastic approximation. We test the proposed method on a local dedicated connection and the experimental results illustrate its superior performance over existing methods.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationQuality of Service in Heterogeneous Networks - 6th Int. ICST Conference on Heterogeneous Networking for Quality, Reliability, Security and Robustness, QShine 2009 and AAA-IDEA 2009, Proceedings
Pages265-279
Number of pages15
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009
Event6th International ICST Conference on Heterogeneous Networking for Quality, Reliability, Security and Robustness, QShine 2009 and 3rd International Workshop on Advanced Architectures and Algorithms for Internet Delivery and Applications, AAA-IDEA 2009 - Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Italy
Duration: Nov 23 2009Nov 25 2009

Publication series

NameLecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering
Volume22 LNICST
ISSN (Print)1867-8211

Conference

Conference6th International ICST Conference on Heterogeneous Networking for Quality, Reliability, Security and Robustness, QShine 2009 and 3rd International Workshop on Advanced Architectures and Algorithms for Internet Delivery and Applications, AAA-IDEA 2009
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityLas Palmas de Gran Canaria
Period11/23/0911/25/09

Keywords

  • Dedicated networks
  • Performance modeling
  • Transport control

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