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Analysis of packet loss in transport layer over ATM networks
Author(s) -
Kumazoe Kazumi,
Kawahara Kenji,
Takine Tetsuya,
Oie Yuji
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
international journal of communication systems
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.344
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1099-1131
pISSN - 1074-5351
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-1131(199707/08)10:4<181::aid-dac336>3.0.co;2-z
Subject(s) - computer science , computer network , network packet , transmission delay , fast packet switching , asynchronous transfer mode , packet loss , packet segmentation , throughput , selective repeat arq , asynchronous communication , end to end delay , hybrid automatic repeat request , processing delay , automatic repeat request , telecommunications , wireless , telecommunications link
In asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) networks, when cells are lost due to congestion, packets containing the lost cells should be retransmitted in the transport layer, which manages the end‐to‐end communication. The probability that a packet contains at least one lost cell depends on the packet length. It is thus very likely that the performance of the end‐to‐end communication is influenced by the packet length. In this paper, we analyse packet loss probability and the achievable maximum throughput when a block of data is divided into packets of fixed size and the lost packets are retransmitted based on the selective repeat automatic repeat request (ARQ). Through this analysis, we examine the effect of packet length and peak cell transmission rate on the performance measures mentioned above. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.