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Reorder notifying TCP (RN‐TCP) with explicit packet drop notification (EPDN)
Author(s) -
Sathiaseelan Arjuna,
Radzik Tomasz
Publication year - 2006
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/dac.759
Subject(s) - computer science , network packet , computer network , tcp vegas , tcp global synchronization , zeta tcp , tcp westwood , tcp tuning , drop (telecommunication) , network congestion , telecommunications
Numerous studies have shown that packet reordering is common, especially in networks where there is high degree of parallelism and different link speeds. Reordering of packets decrease the TCP performance of a network, mainly because it leads to overestimation of the congestion in the network. In this paper, we analyse the performance of networks when reordering of packets occur. We propose a proactive solution that could significantly improve the performance of the network when reordering of packets occurs. We report results of our simulation experiments, which support this claim. Our solution is based on enabling the senders to distinguish between dropped packets and reordered packets. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.