Transport Layer Load Balancing in FCS Networks

Abstract

The Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) allows for end-to-end load balancing in FCS networks to be performed at the transport layer, through repeated changeover. We present a problem in the current SCTP (RFC2960) specification that results in unnecessary retransmissions and TCP unfriendly growth of the sender's congestion window during certain changeover conditions. We first illustrate the problem using an example scenario. We then briefly describe the proposed solutions for problem and our future direction.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2003
Accession Number
AD1000135

Entities

People

  • Armando Jr L. Caro
  • Janardhan R. Iyengar
  • Paul D. Amer
  • Randall R. Stewart

Organizations

  • University of Delaware

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Communities of Interest

  • C4I

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Algorithms
  • Congestion
  • Control Systems
  • Fault Tolerance
  • Governments
  • Instructions
  • Intellectual Property
  • Military Research
  • Network Protocols
  • Networks
  • Retransmission
  • Standards
  • Task Forces
  • Transport Protocols
  • Transport Ships
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computer Networking
  • Software Engineering