Mitigating TCP Degradation over Intermittent Link Failures using Intermediate Buffers

Abstract

This thesis addresses the improvement of data transmission performance in a challenged network. It is well known that the popular Transmission Control Protocol degrades in environments where one or more of the links along the route is intermittently available. To avoid this degradation, this thesis proposes placing at least one node along the path of transmission to buffer and retransmit as needed to overcome the intermittent link. In the four-node, three-link testbed under particular conditions, file transmission time was reduced 20 fold in the case of an intermittent second link when the second node strategically buffers for retransmission opportunity.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA454022

Entities

People

  • M. B. Reynolds

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Cellular Networks
  • Computer Network Security
  • Computer Networks
  • Control Systems
  • Data Links
  • Data Storage Systems
  • Disruption Tolerant Networks
  • Mathematical Models
  • Mesh Networks
  • Network Protocols
  • Operating Systems
  • Packet Loss
  • Reliability
  • Transport Protocols
  • Wireless Communications
  • Wireless Networks

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computer Networking