On Throughput Stabilization of Network Transport

Abstract

A number of network applications require stable transport throughput for tasks such as control and coordination operations over wide-area networks. We present a window-based method that achieves stable throughput at a target level by utilizing a variation of the classical Robbins-Monro stochastic approximation algorithm. We analytically show the stability of this method under very mild conditions on the network, which are justified by Internet measurements. Our User Datagram Protocol (UDP)-based implementation provides stable throughput over the Internet under various traffic conditions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA521050

Entities

People

  • Nageswara S. Rao
  • Qishi Wu
  • Sundaraja Sitharama Iyengar

Organizations

  • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Bandwidth
  • Computer Communications
  • Computer Science
  • Control Systems
  • Electronic Mail
  • Engineering
  • Estimators
  • Internet
  • Measurement
  • Networks
  • New York
  • Packet Loss
  • Throughput
  • Transport Protocols
  • Transport Ships
  • Wide Area Networks

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computer Networking
  • Regression Analysis.