B-TCP: a new startup strategy for speeding up mice flows
Glauco Gonçalves2008
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Abstract
This paper investigates the degradation of to mice flows caused by standard TCP congestion control mechanisms, especially during the Slow Start phase what can cause multiple packet losses. Thus, a modified TCP startup mechanism was proposed. The Burst TCP (B-TCP) is an intuitive TCP startup mechanism that employs a responsive window growth scheme to improve performance of small flows. Moreover, B-TCP is easy to implement and requires TCP adjustment at the sender side only. Simulation experiments show that B-TCP can significantly reduce transfer times and packet losses of small flows without causing damage to large flows.
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