TY - JOUR
T1 - Analysis evaluation of parallel TCP
T2 - Is it really effective for long fat networks?
AU - Zhang, Zongsheng
AU - Hasegawa, Go
AU - Murata, Masayuki
PY - 2007/3
Y1 - 2007/3
N2 - Parallel TCP is one possible approach to increasing throughput of data transfer in Long Fat Networks (LFNs). Using parallel TCP is something of black art. As high-speed transport-layer protocols appear, e.g. HSTCP, it is necessary to reinvestigate the performance of parallel TCP, because a choice has to be make among them for the system. In this paper, the performance of parallel TCP is evaluated by mathematical analysis based on a simple dumbbell topology. Packet drop rate and aggregate goodput are used as two metrics to characterize the performance of parallel TCP. Two cases, namely synchronization and non-synchronization, are analyzed in detail when DropTail is deployed on routers. The synchronization case is common in using parallel TCP, but the goodput deteriorates seriously. The non-synchronization case may benefit parallel TCP, but extra mechanisms are required, and it is not easy to implement in the real world. The problem also remains even if Random Early Detection (RED) queue management is employed on routers. The analysis results show the difficulty in using parallel TCP in practice.
AB - Parallel TCP is one possible approach to increasing throughput of data transfer in Long Fat Networks (LFNs). Using parallel TCP is something of black art. As high-speed transport-layer protocols appear, e.g. HSTCP, it is necessary to reinvestigate the performance of parallel TCP, because a choice has to be make among them for the system. In this paper, the performance of parallel TCP is evaluated by mathematical analysis based on a simple dumbbell topology. Packet drop rate and aggregate goodput are used as two metrics to characterize the performance of parallel TCP. Two cases, namely synchronization and non-synchronization, are analyzed in detail when DropTail is deployed on routers. The synchronization case is common in using parallel TCP, but the goodput deteriorates seriously. The non-synchronization case may benefit parallel TCP, but extra mechanisms are required, and it is not easy to implement in the real world. The problem also remains even if Random Early Detection (RED) queue management is employed on routers. The analysis results show the difficulty in using parallel TCP in practice.
KW - Long Fat Network
KW - Parallel TCP
KW - Throughput
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U2 - 10.1093/ietcom/e90-b.3.559
DO - 10.1093/ietcom/e90-b.3.559
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33947162959
SN - 0916-8516
VL - E90-B
SP - 559
EP - 568
JO - IEICE Transactions on Communications
JF - IEICE Transactions on Communications
IS - 3
ER -