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Large-Sample comparison of TCP congestion control mechanisms over wireless networks
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Large-Sample comparison of TCP congestion control mechanisms over wireless networks

K. Ong, D. Murray and T. McGill
30th International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications Workshops (WAINA) 2016 (Le Régent Congress Centre, Crans-Montana, Switzerland, 23/03/2016–25/03/2016)
2016
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Abstract

As new congestion control mechanisms are developed, their performance relative to existing mechanisms needs to be understood; in particular over wireless networks. This study aimed to evaluate existing TCP congestion control mechanisms using a comprehensive and reproducible methodology designed to be representative of real world usage of wireless networks. The study sought to investigate whether any existing mechanism could provide significant performance benefits over CUBIC and be recommended for adoption. The findings of this study showed that YeAH demonstrated an increase in throughput of 3%–5% over CUBIC, with no penalty to latency. While this small improvement may assist applications requiring the highest available performance, it is unlikely that it will provide a significant improvement over existing congestion control mechanisms. As such, it is the conclusion of this study that use of alternate congestion control mechanisms would not provide noticeable improvements in performance in most applications.

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