Dynamics of Tcp Traac over Atm Networks

We investigate the performance of TCP connections over ATM networks without ATM-level congestion control, and compare it to the performance of TCP over packet-based networks. For simulations of congested networks, the eeective throughput of TCP over ATM can be quite low when cells are dropped at the congested ATM switch. The low throughput is due to wasted bandwidth as the congested link transmits cells from`corrupted' packets, i.e., packets in which at least one cell is dropped by the switch. We investigate two packet discard strategies which alleviate the eeects of fragmentation. Partial Packet Discard , in which remaining cells are discarded after one cell has been dropped from a packet, somewhat improves throughput. We introduce Early Packet Discard, a strategy in which the switch drops whole packets prior to buuer overrow. This mechanism prevents fragmentation and restores throughput to maximal levels.

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