(TCP congestion control over a live UMTS network [http://c3lab.poliba.it/images/2/21/Umts_tcp_stacks_170407.pdf])
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The channel utilization provided in the case of single flow accessing the downlink is '''less than 40%''' mainly due to the high number of timeouts (see below).

Revisione 16:11, 17 Apr 2007

TCP congestion control over a live UMTS network [1]

We have performed an extensive campaign of measurements that involved around 3000 flows and more than 40 hours of measurements using three different TCP stacks:

  • TCP NewReno: the congestion control algorithm standardized by IETF
  • TCP BIC: the default congestion control algorithm adopted by the Linux o.s.
  • TCP Westwood+: available in the Linux kernel (both 2.4 and 2.6 kernels).

The experimental evaluation has been carried out by accessing the public Internet using an UMTS card (see figure below).

UmtsTestbed.png

The following instantaneous variable measurements have been collected by using the libnetmeas library:

  • Goodput
  • Round Trip Time
  • packet loss ratios
  • number of timeouts

We show cumulative distribution function plots to illustrate the main results of our investigation.

Goodput

Goodput 1 flow downlink.pngGoodput 2 flows downlink.png Goodput 4 flows downlink.pngChannel utilization downlink.png

The channel utilization provided in the case of single flow accessing the downlink is less than 40% mainly due to the high number of timeouts (see below).

TCP congestion control over a live UMTS network [1][edit]

We have performed an extensive campaign of measurements that involved around 3000 flows and more than 40 hours of measurements using three different TCP stacks:

The experimental evaluation has been carried out by accessing the public Internet using an UMTS card (see figure below).

UmtsTestbed.png

The following instantaneous variable measurements have been collected by using the libnetmeas library:

We show cumulative distribution function plots to illustrate the main results of our investigation.

Goodput[edit]

Goodput 1 flow downlink.pngGoodput 2 flows downlink.png Goodput 4 flows downlink.pngChannel utilization downlink.png

The channel utilization provided in the case of single flow accessing the downlink is less than 40% mainly due to the high number of timeouts (see below).