2001/06/01 by Ian F. Akyildiz, Giacomo Morabito, Sergio Palazzo · 3 citations
Computer Science · #CUBIC TCP #Computer network #Computer science #Distributed computing #Goodput #Mobile Agent-Based Network Management #Network Traffic and Congestion Control #Network congestion #Network packet #Real-time computing #Software-Defined Networks and 5G #TCP Friendly Rate Control #TCP Westwood plus #TCP acceleration #TCP global synchronization #TCP tuning #Telecommunications #Throughput #Wireless #Zeta-TCP
paper · doi:10.1109/90.929853
openalex publication_date 2001/06/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/11
Current TCP protocols have lower throughput performance in satellite networks mainly due to the effects of long propagation delays and high link error rates. In this paper, a new congestion control scheme called TCP-Peach is introduced for satellite networks. TCP-Peach is composed of two new algorithms, namely Sudden Start and Rapid Recovery, as well as the two traditional TCP algorithms, Congestion Avoidance and Fast Retransmit. The new algorithms are based on the novel concept of using dummy segments to probe the availability of network resources without carrying any new information to the sender. Dummy segments are treated as low-priority segments and accordingly they do not effect the delivery of actual data traffic. Simulation experiments show that TCP-Peach outperforms other TCP schemes for satellite networks in terms of goodput. It also provides a fair share of network resources.