and Mobile Systems Design Lecture 07 Mobile Networks: TCP in Wireless Networks Lecture Objectives ~ Doseribe TCP’ Now control mechaniem + Describe operation of TCP Rano and TCP Vegas, Including congestion avoidance (congestion conto), ‘low tart and fat retransmission and recovery + Describe performance problams of TCP in wreless + Summarize proposed schemes fo overcome performance limitations of TOP In wireless networks Agenda TCP Flow Control = TOP overview. + Congestion avoidance, slow start and 1 TCP Reno and TCP Vegas 1 Solutions to TCP performance problems in wholes 7 ToP inherently supports flow contralto prewant + Sender cannot send more than wad unackncwladged bytes to tho recelver [=h TCP Flow Control Example Flow Control Can Limit Throughput (1) Let abe the round-up Une Le, he tne rem ‘ening a segment unt an acknowledgement (ACK) Isrecelved + Let t= wn be the tine to transmit fl “window ‘of data, where bs Iink bandwithFlow Control Can Limit Throughput (2) + Fora tok wih a high dlay-bandwidth product (nt), ‘he flow control window ean lint toughpt fo the coma TCP Congestion Avoidance Recent History of TCP TCP Operation oe thn LE tt ape ner * Flow conta (ready discussed) + Congestion avoidance a egerion nn i ow + Slow s Aegiaiy ow congo window ut cogitne Congestion Avoidance: TCP Reno (1) Congestion Avoidance: TCP Reno (2) + TGP can maintain a congestion window sae, cwnd, at the sender 1 Sender cantanent pio minum ot anand yee + TCP Reno uses packs oss ae an Inaeator of network congestion + TeP Reno ls reactive wth respect to congestion 7 When packet loss occurs congestion window als l= reduces + Congestion window size ls Increased when cata is ‘successfully acknowledged Tend cs cmd) agmant sel or ey ACK Stgmentevey rundiiptme) oneCongestion Window in TCP Reno Congestion Avoidance: TCP Vegas (1) ine eongstonound ne etl (etn compat) rune ne Congestion Avoidance: TCP Vegas (2) Congestion Avoidance: TCP Vegas (3) 7 Estimated backlogin queue (peated here) + TOP Vegas atemptsto Heep atleast bytes, tut fowor than P byes, n queue i> arcane ody P Vegas provides a proactive response to congestion Canesten window change raul a oseriedbscog (atop enone ‘reo nd aan Won Se Slow Start Mechanism Loss Detection: TCP Reno ‘+ The goal of the slow stat mechanism isto debt and void congestion asa connection begin oF timeout + Slo tt eal (ahead wn + TCP Rene doubies the congestion window every rounasip time no loss occurs «TCP Vegas doubles the congestion window every ‘other roundtrip time if no loss occurs + Coarse-grain imeoutndeates packet oss 'ACKS indicate packet loss eee engin aves ear econ nr)Loss Detection: TCP Vegas ~ coarse gran imoout mechanism nachrowsdge sean cacede te wre TCP Reno Behavior TCP Vegas Behavior TCP Reno Pros and Cons (1) + Converges more smoothy. suming suicenty large butters + hag crenata ecnin o + Moe wi oeplye, prota oe eat an + ToP Rene problems round teen aey Foo rw anon Saora facet Some TCP Reno Pros and Cons (2) TCP Vegas Pros and Cons + TGP Rene problems (continued) + TOP Vegas benefits| to pn sa penton ndp ra won sas) ‘rope morse + ToP Vegas problems Sat compet wth nr agressive * (einoor thats eae