Modeling and traffic analysis of the adaptive rate transport protocol
We propose a new algorithm (adaptive rate transmission control protocol (ARTCP)) for rate control in transport protocols of packet switching networks, such as Internet. The protocol based on ARTCP uses scheduling mechanism to smoothly transmit data flow and avoids overloading the network by considering temporal characteristics of its flow and adjusting its rate to the available network capacity. ARTCP utilizes inter-segment spacing and round trip time measurements to control the rate of the flow. We provide an imitational model to study characteristics of the ARTCP, such as efficiency, loss probabilities and statistical properties of simulated traffic. Results of our simulation studies, performed with ARTCP on our model, display substantial advantages, which ARTCP has over standard transmission control protocol (TCP) algorithms. Statistical analysis of ARTCP traffic traces yields the self-similar property of ARTCP traffic, which is in line with other studies of traffic traces in network systems.
transmission control protocol congestion control flow control error recovery rate adaptation wireless networks simulation model