[e2e] Updates on BIC-TCP

[Injong Rhee]

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> From: end2end-interest-bounces at postel.org [mailto:end2end-interest-
> bounces at postel.org] On Behalf Of Injong Rhee
> To: end2end-interest at postel.org
> Subject: [e2e] Uodates on BIC-TCP
> 
> 
> We are happy to update you about our progress with BIC, one of many TCP
> variants designed for high-speed long-distance networks.
> You can find more information about the updates from the official BIC web
> site: http://www.csc.ncsu.edu/faculty/rhee/export/bitcp/index.htm
> 
> 1   A new version of BIC (Version 1.1) is now available as Linux patch
> from
> the BIC web site. This version improves on transmission burstiness in the
> Linux TCP implementation and adds new features to increase its
scalability.
> 
> 2.  We have been working on a new variant of TCP, called CUBIC. It is an
> enhancement to BIC; it is designed to improve the TCP-friendliness and
> RTT-fairness of BIC. It also greatly simplifies window control by
> employing
> a cubic window growth function. The details about CUBIC, its simulation
> and
> experimental results can be found in our BIC web site.  You may glance
> through our new white paper available on the site to get a feel for the
> performance of CUBIC.
> 
> You may also find our NS simulation code, simulation setup script, and
> Linux
> patch for CUBIC in the web site. (The script is not up yet, but will be up
> within a couple of days.)
> 
> 3.  BIC Version 1.0 is now bundled with the latest version of Linux 2.6.
> When you download the latest Linux 2.6 tree from ftp.kernel.org
>  you will find BIC.
> 
> It implements only the BIC congestion control algorithm -- it does not
> implement some features of fast SACK processing functionality which is
> known
> to reduce ACK processing overhead greatly.  So the performance may not be
> as
> good as reported by others who are using our original BIC patch.
> 
> 4.  New burst control: The patches you can find from our BIC web site
> contain an implementation of our new burst control algorithm. It reduces
> packet burst, especially, during fast recovery by controlling
> packet-in-flight more intelligently.  Our test indicates that this
> algorithm
> greatly contributes to avoidance of many timeouts and transmission rate
> fluctuations.
> 
> As far as we know, there are several third-party evaluations of BIC-TCP
> going on at several research and commercial sites around the world. We
> will
> keep you updates on their results as soon as they become known to us.
> Your comments/feedback will be highly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Injong Rhee and Lisong Xu.
> Department of Computer Science
> North Carolina State University
> http://www.csc.ncsu.edu/faculty/rhee
> 
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