[e2e] Performance evaluation of high speed TCPs

[Injong Rhee]

We have just finished our first series of performance evaluation of 6
different high TCP variants that have been recently proposed. We have
a report on the results below: 

http://www.csc.ncsu.edu/faculty/rhee/export/bitcp/asteppaper.htm

This report has been long overdue and can be considered as our
response to earlier test reports by other folks publicized in several
mailing lists.  What is unique about our report is that we emphasize
on the importance of background traffic in experimental evaluation of
congestion control protocols. The results we got with background
traffic are quite different from what are reported in one of the
earlier reports. It is not unknown that background traffic makes
difference in protocol performance, but it is unknown how they make
difference and what properties may change. 

Please view the report and follow the embedded links in the report to
get more information about experiment. The performance pictures in the
report are a little blurred due to resizing. But if you follow the
html links associated with each picture you can get a better picture
of it and more information about it.  

While we're preparing this report, we found that there are many
testing scenarios that we need to cover, yet it is difficult to come
up with a meaning scenario that could change protocol behaviors in a
meaningful way. So we would like to solicit your opinion on types of
testing scenarios you want to see. Also if you have other protocols
that you like to see it being tested in the same environment, please
let us know as well.

Thanks
Injong
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Injong Rhee
Associate Professor
Department of Computer Science
North Carolina State University
http://www.csc.ncsu.edu/faculty/rhee