Layered multicast : Performance study of round trip time estimation for TCP-equation model

• Main Authors: Mohd Shabli, Ahmad Hanis, Hassan, Suhaidi, Ghazali, Osman
• Format: Monograph
• Language: English; English
• Published: Universiti Utara Malaysia 2007
• Subjects: HD28 Management. Industrial Management
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/7867/1/Han.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/7867/3/1.Ahmad%20Hanis%20Shabli.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/7867/; http://lintas.uum.edu.my:8080/elmu/index.jsp?module=webopac-l&action=fullDisplayRetriever.jsp&szMaterialNo=0000259272

TCP-friendly layered multicast protocol employs TCP-equation model to estimate target reception rate.One of the parameter of a TCP-equation model is round trip time (RTT).The accuracy of RTT estimation affects the accuracy of target rate estimation and the protocol friendliness towards TCP flows.However, estimating RTT in a large multicast session is problematic due to implosion problems. Consequently, a typical acknowledgement technique is not suitable for layered multicast protocol.Estimating RTT without receiversâ feedback (acknowledgement) will not produce accurate RTT.These have resulted to a number of RTT estimation techniques have been proposed.This research intends to study the current RTT estimation techniques for layered multicast and evaluate their performance.