A TCP friendly fairness architecture for DS IP networks
Wu Haitao①; Long Keping①; Cheng Shiduan①; Zhang Runtong②
①Nat. Lab of Switching Tech. and Telecom. Networks DUPT Beijing 100876 China;②Nokia China R&D Center Nokia House 1 No. 11 Hepingli Dong Jie Beijing 100013 China
Abstract:Differentiated Services(DS) architecture has been proposed by IETF to implement QoS in IP networks. However, research shows that there exists unfairness in DS network. This paper introduces the TCP friendly concept into DS network and defines TCP friendly fairness in DS architecture. Elaborate simulations are used to verify that current mechanisms in DS cannot guarantee the TCP friendly fairness; therefore, direct congestion control scheme is proposed to achieve the TCP friendly fairness.