Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/58136 
Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
ICB-Research Report No. 35
Publisher: 
Universität Duisburg-Essen, Institut für Informatik und Wirtschaftsinformatik (ICB), Essen
Abstract: 
Today wireless network connections gain more and more importance. Yet a drawback of this technology is the higher packet error rate compared to wired networks. This has a negative impact on SCTP associations as packet loss is considered a congestion indication. The SCTP extension PKTDROP reacts to the notification of corrupted frames and circumvents the congestion control mechanism by retransmitting lost packets without changing the congestion window. In this paper we will point out the difference between TCP and SCTP due to message-orientation of SCTP and provide a formula to predict the throughput of an error-prone link, which can be beneficially applied for network planning. The validation of the PKTDROP extension will show that the effects of lossy links on the throughput can be fully compensated by this feature.
Subjects: 
SCTP
packet loss
PKTDROP reporting
theoretical throughput
Document Type: 
Research Report

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