I have worked with a number of folks recently on the problem of making TCP robust to non-congestion segment loss. Recently I have been working with Wes Eddy and Shawn Ostermann on using aggregate feedback from the network to help make TCP robust to links with non-negligable BERs. References:

Papers, Reports, Etc.

• Wesley Eddy, Shawn Ostermann, Mark Allman. New Techniques for Making Transport Protocols Robust to Corruption-Based Loss. ACM Computer Communication Review, 34(5), October 2004. To appear.

• Rajesh Krishnan, James Sterbenz, Wesley Eddy, Craig Partridge, Mark Allman. Explicit Transport Error Notification (ETEN) for Error-Prone Wireless and Satellite Networks. Computer Networks, 46(3), October 2004.

• Wesley Eddy. Improving TCP Performance with Path Error Rate Information. Master's Thesis, Ohio University, March 2004. Defense slides.

• Rajesh Krishnan, Mark Allman, Craig Partridge, James P.G. Sterbenz, William Ivancic. Explicit Transport Error Notification (ETEN) for Error-Prone Wireless and Satellite Networks - Summary. Earth Science Technology Conference, Pasadena, CA, June 2002.

• Rajesh Krishnan, Mark Allman, Craig Partridge, James P.G. Sterbenz. Explicit Transport Error Notification (ETEN) for Error-Prone Wireless and Satellite Networks. Technical Report No. 8333, BBN Technologies, March 2002.

Talks

• Mark Allman. A(nother) Technique for Improving Transport Protocol Performance in Lossy Networks. ICIR Wednesday Lunch, April 2004. Slides.

• Mark Allman. Improving Performance of Internet Protocols Over Wireless Networks. Kent State University CS Seminar, November 2003. (Previously given at Case Western Reserve University's EECS seminar series.) Slides.

• Wesley Eddy, Shawn Ostermann, Mark Allman. New Techniques for Making TCP Robust to Corruption-Based Loss. Third Space Internet Workshop, June 2003. Talk abstract. Slides. Wes' talk notes.

(Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2003; Last Updated: Tue Sep 21, 2004)