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

This paper is a summary of the BBN Technical Report No. 8333, "Explicit Transport Error Notification for Error-Prone Wireless and Satellite Networks."

In this study we discuss two types of Explicit Transport Error Notification (ETEN) mechanisms: (i) per-packet mechanisms that notify endpoints of each detected corruption; and (ii) cumulative mechanisms that notify endpoints of aggregate corruption statistics. We have implemented the proposed mechanisms in the ns-2 simulator. We present simulation results on performance gains achievable for TCP Reno and TCP SACK, using ETEN mechanisms over a wide range of bit error rates and traffic conditions. We compare TCP Reno and TCP SACK enhanced with ETEN mechanisms against TCP Westwood, which uses a bandwidth estimation strategy in place of the traditional AIMD congestion avoidance algorithm. We discuss two issues related to the practical deployment of ETEN mechanisms: corruption detection mechanisms (and their co-operation with ETEN-based recovery in the transport layer) and security aspects. We include recommendations for further work.

BibTeX:

@inproceedings{KAPSI02,
    author    =        "Rajesh Krishnan and Mark Allman and Craig Partridge and James Sterbenz and William Ivancic",
    title     =        "{Explicit Transport Error Notification (ETEN) for Error-Prone Wireless and Satellite Networks - Summary}",
    booktitle =        "Earth Science Technology Conference",
    year      =        2002,
    month     =        jun,
}