A survey on TCP Incast in data center networks

International Journal of Communication Systems

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1160-1172

  Ren, Yongmao ^a   Zhao, Yu ^a,b   Liu, Pei ^a,b   Dou, Ke ^a,b   Li, Jun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

cloud computing; congestion control; data center networks; TCP Incast

Indexed keywords

CLOUD COMPUTING; CONGESTION CONTROL (COMMUNICATION); SURVEYS;

APPLICATION LAYERS; DATA CENTER NETWORKS; HOT RESEARCH TOPICS; MANY-TO-ONE COMMUNICATIONS; MULTIPLE LAYERS; TCP-INCAST; THROUGHPUT COLLAPSE; TRANSPORT LAYERS;

TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL;

EID: 84906786747     PISSN: 10745351     EISSN: 10991131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dac.2402     Document Type: Article

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