The adverse impact of the TCP congestion-control mechanism in heterogeneous computing systems

Proceedings of the International Conference on Parallel Processing

Volumn 2000-January, Issue , 2000, Pages 299-306

  Feng, Wu Chun ^a   Tinnakornsrisuphap, P ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregates; Application software; Computer networks; Concurrent computing; IP networks; Laboratories; Peer to peer computing; Switches; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; APPLICATION PROGRAMS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; CONCURRENCY CONTROL; CONGESTION CONTROL (COMMUNICATION); DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; LABORATORIES; NETWORK PERFORMANCE; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; SWITCHES; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC; TRAFFIC CONTROL; TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL;

AGGREGATE TRAFFIC; BURSTINESS; CONCURRENT COMPUTING; HETEROGENEOUS COMPUTING SYSTEM; IP NETWORKS; PEER-TO-PEER COMPUTING; RED GATEWAYS; TCP CONGESTION CONTROL MECHANISMS;

PEER TO PEER NETWORKS;

EID: 84949497151     PISSN: 01903918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICPP.2000.876145     Document Type: Conference Paper

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