TCP-RC: a receiver-centered TCP protocol for delay-sensitive applications

Doug McCreary; Kang Li; Scott A. Watterson; David K. Lowenthal

doi:10.1117/12.592252

17 January 2005 TCP-RC: a receiver-centered TCP protocol for delay-sensitive applications

Doug McCreary, Kang Li, Scott A. Watterson, David K. Lowenthal

Proceedings Volume 5680, Multimedia Computing and Networking 2005; (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.592252
Event: Electronic Imaging 2005, 2005, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

TCP is the de-facto standard transport-layer protocol in the Internet. However, TCP is generally considered to be inappropriate for delay-sensitive applications such as multimedia. This paper proposes a novel receiver-centered TCP (TCP-RC), which is a TCP modification at the receiver that is intended for delay-sensitive applications. The basic principle behind TCP-RC is that it achieves low latency at the expense of reliability. In particular, TCP-RC forges lost packets, passing them on to an enabled application. This allows low-latency transmission for a class of applications that do not demand full reliability. Results obtained from emulated experiments show that over a range of loss rates and round-trip times, TCP-RC has a significantly smaller average- and worst-case per-packet delay than regular TCP.

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Doug McCreary, Kang Li, Scott A. Watterson, and David K. Lowenthal "TCP-RC: a receiver-centered TCP protocol for delay-sensitive applications", Proc. SPIE 5680, Multimedia Computing and Networking 2005, (17 January 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.592252

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