TCP Vegas Performance with Streaming Media

In this paper we study the use of TCP Vegas as a transport protocol for streaming media. We also consider TCP NewReno as a transport protocol for streaming media. We find that: 1) TCP is able to transport streaming media with good performance in a wide variety of scenarios; 2) TCP Vegas performs better than TCP NewReno in many cases; and 3) for viable media streams, both TCP variants need

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2007
• Where: IPCCC
• Authors: Sean D. Boyden, Anirban Mahanti, Carey L. Williamson
• Keywords: Communications, IPCCC 2007, Streaming Media, TCP Vegas, Transport Protocol