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1 Transport Layer 3-1 Chapter 3: Transport Layer Our goals: understand principles behind transport layer services: multiplexing/demultiplexi ng reliable data transfer flow control congestion control learn about transport layer protocols in the Internet: UDP: connectionless transport TCP: connection-oriented transport TCP congestion control Transport Layer 3-2 Chapter 3 outline 3.1 Transport-layer services 3.2 Multiplexing and demultiplexing 3.3 Connectionless transport: UDP 3.4 Principles of reliable data transfer 3.5 Connection-oriented transport: TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management 3.6 Principles of congestion control 3.7 TCP congestion control

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Page 1: Chapter 3: Transport Layerpeople.ee.duke.edu/~krish/ECE156/Chapter3.pdf · Transport Layer 3-4 Transport vs. network layer network layer: logical communication between hosts transport

1

Transport Layer 3-1

Chapter 3 Transport LayerOur goals

understand principles behind transport layer services

multiplexingdemultiplexingreliable data transferflow controlcongestion control

learn about transport layer protocols in the Internet

UDP connectionless transportTCP connection-oriented transportTCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-2

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

2

Transport Layer 3-3

Transport services and protocolsprovide logical communicationbetween app processes running on different hoststransport protocols run in end systems

send side breaks app messages into segments passes to network layerrcv side reassembles segments into messages passes to app layer

more than one transport protocol available to apps

Internet TCP and UDP

applicationtransportnetworkdata linkphysical

applicationtransportnetworkdata linkphysical

networkdata linkphysical

networkdata linkphysical

networkdata linkphysical

networkdata linkphysicalnetwork

data linkphysical

logical end-end transport

Transport Layer 3-4

Transport vs network layer

network layer logical communication between hoststransport layer logical communication between processes

relies on enhances network layer services

Household analogy12 kids sending letters to 12

kidsprocesses = kidsapp messages = letters in envelopeshosts = housestransport protocol = Ann and Billnetwork-layer protocol = postal service

3

Transport Layer 3-5

Internet transport-layer protocols

reliable in-order delivery (TCP)

congestion control flow controlconnection setup

unreliable unordered delivery UDP

no-frills extension of ldquobest-effortrdquo IP

services not available delay guaranteesbandwidth guarantees

applicationtransportnetworkdata linkphysical

applicationtransportnetworkdata linkphysical

networkdata linkphysical

networkdata linkphysical

networkdata linkphysical

networkdata linkphysicalnetwork

data linkphysical

logical end-end transport

Transport Layer 3-6

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

4

Transport Layer 3-7

Multiplexingdemultiplexing

application

transport

network

link

physical

P1 application

transport

network

link

physical

application

transport

network

link

physical

P2P3 P4P1

host 1 host 2 host 3

= process= socket

delivering received segmentsto correct socket

Demultiplexing at rcv hostgathering data from multiplesockets enveloping data with header (later used for demultiplexing)

Multiplexing at send host

Transport Layer 3-8

How demultiplexing workshost receives IP datagrams

each datagram has source IP address destination IP addresseach datagram carries 1 transport-layer segmenteach segment has source destination port number

host uses IP addresses amp port numbers to direct segment to appropriate socket

source port dest port

32 bits

applicationdata

(message)

other header fields

TCPUDP segment format

5

Transport Layer 3-9

Connectionless demultiplexing

Create sockets with port numbers

DatagramSocket mySocket1 = new DatagramSocket(99111)

DatagramSocket mySocket2 = new DatagramSocket(99222)

UDP socket identified by two-tuple

(dest IP address dest port number)

When host receives UDP segment

checks destination port number in segmentdirects UDP segment to socket with that port number

IP datagrams with different source IP addresses andor source port numbers directed to same socket

Transport Layer 3-10

Connectionless demux (cont)

DatagramSocket serverSocket = new DatagramSocket(6428)

ClientIPB

P2

clientIP A

P1P1P3

serverIP C

SP 6428DP 9157

SP 9157DP 6428

SP 6428DP 5775

SP 5775DP 6428

SP provides ldquoreturn addressrdquo

6

Transport Layer 3-11

Connection-oriented demux

TCP socket identified by 4-tuple

source IP addresssource port numberdest IP addressdest port number

recv host uses all four values to direct segment to appropriate socket

Server host may support many simultaneous TCP sockets

each socket identified by its own 4-tuple

Web servers have different sockets for each connecting client

non-persistent HTTP will have different socket for each request

Transport Layer 3-12

Connection-oriented demux (cont)

ClientIPB

P1

clientIP A

P1P2P4

serverIP C

SP 9157DP 80

SP 9157DP 80

P5 P6 P3

D-IPCS-IP AD-IPC

S-IP B

SP 5775DP 80

D-IPCS-IP B

7

Transport Layer 3-13

Connection-oriented demux Threaded Web Server

ClientIPB

P1

clientIP A

P1P2

serverIP C

SP 9157DP 80

SP 9157DP 80

P4 P3

D-IPCS-IP AD-IPC

S-IP B

SP 5775DP 80

D-IPCS-IP B

Transport Layer 3-14

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

8

Transport Layer 3-15

UDP User Datagram Protocol [RFC 768]

ldquono frillsrdquo ldquobare bonesrdquoInternet transport protocolldquobest effortrdquo service UDP segments may be

lostdelivered out of order to app

connectionlessno handshaking between UDP sender receivereach UDP segment handled independently of others

Why is there a UDPno connection establishment (which can add delay)simple no connection state at sender receiversmall segment headerno congestion control UDP can blast away as fast as desired

Transport Layer 3-16

UDP more

often used for streaming multimedia apps

loss tolerantrate sensitive

other UDP usesDNSSNMP

reliable transfer over UDP add reliability at application layer

application-specific error recovery

source port dest port

32 bits

Applicationdata

(message)

UDP segment format

length checksumLength in

bytes of UDPsegmentincluding

header

9

Transport Layer 3-17

UDP checksum

Sendertreat segment contents as sequence of 16-bit integerschecksum addition (1rsquos complement sum) of segment contentssender puts checksum value into UDP checksum field

Receivercompute checksum of received segmentcheck if computed checksum equals checksum field value

NO - error detectedYES - no error detected But maybe errors nonethelessMore later hellip

Goal detect ldquoerrorsrdquo (eg flipped bits) in transmitted segment

Transport Layer 3-18

Internet Checksum ExampleNote

When adding numbers a carryout from the most significant bit needs to be added to the result

Example add two 16-bit integers

1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 01 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1

1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1

1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 01 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1

wraparound

sumchecksum

10

Transport Layer 3-19

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-20

Principles of Reliable data transferimportant in app transport link layerstop-10 list of important networking topics

characteristics of unreliable channel will determine complexity of reliable data transfer protocol (rdt)

11

Transport Layer 3-21

Principles of Reliable data transferimportant in app transport link layerstop-10 list of important networking topics

characteristics of unreliable channel will determine complexity of reliable data transfer protocol (rdt)

Transport Layer 3-22

Principles of Reliable data transferimportant in app transport link layerstop-10 list of important networking topics

characteristics of unreliable channel will determine complexity of reliable data transfer protocol (rdt)

12

Transport Layer 3-23

Reliable data transfer getting started

sendside

receiveside

rdt_send() called from above (eg by app) Passed data to

deliver to receiver upper layer

udt_send() called by rdtto transfer packet over

unreliable channel to receiver

rdt_rcv() called when packet arrives on rcv-side of channel

deliver_data() called by rdt to deliver data to upper

Transport Layer 3-24

Reliable data transfer getting started

Wersquollincrementally develop sender receiver sides of reliable data transfer protocol (rdt)consider only unidirectional data transfer

but control info will flow on both directions

use finite state machines (FSM) to specify sender receiver

state1

state2

event causing state transitionactions taken on state transition

state when in this ldquostaterdquonext state uniquely determined by next

event

eventactions

13

Transport Layer 3-25

Rdt10 reliable transfer over a reliable channel

underlying channel perfectly reliableno bit errorsno loss of packets

separate FSMs for sender receiversender sends data into underlying channelreceiver read data from underlying channel

Wait for call from above packet = make_pkt(data)

udt_send(packet)

rdt_send(data)extract (packetdata)deliver_data(data)

Wait for call from

below

rdt_rcv(packet)

sender receiver

Transport Layer 3-26

Rdt20 channel with bit errors

underlying channel may flip bits in packetchecksum to detect bit errors

the question how to recover from errorsacknowledgements (ACKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt received OKnegative acknowledgements (NAKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt had errorssender retransmits pkt on receipt of NAK

new mechanisms in rdt20 (beyond rdt10)error detectionreceiver feedback control msgs (ACKNAK) rcvr-gtsender

14

Transport Layer 3-27

rdt20 FSM specification

Wait for call from above

snkpkt = make_pkt(data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)udt_send(ACK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampampisNAK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(NAK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Wait for ACK or

NAK

Wait for call from

belowsender

receiverrdt_send(data)

Λ

Transport Layer 3-28

rdt20 operation with no errors

Wait for call from above

snkpkt = make_pkt(data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)udt_send(ACK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampampisNAK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(NAK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Wait for ACK or

NAK

Wait for call from

below

rdt_send(data)

Λ

15

Transport Layer 3-29

rdt20 error scenario

Wait for call from above

snkpkt = make_pkt(data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)udt_send(ACK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampampisNAK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(NAK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Wait for ACK or

NAK

Wait for call from

below

rdt_send(data)

Λ

Transport Layer 3-30

rdt20 has a fatal flaw

What happens if ACKNAK corruptedsender doesnrsquot know what happened at receivercanrsquot just retransmit possible duplicate

Handling duplicates sender retransmits current pkt if ACKNAK garbledsender adds sequence numberto each pktreceiver discards (doesnrsquot deliver up) duplicate pkt

Sender sends one packet then waits for receiver response

stop and wait

16

Transport Layer 3-31

rdt21 sender handles garbled ACKNAKs

Wait for call 0 from

above

sndpkt = make_pkt(0 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_send(data)

Wait for ACK or NAK 0 udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||isNAK(rcvpkt) )

sndpkt = make_pkt(1 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_send(data)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||isNAK(rcvpkt) )

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

Wait forcall 1 from

above

Wait for ACK or NAK 1

ΛΛ

Transport Layer 3-32

rdt21 receiver handles garbled ACKNAKs

Wait for 0 from below

sndpkt = make_pkt(NAK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp not corrupt(rcvpkt) ampamphas_seq0(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp has_seq1(rcvpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

Wait for 1 from below

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp has_seq0(rcvpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp (corrupt(rcvpkt)

sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp not corrupt(rcvpkt) ampamphas_seq1(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp (corrupt(rcvpkt)

sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

sndpkt = make_pkt(NAK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

17

Transport Layer 3-33

rdt21 discussion

Senderseq added to pkttwo seq rsquos (01) will suffice Whymust check if received ACKNAK corrupted twice as many states

state must ldquorememberrdquowhether ldquocurrentrdquo pkt has 0 or 1 seq

Receivermust check if received packet is duplicate

state indicates whether 0 or 1 is expected pkt seq

note receiver can notknow if its last ACKNAK received OK at sender

Transport Layer 3-34

rdt22 a NAK-free protocol

same functionality as rdt21 using ACKs onlyinstead of NAK receiver sends ACK for last pkt received OK

receiver must explicitly include seq of pkt being ACKed

duplicate ACK at sender results in same action as NAK retransmit current pkt

18

Transport Layer 3-35

rdt22 sender receiver fragments

Wait for call 0 from

above

sndpkt = make_pkt(0 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_send(data)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||

isACK(rcvpkt1) )

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt0)

Wait for ACK

0sender FSM

fragment

Wait for 0 from below

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp has_seq1(rcvpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK1 chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp (corrupt(rcvpkt) ||

has_seq1(rcvpkt))

udt_send(sndpkt)receiver FSM

fragment

Λ

Transport Layer 3-36

rdt30 channels with errors and loss

New assumption underlying channel can also lose packets (data or ACKs)

checksum seq ACKs retransmissions will be of help but not enough

Approach sender waits ldquoreasonablerdquo amount of time for ACK retransmits if no ACK received in this timeif pkt (or ACK) just delayed (not lost)

retransmission will be duplicate but use of seq rsquos already handles thisreceiver must specify seq of pkt being ACKed

requires countdown timer

19

Transport Layer 3-37

rdt30 sendersndpkt = make_pkt(0 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

rdt_send(data)

Wait for

ACK0

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||isACK(rcvpkt1) )

Wait for call 1 from

above

sndpkt = make_pkt(1 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

rdt_send(data)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt0)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||isACK(rcvpkt0) )

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt1)

stop_timerstop_timer

udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

timeout

udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

timeout

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

Wait for call 0from

above

Wait for

ACK1

Λrdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

ΛΛ

Λ

Transport Layer 3-38

rdt30 in action

20

Transport Layer 3-39

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-40

Performance of rdt30

rdt30 works but performance stinksexample 1 Gbps link 15 ms e-e prop delay 1KB packet

Ttransmit = 8kbpkt109 bsec = 8 microsec

U sender utilization ndash fraction of time sender busy sending

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

L (packet length in bits)R (transmission rate bps) =

1KB pkt every 30 msec -gt 33kBsec thruput over 1 Gbps linknetwork protocol limits use of physical resources

21

Transport Layer 3-41

rdt30 stop-and-wait operation

first packet bit transmitted t = 0

sender receiver

RTT

last packet bit transmitted t = L R

first packet bit arriveslast packet bit arrives send ACK

ACK arrives send next packet t = RTT + L R

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

Transport Layer 3-42

Pipelined protocolsPipelining sender allows multiple ldquoin-flightrdquo yet-to-be-

acknowledged pktsrange of sequence numbers must be increasedbuffering at sender andor receiver

Two generic forms of pipelined protocols go-Back-N selective repeat

22

Transport Layer 3-43

Pipelining increased utilization

first packet bit transmitted t = 0

sender receiver

RTT

last bit transmitted t = L R

first packet bit arriveslast packet bit arrives send ACK

ACK arrives send next packet t = RTT + L R

last bit of 2nd packet arrives send ACKlast bit of 3rd packet arrives send ACK

U sender =

02430008

= 00008 3 L R RTT + L R

=

Increase utilizationby a factor of 3

Transport Layer 3-44

Go-Back-NSender

k-bit seq in pkt headerldquowindowrdquo of up to N consecutive unackrsquoed pkts allowed

ACK(n) ACKs all pkts up to including seq n - ldquocumulative ACKrdquomay receive duplicate ACKs (see receiver)

timer for each in-flight pkttimeout(n) retransmit pkt n and all higher seq pkts in window

23

Transport Layer 3-45

GBN sender extended FSM

Wait start_timerudt_send(sndpkt[base])udt_send(sndpkt[base+1])hellipudt_send(sndpkt[nextseqnum-1])

timeout

rdt_send(data)

if (nextseqnum lt base+N) sndpkt[nextseqnum] = make_pkt(nextseqnumdatachksum)udt_send(sndpkt[nextseqnum])if (base == nextseqnum)

start_timernextseqnum++

elserefuse_data(data)

base = getacknum(rcvpkt)+1If (base == nextseqnum)

stop_timerelsestart_timer

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

base=1nextseqnum=1

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Λ

Transport Layer 3-46

GBN receiver extended FSM

ACK-only always send ACK for correctly-received pkt with highest in-order seq

may generate duplicate ACKsneed only remember expectedseqnum

out-of-order pkt discard (donrsquot buffer) -gt no receiver bufferingRe-ACK pkt with highest in-order seq

Wait

udt_send(sndpkt)default

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)ampamp notcurrupt(rcvpkt)ampamp hasseqnum(rcvpktexpectedseqnum)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(expectedseqnumACKchksum)udt_send(sndpkt)expectedseqnum++

expectedseqnum=1sndpkt = make_pkt(expectedseqnumACKchksum)

Λ

24

Transport Layer 3-47

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-48

Selective Repeat

receiver individually acknowledges all correctly received pkts

buffers pkts as needed for eventual in-order delivery to upper layer

sender only resends pkts for which ACK not receivedsender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender windowN consecutive seq rsquosagain limits seq s of sent unACKed pkts

25

Transport Layer 3-49

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-50

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in window send pkt

timeout(n)resend pkt n restart timer

ACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as receivedif n smallest unACKed pkt advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n)out-of-order bufferin-order deliver (also deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)

otherwiseignore

receiver

26

Transport Layer 3-51

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenariosincorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

27

Transport Layer 3-53

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-54

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex databi-directional data flow in same connectionMSS maximum segment size

connection-orientedhandshaking (exchange of control msgs) initrsquos sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlledsender will not overwhelm receiver

point-to-pointone sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte steam

no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelinedTCP congestion and flow control set window size

send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

28

Transport Layer 3-55

TCP segment structure

source port dest port

32 bits

applicationdata

(variable length)

sequence numberacknowledgement number

Receive windowUrg data pnterchecksum

FSRPAUheadlen

notused

Options (variable length)

URG urgent data (generally not used)

ACK ACK valid

PSH push data now(generally not used)

RST SYN FINconnection estab(setup teardown

commands)

bytes rcvr willingto accept

countingby bytes of data(not segments)

Internetchecksum

(as in UDP)

Transport Layer 3-56

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquoof first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKsseq of next byte expected from other sidecumulative ACK

Q how receiver handles out-of-order segments

A TCP spec doesnrsquot say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Seq=42 ACK=79 data = lsquoCrsquo

Seq=79 ACK=43 data = lsquoCrsquo

Seq=43 ACK=80

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

29

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout valuelonger than RTT

but RTT variestoo short premature timeout

unnecessary retransmissions

too long slow reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTTSampleRTT measured time from segment transmission until ACK receipt

ignore retransmissionsSampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo

average several recent measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-58

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- α)EstimatedRTT + αSampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving averageinfluence of past sample decreases exponentially fasttypical value α = 0125

30

Transport Layer 3-59

Example RTT estimationRTT gaiacsumassedu to fantasiaeurecomfr

100

150

200

250

300

350

1 8 15 22 29 36 43 50 57 64 71 78 85 92 99 106

time (seconnds)

RTT

(mill

iseco

nds)

SampleRTT Estimated RTT

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeoutEstimtedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin

first estimate of how much SampleRTT deviates from EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

DevRTT = (1-β)DevRTT +β|SampleRTT-EstimatedRTT|

(typically β = 025)

Then set timeout interval

31

Transport Layer 3-61

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-62

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable servicePipelined segmentsCumulative acksTCP uses single retransmission timer

Retransmissions are triggered by

timeout eventsduplicate acks

Initially consider simplified TCP sender

ignore duplicate acksignore flow control congestion control

32

Transport Layer 3-63

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app

Create segment with seq seq is byte-stream number of first data byte in segmentstart timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unackedsegment)expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeoutretransmit segment that caused timeoutrestart timer

Ack rcvdIf acknowledges previously unackedsegments

update what is known to be ackedstart timer if there are outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-64

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNumif (timer currently not running)

start timerpass segment to IP NextSeqNum = NextSeqNum + length(data)

event timer timeoutretransmit not-yet-acknowledged segment with

smallest sequence numberstart timer

event ACK received with ACK field value of y if (y gt SendBase)

SendBase = yif (there are currently not-yet-acknowledged segments)

start timer

end of loop forever

Commentbull SendBase-1 last cumulatively ackrsquoed byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

33

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

Seq=100 20 bytes data

ACK=100

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=120

Seq=92 8 bytes data

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

ACK=120

Host A

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

Sendbase= 100

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

Seq=100 20 bytes data

ACK=120

time

SendBase= 120

34

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP ACK generation [RFC 1122 RFC 2581]

Event at Receiver

Arrival of in-order segment withexpected seq All data up toexpected seq already ACKed

Arrival of in-order segment withexpected seq One other segment has ACK pending

Arrival of out-of-order segmenthigher-than-expect seq Gap detected

Arrival of segment that partially or completely fills gap

TCP Receiver action

Delayed ACK Wait up to 500msfor next segment If no next segmentsend ACK

Immediately send single cumulative ACK ACKing both in-order segments

Immediately send duplicate ACK indicating seq of next expected byte

Immediate send ACK provided thatsegment startsat lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-68

Fast Retransmit

Time-out period often relatively long

long delay before resending lost packet

Detect lost segments via duplicate ACKs

Sender often sends many segments back-to-backIf segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

If sender receives 3 ACKsfor the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost

fast retransmit resend segment before timer expires

35

Transport Layer 3-69

event ACK received with ACK field value of y if (y gt SendBase)

SendBase = yif (there are currently not-yet-acknowledged segments)

start timer

else increment count of dup ACKs received for yif (count of dup ACKs received for y = 3)

resend segment with sequence number y

Fast retransmit algorithm

a duplicate ACK for already ACKed segment

fast retransmit

Transport Layer 3-70

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

36

Transport Layer 3-71

TCP Flow Control

receive side of TCP connection has a receive buffer

speed-matching service matching the send rate to the receiving apprsquos drain rate

app process may be slow at reading from buffer

sender wonrsquot overflowreceiverrsquos buffer by

transmitting too muchtoo fast

flow control

Transport Layer 3-72

TCP Flow control how it works

(Suppose TCP receiver discards out-of-order segments)spare room in buffer

= RcvWindow= RcvBuffer-[LastByteRcvd -

LastByteRead]

Rcvr advertises spare room by including value of RcvWindow in segmentsSender limits unACKeddata to RcvWindow

guarantees receive buffer doesnrsquot overflow

37

Transport Layer 3-73

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-74

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segmentsinitialize TCP variables

seq sbuffers flow control info (eg RcvWindow)

client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshake

Step 1 client host sends TCP SYN segment to server

specifies initial seq no data

Step 2 server host receives SYN replies with SYNACK segment

server allocates buffersspecifies server initial seq

Step 3 client receives SYNACK replies with ACK segment which may contain data

38

Transport Layer 3-75

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Closing a connection

client closes socketclientSocketclose()

Step 1 client end system sends TCP FIN control segment to server

Step 2 server receives FIN replies with ACK Closes connection sends FIN

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-76

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Step 3 client receives FIN replies with ACK

Enters ldquotimed waitrdquo - will respond with ACK to received FINs

Step 4 server receives ACK Connection closed

Note with small modification can handle simultaneous FINs

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

closing

closing

closed

tim

ed w

ait

closed

39

Transport Layer 3-77

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-78

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

40

Transport Layer 3-79

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestioninformally ldquotoo many sources sending too much data too fast for network to handlerdquodifferent from flow controlmanifestations

lost packets (buffer overflow at routers)long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-80

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receiversone router infinite buffers no retransmission

large delays when congestedmaximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

41

Transport Layer 3-81

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of lost packet

finite shared output link buffers

Host A λin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-82

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2always (goodput)

ldquoperfectrdquo retransmission only when loss

retransmission of delayed (not lost) packet makes larger (than perfect case) for same

λin

λout=

λin

λoutgtλ

inλout

ldquocostsrdquo of congestionmore work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquounneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

R2

R2λin

λ out

b

R2

R2λin

λ out

a

R2

R2λin

λ out

c

R4

R3

42

Transport Layer 3-83

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3four sendersmultihop pathstimeoutretransmit

λin

Q what happens as and increase λ

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

Another ldquocostrdquo of congestionwhen packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

λou

t

43

Transport Layer 3-85

Approaches towards congestion control

End-end congestion controlno explicit feedback from networkcongestion inferred from end-system observed loss delayapproach taken by TCP

Network-assisted congestion controlrouters provide feedback to end systems

single bit indicating congestion (SNA DECbit TCPIP ECN ATM)explicit rate sender should send at

Two broad approaches towards congestion control

Transport Layer 3-86

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rateldquoelastic servicerdquoif senderrsquos path ldquounderloadedrdquo

sender should use available bandwidth

if senderrsquos path congested sender throttled to minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cellssent by sender interspersed with data cellsbits in RM cell set by switches (ldquonetwork-assistedrdquo)

NI bit no increase in rate (mild congestion)CI bit congestion indication

RM cells returned to sender by receiver with bits intact

44

Transport Layer 3-87

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cellcongested switch may lower ER value in cellsenderrsquo send rate thus minimum supportable rate on path

EFCI bit in data cells set to 1 in congested switchif data cell preceding RM cell has EFCI set sender sets CI bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-88

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

45

Transport Layer 3-89

TCP congestion control additive increase multiplicative decrease

8 Kbytes

16 Kbytes

24 Kbytes

time

congestionwindow

Approach increase transmission rate (window size) probing for usable bandwidth until loss occurs

additive increase increase CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT until loss detectedmultiplicative decrease cut CongWin in half after loss

timecong

estio

n w

indo

w s

ize

Saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-90

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

le CongWin

Roughly

CongWin is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestionloss event = timeout or 3 duplicate acksTCP sender reduces rate (CongWin) after loss event

three mechanismsAIMDslow startconservative after timeout events

rate = CongWinRTT Bytessec

46

Transport Layer 3-91

TCP Slow Start

When connection begins CongWin = 1 MSS

Example MSS = 500 bytes amp RTT = 200 msecinitial rate = 20 kbps

available bandwidth may be gtgt MSSRTT

desirable to quickly ramp up to respectable rate

When connection begins increase rate exponentially fast until first loss event

Transport Layer 3-92

TCP Slow Start (more)

When connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event

double CongWin every RTTdone by incrementing CongWin for every ACK received

Summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

one segment

RTT

Host B

time

two segments

four segments

47

Transport Layer 3-93

RefinementQ When should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A When CongWin gets to 12 of its value before timeout

ImplementationVariable Threshold At loss event Threshold is set to 12 of CongWin just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-94

Refinement inferring loss

After 3 dup ACKsCongWin is cut in halfwindow then grows linearly

But after timeout eventCongWin instead set to 1 MSS window then grows exponentiallyto a threshold then grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments

timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquocongestion scenario

Philosophy

48

Transport Layer 3-95

Summary TCP Congestion Control

When CongWin is below Threshold sender in slow-start phase window grows exponentially

When CongWin is above Threshold sender is in congestion-avoidance phase window grows linearly

When a triple duplicate ACK occurs Threshold set to CongWin2 and CongWin set to Threshold

When timeout occurs Threshold set to CongWin2and CongWin is set to 1 MSS

Transport Layer 3-96

TCP sender congestion control

SS or CA

SS or CA

SS or CA

CongestionAvoidance (CA)

Slow Start (SS)

State

CongWin and Threshold not changed

Increment duplicate ACK count for segment being acked

Duplicate ACK

Enter slow startThreshold = CongWin2 CongWin = 1 MSSSet state to ldquoSlow Startrdquo

Timeout

Fast recovery implementing multiplicative decrease CongWin will not drop below 1 MSS

Threshold = CongWin2 CongWin = ThresholdSet state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

Loss event detected by triple duplicate ACK

Additive increase resulting in increase of CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT

CongWin = CongWin+MSS (MSSCongWin)

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

Resulting in a doubling of CongWin every RTT

CongWin = CongWin + MSS If (CongWin gt Threshold)

set state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

CommentaryTCP Sender Action Event

49

Transport Layer 3-97

TCP throughput

Whatrsquos the average throughout of TCP as a function of window size and RTT

Ignore slow start

Let W be the window size when loss occursWhen window is W throughput is WRTTJust after loss window drops to W2 throughput to W2RTT Average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Futures

Example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 GbpsthroughputRequires window size W = 83333 in-flight segmentsThroughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 WowNew versions of TCP for high-speed needed

LRTTMSSsdot221

50

Transport Layer 3-99

Fairness goal if K TCP sessions share same bottleneck link of bandwidth R each should have average rate of RK

TCP connection 1

bottleneckrouter

capacity R

TCP connection 2

TCP Fairness

Transport Layer 3-100

Why is TCP fairTwo competing sessions

Additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increasesmultiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

Conn

ecti

on 2

thr

ough

put

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

51

Transport Layer 3-101

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP

Multimedia apps often do not use TCP

do not want rate throttled by congestion control

Instead use UDPpump audiovideo at constant rate tolerate packet loss

Research area TCP friendly

Fairness and parallel TCP connectionsnothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hostsWeb browsers do this Example link of rate R supporting 9 cnctions

new app asks for 1 TCP gets rate R10new app asks for 11 TCPs gets R2

Transport Layer 3-102

Delay modeling

Q How long does it take to receive an object from a Web server after sending a request

Ignoring congestion delay is influenced byTCP connection establishmentdata transmission delayslow start

Notation assumptionsAssume one link between client and server of rate RS MSS (bits)O object size (bits)no retransmissions (no loss no corruption)

Window sizeFirst assume fixed congestion window W segmentsThen dynamic window

modeling slow start

52

Transport Layer 3-103

Fixed congestion window (1)

First caseWSR gt RTT + SR ACK for

first segment in window returns before windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR

Transport Layer 3-104

Fixed congestion window (2)

Second caseWSR lt RTT + SR wait for ACK after sending windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR+ (K-1)[SR + RTT - WSR]

53

Transport Layer 3-105

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (1)

Now suppose window grows according to slow start

Will show that the delay for one object is

RS

RSRTTP

RORTTLatency P )12(2 minusminus⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ +++=

where P is the number of times TCP idles at server

1min minus= KQP

- where Q is the number of times the server idlesif the object were of infinite size

- and K is the number of windows that cover the object

Transport Layer 3-106

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (2)

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Examplebull OS = 15 segmentsbull K = 4 windowsbull Q = 2bull P = minK-1Q = 2

Server idles P=2 times

Delay componentsbull 2 RTT for connection estab and requestbull OR to transmit objectbull time server idles due to slow start

Server idles P = minK-1Q times

54

Transport Layer 3-107

TCP Delay Modeling (3)

RS

RSRTTPRTT

RO

RSRTT

RSRTT

RO

idleTimeRTTRO

P

kP

k

P

pp

)12(][2

]2[2

2delay

1

1

1

minusminus+++=

minus+++=

++=

minus

=

=

sum

sum

th window after the timeidle 2 1 kRSRTT

RS k =⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ minus+

+minus

ementacknowledg receivesserver until

segment send tostartsserver whenfrom time=+ RTTRS

window kth the transmit totime2 1 =minus

RSk

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Transport Layer 3-108

TCP Delay Modeling (4)

⎥⎥⎤

⎢⎢⎡ +=

+ge=

geminus=

ge+++=

ge+++=minus

minus

)1(log

)1(logmin

12min

222min222min

2

2

110

110

SO

SOkk

SOk

SOkOSSSkK

k

k

k

L

L

Calculation of Q number of idles for infinite-size objectis similar (see HW)

Recall K = number of windows that cover object

How do we calculate K

55

Transport Layer 3-109

HTTP ModelingAssume Web page consists of

1 base HTML page (of size O bits)M images (each of size O bits)

Non-persistent HTTP M+1 TCP connections in seriesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (M+1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Persistent HTTP2 RTT to request and receive base HTML file1 RTT to request and receive M imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + 3RTT + sum of idle times

Non-persistent HTTP with X parallel connectionsSuppose MX integer1 TCP connection for base fileMX sets of parallel connections for imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (MX + 1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Transport Layer 3-110

02468

101214161820

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT = 100 msec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For low bandwidth connection amp response time dominated by transmission timePersistent connections only give minor improvement over parallelconnections

56

Transport Layer 3-111

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT =1 sec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For larger RTT response time dominated by TCP establishment amp slow start delays Persistent connections now give important improvement particularly in high delaybullbandwidth networks

Transport Layer 3-112

Chapter 3 Summaryprinciples behind transport layer services

multiplexing demultiplexingreliable data transferflow controlcongestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet

UDPTCP

Nextleaving the network ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)into the network ldquocorerdquo

Page 2: Chapter 3: Transport Layerpeople.ee.duke.edu/~krish/ECE156/Chapter3.pdf · Transport Layer 3-4 Transport vs. network layer network layer: logical communication between hosts transport

2

Transport Layer 3-3

Transport services and protocolsprovide logical communicationbetween app processes running on different hoststransport protocols run in end systems

send side breaks app messages into segments passes to network layerrcv side reassembles segments into messages passes to app layer

more than one transport protocol available to apps

Internet TCP and UDP

applicationtransportnetworkdata linkphysical

applicationtransportnetworkdata linkphysical

networkdata linkphysical

networkdata linkphysical

networkdata linkphysical

networkdata linkphysicalnetwork

data linkphysical

logical end-end transport

Transport Layer 3-4

Transport vs network layer

network layer logical communication between hoststransport layer logical communication between processes

relies on enhances network layer services

Household analogy12 kids sending letters to 12

kidsprocesses = kidsapp messages = letters in envelopeshosts = housestransport protocol = Ann and Billnetwork-layer protocol = postal service

3

Transport Layer 3-5

Internet transport-layer protocols

reliable in-order delivery (TCP)

congestion control flow controlconnection setup

unreliable unordered delivery UDP

no-frills extension of ldquobest-effortrdquo IP

services not available delay guaranteesbandwidth guarantees

applicationtransportnetworkdata linkphysical

applicationtransportnetworkdata linkphysical

networkdata linkphysical

networkdata linkphysical

networkdata linkphysical

networkdata linkphysicalnetwork

data linkphysical

logical end-end transport

Transport Layer 3-6

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

4

Transport Layer 3-7

Multiplexingdemultiplexing

application

transport

network

link

physical

P1 application

transport

network

link

physical

application

transport

network

link

physical

P2P3 P4P1

host 1 host 2 host 3

= process= socket

delivering received segmentsto correct socket

Demultiplexing at rcv hostgathering data from multiplesockets enveloping data with header (later used for demultiplexing)

Multiplexing at send host

Transport Layer 3-8

How demultiplexing workshost receives IP datagrams

each datagram has source IP address destination IP addresseach datagram carries 1 transport-layer segmenteach segment has source destination port number

host uses IP addresses amp port numbers to direct segment to appropriate socket

source port dest port

32 bits

applicationdata

(message)

other header fields

TCPUDP segment format

5

Transport Layer 3-9

Connectionless demultiplexing

Create sockets with port numbers

DatagramSocket mySocket1 = new DatagramSocket(99111)

DatagramSocket mySocket2 = new DatagramSocket(99222)

UDP socket identified by two-tuple

(dest IP address dest port number)

When host receives UDP segment

checks destination port number in segmentdirects UDP segment to socket with that port number

IP datagrams with different source IP addresses andor source port numbers directed to same socket

Transport Layer 3-10

Connectionless demux (cont)

DatagramSocket serverSocket = new DatagramSocket(6428)

ClientIPB

P2

clientIP A

P1P1P3

serverIP C

SP 6428DP 9157

SP 9157DP 6428

SP 6428DP 5775

SP 5775DP 6428

SP provides ldquoreturn addressrdquo

6

Transport Layer 3-11

Connection-oriented demux

TCP socket identified by 4-tuple

source IP addresssource port numberdest IP addressdest port number

recv host uses all four values to direct segment to appropriate socket

Server host may support many simultaneous TCP sockets

each socket identified by its own 4-tuple

Web servers have different sockets for each connecting client

non-persistent HTTP will have different socket for each request

Transport Layer 3-12

Connection-oriented demux (cont)

ClientIPB

P1

clientIP A

P1P2P4

serverIP C

SP 9157DP 80

SP 9157DP 80

P5 P6 P3

D-IPCS-IP AD-IPC

S-IP B

SP 5775DP 80

D-IPCS-IP B

7

Transport Layer 3-13

Connection-oriented demux Threaded Web Server

ClientIPB

P1

clientIP A

P1P2

serverIP C

SP 9157DP 80

SP 9157DP 80

P4 P3

D-IPCS-IP AD-IPC

S-IP B

SP 5775DP 80

D-IPCS-IP B

Transport Layer 3-14

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

8

Transport Layer 3-15

UDP User Datagram Protocol [RFC 768]

ldquono frillsrdquo ldquobare bonesrdquoInternet transport protocolldquobest effortrdquo service UDP segments may be

lostdelivered out of order to app

connectionlessno handshaking between UDP sender receivereach UDP segment handled independently of others

Why is there a UDPno connection establishment (which can add delay)simple no connection state at sender receiversmall segment headerno congestion control UDP can blast away as fast as desired

Transport Layer 3-16

UDP more

often used for streaming multimedia apps

loss tolerantrate sensitive

other UDP usesDNSSNMP

reliable transfer over UDP add reliability at application layer

application-specific error recovery

source port dest port

32 bits

Applicationdata

(message)

UDP segment format

length checksumLength in

bytes of UDPsegmentincluding

header

9

Transport Layer 3-17

UDP checksum

Sendertreat segment contents as sequence of 16-bit integerschecksum addition (1rsquos complement sum) of segment contentssender puts checksum value into UDP checksum field

Receivercompute checksum of received segmentcheck if computed checksum equals checksum field value

NO - error detectedYES - no error detected But maybe errors nonethelessMore later hellip

Goal detect ldquoerrorsrdquo (eg flipped bits) in transmitted segment

Transport Layer 3-18

Internet Checksum ExampleNote

When adding numbers a carryout from the most significant bit needs to be added to the result

Example add two 16-bit integers

1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 01 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1

1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1

1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 01 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1

wraparound

sumchecksum

10

Transport Layer 3-19

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-20

Principles of Reliable data transferimportant in app transport link layerstop-10 list of important networking topics

characteristics of unreliable channel will determine complexity of reliable data transfer protocol (rdt)

11

Transport Layer 3-21

Principles of Reliable data transferimportant in app transport link layerstop-10 list of important networking topics

characteristics of unreliable channel will determine complexity of reliable data transfer protocol (rdt)

Transport Layer 3-22

Principles of Reliable data transferimportant in app transport link layerstop-10 list of important networking topics

characteristics of unreliable channel will determine complexity of reliable data transfer protocol (rdt)

12

Transport Layer 3-23

Reliable data transfer getting started

sendside

receiveside

rdt_send() called from above (eg by app) Passed data to

deliver to receiver upper layer

udt_send() called by rdtto transfer packet over

unreliable channel to receiver

rdt_rcv() called when packet arrives on rcv-side of channel

deliver_data() called by rdt to deliver data to upper

Transport Layer 3-24

Reliable data transfer getting started

Wersquollincrementally develop sender receiver sides of reliable data transfer protocol (rdt)consider only unidirectional data transfer

but control info will flow on both directions

use finite state machines (FSM) to specify sender receiver

state1

state2

event causing state transitionactions taken on state transition

state when in this ldquostaterdquonext state uniquely determined by next

event

eventactions

13

Transport Layer 3-25

Rdt10 reliable transfer over a reliable channel

underlying channel perfectly reliableno bit errorsno loss of packets

separate FSMs for sender receiversender sends data into underlying channelreceiver read data from underlying channel

Wait for call from above packet = make_pkt(data)

udt_send(packet)

rdt_send(data)extract (packetdata)deliver_data(data)

Wait for call from

below

rdt_rcv(packet)

sender receiver

Transport Layer 3-26

Rdt20 channel with bit errors

underlying channel may flip bits in packetchecksum to detect bit errors

the question how to recover from errorsacknowledgements (ACKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt received OKnegative acknowledgements (NAKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt had errorssender retransmits pkt on receipt of NAK

new mechanisms in rdt20 (beyond rdt10)error detectionreceiver feedback control msgs (ACKNAK) rcvr-gtsender

14

Transport Layer 3-27

rdt20 FSM specification

Wait for call from above

snkpkt = make_pkt(data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)udt_send(ACK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampampisNAK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(NAK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Wait for ACK or

NAK

Wait for call from

belowsender

receiverrdt_send(data)

Λ

Transport Layer 3-28

rdt20 operation with no errors

Wait for call from above

snkpkt = make_pkt(data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)udt_send(ACK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampampisNAK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(NAK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Wait for ACK or

NAK

Wait for call from

below

rdt_send(data)

Λ

15

Transport Layer 3-29

rdt20 error scenario

Wait for call from above

snkpkt = make_pkt(data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)udt_send(ACK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampampisNAK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(NAK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Wait for ACK or

NAK

Wait for call from

below

rdt_send(data)

Λ

Transport Layer 3-30

rdt20 has a fatal flaw

What happens if ACKNAK corruptedsender doesnrsquot know what happened at receivercanrsquot just retransmit possible duplicate

Handling duplicates sender retransmits current pkt if ACKNAK garbledsender adds sequence numberto each pktreceiver discards (doesnrsquot deliver up) duplicate pkt

Sender sends one packet then waits for receiver response

stop and wait

16

Transport Layer 3-31

rdt21 sender handles garbled ACKNAKs

Wait for call 0 from

above

sndpkt = make_pkt(0 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_send(data)

Wait for ACK or NAK 0 udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||isNAK(rcvpkt) )

sndpkt = make_pkt(1 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_send(data)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||isNAK(rcvpkt) )

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

Wait forcall 1 from

above

Wait for ACK or NAK 1

ΛΛ

Transport Layer 3-32

rdt21 receiver handles garbled ACKNAKs

Wait for 0 from below

sndpkt = make_pkt(NAK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp not corrupt(rcvpkt) ampamphas_seq0(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp has_seq1(rcvpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

Wait for 1 from below

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp has_seq0(rcvpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp (corrupt(rcvpkt)

sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp not corrupt(rcvpkt) ampamphas_seq1(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp (corrupt(rcvpkt)

sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

sndpkt = make_pkt(NAK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

17

Transport Layer 3-33

rdt21 discussion

Senderseq added to pkttwo seq rsquos (01) will suffice Whymust check if received ACKNAK corrupted twice as many states

state must ldquorememberrdquowhether ldquocurrentrdquo pkt has 0 or 1 seq

Receivermust check if received packet is duplicate

state indicates whether 0 or 1 is expected pkt seq

note receiver can notknow if its last ACKNAK received OK at sender

Transport Layer 3-34

rdt22 a NAK-free protocol

same functionality as rdt21 using ACKs onlyinstead of NAK receiver sends ACK for last pkt received OK

receiver must explicitly include seq of pkt being ACKed

duplicate ACK at sender results in same action as NAK retransmit current pkt

18

Transport Layer 3-35

rdt22 sender receiver fragments

Wait for call 0 from

above

sndpkt = make_pkt(0 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_send(data)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||

isACK(rcvpkt1) )

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt0)

Wait for ACK

0sender FSM

fragment

Wait for 0 from below

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp has_seq1(rcvpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK1 chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp (corrupt(rcvpkt) ||

has_seq1(rcvpkt))

udt_send(sndpkt)receiver FSM

fragment

Λ

Transport Layer 3-36

rdt30 channels with errors and loss

New assumption underlying channel can also lose packets (data or ACKs)

checksum seq ACKs retransmissions will be of help but not enough

Approach sender waits ldquoreasonablerdquo amount of time for ACK retransmits if no ACK received in this timeif pkt (or ACK) just delayed (not lost)

retransmission will be duplicate but use of seq rsquos already handles thisreceiver must specify seq of pkt being ACKed

requires countdown timer

19

Transport Layer 3-37

rdt30 sendersndpkt = make_pkt(0 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

rdt_send(data)

Wait for

ACK0

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||isACK(rcvpkt1) )

Wait for call 1 from

above

sndpkt = make_pkt(1 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

rdt_send(data)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt0)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||isACK(rcvpkt0) )

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt1)

stop_timerstop_timer

udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

timeout

udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

timeout

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

Wait for call 0from

above

Wait for

ACK1

Λrdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

ΛΛ

Λ

Transport Layer 3-38

rdt30 in action

20

Transport Layer 3-39

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-40

Performance of rdt30

rdt30 works but performance stinksexample 1 Gbps link 15 ms e-e prop delay 1KB packet

Ttransmit = 8kbpkt109 bsec = 8 microsec

U sender utilization ndash fraction of time sender busy sending

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

L (packet length in bits)R (transmission rate bps) =

1KB pkt every 30 msec -gt 33kBsec thruput over 1 Gbps linknetwork protocol limits use of physical resources

21

Transport Layer 3-41

rdt30 stop-and-wait operation

first packet bit transmitted t = 0

sender receiver

RTT

last packet bit transmitted t = L R

first packet bit arriveslast packet bit arrives send ACK

ACK arrives send next packet t = RTT + L R

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

Transport Layer 3-42

Pipelined protocolsPipelining sender allows multiple ldquoin-flightrdquo yet-to-be-

acknowledged pktsrange of sequence numbers must be increasedbuffering at sender andor receiver

Two generic forms of pipelined protocols go-Back-N selective repeat

22

Transport Layer 3-43

Pipelining increased utilization

first packet bit transmitted t = 0

sender receiver

RTT

last bit transmitted t = L R

first packet bit arriveslast packet bit arrives send ACK

ACK arrives send next packet t = RTT + L R

last bit of 2nd packet arrives send ACKlast bit of 3rd packet arrives send ACK

U sender =

02430008

= 00008 3 L R RTT + L R

=

Increase utilizationby a factor of 3

Transport Layer 3-44

Go-Back-NSender

k-bit seq in pkt headerldquowindowrdquo of up to N consecutive unackrsquoed pkts allowed

ACK(n) ACKs all pkts up to including seq n - ldquocumulative ACKrdquomay receive duplicate ACKs (see receiver)

timer for each in-flight pkttimeout(n) retransmit pkt n and all higher seq pkts in window

23

Transport Layer 3-45

GBN sender extended FSM

Wait start_timerudt_send(sndpkt[base])udt_send(sndpkt[base+1])hellipudt_send(sndpkt[nextseqnum-1])

timeout

rdt_send(data)

if (nextseqnum lt base+N) sndpkt[nextseqnum] = make_pkt(nextseqnumdatachksum)udt_send(sndpkt[nextseqnum])if (base == nextseqnum)

start_timernextseqnum++

elserefuse_data(data)

base = getacknum(rcvpkt)+1If (base == nextseqnum)

stop_timerelsestart_timer

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

base=1nextseqnum=1

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Λ

Transport Layer 3-46

GBN receiver extended FSM

ACK-only always send ACK for correctly-received pkt with highest in-order seq

may generate duplicate ACKsneed only remember expectedseqnum

out-of-order pkt discard (donrsquot buffer) -gt no receiver bufferingRe-ACK pkt with highest in-order seq

Wait

udt_send(sndpkt)default

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)ampamp notcurrupt(rcvpkt)ampamp hasseqnum(rcvpktexpectedseqnum)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(expectedseqnumACKchksum)udt_send(sndpkt)expectedseqnum++

expectedseqnum=1sndpkt = make_pkt(expectedseqnumACKchksum)

Λ

24

Transport Layer 3-47

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-48

Selective Repeat

receiver individually acknowledges all correctly received pkts

buffers pkts as needed for eventual in-order delivery to upper layer

sender only resends pkts for which ACK not receivedsender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender windowN consecutive seq rsquosagain limits seq s of sent unACKed pkts

25

Transport Layer 3-49

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-50

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in window send pkt

timeout(n)resend pkt n restart timer

ACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as receivedif n smallest unACKed pkt advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n)out-of-order bufferin-order deliver (also deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)

otherwiseignore

receiver

26

Transport Layer 3-51

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenariosincorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

27

Transport Layer 3-53

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-54

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex databi-directional data flow in same connectionMSS maximum segment size

connection-orientedhandshaking (exchange of control msgs) initrsquos sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlledsender will not overwhelm receiver

point-to-pointone sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte steam

no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelinedTCP congestion and flow control set window size

send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

28

Transport Layer 3-55

TCP segment structure

source port dest port

32 bits

applicationdata

(variable length)

sequence numberacknowledgement number

Receive windowUrg data pnterchecksum

FSRPAUheadlen

notused

Options (variable length)

URG urgent data (generally not used)

ACK ACK valid

PSH push data now(generally not used)

RST SYN FINconnection estab(setup teardown

commands)

bytes rcvr willingto accept

countingby bytes of data(not segments)

Internetchecksum

(as in UDP)

Transport Layer 3-56

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquoof first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKsseq of next byte expected from other sidecumulative ACK

Q how receiver handles out-of-order segments

A TCP spec doesnrsquot say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Seq=42 ACK=79 data = lsquoCrsquo

Seq=79 ACK=43 data = lsquoCrsquo

Seq=43 ACK=80

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

29

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout valuelonger than RTT

but RTT variestoo short premature timeout

unnecessary retransmissions

too long slow reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTTSampleRTT measured time from segment transmission until ACK receipt

ignore retransmissionsSampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo

average several recent measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-58

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- α)EstimatedRTT + αSampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving averageinfluence of past sample decreases exponentially fasttypical value α = 0125

30

Transport Layer 3-59

Example RTT estimationRTT gaiacsumassedu to fantasiaeurecomfr

100

150

200

250

300

350

1 8 15 22 29 36 43 50 57 64 71 78 85 92 99 106

time (seconnds)

RTT

(mill

iseco

nds)

SampleRTT Estimated RTT

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeoutEstimtedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin

first estimate of how much SampleRTT deviates from EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

DevRTT = (1-β)DevRTT +β|SampleRTT-EstimatedRTT|

(typically β = 025)

Then set timeout interval

31

Transport Layer 3-61

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-62

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable servicePipelined segmentsCumulative acksTCP uses single retransmission timer

Retransmissions are triggered by

timeout eventsduplicate acks

Initially consider simplified TCP sender

ignore duplicate acksignore flow control congestion control

32

Transport Layer 3-63

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app

Create segment with seq seq is byte-stream number of first data byte in segmentstart timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unackedsegment)expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeoutretransmit segment that caused timeoutrestart timer

Ack rcvdIf acknowledges previously unackedsegments

update what is known to be ackedstart timer if there are outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-64

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNumif (timer currently not running)

start timerpass segment to IP NextSeqNum = NextSeqNum + length(data)

event timer timeoutretransmit not-yet-acknowledged segment with

smallest sequence numberstart timer

event ACK received with ACK field value of y if (y gt SendBase)

SendBase = yif (there are currently not-yet-acknowledged segments)

start timer

end of loop forever

Commentbull SendBase-1 last cumulatively ackrsquoed byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

33

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

Seq=100 20 bytes data

ACK=100

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=120

Seq=92 8 bytes data

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

ACK=120

Host A

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

Sendbase= 100

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

Seq=100 20 bytes data

ACK=120

time

SendBase= 120

34

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP ACK generation [RFC 1122 RFC 2581]

Event at Receiver

Arrival of in-order segment withexpected seq All data up toexpected seq already ACKed

Arrival of in-order segment withexpected seq One other segment has ACK pending

Arrival of out-of-order segmenthigher-than-expect seq Gap detected

Arrival of segment that partially or completely fills gap

TCP Receiver action

Delayed ACK Wait up to 500msfor next segment If no next segmentsend ACK

Immediately send single cumulative ACK ACKing both in-order segments

Immediately send duplicate ACK indicating seq of next expected byte

Immediate send ACK provided thatsegment startsat lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-68

Fast Retransmit

Time-out period often relatively long

long delay before resending lost packet

Detect lost segments via duplicate ACKs

Sender often sends many segments back-to-backIf segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

If sender receives 3 ACKsfor the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost

fast retransmit resend segment before timer expires

35

Transport Layer 3-69

event ACK received with ACK field value of y if (y gt SendBase)

SendBase = yif (there are currently not-yet-acknowledged segments)

start timer

else increment count of dup ACKs received for yif (count of dup ACKs received for y = 3)

resend segment with sequence number y

Fast retransmit algorithm

a duplicate ACK for already ACKed segment

fast retransmit

Transport Layer 3-70

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

36

Transport Layer 3-71

TCP Flow Control

receive side of TCP connection has a receive buffer

speed-matching service matching the send rate to the receiving apprsquos drain rate

app process may be slow at reading from buffer

sender wonrsquot overflowreceiverrsquos buffer by

transmitting too muchtoo fast

flow control

Transport Layer 3-72

TCP Flow control how it works

(Suppose TCP receiver discards out-of-order segments)spare room in buffer

= RcvWindow= RcvBuffer-[LastByteRcvd -

LastByteRead]

Rcvr advertises spare room by including value of RcvWindow in segmentsSender limits unACKeddata to RcvWindow

guarantees receive buffer doesnrsquot overflow

37

Transport Layer 3-73

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-74

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segmentsinitialize TCP variables

seq sbuffers flow control info (eg RcvWindow)

client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshake

Step 1 client host sends TCP SYN segment to server

specifies initial seq no data

Step 2 server host receives SYN replies with SYNACK segment

server allocates buffersspecifies server initial seq

Step 3 client receives SYNACK replies with ACK segment which may contain data

38

Transport Layer 3-75

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Closing a connection

client closes socketclientSocketclose()

Step 1 client end system sends TCP FIN control segment to server

Step 2 server receives FIN replies with ACK Closes connection sends FIN

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-76

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Step 3 client receives FIN replies with ACK

Enters ldquotimed waitrdquo - will respond with ACK to received FINs

Step 4 server receives ACK Connection closed

Note with small modification can handle simultaneous FINs

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

closing

closing

closed

tim

ed w

ait

closed

39

Transport Layer 3-77

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-78

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

40

Transport Layer 3-79

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestioninformally ldquotoo many sources sending too much data too fast for network to handlerdquodifferent from flow controlmanifestations

lost packets (buffer overflow at routers)long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-80

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receiversone router infinite buffers no retransmission

large delays when congestedmaximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

41

Transport Layer 3-81

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of lost packet

finite shared output link buffers

Host A λin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-82

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2always (goodput)

ldquoperfectrdquo retransmission only when loss

retransmission of delayed (not lost) packet makes larger (than perfect case) for same

λin

λout=

λin

λoutgtλ

inλout

ldquocostsrdquo of congestionmore work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquounneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

R2

R2λin

λ out

b

R2

R2λin

λ out

a

R2

R2λin

λ out

c

R4

R3

42

Transport Layer 3-83

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3four sendersmultihop pathstimeoutretransmit

λin

Q what happens as and increase λ

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

Another ldquocostrdquo of congestionwhen packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

λou

t

43

Transport Layer 3-85

Approaches towards congestion control

End-end congestion controlno explicit feedback from networkcongestion inferred from end-system observed loss delayapproach taken by TCP

Network-assisted congestion controlrouters provide feedback to end systems

single bit indicating congestion (SNA DECbit TCPIP ECN ATM)explicit rate sender should send at

Two broad approaches towards congestion control

Transport Layer 3-86

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rateldquoelastic servicerdquoif senderrsquos path ldquounderloadedrdquo

sender should use available bandwidth

if senderrsquos path congested sender throttled to minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cellssent by sender interspersed with data cellsbits in RM cell set by switches (ldquonetwork-assistedrdquo)

NI bit no increase in rate (mild congestion)CI bit congestion indication

RM cells returned to sender by receiver with bits intact

44

Transport Layer 3-87

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cellcongested switch may lower ER value in cellsenderrsquo send rate thus minimum supportable rate on path

EFCI bit in data cells set to 1 in congested switchif data cell preceding RM cell has EFCI set sender sets CI bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-88

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

45

Transport Layer 3-89

TCP congestion control additive increase multiplicative decrease

8 Kbytes

16 Kbytes

24 Kbytes

time

congestionwindow

Approach increase transmission rate (window size) probing for usable bandwidth until loss occurs

additive increase increase CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT until loss detectedmultiplicative decrease cut CongWin in half after loss

timecong

estio

n w

indo

w s

ize

Saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-90

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

le CongWin

Roughly

CongWin is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestionloss event = timeout or 3 duplicate acksTCP sender reduces rate (CongWin) after loss event

three mechanismsAIMDslow startconservative after timeout events

rate = CongWinRTT Bytessec

46

Transport Layer 3-91

TCP Slow Start

When connection begins CongWin = 1 MSS

Example MSS = 500 bytes amp RTT = 200 msecinitial rate = 20 kbps

available bandwidth may be gtgt MSSRTT

desirable to quickly ramp up to respectable rate

When connection begins increase rate exponentially fast until first loss event

Transport Layer 3-92

TCP Slow Start (more)

When connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event

double CongWin every RTTdone by incrementing CongWin for every ACK received

Summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

one segment

RTT

Host B

time

two segments

four segments

47

Transport Layer 3-93

RefinementQ When should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A When CongWin gets to 12 of its value before timeout

ImplementationVariable Threshold At loss event Threshold is set to 12 of CongWin just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-94

Refinement inferring loss

After 3 dup ACKsCongWin is cut in halfwindow then grows linearly

But after timeout eventCongWin instead set to 1 MSS window then grows exponentiallyto a threshold then grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments

timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquocongestion scenario

Philosophy

48

Transport Layer 3-95

Summary TCP Congestion Control

When CongWin is below Threshold sender in slow-start phase window grows exponentially

When CongWin is above Threshold sender is in congestion-avoidance phase window grows linearly

When a triple duplicate ACK occurs Threshold set to CongWin2 and CongWin set to Threshold

When timeout occurs Threshold set to CongWin2and CongWin is set to 1 MSS

Transport Layer 3-96

TCP sender congestion control

SS or CA

SS or CA

SS or CA

CongestionAvoidance (CA)

Slow Start (SS)

State

CongWin and Threshold not changed

Increment duplicate ACK count for segment being acked

Duplicate ACK

Enter slow startThreshold = CongWin2 CongWin = 1 MSSSet state to ldquoSlow Startrdquo

Timeout

Fast recovery implementing multiplicative decrease CongWin will not drop below 1 MSS

Threshold = CongWin2 CongWin = ThresholdSet state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

Loss event detected by triple duplicate ACK

Additive increase resulting in increase of CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT

CongWin = CongWin+MSS (MSSCongWin)

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

Resulting in a doubling of CongWin every RTT

CongWin = CongWin + MSS If (CongWin gt Threshold)

set state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

CommentaryTCP Sender Action Event

49

Transport Layer 3-97

TCP throughput

Whatrsquos the average throughout of TCP as a function of window size and RTT

Ignore slow start

Let W be the window size when loss occursWhen window is W throughput is WRTTJust after loss window drops to W2 throughput to W2RTT Average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Futures

Example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 GbpsthroughputRequires window size W = 83333 in-flight segmentsThroughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 WowNew versions of TCP for high-speed needed

LRTTMSSsdot221

50

Transport Layer 3-99

Fairness goal if K TCP sessions share same bottleneck link of bandwidth R each should have average rate of RK

TCP connection 1

bottleneckrouter

capacity R

TCP connection 2

TCP Fairness

Transport Layer 3-100

Why is TCP fairTwo competing sessions

Additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increasesmultiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

Conn

ecti

on 2

thr

ough

put

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

51

Transport Layer 3-101

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP

Multimedia apps often do not use TCP

do not want rate throttled by congestion control

Instead use UDPpump audiovideo at constant rate tolerate packet loss

Research area TCP friendly

Fairness and parallel TCP connectionsnothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hostsWeb browsers do this Example link of rate R supporting 9 cnctions

new app asks for 1 TCP gets rate R10new app asks for 11 TCPs gets R2

Transport Layer 3-102

Delay modeling

Q How long does it take to receive an object from a Web server after sending a request

Ignoring congestion delay is influenced byTCP connection establishmentdata transmission delayslow start

Notation assumptionsAssume one link between client and server of rate RS MSS (bits)O object size (bits)no retransmissions (no loss no corruption)

Window sizeFirst assume fixed congestion window W segmentsThen dynamic window

modeling slow start

52

Transport Layer 3-103

Fixed congestion window (1)

First caseWSR gt RTT + SR ACK for

first segment in window returns before windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR

Transport Layer 3-104

Fixed congestion window (2)

Second caseWSR lt RTT + SR wait for ACK after sending windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR+ (K-1)[SR + RTT - WSR]

53

Transport Layer 3-105

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (1)

Now suppose window grows according to slow start

Will show that the delay for one object is

RS

RSRTTP

RORTTLatency P )12(2 minusminus⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ +++=

where P is the number of times TCP idles at server

1min minus= KQP

- where Q is the number of times the server idlesif the object were of infinite size

- and K is the number of windows that cover the object

Transport Layer 3-106

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (2)

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Examplebull OS = 15 segmentsbull K = 4 windowsbull Q = 2bull P = minK-1Q = 2

Server idles P=2 times

Delay componentsbull 2 RTT for connection estab and requestbull OR to transmit objectbull time server idles due to slow start

Server idles P = minK-1Q times

54

Transport Layer 3-107

TCP Delay Modeling (3)

RS

RSRTTPRTT

RO

RSRTT

RSRTT

RO

idleTimeRTTRO

P

kP

k

P

pp

)12(][2

]2[2

2delay

1

1

1

minusminus+++=

minus+++=

++=

minus

=

=

sum

sum

th window after the timeidle 2 1 kRSRTT

RS k =⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ minus+

+minus

ementacknowledg receivesserver until

segment send tostartsserver whenfrom time=+ RTTRS

window kth the transmit totime2 1 =minus

RSk

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Transport Layer 3-108

TCP Delay Modeling (4)

⎥⎥⎤

⎢⎢⎡ +=

+ge=

geminus=

ge+++=

ge+++=minus

minus

)1(log

)1(logmin

12min

222min222min

2

2

110

110

SO

SOkk

SOk

SOkOSSSkK

k

k

k

L

L

Calculation of Q number of idles for infinite-size objectis similar (see HW)

Recall K = number of windows that cover object

How do we calculate K

55

Transport Layer 3-109

HTTP ModelingAssume Web page consists of

1 base HTML page (of size O bits)M images (each of size O bits)

Non-persistent HTTP M+1 TCP connections in seriesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (M+1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Persistent HTTP2 RTT to request and receive base HTML file1 RTT to request and receive M imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + 3RTT + sum of idle times

Non-persistent HTTP with X parallel connectionsSuppose MX integer1 TCP connection for base fileMX sets of parallel connections for imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (MX + 1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Transport Layer 3-110

02468

101214161820

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT = 100 msec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For low bandwidth connection amp response time dominated by transmission timePersistent connections only give minor improvement over parallelconnections

56

Transport Layer 3-111

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT =1 sec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For larger RTT response time dominated by TCP establishment amp slow start delays Persistent connections now give important improvement particularly in high delaybullbandwidth networks

Transport Layer 3-112

Chapter 3 Summaryprinciples behind transport layer services

multiplexing demultiplexingreliable data transferflow controlcongestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet

UDPTCP

Nextleaving the network ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)into the network ldquocorerdquo

Page 3: Chapter 3: Transport Layerpeople.ee.duke.edu/~krish/ECE156/Chapter3.pdf · Transport Layer 3-4 Transport vs. network layer network layer: logical communication between hosts transport

3

Transport Layer 3-5

Internet transport-layer protocols

reliable in-order delivery (TCP)

congestion control flow controlconnection setup

unreliable unordered delivery UDP

no-frills extension of ldquobest-effortrdquo IP

services not available delay guaranteesbandwidth guarantees

applicationtransportnetworkdata linkphysical

applicationtransportnetworkdata linkphysical

networkdata linkphysical

networkdata linkphysical

networkdata linkphysical

networkdata linkphysicalnetwork

data linkphysical

logical end-end transport

Transport Layer 3-6

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

4

Transport Layer 3-7

Multiplexingdemultiplexing

application

transport

network

link

physical

P1 application

transport

network

link

physical

application

transport

network

link

physical

P2P3 P4P1

host 1 host 2 host 3

= process= socket

delivering received segmentsto correct socket

Demultiplexing at rcv hostgathering data from multiplesockets enveloping data with header (later used for demultiplexing)

Multiplexing at send host

Transport Layer 3-8

How demultiplexing workshost receives IP datagrams

each datagram has source IP address destination IP addresseach datagram carries 1 transport-layer segmenteach segment has source destination port number

host uses IP addresses amp port numbers to direct segment to appropriate socket

source port dest port

32 bits

applicationdata

(message)

other header fields

TCPUDP segment format

5

Transport Layer 3-9

Connectionless demultiplexing

Create sockets with port numbers

DatagramSocket mySocket1 = new DatagramSocket(99111)

DatagramSocket mySocket2 = new DatagramSocket(99222)

UDP socket identified by two-tuple

(dest IP address dest port number)

When host receives UDP segment

checks destination port number in segmentdirects UDP segment to socket with that port number

IP datagrams with different source IP addresses andor source port numbers directed to same socket

Transport Layer 3-10

Connectionless demux (cont)

DatagramSocket serverSocket = new DatagramSocket(6428)

ClientIPB

P2

clientIP A

P1P1P3

serverIP C

SP 6428DP 9157

SP 9157DP 6428

SP 6428DP 5775

SP 5775DP 6428

SP provides ldquoreturn addressrdquo

6

Transport Layer 3-11

Connection-oriented demux

TCP socket identified by 4-tuple

source IP addresssource port numberdest IP addressdest port number

recv host uses all four values to direct segment to appropriate socket

Server host may support many simultaneous TCP sockets

each socket identified by its own 4-tuple

Web servers have different sockets for each connecting client

non-persistent HTTP will have different socket for each request

Transport Layer 3-12

Connection-oriented demux (cont)

ClientIPB

P1

clientIP A

P1P2P4

serverIP C

SP 9157DP 80

SP 9157DP 80

P5 P6 P3

D-IPCS-IP AD-IPC

S-IP B

SP 5775DP 80

D-IPCS-IP B

7

Transport Layer 3-13

Connection-oriented demux Threaded Web Server

ClientIPB

P1

clientIP A

P1P2

serverIP C

SP 9157DP 80

SP 9157DP 80

P4 P3

D-IPCS-IP AD-IPC

S-IP B

SP 5775DP 80

D-IPCS-IP B

Transport Layer 3-14

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

8

Transport Layer 3-15

UDP User Datagram Protocol [RFC 768]

ldquono frillsrdquo ldquobare bonesrdquoInternet transport protocolldquobest effortrdquo service UDP segments may be

lostdelivered out of order to app

connectionlessno handshaking between UDP sender receivereach UDP segment handled independently of others

Why is there a UDPno connection establishment (which can add delay)simple no connection state at sender receiversmall segment headerno congestion control UDP can blast away as fast as desired

Transport Layer 3-16

UDP more

often used for streaming multimedia apps

loss tolerantrate sensitive

other UDP usesDNSSNMP

reliable transfer over UDP add reliability at application layer

application-specific error recovery

source port dest port

32 bits

Applicationdata

(message)

UDP segment format

length checksumLength in

bytes of UDPsegmentincluding

header

9

Transport Layer 3-17

UDP checksum

Sendertreat segment contents as sequence of 16-bit integerschecksum addition (1rsquos complement sum) of segment contentssender puts checksum value into UDP checksum field

Receivercompute checksum of received segmentcheck if computed checksum equals checksum field value

NO - error detectedYES - no error detected But maybe errors nonethelessMore later hellip

Goal detect ldquoerrorsrdquo (eg flipped bits) in transmitted segment

Transport Layer 3-18

Internet Checksum ExampleNote

When adding numbers a carryout from the most significant bit needs to be added to the result

Example add two 16-bit integers

1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 01 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1

1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1

1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 01 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1

wraparound

sumchecksum

10

Transport Layer 3-19

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-20

Principles of Reliable data transferimportant in app transport link layerstop-10 list of important networking topics

characteristics of unreliable channel will determine complexity of reliable data transfer protocol (rdt)

11

Transport Layer 3-21

Principles of Reliable data transferimportant in app transport link layerstop-10 list of important networking topics

characteristics of unreliable channel will determine complexity of reliable data transfer protocol (rdt)

Transport Layer 3-22

Principles of Reliable data transferimportant in app transport link layerstop-10 list of important networking topics

characteristics of unreliable channel will determine complexity of reliable data transfer protocol (rdt)

12

Transport Layer 3-23

Reliable data transfer getting started

sendside

receiveside

rdt_send() called from above (eg by app) Passed data to

deliver to receiver upper layer

udt_send() called by rdtto transfer packet over

unreliable channel to receiver

rdt_rcv() called when packet arrives on rcv-side of channel

deliver_data() called by rdt to deliver data to upper

Transport Layer 3-24

Reliable data transfer getting started

Wersquollincrementally develop sender receiver sides of reliable data transfer protocol (rdt)consider only unidirectional data transfer

but control info will flow on both directions

use finite state machines (FSM) to specify sender receiver

state1

state2

event causing state transitionactions taken on state transition

state when in this ldquostaterdquonext state uniquely determined by next

event

eventactions

13

Transport Layer 3-25

Rdt10 reliable transfer over a reliable channel

underlying channel perfectly reliableno bit errorsno loss of packets

separate FSMs for sender receiversender sends data into underlying channelreceiver read data from underlying channel

Wait for call from above packet = make_pkt(data)

udt_send(packet)

rdt_send(data)extract (packetdata)deliver_data(data)

Wait for call from

below

rdt_rcv(packet)

sender receiver

Transport Layer 3-26

Rdt20 channel with bit errors

underlying channel may flip bits in packetchecksum to detect bit errors

the question how to recover from errorsacknowledgements (ACKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt received OKnegative acknowledgements (NAKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt had errorssender retransmits pkt on receipt of NAK

new mechanisms in rdt20 (beyond rdt10)error detectionreceiver feedback control msgs (ACKNAK) rcvr-gtsender

14

Transport Layer 3-27

rdt20 FSM specification

Wait for call from above

snkpkt = make_pkt(data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)udt_send(ACK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampampisNAK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(NAK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Wait for ACK or

NAK

Wait for call from

belowsender

receiverrdt_send(data)

Λ

Transport Layer 3-28

rdt20 operation with no errors

Wait for call from above

snkpkt = make_pkt(data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)udt_send(ACK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampampisNAK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(NAK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Wait for ACK or

NAK

Wait for call from

below

rdt_send(data)

Λ

15

Transport Layer 3-29

rdt20 error scenario

Wait for call from above

snkpkt = make_pkt(data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)udt_send(ACK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampampisNAK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(NAK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Wait for ACK or

NAK

Wait for call from

below

rdt_send(data)

Λ

Transport Layer 3-30

rdt20 has a fatal flaw

What happens if ACKNAK corruptedsender doesnrsquot know what happened at receivercanrsquot just retransmit possible duplicate

Handling duplicates sender retransmits current pkt if ACKNAK garbledsender adds sequence numberto each pktreceiver discards (doesnrsquot deliver up) duplicate pkt

Sender sends one packet then waits for receiver response

stop and wait

16

Transport Layer 3-31

rdt21 sender handles garbled ACKNAKs

Wait for call 0 from

above

sndpkt = make_pkt(0 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_send(data)

Wait for ACK or NAK 0 udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||isNAK(rcvpkt) )

sndpkt = make_pkt(1 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_send(data)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||isNAK(rcvpkt) )

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

Wait forcall 1 from

above

Wait for ACK or NAK 1

ΛΛ

Transport Layer 3-32

rdt21 receiver handles garbled ACKNAKs

Wait for 0 from below

sndpkt = make_pkt(NAK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp not corrupt(rcvpkt) ampamphas_seq0(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp has_seq1(rcvpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

Wait for 1 from below

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp has_seq0(rcvpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp (corrupt(rcvpkt)

sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp not corrupt(rcvpkt) ampamphas_seq1(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp (corrupt(rcvpkt)

sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

sndpkt = make_pkt(NAK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

17

Transport Layer 3-33

rdt21 discussion

Senderseq added to pkttwo seq rsquos (01) will suffice Whymust check if received ACKNAK corrupted twice as many states

state must ldquorememberrdquowhether ldquocurrentrdquo pkt has 0 or 1 seq

Receivermust check if received packet is duplicate

state indicates whether 0 or 1 is expected pkt seq

note receiver can notknow if its last ACKNAK received OK at sender

Transport Layer 3-34

rdt22 a NAK-free protocol

same functionality as rdt21 using ACKs onlyinstead of NAK receiver sends ACK for last pkt received OK

receiver must explicitly include seq of pkt being ACKed

duplicate ACK at sender results in same action as NAK retransmit current pkt

18

Transport Layer 3-35

rdt22 sender receiver fragments

Wait for call 0 from

above

sndpkt = make_pkt(0 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_send(data)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||

isACK(rcvpkt1) )

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt0)

Wait for ACK

0sender FSM

fragment

Wait for 0 from below

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp has_seq1(rcvpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK1 chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp (corrupt(rcvpkt) ||

has_seq1(rcvpkt))

udt_send(sndpkt)receiver FSM

fragment

Λ

Transport Layer 3-36

rdt30 channels with errors and loss

New assumption underlying channel can also lose packets (data or ACKs)

checksum seq ACKs retransmissions will be of help but not enough

Approach sender waits ldquoreasonablerdquo amount of time for ACK retransmits if no ACK received in this timeif pkt (or ACK) just delayed (not lost)

retransmission will be duplicate but use of seq rsquos already handles thisreceiver must specify seq of pkt being ACKed

requires countdown timer

19

Transport Layer 3-37

rdt30 sendersndpkt = make_pkt(0 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

rdt_send(data)

Wait for

ACK0

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||isACK(rcvpkt1) )

Wait for call 1 from

above

sndpkt = make_pkt(1 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

rdt_send(data)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt0)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||isACK(rcvpkt0) )

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt1)

stop_timerstop_timer

udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

timeout

udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

timeout

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

Wait for call 0from

above

Wait for

ACK1

Λrdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

ΛΛ

Λ

Transport Layer 3-38

rdt30 in action

20

Transport Layer 3-39

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-40

Performance of rdt30

rdt30 works but performance stinksexample 1 Gbps link 15 ms e-e prop delay 1KB packet

Ttransmit = 8kbpkt109 bsec = 8 microsec

U sender utilization ndash fraction of time sender busy sending

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

L (packet length in bits)R (transmission rate bps) =

1KB pkt every 30 msec -gt 33kBsec thruput over 1 Gbps linknetwork protocol limits use of physical resources

21

Transport Layer 3-41

rdt30 stop-and-wait operation

first packet bit transmitted t = 0

sender receiver

RTT

last packet bit transmitted t = L R

first packet bit arriveslast packet bit arrives send ACK

ACK arrives send next packet t = RTT + L R

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

Transport Layer 3-42

Pipelined protocolsPipelining sender allows multiple ldquoin-flightrdquo yet-to-be-

acknowledged pktsrange of sequence numbers must be increasedbuffering at sender andor receiver

Two generic forms of pipelined protocols go-Back-N selective repeat

22

Transport Layer 3-43

Pipelining increased utilization

first packet bit transmitted t = 0

sender receiver

RTT

last bit transmitted t = L R

first packet bit arriveslast packet bit arrives send ACK

ACK arrives send next packet t = RTT + L R

last bit of 2nd packet arrives send ACKlast bit of 3rd packet arrives send ACK

U sender =

02430008

= 00008 3 L R RTT + L R

=

Increase utilizationby a factor of 3

Transport Layer 3-44

Go-Back-NSender

k-bit seq in pkt headerldquowindowrdquo of up to N consecutive unackrsquoed pkts allowed

ACK(n) ACKs all pkts up to including seq n - ldquocumulative ACKrdquomay receive duplicate ACKs (see receiver)

timer for each in-flight pkttimeout(n) retransmit pkt n and all higher seq pkts in window

23

Transport Layer 3-45

GBN sender extended FSM

Wait start_timerudt_send(sndpkt[base])udt_send(sndpkt[base+1])hellipudt_send(sndpkt[nextseqnum-1])

timeout

rdt_send(data)

if (nextseqnum lt base+N) sndpkt[nextseqnum] = make_pkt(nextseqnumdatachksum)udt_send(sndpkt[nextseqnum])if (base == nextseqnum)

start_timernextseqnum++

elserefuse_data(data)

base = getacknum(rcvpkt)+1If (base == nextseqnum)

stop_timerelsestart_timer

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

base=1nextseqnum=1

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Λ

Transport Layer 3-46

GBN receiver extended FSM

ACK-only always send ACK for correctly-received pkt with highest in-order seq

may generate duplicate ACKsneed only remember expectedseqnum

out-of-order pkt discard (donrsquot buffer) -gt no receiver bufferingRe-ACK pkt with highest in-order seq

Wait

udt_send(sndpkt)default

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)ampamp notcurrupt(rcvpkt)ampamp hasseqnum(rcvpktexpectedseqnum)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(expectedseqnumACKchksum)udt_send(sndpkt)expectedseqnum++

expectedseqnum=1sndpkt = make_pkt(expectedseqnumACKchksum)

Λ

24

Transport Layer 3-47

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-48

Selective Repeat

receiver individually acknowledges all correctly received pkts

buffers pkts as needed for eventual in-order delivery to upper layer

sender only resends pkts for which ACK not receivedsender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender windowN consecutive seq rsquosagain limits seq s of sent unACKed pkts

25

Transport Layer 3-49

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-50

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in window send pkt

timeout(n)resend pkt n restart timer

ACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as receivedif n smallest unACKed pkt advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n)out-of-order bufferin-order deliver (also deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)

otherwiseignore

receiver

26

Transport Layer 3-51

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenariosincorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

27

Transport Layer 3-53

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-54

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex databi-directional data flow in same connectionMSS maximum segment size

connection-orientedhandshaking (exchange of control msgs) initrsquos sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlledsender will not overwhelm receiver

point-to-pointone sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte steam

no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelinedTCP congestion and flow control set window size

send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

28

Transport Layer 3-55

TCP segment structure

source port dest port

32 bits

applicationdata

(variable length)

sequence numberacknowledgement number

Receive windowUrg data pnterchecksum

FSRPAUheadlen

notused

Options (variable length)

URG urgent data (generally not used)

ACK ACK valid

PSH push data now(generally not used)

RST SYN FINconnection estab(setup teardown

commands)

bytes rcvr willingto accept

countingby bytes of data(not segments)

Internetchecksum

(as in UDP)

Transport Layer 3-56

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquoof first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKsseq of next byte expected from other sidecumulative ACK

Q how receiver handles out-of-order segments

A TCP spec doesnrsquot say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Seq=42 ACK=79 data = lsquoCrsquo

Seq=79 ACK=43 data = lsquoCrsquo

Seq=43 ACK=80

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

29

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout valuelonger than RTT

but RTT variestoo short premature timeout

unnecessary retransmissions

too long slow reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTTSampleRTT measured time from segment transmission until ACK receipt

ignore retransmissionsSampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo

average several recent measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-58

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- α)EstimatedRTT + αSampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving averageinfluence of past sample decreases exponentially fasttypical value α = 0125

30

Transport Layer 3-59

Example RTT estimationRTT gaiacsumassedu to fantasiaeurecomfr

100

150

200

250

300

350

1 8 15 22 29 36 43 50 57 64 71 78 85 92 99 106

time (seconnds)

RTT

(mill

iseco

nds)

SampleRTT Estimated RTT

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeoutEstimtedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin

first estimate of how much SampleRTT deviates from EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

DevRTT = (1-β)DevRTT +β|SampleRTT-EstimatedRTT|

(typically β = 025)

Then set timeout interval

31

Transport Layer 3-61

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-62

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable servicePipelined segmentsCumulative acksTCP uses single retransmission timer

Retransmissions are triggered by

timeout eventsduplicate acks

Initially consider simplified TCP sender

ignore duplicate acksignore flow control congestion control

32

Transport Layer 3-63

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app

Create segment with seq seq is byte-stream number of first data byte in segmentstart timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unackedsegment)expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeoutretransmit segment that caused timeoutrestart timer

Ack rcvdIf acknowledges previously unackedsegments

update what is known to be ackedstart timer if there are outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-64

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNumif (timer currently not running)

start timerpass segment to IP NextSeqNum = NextSeqNum + length(data)

event timer timeoutretransmit not-yet-acknowledged segment with

smallest sequence numberstart timer

event ACK received with ACK field value of y if (y gt SendBase)

SendBase = yif (there are currently not-yet-acknowledged segments)

start timer

end of loop forever

Commentbull SendBase-1 last cumulatively ackrsquoed byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

33

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

Seq=100 20 bytes data

ACK=100

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=120

Seq=92 8 bytes data

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

ACK=120

Host A

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

Sendbase= 100

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

Seq=100 20 bytes data

ACK=120

time

SendBase= 120

34

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP ACK generation [RFC 1122 RFC 2581]

Event at Receiver

Arrival of in-order segment withexpected seq All data up toexpected seq already ACKed

Arrival of in-order segment withexpected seq One other segment has ACK pending

Arrival of out-of-order segmenthigher-than-expect seq Gap detected

Arrival of segment that partially or completely fills gap

TCP Receiver action

Delayed ACK Wait up to 500msfor next segment If no next segmentsend ACK

Immediately send single cumulative ACK ACKing both in-order segments

Immediately send duplicate ACK indicating seq of next expected byte

Immediate send ACK provided thatsegment startsat lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-68

Fast Retransmit

Time-out period often relatively long

long delay before resending lost packet

Detect lost segments via duplicate ACKs

Sender often sends many segments back-to-backIf segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

If sender receives 3 ACKsfor the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost

fast retransmit resend segment before timer expires

35

Transport Layer 3-69

event ACK received with ACK field value of y if (y gt SendBase)

SendBase = yif (there are currently not-yet-acknowledged segments)

start timer

else increment count of dup ACKs received for yif (count of dup ACKs received for y = 3)

resend segment with sequence number y

Fast retransmit algorithm

a duplicate ACK for already ACKed segment

fast retransmit

Transport Layer 3-70

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

36

Transport Layer 3-71

TCP Flow Control

receive side of TCP connection has a receive buffer

speed-matching service matching the send rate to the receiving apprsquos drain rate

app process may be slow at reading from buffer

sender wonrsquot overflowreceiverrsquos buffer by

transmitting too muchtoo fast

flow control

Transport Layer 3-72

TCP Flow control how it works

(Suppose TCP receiver discards out-of-order segments)spare room in buffer

= RcvWindow= RcvBuffer-[LastByteRcvd -

LastByteRead]

Rcvr advertises spare room by including value of RcvWindow in segmentsSender limits unACKeddata to RcvWindow

guarantees receive buffer doesnrsquot overflow

37

Transport Layer 3-73

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-74

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segmentsinitialize TCP variables

seq sbuffers flow control info (eg RcvWindow)

client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshake

Step 1 client host sends TCP SYN segment to server

specifies initial seq no data

Step 2 server host receives SYN replies with SYNACK segment

server allocates buffersspecifies server initial seq

Step 3 client receives SYNACK replies with ACK segment which may contain data

38

Transport Layer 3-75

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Closing a connection

client closes socketclientSocketclose()

Step 1 client end system sends TCP FIN control segment to server

Step 2 server receives FIN replies with ACK Closes connection sends FIN

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-76

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Step 3 client receives FIN replies with ACK

Enters ldquotimed waitrdquo - will respond with ACK to received FINs

Step 4 server receives ACK Connection closed

Note with small modification can handle simultaneous FINs

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

closing

closing

closed

tim

ed w

ait

closed

39

Transport Layer 3-77

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-78

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

40

Transport Layer 3-79

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestioninformally ldquotoo many sources sending too much data too fast for network to handlerdquodifferent from flow controlmanifestations

lost packets (buffer overflow at routers)long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-80

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receiversone router infinite buffers no retransmission

large delays when congestedmaximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

41

Transport Layer 3-81

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of lost packet

finite shared output link buffers

Host A λin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-82

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2always (goodput)

ldquoperfectrdquo retransmission only when loss

retransmission of delayed (not lost) packet makes larger (than perfect case) for same

λin

λout=

λin

λoutgtλ

inλout

ldquocostsrdquo of congestionmore work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquounneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

R2

R2λin

λ out

b

R2

R2λin

λ out

a

R2

R2λin

λ out

c

R4

R3

42

Transport Layer 3-83

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3four sendersmultihop pathstimeoutretransmit

λin

Q what happens as and increase λ

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

Another ldquocostrdquo of congestionwhen packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

λou

t

43

Transport Layer 3-85

Approaches towards congestion control

End-end congestion controlno explicit feedback from networkcongestion inferred from end-system observed loss delayapproach taken by TCP

Network-assisted congestion controlrouters provide feedback to end systems

single bit indicating congestion (SNA DECbit TCPIP ECN ATM)explicit rate sender should send at

Two broad approaches towards congestion control

Transport Layer 3-86

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rateldquoelastic servicerdquoif senderrsquos path ldquounderloadedrdquo

sender should use available bandwidth

if senderrsquos path congested sender throttled to minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cellssent by sender interspersed with data cellsbits in RM cell set by switches (ldquonetwork-assistedrdquo)

NI bit no increase in rate (mild congestion)CI bit congestion indication

RM cells returned to sender by receiver with bits intact

44

Transport Layer 3-87

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cellcongested switch may lower ER value in cellsenderrsquo send rate thus minimum supportable rate on path

EFCI bit in data cells set to 1 in congested switchif data cell preceding RM cell has EFCI set sender sets CI bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-88

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

45

Transport Layer 3-89

TCP congestion control additive increase multiplicative decrease

8 Kbytes

16 Kbytes

24 Kbytes

time

congestionwindow

Approach increase transmission rate (window size) probing for usable bandwidth until loss occurs

additive increase increase CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT until loss detectedmultiplicative decrease cut CongWin in half after loss

timecong

estio

n w

indo

w s

ize

Saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-90

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

le CongWin

Roughly

CongWin is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestionloss event = timeout or 3 duplicate acksTCP sender reduces rate (CongWin) after loss event

three mechanismsAIMDslow startconservative after timeout events

rate = CongWinRTT Bytessec

46

Transport Layer 3-91

TCP Slow Start

When connection begins CongWin = 1 MSS

Example MSS = 500 bytes amp RTT = 200 msecinitial rate = 20 kbps

available bandwidth may be gtgt MSSRTT

desirable to quickly ramp up to respectable rate

When connection begins increase rate exponentially fast until first loss event

Transport Layer 3-92

TCP Slow Start (more)

When connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event

double CongWin every RTTdone by incrementing CongWin for every ACK received

Summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

one segment

RTT

Host B

time

two segments

four segments

47

Transport Layer 3-93

RefinementQ When should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A When CongWin gets to 12 of its value before timeout

ImplementationVariable Threshold At loss event Threshold is set to 12 of CongWin just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-94

Refinement inferring loss

After 3 dup ACKsCongWin is cut in halfwindow then grows linearly

But after timeout eventCongWin instead set to 1 MSS window then grows exponentiallyto a threshold then grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments

timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquocongestion scenario

Philosophy

48

Transport Layer 3-95

Summary TCP Congestion Control

When CongWin is below Threshold sender in slow-start phase window grows exponentially

When CongWin is above Threshold sender is in congestion-avoidance phase window grows linearly

When a triple duplicate ACK occurs Threshold set to CongWin2 and CongWin set to Threshold

When timeout occurs Threshold set to CongWin2and CongWin is set to 1 MSS

Transport Layer 3-96

TCP sender congestion control

SS or CA

SS or CA

SS or CA

CongestionAvoidance (CA)

Slow Start (SS)

State

CongWin and Threshold not changed

Increment duplicate ACK count for segment being acked

Duplicate ACK

Enter slow startThreshold = CongWin2 CongWin = 1 MSSSet state to ldquoSlow Startrdquo

Timeout

Fast recovery implementing multiplicative decrease CongWin will not drop below 1 MSS

Threshold = CongWin2 CongWin = ThresholdSet state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

Loss event detected by triple duplicate ACK

Additive increase resulting in increase of CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT

CongWin = CongWin+MSS (MSSCongWin)

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

Resulting in a doubling of CongWin every RTT

CongWin = CongWin + MSS If (CongWin gt Threshold)

set state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

CommentaryTCP Sender Action Event

49

Transport Layer 3-97

TCP throughput

Whatrsquos the average throughout of TCP as a function of window size and RTT

Ignore slow start

Let W be the window size when loss occursWhen window is W throughput is WRTTJust after loss window drops to W2 throughput to W2RTT Average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Futures

Example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 GbpsthroughputRequires window size W = 83333 in-flight segmentsThroughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 WowNew versions of TCP for high-speed needed

LRTTMSSsdot221

50

Transport Layer 3-99

Fairness goal if K TCP sessions share same bottleneck link of bandwidth R each should have average rate of RK

TCP connection 1

bottleneckrouter

capacity R

TCP connection 2

TCP Fairness

Transport Layer 3-100

Why is TCP fairTwo competing sessions

Additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increasesmultiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

Conn

ecti

on 2

thr

ough

put

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

51

Transport Layer 3-101

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP

Multimedia apps often do not use TCP

do not want rate throttled by congestion control

Instead use UDPpump audiovideo at constant rate tolerate packet loss

Research area TCP friendly

Fairness and parallel TCP connectionsnothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hostsWeb browsers do this Example link of rate R supporting 9 cnctions

new app asks for 1 TCP gets rate R10new app asks for 11 TCPs gets R2

Transport Layer 3-102

Delay modeling

Q How long does it take to receive an object from a Web server after sending a request

Ignoring congestion delay is influenced byTCP connection establishmentdata transmission delayslow start

Notation assumptionsAssume one link between client and server of rate RS MSS (bits)O object size (bits)no retransmissions (no loss no corruption)

Window sizeFirst assume fixed congestion window W segmentsThen dynamic window

modeling slow start

52

Transport Layer 3-103

Fixed congestion window (1)

First caseWSR gt RTT + SR ACK for

first segment in window returns before windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR

Transport Layer 3-104

Fixed congestion window (2)

Second caseWSR lt RTT + SR wait for ACK after sending windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR+ (K-1)[SR + RTT - WSR]

53

Transport Layer 3-105

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (1)

Now suppose window grows according to slow start

Will show that the delay for one object is

RS

RSRTTP

RORTTLatency P )12(2 minusminus⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ +++=

where P is the number of times TCP idles at server

1min minus= KQP

- where Q is the number of times the server idlesif the object were of infinite size

- and K is the number of windows that cover the object

Transport Layer 3-106

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (2)

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Examplebull OS = 15 segmentsbull K = 4 windowsbull Q = 2bull P = minK-1Q = 2

Server idles P=2 times

Delay componentsbull 2 RTT for connection estab and requestbull OR to transmit objectbull time server idles due to slow start

Server idles P = minK-1Q times

54

Transport Layer 3-107

TCP Delay Modeling (3)

RS

RSRTTPRTT

RO

RSRTT

RSRTT

RO

idleTimeRTTRO

P

kP

k

P

pp

)12(][2

]2[2

2delay

1

1

1

minusminus+++=

minus+++=

++=

minus

=

=

sum

sum

th window after the timeidle 2 1 kRSRTT

RS k =⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ minus+

+minus

ementacknowledg receivesserver until

segment send tostartsserver whenfrom time=+ RTTRS

window kth the transmit totime2 1 =minus

RSk

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Transport Layer 3-108

TCP Delay Modeling (4)

⎥⎥⎤

⎢⎢⎡ +=

+ge=

geminus=

ge+++=

ge+++=minus

minus

)1(log

)1(logmin

12min

222min222min

2

2

110

110

SO

SOkk

SOk

SOkOSSSkK

k

k

k

L

L

Calculation of Q number of idles for infinite-size objectis similar (see HW)

Recall K = number of windows that cover object

How do we calculate K

55

Transport Layer 3-109

HTTP ModelingAssume Web page consists of

1 base HTML page (of size O bits)M images (each of size O bits)

Non-persistent HTTP M+1 TCP connections in seriesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (M+1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Persistent HTTP2 RTT to request and receive base HTML file1 RTT to request and receive M imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + 3RTT + sum of idle times

Non-persistent HTTP with X parallel connectionsSuppose MX integer1 TCP connection for base fileMX sets of parallel connections for imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (MX + 1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Transport Layer 3-110

02468

101214161820

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT = 100 msec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For low bandwidth connection amp response time dominated by transmission timePersistent connections only give minor improvement over parallelconnections

56

Transport Layer 3-111

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT =1 sec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For larger RTT response time dominated by TCP establishment amp slow start delays Persistent connections now give important improvement particularly in high delaybullbandwidth networks

Transport Layer 3-112

Chapter 3 Summaryprinciples behind transport layer services

multiplexing demultiplexingreliable data transferflow controlcongestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet

UDPTCP

Nextleaving the network ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)into the network ldquocorerdquo

Page 4: Chapter 3: Transport Layerpeople.ee.duke.edu/~krish/ECE156/Chapter3.pdf · Transport Layer 3-4 Transport vs. network layer network layer: logical communication between hosts transport

4

Transport Layer 3-7

Multiplexingdemultiplexing

application

transport

network

link

physical

P1 application

transport

network

link

physical

application

transport

network

link

physical

P2P3 P4P1

host 1 host 2 host 3

= process= socket

delivering received segmentsto correct socket

Demultiplexing at rcv hostgathering data from multiplesockets enveloping data with header (later used for demultiplexing)

Multiplexing at send host

Transport Layer 3-8

How demultiplexing workshost receives IP datagrams

each datagram has source IP address destination IP addresseach datagram carries 1 transport-layer segmenteach segment has source destination port number

host uses IP addresses amp port numbers to direct segment to appropriate socket

source port dest port

32 bits

applicationdata

(message)

other header fields

TCPUDP segment format

5

Transport Layer 3-9

Connectionless demultiplexing

Create sockets with port numbers

DatagramSocket mySocket1 = new DatagramSocket(99111)

DatagramSocket mySocket2 = new DatagramSocket(99222)

UDP socket identified by two-tuple

(dest IP address dest port number)

When host receives UDP segment

checks destination port number in segmentdirects UDP segment to socket with that port number

IP datagrams with different source IP addresses andor source port numbers directed to same socket

Transport Layer 3-10

Connectionless demux (cont)

DatagramSocket serverSocket = new DatagramSocket(6428)

ClientIPB

P2

clientIP A

P1P1P3

serverIP C

SP 6428DP 9157

SP 9157DP 6428

SP 6428DP 5775

SP 5775DP 6428

SP provides ldquoreturn addressrdquo

6

Transport Layer 3-11

Connection-oriented demux

TCP socket identified by 4-tuple

source IP addresssource port numberdest IP addressdest port number

recv host uses all four values to direct segment to appropriate socket

Server host may support many simultaneous TCP sockets

each socket identified by its own 4-tuple

Web servers have different sockets for each connecting client

non-persistent HTTP will have different socket for each request

Transport Layer 3-12

Connection-oriented demux (cont)

ClientIPB

P1

clientIP A

P1P2P4

serverIP C

SP 9157DP 80

SP 9157DP 80

P5 P6 P3

D-IPCS-IP AD-IPC

S-IP B

SP 5775DP 80

D-IPCS-IP B

7

Transport Layer 3-13

Connection-oriented demux Threaded Web Server

ClientIPB

P1

clientIP A

P1P2

serverIP C

SP 9157DP 80

SP 9157DP 80

P4 P3

D-IPCS-IP AD-IPC

S-IP B

SP 5775DP 80

D-IPCS-IP B

Transport Layer 3-14

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

8

Transport Layer 3-15

UDP User Datagram Protocol [RFC 768]

ldquono frillsrdquo ldquobare bonesrdquoInternet transport protocolldquobest effortrdquo service UDP segments may be

lostdelivered out of order to app

connectionlessno handshaking between UDP sender receivereach UDP segment handled independently of others

Why is there a UDPno connection establishment (which can add delay)simple no connection state at sender receiversmall segment headerno congestion control UDP can blast away as fast as desired

Transport Layer 3-16

UDP more

often used for streaming multimedia apps

loss tolerantrate sensitive

other UDP usesDNSSNMP

reliable transfer over UDP add reliability at application layer

application-specific error recovery

source port dest port

32 bits

Applicationdata

(message)

UDP segment format

length checksumLength in

bytes of UDPsegmentincluding

header

9

Transport Layer 3-17

UDP checksum

Sendertreat segment contents as sequence of 16-bit integerschecksum addition (1rsquos complement sum) of segment contentssender puts checksum value into UDP checksum field

Receivercompute checksum of received segmentcheck if computed checksum equals checksum field value

NO - error detectedYES - no error detected But maybe errors nonethelessMore later hellip

Goal detect ldquoerrorsrdquo (eg flipped bits) in transmitted segment

Transport Layer 3-18

Internet Checksum ExampleNote

When adding numbers a carryout from the most significant bit needs to be added to the result

Example add two 16-bit integers

1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 01 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1

1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1

1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 01 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1

wraparound

sumchecksum

10

Transport Layer 3-19

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-20

Principles of Reliable data transferimportant in app transport link layerstop-10 list of important networking topics

characteristics of unreliable channel will determine complexity of reliable data transfer protocol (rdt)

11

Transport Layer 3-21

Principles of Reliable data transferimportant in app transport link layerstop-10 list of important networking topics

characteristics of unreliable channel will determine complexity of reliable data transfer protocol (rdt)

Transport Layer 3-22

Principles of Reliable data transferimportant in app transport link layerstop-10 list of important networking topics

characteristics of unreliable channel will determine complexity of reliable data transfer protocol (rdt)

12

Transport Layer 3-23

Reliable data transfer getting started

sendside

receiveside

rdt_send() called from above (eg by app) Passed data to

deliver to receiver upper layer

udt_send() called by rdtto transfer packet over

unreliable channel to receiver

rdt_rcv() called when packet arrives on rcv-side of channel

deliver_data() called by rdt to deliver data to upper

Transport Layer 3-24

Reliable data transfer getting started

Wersquollincrementally develop sender receiver sides of reliable data transfer protocol (rdt)consider only unidirectional data transfer

but control info will flow on both directions

use finite state machines (FSM) to specify sender receiver

state1

state2

event causing state transitionactions taken on state transition

state when in this ldquostaterdquonext state uniquely determined by next

event

eventactions

13

Transport Layer 3-25

Rdt10 reliable transfer over a reliable channel

underlying channel perfectly reliableno bit errorsno loss of packets

separate FSMs for sender receiversender sends data into underlying channelreceiver read data from underlying channel

Wait for call from above packet = make_pkt(data)

udt_send(packet)

rdt_send(data)extract (packetdata)deliver_data(data)

Wait for call from

below

rdt_rcv(packet)

sender receiver

Transport Layer 3-26

Rdt20 channel with bit errors

underlying channel may flip bits in packetchecksum to detect bit errors

the question how to recover from errorsacknowledgements (ACKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt received OKnegative acknowledgements (NAKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt had errorssender retransmits pkt on receipt of NAK

new mechanisms in rdt20 (beyond rdt10)error detectionreceiver feedback control msgs (ACKNAK) rcvr-gtsender

14

Transport Layer 3-27

rdt20 FSM specification

Wait for call from above

snkpkt = make_pkt(data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)udt_send(ACK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampampisNAK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(NAK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Wait for ACK or

NAK

Wait for call from

belowsender

receiverrdt_send(data)

Λ

Transport Layer 3-28

rdt20 operation with no errors

Wait for call from above

snkpkt = make_pkt(data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)udt_send(ACK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampampisNAK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(NAK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Wait for ACK or

NAK

Wait for call from

below

rdt_send(data)

Λ

15

Transport Layer 3-29

rdt20 error scenario

Wait for call from above

snkpkt = make_pkt(data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)udt_send(ACK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampampisNAK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(NAK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Wait for ACK or

NAK

Wait for call from

below

rdt_send(data)

Λ

Transport Layer 3-30

rdt20 has a fatal flaw

What happens if ACKNAK corruptedsender doesnrsquot know what happened at receivercanrsquot just retransmit possible duplicate

Handling duplicates sender retransmits current pkt if ACKNAK garbledsender adds sequence numberto each pktreceiver discards (doesnrsquot deliver up) duplicate pkt

Sender sends one packet then waits for receiver response

stop and wait

16

Transport Layer 3-31

rdt21 sender handles garbled ACKNAKs

Wait for call 0 from

above

sndpkt = make_pkt(0 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_send(data)

Wait for ACK or NAK 0 udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||isNAK(rcvpkt) )

sndpkt = make_pkt(1 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_send(data)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||isNAK(rcvpkt) )

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

Wait forcall 1 from

above

Wait for ACK or NAK 1

ΛΛ

Transport Layer 3-32

rdt21 receiver handles garbled ACKNAKs

Wait for 0 from below

sndpkt = make_pkt(NAK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp not corrupt(rcvpkt) ampamphas_seq0(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp has_seq1(rcvpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

Wait for 1 from below

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp has_seq0(rcvpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp (corrupt(rcvpkt)

sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp not corrupt(rcvpkt) ampamphas_seq1(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp (corrupt(rcvpkt)

sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

sndpkt = make_pkt(NAK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

17

Transport Layer 3-33

rdt21 discussion

Senderseq added to pkttwo seq rsquos (01) will suffice Whymust check if received ACKNAK corrupted twice as many states

state must ldquorememberrdquowhether ldquocurrentrdquo pkt has 0 or 1 seq

Receivermust check if received packet is duplicate

state indicates whether 0 or 1 is expected pkt seq

note receiver can notknow if its last ACKNAK received OK at sender

Transport Layer 3-34

rdt22 a NAK-free protocol

same functionality as rdt21 using ACKs onlyinstead of NAK receiver sends ACK for last pkt received OK

receiver must explicitly include seq of pkt being ACKed

duplicate ACK at sender results in same action as NAK retransmit current pkt

18

Transport Layer 3-35

rdt22 sender receiver fragments

Wait for call 0 from

above

sndpkt = make_pkt(0 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_send(data)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||

isACK(rcvpkt1) )

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt0)

Wait for ACK

0sender FSM

fragment

Wait for 0 from below

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp has_seq1(rcvpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK1 chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp (corrupt(rcvpkt) ||

has_seq1(rcvpkt))

udt_send(sndpkt)receiver FSM

fragment

Λ

Transport Layer 3-36

rdt30 channels with errors and loss

New assumption underlying channel can also lose packets (data or ACKs)

checksum seq ACKs retransmissions will be of help but not enough

Approach sender waits ldquoreasonablerdquo amount of time for ACK retransmits if no ACK received in this timeif pkt (or ACK) just delayed (not lost)

retransmission will be duplicate but use of seq rsquos already handles thisreceiver must specify seq of pkt being ACKed

requires countdown timer

19

Transport Layer 3-37

rdt30 sendersndpkt = make_pkt(0 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

rdt_send(data)

Wait for

ACK0

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||isACK(rcvpkt1) )

Wait for call 1 from

above

sndpkt = make_pkt(1 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

rdt_send(data)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt0)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||isACK(rcvpkt0) )

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt1)

stop_timerstop_timer

udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

timeout

udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

timeout

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

Wait for call 0from

above

Wait for

ACK1

Λrdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

ΛΛ

Λ

Transport Layer 3-38

rdt30 in action

20

Transport Layer 3-39

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-40

Performance of rdt30

rdt30 works but performance stinksexample 1 Gbps link 15 ms e-e prop delay 1KB packet

Ttransmit = 8kbpkt109 bsec = 8 microsec

U sender utilization ndash fraction of time sender busy sending

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

L (packet length in bits)R (transmission rate bps) =

1KB pkt every 30 msec -gt 33kBsec thruput over 1 Gbps linknetwork protocol limits use of physical resources

21

Transport Layer 3-41

rdt30 stop-and-wait operation

first packet bit transmitted t = 0

sender receiver

RTT

last packet bit transmitted t = L R

first packet bit arriveslast packet bit arrives send ACK

ACK arrives send next packet t = RTT + L R

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

Transport Layer 3-42

Pipelined protocolsPipelining sender allows multiple ldquoin-flightrdquo yet-to-be-

acknowledged pktsrange of sequence numbers must be increasedbuffering at sender andor receiver

Two generic forms of pipelined protocols go-Back-N selective repeat

22

Transport Layer 3-43

Pipelining increased utilization

first packet bit transmitted t = 0

sender receiver

RTT

last bit transmitted t = L R

first packet bit arriveslast packet bit arrives send ACK

ACK arrives send next packet t = RTT + L R

last bit of 2nd packet arrives send ACKlast bit of 3rd packet arrives send ACK

U sender =

02430008

= 00008 3 L R RTT + L R

=

Increase utilizationby a factor of 3

Transport Layer 3-44

Go-Back-NSender

k-bit seq in pkt headerldquowindowrdquo of up to N consecutive unackrsquoed pkts allowed

ACK(n) ACKs all pkts up to including seq n - ldquocumulative ACKrdquomay receive duplicate ACKs (see receiver)

timer for each in-flight pkttimeout(n) retransmit pkt n and all higher seq pkts in window

23

Transport Layer 3-45

GBN sender extended FSM

Wait start_timerudt_send(sndpkt[base])udt_send(sndpkt[base+1])hellipudt_send(sndpkt[nextseqnum-1])

timeout

rdt_send(data)

if (nextseqnum lt base+N) sndpkt[nextseqnum] = make_pkt(nextseqnumdatachksum)udt_send(sndpkt[nextseqnum])if (base == nextseqnum)

start_timernextseqnum++

elserefuse_data(data)

base = getacknum(rcvpkt)+1If (base == nextseqnum)

stop_timerelsestart_timer

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

base=1nextseqnum=1

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Λ

Transport Layer 3-46

GBN receiver extended FSM

ACK-only always send ACK for correctly-received pkt with highest in-order seq

may generate duplicate ACKsneed only remember expectedseqnum

out-of-order pkt discard (donrsquot buffer) -gt no receiver bufferingRe-ACK pkt with highest in-order seq

Wait

udt_send(sndpkt)default

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)ampamp notcurrupt(rcvpkt)ampamp hasseqnum(rcvpktexpectedseqnum)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(expectedseqnumACKchksum)udt_send(sndpkt)expectedseqnum++

expectedseqnum=1sndpkt = make_pkt(expectedseqnumACKchksum)

Λ

24

Transport Layer 3-47

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-48

Selective Repeat

receiver individually acknowledges all correctly received pkts

buffers pkts as needed for eventual in-order delivery to upper layer

sender only resends pkts for which ACK not receivedsender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender windowN consecutive seq rsquosagain limits seq s of sent unACKed pkts

25

Transport Layer 3-49

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-50

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in window send pkt

timeout(n)resend pkt n restart timer

ACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as receivedif n smallest unACKed pkt advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n)out-of-order bufferin-order deliver (also deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)

otherwiseignore

receiver

26

Transport Layer 3-51

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenariosincorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

27

Transport Layer 3-53

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-54

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex databi-directional data flow in same connectionMSS maximum segment size

connection-orientedhandshaking (exchange of control msgs) initrsquos sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlledsender will not overwhelm receiver

point-to-pointone sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte steam

no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelinedTCP congestion and flow control set window size

send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

28

Transport Layer 3-55

TCP segment structure

source port dest port

32 bits

applicationdata

(variable length)

sequence numberacknowledgement number

Receive windowUrg data pnterchecksum

FSRPAUheadlen

notused

Options (variable length)

URG urgent data (generally not used)

ACK ACK valid

PSH push data now(generally not used)

RST SYN FINconnection estab(setup teardown

commands)

bytes rcvr willingto accept

countingby bytes of data(not segments)

Internetchecksum

(as in UDP)

Transport Layer 3-56

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquoof first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKsseq of next byte expected from other sidecumulative ACK

Q how receiver handles out-of-order segments

A TCP spec doesnrsquot say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Seq=42 ACK=79 data = lsquoCrsquo

Seq=79 ACK=43 data = lsquoCrsquo

Seq=43 ACK=80

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

29

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout valuelonger than RTT

but RTT variestoo short premature timeout

unnecessary retransmissions

too long slow reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTTSampleRTT measured time from segment transmission until ACK receipt

ignore retransmissionsSampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo

average several recent measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-58

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- α)EstimatedRTT + αSampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving averageinfluence of past sample decreases exponentially fasttypical value α = 0125

30

Transport Layer 3-59

Example RTT estimationRTT gaiacsumassedu to fantasiaeurecomfr

100

150

200

250

300

350

1 8 15 22 29 36 43 50 57 64 71 78 85 92 99 106

time (seconnds)

RTT

(mill

iseco

nds)

SampleRTT Estimated RTT

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeoutEstimtedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin

first estimate of how much SampleRTT deviates from EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

DevRTT = (1-β)DevRTT +β|SampleRTT-EstimatedRTT|

(typically β = 025)

Then set timeout interval

31

Transport Layer 3-61

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-62

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable servicePipelined segmentsCumulative acksTCP uses single retransmission timer

Retransmissions are triggered by

timeout eventsduplicate acks

Initially consider simplified TCP sender

ignore duplicate acksignore flow control congestion control

32

Transport Layer 3-63

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app

Create segment with seq seq is byte-stream number of first data byte in segmentstart timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unackedsegment)expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeoutretransmit segment that caused timeoutrestart timer

Ack rcvdIf acknowledges previously unackedsegments

update what is known to be ackedstart timer if there are outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-64

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNumif (timer currently not running)

start timerpass segment to IP NextSeqNum = NextSeqNum + length(data)

event timer timeoutretransmit not-yet-acknowledged segment with

smallest sequence numberstart timer

event ACK received with ACK field value of y if (y gt SendBase)

SendBase = yif (there are currently not-yet-acknowledged segments)

start timer

end of loop forever

Commentbull SendBase-1 last cumulatively ackrsquoed byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

33

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

Seq=100 20 bytes data

ACK=100

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=120

Seq=92 8 bytes data

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

ACK=120

Host A

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

Sendbase= 100

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

Seq=100 20 bytes data

ACK=120

time

SendBase= 120

34

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP ACK generation [RFC 1122 RFC 2581]

Event at Receiver

Arrival of in-order segment withexpected seq All data up toexpected seq already ACKed

Arrival of in-order segment withexpected seq One other segment has ACK pending

Arrival of out-of-order segmenthigher-than-expect seq Gap detected

Arrival of segment that partially or completely fills gap

TCP Receiver action

Delayed ACK Wait up to 500msfor next segment If no next segmentsend ACK

Immediately send single cumulative ACK ACKing both in-order segments

Immediately send duplicate ACK indicating seq of next expected byte

Immediate send ACK provided thatsegment startsat lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-68

Fast Retransmit

Time-out period often relatively long

long delay before resending lost packet

Detect lost segments via duplicate ACKs

Sender often sends many segments back-to-backIf segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

If sender receives 3 ACKsfor the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost

fast retransmit resend segment before timer expires

35

Transport Layer 3-69

event ACK received with ACK field value of y if (y gt SendBase)

SendBase = yif (there are currently not-yet-acknowledged segments)

start timer

else increment count of dup ACKs received for yif (count of dup ACKs received for y = 3)

resend segment with sequence number y

Fast retransmit algorithm

a duplicate ACK for already ACKed segment

fast retransmit

Transport Layer 3-70

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

36

Transport Layer 3-71

TCP Flow Control

receive side of TCP connection has a receive buffer

speed-matching service matching the send rate to the receiving apprsquos drain rate

app process may be slow at reading from buffer

sender wonrsquot overflowreceiverrsquos buffer by

transmitting too muchtoo fast

flow control

Transport Layer 3-72

TCP Flow control how it works

(Suppose TCP receiver discards out-of-order segments)spare room in buffer

= RcvWindow= RcvBuffer-[LastByteRcvd -

LastByteRead]

Rcvr advertises spare room by including value of RcvWindow in segmentsSender limits unACKeddata to RcvWindow

guarantees receive buffer doesnrsquot overflow

37

Transport Layer 3-73

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-74

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segmentsinitialize TCP variables

seq sbuffers flow control info (eg RcvWindow)

client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshake

Step 1 client host sends TCP SYN segment to server

specifies initial seq no data

Step 2 server host receives SYN replies with SYNACK segment

server allocates buffersspecifies server initial seq

Step 3 client receives SYNACK replies with ACK segment which may contain data

38

Transport Layer 3-75

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Closing a connection

client closes socketclientSocketclose()

Step 1 client end system sends TCP FIN control segment to server

Step 2 server receives FIN replies with ACK Closes connection sends FIN

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-76

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Step 3 client receives FIN replies with ACK

Enters ldquotimed waitrdquo - will respond with ACK to received FINs

Step 4 server receives ACK Connection closed

Note with small modification can handle simultaneous FINs

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

closing

closing

closed

tim

ed w

ait

closed

39

Transport Layer 3-77

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-78

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

40

Transport Layer 3-79

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestioninformally ldquotoo many sources sending too much data too fast for network to handlerdquodifferent from flow controlmanifestations

lost packets (buffer overflow at routers)long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-80

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receiversone router infinite buffers no retransmission

large delays when congestedmaximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

41

Transport Layer 3-81

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of lost packet

finite shared output link buffers

Host A λin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-82

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2always (goodput)

ldquoperfectrdquo retransmission only when loss

retransmission of delayed (not lost) packet makes larger (than perfect case) for same

λin

λout=

λin

λoutgtλ

inλout

ldquocostsrdquo of congestionmore work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquounneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

R2

R2λin

λ out

b

R2

R2λin

λ out

a

R2

R2λin

λ out

c

R4

R3

42

Transport Layer 3-83

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3four sendersmultihop pathstimeoutretransmit

λin

Q what happens as and increase λ

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

Another ldquocostrdquo of congestionwhen packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

λou

t

43

Transport Layer 3-85

Approaches towards congestion control

End-end congestion controlno explicit feedback from networkcongestion inferred from end-system observed loss delayapproach taken by TCP

Network-assisted congestion controlrouters provide feedback to end systems

single bit indicating congestion (SNA DECbit TCPIP ECN ATM)explicit rate sender should send at

Two broad approaches towards congestion control

Transport Layer 3-86

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rateldquoelastic servicerdquoif senderrsquos path ldquounderloadedrdquo

sender should use available bandwidth

if senderrsquos path congested sender throttled to minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cellssent by sender interspersed with data cellsbits in RM cell set by switches (ldquonetwork-assistedrdquo)

NI bit no increase in rate (mild congestion)CI bit congestion indication

RM cells returned to sender by receiver with bits intact

44

Transport Layer 3-87

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cellcongested switch may lower ER value in cellsenderrsquo send rate thus minimum supportable rate on path

EFCI bit in data cells set to 1 in congested switchif data cell preceding RM cell has EFCI set sender sets CI bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-88

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

45

Transport Layer 3-89

TCP congestion control additive increase multiplicative decrease

8 Kbytes

16 Kbytes

24 Kbytes

time

congestionwindow

Approach increase transmission rate (window size) probing for usable bandwidth until loss occurs

additive increase increase CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT until loss detectedmultiplicative decrease cut CongWin in half after loss

timecong

estio

n w

indo

w s

ize

Saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-90

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

le CongWin

Roughly

CongWin is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestionloss event = timeout or 3 duplicate acksTCP sender reduces rate (CongWin) after loss event

three mechanismsAIMDslow startconservative after timeout events

rate = CongWinRTT Bytessec

46

Transport Layer 3-91

TCP Slow Start

When connection begins CongWin = 1 MSS

Example MSS = 500 bytes amp RTT = 200 msecinitial rate = 20 kbps

available bandwidth may be gtgt MSSRTT

desirable to quickly ramp up to respectable rate

When connection begins increase rate exponentially fast until first loss event

Transport Layer 3-92

TCP Slow Start (more)

When connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event

double CongWin every RTTdone by incrementing CongWin for every ACK received

Summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

one segment

RTT

Host B

time

two segments

four segments

47

Transport Layer 3-93

RefinementQ When should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A When CongWin gets to 12 of its value before timeout

ImplementationVariable Threshold At loss event Threshold is set to 12 of CongWin just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-94

Refinement inferring loss

After 3 dup ACKsCongWin is cut in halfwindow then grows linearly

But after timeout eventCongWin instead set to 1 MSS window then grows exponentiallyto a threshold then grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments

timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquocongestion scenario

Philosophy

48

Transport Layer 3-95

Summary TCP Congestion Control

When CongWin is below Threshold sender in slow-start phase window grows exponentially

When CongWin is above Threshold sender is in congestion-avoidance phase window grows linearly

When a triple duplicate ACK occurs Threshold set to CongWin2 and CongWin set to Threshold

When timeout occurs Threshold set to CongWin2and CongWin is set to 1 MSS

Transport Layer 3-96

TCP sender congestion control

SS or CA

SS or CA

SS or CA

CongestionAvoidance (CA)

Slow Start (SS)

State

CongWin and Threshold not changed

Increment duplicate ACK count for segment being acked

Duplicate ACK

Enter slow startThreshold = CongWin2 CongWin = 1 MSSSet state to ldquoSlow Startrdquo

Timeout

Fast recovery implementing multiplicative decrease CongWin will not drop below 1 MSS

Threshold = CongWin2 CongWin = ThresholdSet state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

Loss event detected by triple duplicate ACK

Additive increase resulting in increase of CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT

CongWin = CongWin+MSS (MSSCongWin)

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

Resulting in a doubling of CongWin every RTT

CongWin = CongWin + MSS If (CongWin gt Threshold)

set state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

CommentaryTCP Sender Action Event

49

Transport Layer 3-97

TCP throughput

Whatrsquos the average throughout of TCP as a function of window size and RTT

Ignore slow start

Let W be the window size when loss occursWhen window is W throughput is WRTTJust after loss window drops to W2 throughput to W2RTT Average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Futures

Example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 GbpsthroughputRequires window size W = 83333 in-flight segmentsThroughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 WowNew versions of TCP for high-speed needed

LRTTMSSsdot221

50

Transport Layer 3-99

Fairness goal if K TCP sessions share same bottleneck link of bandwidth R each should have average rate of RK

TCP connection 1

bottleneckrouter

capacity R

TCP connection 2

TCP Fairness

Transport Layer 3-100

Why is TCP fairTwo competing sessions

Additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increasesmultiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

Conn

ecti

on 2

thr

ough

put

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

51

Transport Layer 3-101

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP

Multimedia apps often do not use TCP

do not want rate throttled by congestion control

Instead use UDPpump audiovideo at constant rate tolerate packet loss

Research area TCP friendly

Fairness and parallel TCP connectionsnothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hostsWeb browsers do this Example link of rate R supporting 9 cnctions

new app asks for 1 TCP gets rate R10new app asks for 11 TCPs gets R2

Transport Layer 3-102

Delay modeling

Q How long does it take to receive an object from a Web server after sending a request

Ignoring congestion delay is influenced byTCP connection establishmentdata transmission delayslow start

Notation assumptionsAssume one link between client and server of rate RS MSS (bits)O object size (bits)no retransmissions (no loss no corruption)

Window sizeFirst assume fixed congestion window W segmentsThen dynamic window

modeling slow start

52

Transport Layer 3-103

Fixed congestion window (1)

First caseWSR gt RTT + SR ACK for

first segment in window returns before windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR

Transport Layer 3-104

Fixed congestion window (2)

Second caseWSR lt RTT + SR wait for ACK after sending windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR+ (K-1)[SR + RTT - WSR]

53

Transport Layer 3-105

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (1)

Now suppose window grows according to slow start

Will show that the delay for one object is

RS

RSRTTP

RORTTLatency P )12(2 minusminus⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ +++=

where P is the number of times TCP idles at server

1min minus= KQP

- where Q is the number of times the server idlesif the object were of infinite size

- and K is the number of windows that cover the object

Transport Layer 3-106

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (2)

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Examplebull OS = 15 segmentsbull K = 4 windowsbull Q = 2bull P = minK-1Q = 2

Server idles P=2 times

Delay componentsbull 2 RTT for connection estab and requestbull OR to transmit objectbull time server idles due to slow start

Server idles P = minK-1Q times

54

Transport Layer 3-107

TCP Delay Modeling (3)

RS

RSRTTPRTT

RO

RSRTT

RSRTT

RO

idleTimeRTTRO

P

kP

k

P

pp

)12(][2

]2[2

2delay

1

1

1

minusminus+++=

minus+++=

++=

minus

=

=

sum

sum

th window after the timeidle 2 1 kRSRTT

RS k =⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ minus+

+minus

ementacknowledg receivesserver until

segment send tostartsserver whenfrom time=+ RTTRS

window kth the transmit totime2 1 =minus

RSk

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Transport Layer 3-108

TCP Delay Modeling (4)

⎥⎥⎤

⎢⎢⎡ +=

+ge=

geminus=

ge+++=

ge+++=minus

minus

)1(log

)1(logmin

12min

222min222min

2

2

110

110

SO

SOkk

SOk

SOkOSSSkK

k

k

k

L

L

Calculation of Q number of idles for infinite-size objectis similar (see HW)

Recall K = number of windows that cover object

How do we calculate K

55

Transport Layer 3-109

HTTP ModelingAssume Web page consists of

1 base HTML page (of size O bits)M images (each of size O bits)

Non-persistent HTTP M+1 TCP connections in seriesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (M+1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Persistent HTTP2 RTT to request and receive base HTML file1 RTT to request and receive M imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + 3RTT + sum of idle times

Non-persistent HTTP with X parallel connectionsSuppose MX integer1 TCP connection for base fileMX sets of parallel connections for imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (MX + 1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Transport Layer 3-110

02468

101214161820

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT = 100 msec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For low bandwidth connection amp response time dominated by transmission timePersistent connections only give minor improvement over parallelconnections

56

Transport Layer 3-111

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT =1 sec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For larger RTT response time dominated by TCP establishment amp slow start delays Persistent connections now give important improvement particularly in high delaybullbandwidth networks

Transport Layer 3-112

Chapter 3 Summaryprinciples behind transport layer services

multiplexing demultiplexingreliable data transferflow controlcongestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet

UDPTCP

Nextleaving the network ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)into the network ldquocorerdquo

Page 5: Chapter 3: Transport Layerpeople.ee.duke.edu/~krish/ECE156/Chapter3.pdf · Transport Layer 3-4 Transport vs. network layer network layer: logical communication between hosts transport

5

Transport Layer 3-9

Connectionless demultiplexing

Create sockets with port numbers

DatagramSocket mySocket1 = new DatagramSocket(99111)

DatagramSocket mySocket2 = new DatagramSocket(99222)

UDP socket identified by two-tuple

(dest IP address dest port number)

When host receives UDP segment

checks destination port number in segmentdirects UDP segment to socket with that port number

IP datagrams with different source IP addresses andor source port numbers directed to same socket

Transport Layer 3-10

Connectionless demux (cont)

DatagramSocket serverSocket = new DatagramSocket(6428)

ClientIPB

P2

clientIP A

P1P1P3

serverIP C

SP 6428DP 9157

SP 9157DP 6428

SP 6428DP 5775

SP 5775DP 6428

SP provides ldquoreturn addressrdquo

6

Transport Layer 3-11

Connection-oriented demux

TCP socket identified by 4-tuple

source IP addresssource port numberdest IP addressdest port number

recv host uses all four values to direct segment to appropriate socket

Server host may support many simultaneous TCP sockets

each socket identified by its own 4-tuple

Web servers have different sockets for each connecting client

non-persistent HTTP will have different socket for each request

Transport Layer 3-12

Connection-oriented demux (cont)

ClientIPB

P1

clientIP A

P1P2P4

serverIP C

SP 9157DP 80

SP 9157DP 80

P5 P6 P3

D-IPCS-IP AD-IPC

S-IP B

SP 5775DP 80

D-IPCS-IP B

7

Transport Layer 3-13

Connection-oriented demux Threaded Web Server

ClientIPB

P1

clientIP A

P1P2

serverIP C

SP 9157DP 80

SP 9157DP 80

P4 P3

D-IPCS-IP AD-IPC

S-IP B

SP 5775DP 80

D-IPCS-IP B

Transport Layer 3-14

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

8

Transport Layer 3-15

UDP User Datagram Protocol [RFC 768]

ldquono frillsrdquo ldquobare bonesrdquoInternet transport protocolldquobest effortrdquo service UDP segments may be

lostdelivered out of order to app

connectionlessno handshaking between UDP sender receivereach UDP segment handled independently of others

Why is there a UDPno connection establishment (which can add delay)simple no connection state at sender receiversmall segment headerno congestion control UDP can blast away as fast as desired

Transport Layer 3-16

UDP more

often used for streaming multimedia apps

loss tolerantrate sensitive

other UDP usesDNSSNMP

reliable transfer over UDP add reliability at application layer

application-specific error recovery

source port dest port

32 bits

Applicationdata

(message)

UDP segment format

length checksumLength in

bytes of UDPsegmentincluding

header

9

Transport Layer 3-17

UDP checksum

Sendertreat segment contents as sequence of 16-bit integerschecksum addition (1rsquos complement sum) of segment contentssender puts checksum value into UDP checksum field

Receivercompute checksum of received segmentcheck if computed checksum equals checksum field value

NO - error detectedYES - no error detected But maybe errors nonethelessMore later hellip

Goal detect ldquoerrorsrdquo (eg flipped bits) in transmitted segment

Transport Layer 3-18

Internet Checksum ExampleNote

When adding numbers a carryout from the most significant bit needs to be added to the result

Example add two 16-bit integers

1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 01 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1

1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1

1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 01 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1

wraparound

sumchecksum

10

Transport Layer 3-19

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-20

Principles of Reliable data transferimportant in app transport link layerstop-10 list of important networking topics

characteristics of unreliable channel will determine complexity of reliable data transfer protocol (rdt)

11

Transport Layer 3-21

Principles of Reliable data transferimportant in app transport link layerstop-10 list of important networking topics

characteristics of unreliable channel will determine complexity of reliable data transfer protocol (rdt)

Transport Layer 3-22

Principles of Reliable data transferimportant in app transport link layerstop-10 list of important networking topics

characteristics of unreliable channel will determine complexity of reliable data transfer protocol (rdt)

12

Transport Layer 3-23

Reliable data transfer getting started

sendside

receiveside

rdt_send() called from above (eg by app) Passed data to

deliver to receiver upper layer

udt_send() called by rdtto transfer packet over

unreliable channel to receiver

rdt_rcv() called when packet arrives on rcv-side of channel

deliver_data() called by rdt to deliver data to upper

Transport Layer 3-24

Reliable data transfer getting started

Wersquollincrementally develop sender receiver sides of reliable data transfer protocol (rdt)consider only unidirectional data transfer

but control info will flow on both directions

use finite state machines (FSM) to specify sender receiver

state1

state2

event causing state transitionactions taken on state transition

state when in this ldquostaterdquonext state uniquely determined by next

event

eventactions

13

Transport Layer 3-25

Rdt10 reliable transfer over a reliable channel

underlying channel perfectly reliableno bit errorsno loss of packets

separate FSMs for sender receiversender sends data into underlying channelreceiver read data from underlying channel

Wait for call from above packet = make_pkt(data)

udt_send(packet)

rdt_send(data)extract (packetdata)deliver_data(data)

Wait for call from

below

rdt_rcv(packet)

sender receiver

Transport Layer 3-26

Rdt20 channel with bit errors

underlying channel may flip bits in packetchecksum to detect bit errors

the question how to recover from errorsacknowledgements (ACKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt received OKnegative acknowledgements (NAKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt had errorssender retransmits pkt on receipt of NAK

new mechanisms in rdt20 (beyond rdt10)error detectionreceiver feedback control msgs (ACKNAK) rcvr-gtsender

14

Transport Layer 3-27

rdt20 FSM specification

Wait for call from above

snkpkt = make_pkt(data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)udt_send(ACK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampampisNAK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(NAK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Wait for ACK or

NAK

Wait for call from

belowsender

receiverrdt_send(data)

Λ

Transport Layer 3-28

rdt20 operation with no errors

Wait for call from above

snkpkt = make_pkt(data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)udt_send(ACK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampampisNAK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(NAK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Wait for ACK or

NAK

Wait for call from

below

rdt_send(data)

Λ

15

Transport Layer 3-29

rdt20 error scenario

Wait for call from above

snkpkt = make_pkt(data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)udt_send(ACK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampampisNAK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(NAK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Wait for ACK or

NAK

Wait for call from

below

rdt_send(data)

Λ

Transport Layer 3-30

rdt20 has a fatal flaw

What happens if ACKNAK corruptedsender doesnrsquot know what happened at receivercanrsquot just retransmit possible duplicate

Handling duplicates sender retransmits current pkt if ACKNAK garbledsender adds sequence numberto each pktreceiver discards (doesnrsquot deliver up) duplicate pkt

Sender sends one packet then waits for receiver response

stop and wait

16

Transport Layer 3-31

rdt21 sender handles garbled ACKNAKs

Wait for call 0 from

above

sndpkt = make_pkt(0 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_send(data)

Wait for ACK or NAK 0 udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||isNAK(rcvpkt) )

sndpkt = make_pkt(1 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_send(data)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||isNAK(rcvpkt) )

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

Wait forcall 1 from

above

Wait for ACK or NAK 1

ΛΛ

Transport Layer 3-32

rdt21 receiver handles garbled ACKNAKs

Wait for 0 from below

sndpkt = make_pkt(NAK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp not corrupt(rcvpkt) ampamphas_seq0(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp has_seq1(rcvpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

Wait for 1 from below

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp has_seq0(rcvpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp (corrupt(rcvpkt)

sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp not corrupt(rcvpkt) ampamphas_seq1(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp (corrupt(rcvpkt)

sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

sndpkt = make_pkt(NAK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

17

Transport Layer 3-33

rdt21 discussion

Senderseq added to pkttwo seq rsquos (01) will suffice Whymust check if received ACKNAK corrupted twice as many states

state must ldquorememberrdquowhether ldquocurrentrdquo pkt has 0 or 1 seq

Receivermust check if received packet is duplicate

state indicates whether 0 or 1 is expected pkt seq

note receiver can notknow if its last ACKNAK received OK at sender

Transport Layer 3-34

rdt22 a NAK-free protocol

same functionality as rdt21 using ACKs onlyinstead of NAK receiver sends ACK for last pkt received OK

receiver must explicitly include seq of pkt being ACKed

duplicate ACK at sender results in same action as NAK retransmit current pkt

18

Transport Layer 3-35

rdt22 sender receiver fragments

Wait for call 0 from

above

sndpkt = make_pkt(0 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_send(data)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||

isACK(rcvpkt1) )

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt0)

Wait for ACK

0sender FSM

fragment

Wait for 0 from below

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp has_seq1(rcvpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK1 chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp (corrupt(rcvpkt) ||

has_seq1(rcvpkt))

udt_send(sndpkt)receiver FSM

fragment

Λ

Transport Layer 3-36

rdt30 channels with errors and loss

New assumption underlying channel can also lose packets (data or ACKs)

checksum seq ACKs retransmissions will be of help but not enough

Approach sender waits ldquoreasonablerdquo amount of time for ACK retransmits if no ACK received in this timeif pkt (or ACK) just delayed (not lost)

retransmission will be duplicate but use of seq rsquos already handles thisreceiver must specify seq of pkt being ACKed

requires countdown timer

19

Transport Layer 3-37

rdt30 sendersndpkt = make_pkt(0 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

rdt_send(data)

Wait for

ACK0

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||isACK(rcvpkt1) )

Wait for call 1 from

above

sndpkt = make_pkt(1 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

rdt_send(data)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt0)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||isACK(rcvpkt0) )

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt1)

stop_timerstop_timer

udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

timeout

udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

timeout

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

Wait for call 0from

above

Wait for

ACK1

Λrdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

ΛΛ

Λ

Transport Layer 3-38

rdt30 in action

20

Transport Layer 3-39

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-40

Performance of rdt30

rdt30 works but performance stinksexample 1 Gbps link 15 ms e-e prop delay 1KB packet

Ttransmit = 8kbpkt109 bsec = 8 microsec

U sender utilization ndash fraction of time sender busy sending

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

L (packet length in bits)R (transmission rate bps) =

1KB pkt every 30 msec -gt 33kBsec thruput over 1 Gbps linknetwork protocol limits use of physical resources

21

Transport Layer 3-41

rdt30 stop-and-wait operation

first packet bit transmitted t = 0

sender receiver

RTT

last packet bit transmitted t = L R

first packet bit arriveslast packet bit arrives send ACK

ACK arrives send next packet t = RTT + L R

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

Transport Layer 3-42

Pipelined protocolsPipelining sender allows multiple ldquoin-flightrdquo yet-to-be-

acknowledged pktsrange of sequence numbers must be increasedbuffering at sender andor receiver

Two generic forms of pipelined protocols go-Back-N selective repeat

22

Transport Layer 3-43

Pipelining increased utilization

first packet bit transmitted t = 0

sender receiver

RTT

last bit transmitted t = L R

first packet bit arriveslast packet bit arrives send ACK

ACK arrives send next packet t = RTT + L R

last bit of 2nd packet arrives send ACKlast bit of 3rd packet arrives send ACK

U sender =

02430008

= 00008 3 L R RTT + L R

=

Increase utilizationby a factor of 3

Transport Layer 3-44

Go-Back-NSender

k-bit seq in pkt headerldquowindowrdquo of up to N consecutive unackrsquoed pkts allowed

ACK(n) ACKs all pkts up to including seq n - ldquocumulative ACKrdquomay receive duplicate ACKs (see receiver)

timer for each in-flight pkttimeout(n) retransmit pkt n and all higher seq pkts in window

23

Transport Layer 3-45

GBN sender extended FSM

Wait start_timerudt_send(sndpkt[base])udt_send(sndpkt[base+1])hellipudt_send(sndpkt[nextseqnum-1])

timeout

rdt_send(data)

if (nextseqnum lt base+N) sndpkt[nextseqnum] = make_pkt(nextseqnumdatachksum)udt_send(sndpkt[nextseqnum])if (base == nextseqnum)

start_timernextseqnum++

elserefuse_data(data)

base = getacknum(rcvpkt)+1If (base == nextseqnum)

stop_timerelsestart_timer

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

base=1nextseqnum=1

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Λ

Transport Layer 3-46

GBN receiver extended FSM

ACK-only always send ACK for correctly-received pkt with highest in-order seq

may generate duplicate ACKsneed only remember expectedseqnum

out-of-order pkt discard (donrsquot buffer) -gt no receiver bufferingRe-ACK pkt with highest in-order seq

Wait

udt_send(sndpkt)default

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)ampamp notcurrupt(rcvpkt)ampamp hasseqnum(rcvpktexpectedseqnum)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(expectedseqnumACKchksum)udt_send(sndpkt)expectedseqnum++

expectedseqnum=1sndpkt = make_pkt(expectedseqnumACKchksum)

Λ

24

Transport Layer 3-47

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-48

Selective Repeat

receiver individually acknowledges all correctly received pkts

buffers pkts as needed for eventual in-order delivery to upper layer

sender only resends pkts for which ACK not receivedsender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender windowN consecutive seq rsquosagain limits seq s of sent unACKed pkts

25

Transport Layer 3-49

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-50

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in window send pkt

timeout(n)resend pkt n restart timer

ACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as receivedif n smallest unACKed pkt advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n)out-of-order bufferin-order deliver (also deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)

otherwiseignore

receiver

26

Transport Layer 3-51

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenariosincorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

27

Transport Layer 3-53

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-54

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex databi-directional data flow in same connectionMSS maximum segment size

connection-orientedhandshaking (exchange of control msgs) initrsquos sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlledsender will not overwhelm receiver

point-to-pointone sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte steam

no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelinedTCP congestion and flow control set window size

send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

28

Transport Layer 3-55

TCP segment structure

source port dest port

32 bits

applicationdata

(variable length)

sequence numberacknowledgement number

Receive windowUrg data pnterchecksum

FSRPAUheadlen

notused

Options (variable length)

URG urgent data (generally not used)

ACK ACK valid

PSH push data now(generally not used)

RST SYN FINconnection estab(setup teardown

commands)

bytes rcvr willingto accept

countingby bytes of data(not segments)

Internetchecksum

(as in UDP)

Transport Layer 3-56

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquoof first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKsseq of next byte expected from other sidecumulative ACK

Q how receiver handles out-of-order segments

A TCP spec doesnrsquot say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Seq=42 ACK=79 data = lsquoCrsquo

Seq=79 ACK=43 data = lsquoCrsquo

Seq=43 ACK=80

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

29

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout valuelonger than RTT

but RTT variestoo short premature timeout

unnecessary retransmissions

too long slow reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTTSampleRTT measured time from segment transmission until ACK receipt

ignore retransmissionsSampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo

average several recent measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-58

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- α)EstimatedRTT + αSampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving averageinfluence of past sample decreases exponentially fasttypical value α = 0125

30

Transport Layer 3-59

Example RTT estimationRTT gaiacsumassedu to fantasiaeurecomfr

100

150

200

250

300

350

1 8 15 22 29 36 43 50 57 64 71 78 85 92 99 106

time (seconnds)

RTT

(mill

iseco

nds)

SampleRTT Estimated RTT

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeoutEstimtedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin

first estimate of how much SampleRTT deviates from EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

DevRTT = (1-β)DevRTT +β|SampleRTT-EstimatedRTT|

(typically β = 025)

Then set timeout interval

31

Transport Layer 3-61

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-62

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable servicePipelined segmentsCumulative acksTCP uses single retransmission timer

Retransmissions are triggered by

timeout eventsduplicate acks

Initially consider simplified TCP sender

ignore duplicate acksignore flow control congestion control

32

Transport Layer 3-63

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app

Create segment with seq seq is byte-stream number of first data byte in segmentstart timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unackedsegment)expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeoutretransmit segment that caused timeoutrestart timer

Ack rcvdIf acknowledges previously unackedsegments

update what is known to be ackedstart timer if there are outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-64

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNumif (timer currently not running)

start timerpass segment to IP NextSeqNum = NextSeqNum + length(data)

event timer timeoutretransmit not-yet-acknowledged segment with

smallest sequence numberstart timer

event ACK received with ACK field value of y if (y gt SendBase)

SendBase = yif (there are currently not-yet-acknowledged segments)

start timer

end of loop forever

Commentbull SendBase-1 last cumulatively ackrsquoed byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

33

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

Seq=100 20 bytes data

ACK=100

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=120

Seq=92 8 bytes data

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

ACK=120

Host A

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

Sendbase= 100

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

Seq=100 20 bytes data

ACK=120

time

SendBase= 120

34

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP ACK generation [RFC 1122 RFC 2581]

Event at Receiver

Arrival of in-order segment withexpected seq All data up toexpected seq already ACKed

Arrival of in-order segment withexpected seq One other segment has ACK pending

Arrival of out-of-order segmenthigher-than-expect seq Gap detected

Arrival of segment that partially or completely fills gap

TCP Receiver action

Delayed ACK Wait up to 500msfor next segment If no next segmentsend ACK

Immediately send single cumulative ACK ACKing both in-order segments

Immediately send duplicate ACK indicating seq of next expected byte

Immediate send ACK provided thatsegment startsat lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-68

Fast Retransmit

Time-out period often relatively long

long delay before resending lost packet

Detect lost segments via duplicate ACKs

Sender often sends many segments back-to-backIf segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

If sender receives 3 ACKsfor the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost

fast retransmit resend segment before timer expires

35

Transport Layer 3-69

event ACK received with ACK field value of y if (y gt SendBase)

SendBase = yif (there are currently not-yet-acknowledged segments)

start timer

else increment count of dup ACKs received for yif (count of dup ACKs received for y = 3)

resend segment with sequence number y

Fast retransmit algorithm

a duplicate ACK for already ACKed segment

fast retransmit

Transport Layer 3-70

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

36

Transport Layer 3-71

TCP Flow Control

receive side of TCP connection has a receive buffer

speed-matching service matching the send rate to the receiving apprsquos drain rate

app process may be slow at reading from buffer

sender wonrsquot overflowreceiverrsquos buffer by

transmitting too muchtoo fast

flow control

Transport Layer 3-72

TCP Flow control how it works

(Suppose TCP receiver discards out-of-order segments)spare room in buffer

= RcvWindow= RcvBuffer-[LastByteRcvd -

LastByteRead]

Rcvr advertises spare room by including value of RcvWindow in segmentsSender limits unACKeddata to RcvWindow

guarantees receive buffer doesnrsquot overflow

37

Transport Layer 3-73

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-74

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segmentsinitialize TCP variables

seq sbuffers flow control info (eg RcvWindow)

client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshake

Step 1 client host sends TCP SYN segment to server

specifies initial seq no data

Step 2 server host receives SYN replies with SYNACK segment

server allocates buffersspecifies server initial seq

Step 3 client receives SYNACK replies with ACK segment which may contain data

38

Transport Layer 3-75

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Closing a connection

client closes socketclientSocketclose()

Step 1 client end system sends TCP FIN control segment to server

Step 2 server receives FIN replies with ACK Closes connection sends FIN

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-76

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Step 3 client receives FIN replies with ACK

Enters ldquotimed waitrdquo - will respond with ACK to received FINs

Step 4 server receives ACK Connection closed

Note with small modification can handle simultaneous FINs

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

closing

closing

closed

tim

ed w

ait

closed

39

Transport Layer 3-77

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-78

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

40

Transport Layer 3-79

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestioninformally ldquotoo many sources sending too much data too fast for network to handlerdquodifferent from flow controlmanifestations

lost packets (buffer overflow at routers)long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-80

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receiversone router infinite buffers no retransmission

large delays when congestedmaximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

41

Transport Layer 3-81

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of lost packet

finite shared output link buffers

Host A λin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-82

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2always (goodput)

ldquoperfectrdquo retransmission only when loss

retransmission of delayed (not lost) packet makes larger (than perfect case) for same

λin

λout=

λin

λoutgtλ

inλout

ldquocostsrdquo of congestionmore work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquounneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

R2

R2λin

λ out

b

R2

R2λin

λ out

a

R2

R2λin

λ out

c

R4

R3

42

Transport Layer 3-83

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3four sendersmultihop pathstimeoutretransmit

λin

Q what happens as and increase λ

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

Another ldquocostrdquo of congestionwhen packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

λou

t

43

Transport Layer 3-85

Approaches towards congestion control

End-end congestion controlno explicit feedback from networkcongestion inferred from end-system observed loss delayapproach taken by TCP

Network-assisted congestion controlrouters provide feedback to end systems

single bit indicating congestion (SNA DECbit TCPIP ECN ATM)explicit rate sender should send at

Two broad approaches towards congestion control

Transport Layer 3-86

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rateldquoelastic servicerdquoif senderrsquos path ldquounderloadedrdquo

sender should use available bandwidth

if senderrsquos path congested sender throttled to minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cellssent by sender interspersed with data cellsbits in RM cell set by switches (ldquonetwork-assistedrdquo)

NI bit no increase in rate (mild congestion)CI bit congestion indication

RM cells returned to sender by receiver with bits intact

44

Transport Layer 3-87

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cellcongested switch may lower ER value in cellsenderrsquo send rate thus minimum supportable rate on path

EFCI bit in data cells set to 1 in congested switchif data cell preceding RM cell has EFCI set sender sets CI bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-88

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

45

Transport Layer 3-89

TCP congestion control additive increase multiplicative decrease

8 Kbytes

16 Kbytes

24 Kbytes

time

congestionwindow

Approach increase transmission rate (window size) probing for usable bandwidth until loss occurs

additive increase increase CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT until loss detectedmultiplicative decrease cut CongWin in half after loss

timecong

estio

n w

indo

w s

ize

Saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-90

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

le CongWin

Roughly

CongWin is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestionloss event = timeout or 3 duplicate acksTCP sender reduces rate (CongWin) after loss event

three mechanismsAIMDslow startconservative after timeout events

rate = CongWinRTT Bytessec

46

Transport Layer 3-91

TCP Slow Start

When connection begins CongWin = 1 MSS

Example MSS = 500 bytes amp RTT = 200 msecinitial rate = 20 kbps

available bandwidth may be gtgt MSSRTT

desirable to quickly ramp up to respectable rate

When connection begins increase rate exponentially fast until first loss event

Transport Layer 3-92

TCP Slow Start (more)

When connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event

double CongWin every RTTdone by incrementing CongWin for every ACK received

Summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

one segment

RTT

Host B

time

two segments

four segments

47

Transport Layer 3-93

RefinementQ When should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A When CongWin gets to 12 of its value before timeout

ImplementationVariable Threshold At loss event Threshold is set to 12 of CongWin just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-94

Refinement inferring loss

After 3 dup ACKsCongWin is cut in halfwindow then grows linearly

But after timeout eventCongWin instead set to 1 MSS window then grows exponentiallyto a threshold then grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments

timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquocongestion scenario

Philosophy

48

Transport Layer 3-95

Summary TCP Congestion Control

When CongWin is below Threshold sender in slow-start phase window grows exponentially

When CongWin is above Threshold sender is in congestion-avoidance phase window grows linearly

When a triple duplicate ACK occurs Threshold set to CongWin2 and CongWin set to Threshold

When timeout occurs Threshold set to CongWin2and CongWin is set to 1 MSS

Transport Layer 3-96

TCP sender congestion control

SS or CA

SS or CA

SS or CA

CongestionAvoidance (CA)

Slow Start (SS)

State

CongWin and Threshold not changed

Increment duplicate ACK count for segment being acked

Duplicate ACK

Enter slow startThreshold = CongWin2 CongWin = 1 MSSSet state to ldquoSlow Startrdquo

Timeout

Fast recovery implementing multiplicative decrease CongWin will not drop below 1 MSS

Threshold = CongWin2 CongWin = ThresholdSet state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

Loss event detected by triple duplicate ACK

Additive increase resulting in increase of CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT

CongWin = CongWin+MSS (MSSCongWin)

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

Resulting in a doubling of CongWin every RTT

CongWin = CongWin + MSS If (CongWin gt Threshold)

set state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

CommentaryTCP Sender Action Event

49

Transport Layer 3-97

TCP throughput

Whatrsquos the average throughout of TCP as a function of window size and RTT

Ignore slow start

Let W be the window size when loss occursWhen window is W throughput is WRTTJust after loss window drops to W2 throughput to W2RTT Average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Futures

Example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 GbpsthroughputRequires window size W = 83333 in-flight segmentsThroughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 WowNew versions of TCP for high-speed needed

LRTTMSSsdot221

50

Transport Layer 3-99

Fairness goal if K TCP sessions share same bottleneck link of bandwidth R each should have average rate of RK

TCP connection 1

bottleneckrouter

capacity R

TCP connection 2

TCP Fairness

Transport Layer 3-100

Why is TCP fairTwo competing sessions

Additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increasesmultiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

Conn

ecti

on 2

thr

ough

put

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

51

Transport Layer 3-101

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP

Multimedia apps often do not use TCP

do not want rate throttled by congestion control

Instead use UDPpump audiovideo at constant rate tolerate packet loss

Research area TCP friendly

Fairness and parallel TCP connectionsnothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hostsWeb browsers do this Example link of rate R supporting 9 cnctions

new app asks for 1 TCP gets rate R10new app asks for 11 TCPs gets R2

Transport Layer 3-102

Delay modeling

Q How long does it take to receive an object from a Web server after sending a request

Ignoring congestion delay is influenced byTCP connection establishmentdata transmission delayslow start

Notation assumptionsAssume one link between client and server of rate RS MSS (bits)O object size (bits)no retransmissions (no loss no corruption)

Window sizeFirst assume fixed congestion window W segmentsThen dynamic window

modeling slow start

52

Transport Layer 3-103

Fixed congestion window (1)

First caseWSR gt RTT + SR ACK for

first segment in window returns before windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR

Transport Layer 3-104

Fixed congestion window (2)

Second caseWSR lt RTT + SR wait for ACK after sending windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR+ (K-1)[SR + RTT - WSR]

53

Transport Layer 3-105

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (1)

Now suppose window grows according to slow start

Will show that the delay for one object is

RS

RSRTTP

RORTTLatency P )12(2 minusminus⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ +++=

where P is the number of times TCP idles at server

1min minus= KQP

- where Q is the number of times the server idlesif the object were of infinite size

- and K is the number of windows that cover the object

Transport Layer 3-106

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (2)

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Examplebull OS = 15 segmentsbull K = 4 windowsbull Q = 2bull P = minK-1Q = 2

Server idles P=2 times

Delay componentsbull 2 RTT for connection estab and requestbull OR to transmit objectbull time server idles due to slow start

Server idles P = minK-1Q times

54

Transport Layer 3-107

TCP Delay Modeling (3)

RS

RSRTTPRTT

RO

RSRTT

RSRTT

RO

idleTimeRTTRO

P

kP

k

P

pp

)12(][2

]2[2

2delay

1

1

1

minusminus+++=

minus+++=

++=

minus

=

=

sum

sum

th window after the timeidle 2 1 kRSRTT

RS k =⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ minus+

+minus

ementacknowledg receivesserver until

segment send tostartsserver whenfrom time=+ RTTRS

window kth the transmit totime2 1 =minus

RSk

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Transport Layer 3-108

TCP Delay Modeling (4)

⎥⎥⎤

⎢⎢⎡ +=

+ge=

geminus=

ge+++=

ge+++=minus

minus

)1(log

)1(logmin

12min

222min222min

2

2

110

110

SO

SOkk

SOk

SOkOSSSkK

k

k

k

L

L

Calculation of Q number of idles for infinite-size objectis similar (see HW)

Recall K = number of windows that cover object

How do we calculate K

55

Transport Layer 3-109

HTTP ModelingAssume Web page consists of

1 base HTML page (of size O bits)M images (each of size O bits)

Non-persistent HTTP M+1 TCP connections in seriesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (M+1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Persistent HTTP2 RTT to request and receive base HTML file1 RTT to request and receive M imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + 3RTT + sum of idle times

Non-persistent HTTP with X parallel connectionsSuppose MX integer1 TCP connection for base fileMX sets of parallel connections for imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (MX + 1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Transport Layer 3-110

02468

101214161820

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT = 100 msec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For low bandwidth connection amp response time dominated by transmission timePersistent connections only give minor improvement over parallelconnections

56

Transport Layer 3-111

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT =1 sec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For larger RTT response time dominated by TCP establishment amp slow start delays Persistent connections now give important improvement particularly in high delaybullbandwidth networks

Transport Layer 3-112

Chapter 3 Summaryprinciples behind transport layer services

multiplexing demultiplexingreliable data transferflow controlcongestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet

UDPTCP

Nextleaving the network ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)into the network ldquocorerdquo

Page 6: Chapter 3: Transport Layerpeople.ee.duke.edu/~krish/ECE156/Chapter3.pdf · Transport Layer 3-4 Transport vs. network layer network layer: logical communication between hosts transport

6

Transport Layer 3-11

Connection-oriented demux

TCP socket identified by 4-tuple

source IP addresssource port numberdest IP addressdest port number

recv host uses all four values to direct segment to appropriate socket

Server host may support many simultaneous TCP sockets

each socket identified by its own 4-tuple

Web servers have different sockets for each connecting client

non-persistent HTTP will have different socket for each request

Transport Layer 3-12

Connection-oriented demux (cont)

ClientIPB

P1

clientIP A

P1P2P4

serverIP C

SP 9157DP 80

SP 9157DP 80

P5 P6 P3

D-IPCS-IP AD-IPC

S-IP B

SP 5775DP 80

D-IPCS-IP B

7

Transport Layer 3-13

Connection-oriented demux Threaded Web Server

ClientIPB

P1

clientIP A

P1P2

serverIP C

SP 9157DP 80

SP 9157DP 80

P4 P3

D-IPCS-IP AD-IPC

S-IP B

SP 5775DP 80

D-IPCS-IP B

Transport Layer 3-14

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

8

Transport Layer 3-15

UDP User Datagram Protocol [RFC 768]

ldquono frillsrdquo ldquobare bonesrdquoInternet transport protocolldquobest effortrdquo service UDP segments may be

lostdelivered out of order to app

connectionlessno handshaking between UDP sender receivereach UDP segment handled independently of others

Why is there a UDPno connection establishment (which can add delay)simple no connection state at sender receiversmall segment headerno congestion control UDP can blast away as fast as desired

Transport Layer 3-16

UDP more

often used for streaming multimedia apps

loss tolerantrate sensitive

other UDP usesDNSSNMP

reliable transfer over UDP add reliability at application layer

application-specific error recovery

source port dest port

32 bits

Applicationdata

(message)

UDP segment format

length checksumLength in

bytes of UDPsegmentincluding

header

9

Transport Layer 3-17

UDP checksum

Sendertreat segment contents as sequence of 16-bit integerschecksum addition (1rsquos complement sum) of segment contentssender puts checksum value into UDP checksum field

Receivercompute checksum of received segmentcheck if computed checksum equals checksum field value

NO - error detectedYES - no error detected But maybe errors nonethelessMore later hellip

Goal detect ldquoerrorsrdquo (eg flipped bits) in transmitted segment

Transport Layer 3-18

Internet Checksum ExampleNote

When adding numbers a carryout from the most significant bit needs to be added to the result

Example add two 16-bit integers

1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 01 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1

1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1

1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 01 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1

wraparound

sumchecksum

10

Transport Layer 3-19

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-20

Principles of Reliable data transferimportant in app transport link layerstop-10 list of important networking topics

characteristics of unreliable channel will determine complexity of reliable data transfer protocol (rdt)

11

Transport Layer 3-21

Principles of Reliable data transferimportant in app transport link layerstop-10 list of important networking topics

characteristics of unreliable channel will determine complexity of reliable data transfer protocol (rdt)

Transport Layer 3-22

Principles of Reliable data transferimportant in app transport link layerstop-10 list of important networking topics

characteristics of unreliable channel will determine complexity of reliable data transfer protocol (rdt)

12

Transport Layer 3-23

Reliable data transfer getting started

sendside

receiveside

rdt_send() called from above (eg by app) Passed data to

deliver to receiver upper layer

udt_send() called by rdtto transfer packet over

unreliable channel to receiver

rdt_rcv() called when packet arrives on rcv-side of channel

deliver_data() called by rdt to deliver data to upper

Transport Layer 3-24

Reliable data transfer getting started

Wersquollincrementally develop sender receiver sides of reliable data transfer protocol (rdt)consider only unidirectional data transfer

but control info will flow on both directions

use finite state machines (FSM) to specify sender receiver

state1

state2

event causing state transitionactions taken on state transition

state when in this ldquostaterdquonext state uniquely determined by next

event

eventactions

13

Transport Layer 3-25

Rdt10 reliable transfer over a reliable channel

underlying channel perfectly reliableno bit errorsno loss of packets

separate FSMs for sender receiversender sends data into underlying channelreceiver read data from underlying channel

Wait for call from above packet = make_pkt(data)

udt_send(packet)

rdt_send(data)extract (packetdata)deliver_data(data)

Wait for call from

below

rdt_rcv(packet)

sender receiver

Transport Layer 3-26

Rdt20 channel with bit errors

underlying channel may flip bits in packetchecksum to detect bit errors

the question how to recover from errorsacknowledgements (ACKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt received OKnegative acknowledgements (NAKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt had errorssender retransmits pkt on receipt of NAK

new mechanisms in rdt20 (beyond rdt10)error detectionreceiver feedback control msgs (ACKNAK) rcvr-gtsender

14

Transport Layer 3-27

rdt20 FSM specification

Wait for call from above

snkpkt = make_pkt(data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)udt_send(ACK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampampisNAK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(NAK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Wait for ACK or

NAK

Wait for call from

belowsender

receiverrdt_send(data)

Λ

Transport Layer 3-28

rdt20 operation with no errors

Wait for call from above

snkpkt = make_pkt(data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)udt_send(ACK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampampisNAK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(NAK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Wait for ACK or

NAK

Wait for call from

below

rdt_send(data)

Λ

15

Transport Layer 3-29

rdt20 error scenario

Wait for call from above

snkpkt = make_pkt(data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)udt_send(ACK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampampisNAK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(NAK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Wait for ACK or

NAK

Wait for call from

below

rdt_send(data)

Λ

Transport Layer 3-30

rdt20 has a fatal flaw

What happens if ACKNAK corruptedsender doesnrsquot know what happened at receivercanrsquot just retransmit possible duplicate

Handling duplicates sender retransmits current pkt if ACKNAK garbledsender adds sequence numberto each pktreceiver discards (doesnrsquot deliver up) duplicate pkt

Sender sends one packet then waits for receiver response

stop and wait

16

Transport Layer 3-31

rdt21 sender handles garbled ACKNAKs

Wait for call 0 from

above

sndpkt = make_pkt(0 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_send(data)

Wait for ACK or NAK 0 udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||isNAK(rcvpkt) )

sndpkt = make_pkt(1 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_send(data)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||isNAK(rcvpkt) )

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

Wait forcall 1 from

above

Wait for ACK or NAK 1

ΛΛ

Transport Layer 3-32

rdt21 receiver handles garbled ACKNAKs

Wait for 0 from below

sndpkt = make_pkt(NAK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp not corrupt(rcvpkt) ampamphas_seq0(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp has_seq1(rcvpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

Wait for 1 from below

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp has_seq0(rcvpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp (corrupt(rcvpkt)

sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp not corrupt(rcvpkt) ampamphas_seq1(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp (corrupt(rcvpkt)

sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

sndpkt = make_pkt(NAK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

17

Transport Layer 3-33

rdt21 discussion

Senderseq added to pkttwo seq rsquos (01) will suffice Whymust check if received ACKNAK corrupted twice as many states

state must ldquorememberrdquowhether ldquocurrentrdquo pkt has 0 or 1 seq

Receivermust check if received packet is duplicate

state indicates whether 0 or 1 is expected pkt seq

note receiver can notknow if its last ACKNAK received OK at sender

Transport Layer 3-34

rdt22 a NAK-free protocol

same functionality as rdt21 using ACKs onlyinstead of NAK receiver sends ACK for last pkt received OK

receiver must explicitly include seq of pkt being ACKed

duplicate ACK at sender results in same action as NAK retransmit current pkt

18

Transport Layer 3-35

rdt22 sender receiver fragments

Wait for call 0 from

above

sndpkt = make_pkt(0 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_send(data)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||

isACK(rcvpkt1) )

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt0)

Wait for ACK

0sender FSM

fragment

Wait for 0 from below

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp has_seq1(rcvpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK1 chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp (corrupt(rcvpkt) ||

has_seq1(rcvpkt))

udt_send(sndpkt)receiver FSM

fragment

Λ

Transport Layer 3-36

rdt30 channels with errors and loss

New assumption underlying channel can also lose packets (data or ACKs)

checksum seq ACKs retransmissions will be of help but not enough

Approach sender waits ldquoreasonablerdquo amount of time for ACK retransmits if no ACK received in this timeif pkt (or ACK) just delayed (not lost)

retransmission will be duplicate but use of seq rsquos already handles thisreceiver must specify seq of pkt being ACKed

requires countdown timer

19

Transport Layer 3-37

rdt30 sendersndpkt = make_pkt(0 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

rdt_send(data)

Wait for

ACK0

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||isACK(rcvpkt1) )

Wait for call 1 from

above

sndpkt = make_pkt(1 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

rdt_send(data)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt0)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||isACK(rcvpkt0) )

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt1)

stop_timerstop_timer

udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

timeout

udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

timeout

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

Wait for call 0from

above

Wait for

ACK1

Λrdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

ΛΛ

Λ

Transport Layer 3-38

rdt30 in action

20

Transport Layer 3-39

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-40

Performance of rdt30

rdt30 works but performance stinksexample 1 Gbps link 15 ms e-e prop delay 1KB packet

Ttransmit = 8kbpkt109 bsec = 8 microsec

U sender utilization ndash fraction of time sender busy sending

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

L (packet length in bits)R (transmission rate bps) =

1KB pkt every 30 msec -gt 33kBsec thruput over 1 Gbps linknetwork protocol limits use of physical resources

21

Transport Layer 3-41

rdt30 stop-and-wait operation

first packet bit transmitted t = 0

sender receiver

RTT

last packet bit transmitted t = L R

first packet bit arriveslast packet bit arrives send ACK

ACK arrives send next packet t = RTT + L R

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

Transport Layer 3-42

Pipelined protocolsPipelining sender allows multiple ldquoin-flightrdquo yet-to-be-

acknowledged pktsrange of sequence numbers must be increasedbuffering at sender andor receiver

Two generic forms of pipelined protocols go-Back-N selective repeat

22

Transport Layer 3-43

Pipelining increased utilization

first packet bit transmitted t = 0

sender receiver

RTT

last bit transmitted t = L R

first packet bit arriveslast packet bit arrives send ACK

ACK arrives send next packet t = RTT + L R

last bit of 2nd packet arrives send ACKlast bit of 3rd packet arrives send ACK

U sender =

02430008

= 00008 3 L R RTT + L R

=

Increase utilizationby a factor of 3

Transport Layer 3-44

Go-Back-NSender

k-bit seq in pkt headerldquowindowrdquo of up to N consecutive unackrsquoed pkts allowed

ACK(n) ACKs all pkts up to including seq n - ldquocumulative ACKrdquomay receive duplicate ACKs (see receiver)

timer for each in-flight pkttimeout(n) retransmit pkt n and all higher seq pkts in window

23

Transport Layer 3-45

GBN sender extended FSM

Wait start_timerudt_send(sndpkt[base])udt_send(sndpkt[base+1])hellipudt_send(sndpkt[nextseqnum-1])

timeout

rdt_send(data)

if (nextseqnum lt base+N) sndpkt[nextseqnum] = make_pkt(nextseqnumdatachksum)udt_send(sndpkt[nextseqnum])if (base == nextseqnum)

start_timernextseqnum++

elserefuse_data(data)

base = getacknum(rcvpkt)+1If (base == nextseqnum)

stop_timerelsestart_timer

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

base=1nextseqnum=1

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Λ

Transport Layer 3-46

GBN receiver extended FSM

ACK-only always send ACK for correctly-received pkt with highest in-order seq

may generate duplicate ACKsneed only remember expectedseqnum

out-of-order pkt discard (donrsquot buffer) -gt no receiver bufferingRe-ACK pkt with highest in-order seq

Wait

udt_send(sndpkt)default

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)ampamp notcurrupt(rcvpkt)ampamp hasseqnum(rcvpktexpectedseqnum)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(expectedseqnumACKchksum)udt_send(sndpkt)expectedseqnum++

expectedseqnum=1sndpkt = make_pkt(expectedseqnumACKchksum)

Λ

24

Transport Layer 3-47

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-48

Selective Repeat

receiver individually acknowledges all correctly received pkts

buffers pkts as needed for eventual in-order delivery to upper layer

sender only resends pkts for which ACK not receivedsender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender windowN consecutive seq rsquosagain limits seq s of sent unACKed pkts

25

Transport Layer 3-49

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-50

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in window send pkt

timeout(n)resend pkt n restart timer

ACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as receivedif n smallest unACKed pkt advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n)out-of-order bufferin-order deliver (also deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)

otherwiseignore

receiver

26

Transport Layer 3-51

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenariosincorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

27

Transport Layer 3-53

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-54

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex databi-directional data flow in same connectionMSS maximum segment size

connection-orientedhandshaking (exchange of control msgs) initrsquos sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlledsender will not overwhelm receiver

point-to-pointone sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte steam

no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelinedTCP congestion and flow control set window size

send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

28

Transport Layer 3-55

TCP segment structure

source port dest port

32 bits

applicationdata

(variable length)

sequence numberacknowledgement number

Receive windowUrg data pnterchecksum

FSRPAUheadlen

notused

Options (variable length)

URG urgent data (generally not used)

ACK ACK valid

PSH push data now(generally not used)

RST SYN FINconnection estab(setup teardown

commands)

bytes rcvr willingto accept

countingby bytes of data(not segments)

Internetchecksum

(as in UDP)

Transport Layer 3-56

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquoof first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKsseq of next byte expected from other sidecumulative ACK

Q how receiver handles out-of-order segments

A TCP spec doesnrsquot say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Seq=42 ACK=79 data = lsquoCrsquo

Seq=79 ACK=43 data = lsquoCrsquo

Seq=43 ACK=80

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

29

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout valuelonger than RTT

but RTT variestoo short premature timeout

unnecessary retransmissions

too long slow reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTTSampleRTT measured time from segment transmission until ACK receipt

ignore retransmissionsSampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo

average several recent measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-58

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- α)EstimatedRTT + αSampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving averageinfluence of past sample decreases exponentially fasttypical value α = 0125

30

Transport Layer 3-59

Example RTT estimationRTT gaiacsumassedu to fantasiaeurecomfr

100

150

200

250

300

350

1 8 15 22 29 36 43 50 57 64 71 78 85 92 99 106

time (seconnds)

RTT

(mill

iseco

nds)

SampleRTT Estimated RTT

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeoutEstimtedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin

first estimate of how much SampleRTT deviates from EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

DevRTT = (1-β)DevRTT +β|SampleRTT-EstimatedRTT|

(typically β = 025)

Then set timeout interval

31

Transport Layer 3-61

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-62

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable servicePipelined segmentsCumulative acksTCP uses single retransmission timer

Retransmissions are triggered by

timeout eventsduplicate acks

Initially consider simplified TCP sender

ignore duplicate acksignore flow control congestion control

32

Transport Layer 3-63

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app

Create segment with seq seq is byte-stream number of first data byte in segmentstart timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unackedsegment)expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeoutretransmit segment that caused timeoutrestart timer

Ack rcvdIf acknowledges previously unackedsegments

update what is known to be ackedstart timer if there are outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-64

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNumif (timer currently not running)

start timerpass segment to IP NextSeqNum = NextSeqNum + length(data)

event timer timeoutretransmit not-yet-acknowledged segment with

smallest sequence numberstart timer

event ACK received with ACK field value of y if (y gt SendBase)

SendBase = yif (there are currently not-yet-acknowledged segments)

start timer

end of loop forever

Commentbull SendBase-1 last cumulatively ackrsquoed byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

33

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

Seq=100 20 bytes data

ACK=100

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=120

Seq=92 8 bytes data

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

ACK=120

Host A

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

Sendbase= 100

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

Seq=100 20 bytes data

ACK=120

time

SendBase= 120

34

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP ACK generation [RFC 1122 RFC 2581]

Event at Receiver

Arrival of in-order segment withexpected seq All data up toexpected seq already ACKed

Arrival of in-order segment withexpected seq One other segment has ACK pending

Arrival of out-of-order segmenthigher-than-expect seq Gap detected

Arrival of segment that partially or completely fills gap

TCP Receiver action

Delayed ACK Wait up to 500msfor next segment If no next segmentsend ACK

Immediately send single cumulative ACK ACKing both in-order segments

Immediately send duplicate ACK indicating seq of next expected byte

Immediate send ACK provided thatsegment startsat lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-68

Fast Retransmit

Time-out period often relatively long

long delay before resending lost packet

Detect lost segments via duplicate ACKs

Sender often sends many segments back-to-backIf segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

If sender receives 3 ACKsfor the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost

fast retransmit resend segment before timer expires

35

Transport Layer 3-69

event ACK received with ACK field value of y if (y gt SendBase)

SendBase = yif (there are currently not-yet-acknowledged segments)

start timer

else increment count of dup ACKs received for yif (count of dup ACKs received for y = 3)

resend segment with sequence number y

Fast retransmit algorithm

a duplicate ACK for already ACKed segment

fast retransmit

Transport Layer 3-70

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

36

Transport Layer 3-71

TCP Flow Control

receive side of TCP connection has a receive buffer

speed-matching service matching the send rate to the receiving apprsquos drain rate

app process may be slow at reading from buffer

sender wonrsquot overflowreceiverrsquos buffer by

transmitting too muchtoo fast

flow control

Transport Layer 3-72

TCP Flow control how it works

(Suppose TCP receiver discards out-of-order segments)spare room in buffer

= RcvWindow= RcvBuffer-[LastByteRcvd -

LastByteRead]

Rcvr advertises spare room by including value of RcvWindow in segmentsSender limits unACKeddata to RcvWindow

guarantees receive buffer doesnrsquot overflow

37

Transport Layer 3-73

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-74

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segmentsinitialize TCP variables

seq sbuffers flow control info (eg RcvWindow)

client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshake

Step 1 client host sends TCP SYN segment to server

specifies initial seq no data

Step 2 server host receives SYN replies with SYNACK segment

server allocates buffersspecifies server initial seq

Step 3 client receives SYNACK replies with ACK segment which may contain data

38

Transport Layer 3-75

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Closing a connection

client closes socketclientSocketclose()

Step 1 client end system sends TCP FIN control segment to server

Step 2 server receives FIN replies with ACK Closes connection sends FIN

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-76

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Step 3 client receives FIN replies with ACK

Enters ldquotimed waitrdquo - will respond with ACK to received FINs

Step 4 server receives ACK Connection closed

Note with small modification can handle simultaneous FINs

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

closing

closing

closed

tim

ed w

ait

closed

39

Transport Layer 3-77

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-78

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

40

Transport Layer 3-79

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestioninformally ldquotoo many sources sending too much data too fast for network to handlerdquodifferent from flow controlmanifestations

lost packets (buffer overflow at routers)long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-80

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receiversone router infinite buffers no retransmission

large delays when congestedmaximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

41

Transport Layer 3-81

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of lost packet

finite shared output link buffers

Host A λin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-82

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2always (goodput)

ldquoperfectrdquo retransmission only when loss

retransmission of delayed (not lost) packet makes larger (than perfect case) for same

λin

λout=

λin

λoutgtλ

inλout

ldquocostsrdquo of congestionmore work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquounneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

R2

R2λin

λ out

b

R2

R2λin

λ out

a

R2

R2λin

λ out

c

R4

R3

42

Transport Layer 3-83

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3four sendersmultihop pathstimeoutretransmit

λin

Q what happens as and increase λ

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

Another ldquocostrdquo of congestionwhen packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

λou

t

43

Transport Layer 3-85

Approaches towards congestion control

End-end congestion controlno explicit feedback from networkcongestion inferred from end-system observed loss delayapproach taken by TCP

Network-assisted congestion controlrouters provide feedback to end systems

single bit indicating congestion (SNA DECbit TCPIP ECN ATM)explicit rate sender should send at

Two broad approaches towards congestion control

Transport Layer 3-86

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rateldquoelastic servicerdquoif senderrsquos path ldquounderloadedrdquo

sender should use available bandwidth

if senderrsquos path congested sender throttled to minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cellssent by sender interspersed with data cellsbits in RM cell set by switches (ldquonetwork-assistedrdquo)

NI bit no increase in rate (mild congestion)CI bit congestion indication

RM cells returned to sender by receiver with bits intact

44

Transport Layer 3-87

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cellcongested switch may lower ER value in cellsenderrsquo send rate thus minimum supportable rate on path

EFCI bit in data cells set to 1 in congested switchif data cell preceding RM cell has EFCI set sender sets CI bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-88

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

45

Transport Layer 3-89

TCP congestion control additive increase multiplicative decrease

8 Kbytes

16 Kbytes

24 Kbytes

time

congestionwindow

Approach increase transmission rate (window size) probing for usable bandwidth until loss occurs

additive increase increase CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT until loss detectedmultiplicative decrease cut CongWin in half after loss

timecong

estio

n w

indo

w s

ize

Saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-90

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

le CongWin

Roughly

CongWin is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestionloss event = timeout or 3 duplicate acksTCP sender reduces rate (CongWin) after loss event

three mechanismsAIMDslow startconservative after timeout events

rate = CongWinRTT Bytessec

46

Transport Layer 3-91

TCP Slow Start

When connection begins CongWin = 1 MSS

Example MSS = 500 bytes amp RTT = 200 msecinitial rate = 20 kbps

available bandwidth may be gtgt MSSRTT

desirable to quickly ramp up to respectable rate

When connection begins increase rate exponentially fast until first loss event

Transport Layer 3-92

TCP Slow Start (more)

When connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event

double CongWin every RTTdone by incrementing CongWin for every ACK received

Summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

one segment

RTT

Host B

time

two segments

four segments

47

Transport Layer 3-93

RefinementQ When should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A When CongWin gets to 12 of its value before timeout

ImplementationVariable Threshold At loss event Threshold is set to 12 of CongWin just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-94

Refinement inferring loss

After 3 dup ACKsCongWin is cut in halfwindow then grows linearly

But after timeout eventCongWin instead set to 1 MSS window then grows exponentiallyto a threshold then grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments

timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquocongestion scenario

Philosophy

48

Transport Layer 3-95

Summary TCP Congestion Control

When CongWin is below Threshold sender in slow-start phase window grows exponentially

When CongWin is above Threshold sender is in congestion-avoidance phase window grows linearly

When a triple duplicate ACK occurs Threshold set to CongWin2 and CongWin set to Threshold

When timeout occurs Threshold set to CongWin2and CongWin is set to 1 MSS

Transport Layer 3-96

TCP sender congestion control

SS or CA

SS or CA

SS or CA

CongestionAvoidance (CA)

Slow Start (SS)

State

CongWin and Threshold not changed

Increment duplicate ACK count for segment being acked

Duplicate ACK

Enter slow startThreshold = CongWin2 CongWin = 1 MSSSet state to ldquoSlow Startrdquo

Timeout

Fast recovery implementing multiplicative decrease CongWin will not drop below 1 MSS

Threshold = CongWin2 CongWin = ThresholdSet state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

Loss event detected by triple duplicate ACK

Additive increase resulting in increase of CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT

CongWin = CongWin+MSS (MSSCongWin)

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

Resulting in a doubling of CongWin every RTT

CongWin = CongWin + MSS If (CongWin gt Threshold)

set state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

CommentaryTCP Sender Action Event

49

Transport Layer 3-97

TCP throughput

Whatrsquos the average throughout of TCP as a function of window size and RTT

Ignore slow start

Let W be the window size when loss occursWhen window is W throughput is WRTTJust after loss window drops to W2 throughput to W2RTT Average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Futures

Example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 GbpsthroughputRequires window size W = 83333 in-flight segmentsThroughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 WowNew versions of TCP for high-speed needed

LRTTMSSsdot221

50

Transport Layer 3-99

Fairness goal if K TCP sessions share same bottleneck link of bandwidth R each should have average rate of RK

TCP connection 1

bottleneckrouter

capacity R

TCP connection 2

TCP Fairness

Transport Layer 3-100

Why is TCP fairTwo competing sessions

Additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increasesmultiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

Conn

ecti

on 2

thr

ough

put

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

51

Transport Layer 3-101

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP

Multimedia apps often do not use TCP

do not want rate throttled by congestion control

Instead use UDPpump audiovideo at constant rate tolerate packet loss

Research area TCP friendly

Fairness and parallel TCP connectionsnothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hostsWeb browsers do this Example link of rate R supporting 9 cnctions

new app asks for 1 TCP gets rate R10new app asks for 11 TCPs gets R2

Transport Layer 3-102

Delay modeling

Q How long does it take to receive an object from a Web server after sending a request

Ignoring congestion delay is influenced byTCP connection establishmentdata transmission delayslow start

Notation assumptionsAssume one link between client and server of rate RS MSS (bits)O object size (bits)no retransmissions (no loss no corruption)

Window sizeFirst assume fixed congestion window W segmentsThen dynamic window

modeling slow start

52

Transport Layer 3-103

Fixed congestion window (1)

First caseWSR gt RTT + SR ACK for

first segment in window returns before windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR

Transport Layer 3-104

Fixed congestion window (2)

Second caseWSR lt RTT + SR wait for ACK after sending windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR+ (K-1)[SR + RTT - WSR]

53

Transport Layer 3-105

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (1)

Now suppose window grows according to slow start

Will show that the delay for one object is

RS

RSRTTP

RORTTLatency P )12(2 minusminus⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ +++=

where P is the number of times TCP idles at server

1min minus= KQP

- where Q is the number of times the server idlesif the object were of infinite size

- and K is the number of windows that cover the object

Transport Layer 3-106

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (2)

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Examplebull OS = 15 segmentsbull K = 4 windowsbull Q = 2bull P = minK-1Q = 2

Server idles P=2 times

Delay componentsbull 2 RTT for connection estab and requestbull OR to transmit objectbull time server idles due to slow start

Server idles P = minK-1Q times

54

Transport Layer 3-107

TCP Delay Modeling (3)

RS

RSRTTPRTT

RO

RSRTT

RSRTT

RO

idleTimeRTTRO

P

kP

k

P

pp

)12(][2

]2[2

2delay

1

1

1

minusminus+++=

minus+++=

++=

minus

=

=

sum

sum

th window after the timeidle 2 1 kRSRTT

RS k =⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ minus+

+minus

ementacknowledg receivesserver until

segment send tostartsserver whenfrom time=+ RTTRS

window kth the transmit totime2 1 =minus

RSk

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Transport Layer 3-108

TCP Delay Modeling (4)

⎥⎥⎤

⎢⎢⎡ +=

+ge=

geminus=

ge+++=

ge+++=minus

minus

)1(log

)1(logmin

12min

222min222min

2

2

110

110

SO

SOkk

SOk

SOkOSSSkK

k

k

k

L

L

Calculation of Q number of idles for infinite-size objectis similar (see HW)

Recall K = number of windows that cover object

How do we calculate K

55

Transport Layer 3-109

HTTP ModelingAssume Web page consists of

1 base HTML page (of size O bits)M images (each of size O bits)

Non-persistent HTTP M+1 TCP connections in seriesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (M+1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Persistent HTTP2 RTT to request and receive base HTML file1 RTT to request and receive M imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + 3RTT + sum of idle times

Non-persistent HTTP with X parallel connectionsSuppose MX integer1 TCP connection for base fileMX sets of parallel connections for imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (MX + 1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Transport Layer 3-110

02468

101214161820

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT = 100 msec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For low bandwidth connection amp response time dominated by transmission timePersistent connections only give minor improvement over parallelconnections

56

Transport Layer 3-111

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT =1 sec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For larger RTT response time dominated by TCP establishment amp slow start delays Persistent connections now give important improvement particularly in high delaybullbandwidth networks

Transport Layer 3-112

Chapter 3 Summaryprinciples behind transport layer services

multiplexing demultiplexingreliable data transferflow controlcongestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet

UDPTCP

Nextleaving the network ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)into the network ldquocorerdquo

Page 7: Chapter 3: Transport Layerpeople.ee.duke.edu/~krish/ECE156/Chapter3.pdf · Transport Layer 3-4 Transport vs. network layer network layer: logical communication between hosts transport

7

Transport Layer 3-13

Connection-oriented demux Threaded Web Server

ClientIPB

P1

clientIP A

P1P2

serverIP C

SP 9157DP 80

SP 9157DP 80

P4 P3

D-IPCS-IP AD-IPC

S-IP B

SP 5775DP 80

D-IPCS-IP B

Transport Layer 3-14

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

8

Transport Layer 3-15

UDP User Datagram Protocol [RFC 768]

ldquono frillsrdquo ldquobare bonesrdquoInternet transport protocolldquobest effortrdquo service UDP segments may be

lostdelivered out of order to app

connectionlessno handshaking between UDP sender receivereach UDP segment handled independently of others

Why is there a UDPno connection establishment (which can add delay)simple no connection state at sender receiversmall segment headerno congestion control UDP can blast away as fast as desired

Transport Layer 3-16

UDP more

often used for streaming multimedia apps

loss tolerantrate sensitive

other UDP usesDNSSNMP

reliable transfer over UDP add reliability at application layer

application-specific error recovery

source port dest port

32 bits

Applicationdata

(message)

UDP segment format

length checksumLength in

bytes of UDPsegmentincluding

header

9

Transport Layer 3-17

UDP checksum

Sendertreat segment contents as sequence of 16-bit integerschecksum addition (1rsquos complement sum) of segment contentssender puts checksum value into UDP checksum field

Receivercompute checksum of received segmentcheck if computed checksum equals checksum field value

NO - error detectedYES - no error detected But maybe errors nonethelessMore later hellip

Goal detect ldquoerrorsrdquo (eg flipped bits) in transmitted segment

Transport Layer 3-18

Internet Checksum ExampleNote

When adding numbers a carryout from the most significant bit needs to be added to the result

Example add two 16-bit integers

1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 01 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1

1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1

1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 01 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1

wraparound

sumchecksum

10

Transport Layer 3-19

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-20

Principles of Reliable data transferimportant in app transport link layerstop-10 list of important networking topics

characteristics of unreliable channel will determine complexity of reliable data transfer protocol (rdt)

11

Transport Layer 3-21

Principles of Reliable data transferimportant in app transport link layerstop-10 list of important networking topics

characteristics of unreliable channel will determine complexity of reliable data transfer protocol (rdt)

Transport Layer 3-22

Principles of Reliable data transferimportant in app transport link layerstop-10 list of important networking topics

characteristics of unreliable channel will determine complexity of reliable data transfer protocol (rdt)

12

Transport Layer 3-23

Reliable data transfer getting started

sendside

receiveside

rdt_send() called from above (eg by app) Passed data to

deliver to receiver upper layer

udt_send() called by rdtto transfer packet over

unreliable channel to receiver

rdt_rcv() called when packet arrives on rcv-side of channel

deliver_data() called by rdt to deliver data to upper

Transport Layer 3-24

Reliable data transfer getting started

Wersquollincrementally develop sender receiver sides of reliable data transfer protocol (rdt)consider only unidirectional data transfer

but control info will flow on both directions

use finite state machines (FSM) to specify sender receiver

state1

state2

event causing state transitionactions taken on state transition

state when in this ldquostaterdquonext state uniquely determined by next

event

eventactions

13

Transport Layer 3-25

Rdt10 reliable transfer over a reliable channel

underlying channel perfectly reliableno bit errorsno loss of packets

separate FSMs for sender receiversender sends data into underlying channelreceiver read data from underlying channel

Wait for call from above packet = make_pkt(data)

udt_send(packet)

rdt_send(data)extract (packetdata)deliver_data(data)

Wait for call from

below

rdt_rcv(packet)

sender receiver

Transport Layer 3-26

Rdt20 channel with bit errors

underlying channel may flip bits in packetchecksum to detect bit errors

the question how to recover from errorsacknowledgements (ACKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt received OKnegative acknowledgements (NAKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt had errorssender retransmits pkt on receipt of NAK

new mechanisms in rdt20 (beyond rdt10)error detectionreceiver feedback control msgs (ACKNAK) rcvr-gtsender

14

Transport Layer 3-27

rdt20 FSM specification

Wait for call from above

snkpkt = make_pkt(data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)udt_send(ACK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampampisNAK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(NAK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Wait for ACK or

NAK

Wait for call from

belowsender

receiverrdt_send(data)

Λ

Transport Layer 3-28

rdt20 operation with no errors

Wait for call from above

snkpkt = make_pkt(data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)udt_send(ACK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampampisNAK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(NAK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Wait for ACK or

NAK

Wait for call from

below

rdt_send(data)

Λ

15

Transport Layer 3-29

rdt20 error scenario

Wait for call from above

snkpkt = make_pkt(data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)udt_send(ACK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampampisNAK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(NAK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Wait for ACK or

NAK

Wait for call from

below

rdt_send(data)

Λ

Transport Layer 3-30

rdt20 has a fatal flaw

What happens if ACKNAK corruptedsender doesnrsquot know what happened at receivercanrsquot just retransmit possible duplicate

Handling duplicates sender retransmits current pkt if ACKNAK garbledsender adds sequence numberto each pktreceiver discards (doesnrsquot deliver up) duplicate pkt

Sender sends one packet then waits for receiver response

stop and wait

16

Transport Layer 3-31

rdt21 sender handles garbled ACKNAKs

Wait for call 0 from

above

sndpkt = make_pkt(0 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_send(data)

Wait for ACK or NAK 0 udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||isNAK(rcvpkt) )

sndpkt = make_pkt(1 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_send(data)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||isNAK(rcvpkt) )

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

Wait forcall 1 from

above

Wait for ACK or NAK 1

ΛΛ

Transport Layer 3-32

rdt21 receiver handles garbled ACKNAKs

Wait for 0 from below

sndpkt = make_pkt(NAK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp not corrupt(rcvpkt) ampamphas_seq0(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp has_seq1(rcvpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

Wait for 1 from below

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp has_seq0(rcvpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp (corrupt(rcvpkt)

sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp not corrupt(rcvpkt) ampamphas_seq1(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp (corrupt(rcvpkt)

sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

sndpkt = make_pkt(NAK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

17

Transport Layer 3-33

rdt21 discussion

Senderseq added to pkttwo seq rsquos (01) will suffice Whymust check if received ACKNAK corrupted twice as many states

state must ldquorememberrdquowhether ldquocurrentrdquo pkt has 0 or 1 seq

Receivermust check if received packet is duplicate

state indicates whether 0 or 1 is expected pkt seq

note receiver can notknow if its last ACKNAK received OK at sender

Transport Layer 3-34

rdt22 a NAK-free protocol

same functionality as rdt21 using ACKs onlyinstead of NAK receiver sends ACK for last pkt received OK

receiver must explicitly include seq of pkt being ACKed

duplicate ACK at sender results in same action as NAK retransmit current pkt

18

Transport Layer 3-35

rdt22 sender receiver fragments

Wait for call 0 from

above

sndpkt = make_pkt(0 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_send(data)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||

isACK(rcvpkt1) )

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt0)

Wait for ACK

0sender FSM

fragment

Wait for 0 from below

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp has_seq1(rcvpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK1 chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp (corrupt(rcvpkt) ||

has_seq1(rcvpkt))

udt_send(sndpkt)receiver FSM

fragment

Λ

Transport Layer 3-36

rdt30 channels with errors and loss

New assumption underlying channel can also lose packets (data or ACKs)

checksum seq ACKs retransmissions will be of help but not enough

Approach sender waits ldquoreasonablerdquo amount of time for ACK retransmits if no ACK received in this timeif pkt (or ACK) just delayed (not lost)

retransmission will be duplicate but use of seq rsquos already handles thisreceiver must specify seq of pkt being ACKed

requires countdown timer

19

Transport Layer 3-37

rdt30 sendersndpkt = make_pkt(0 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

rdt_send(data)

Wait for

ACK0

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||isACK(rcvpkt1) )

Wait for call 1 from

above

sndpkt = make_pkt(1 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

rdt_send(data)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt0)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||isACK(rcvpkt0) )

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt1)

stop_timerstop_timer

udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

timeout

udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

timeout

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

Wait for call 0from

above

Wait for

ACK1

Λrdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

ΛΛ

Λ

Transport Layer 3-38

rdt30 in action

20

Transport Layer 3-39

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-40

Performance of rdt30

rdt30 works but performance stinksexample 1 Gbps link 15 ms e-e prop delay 1KB packet

Ttransmit = 8kbpkt109 bsec = 8 microsec

U sender utilization ndash fraction of time sender busy sending

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

L (packet length in bits)R (transmission rate bps) =

1KB pkt every 30 msec -gt 33kBsec thruput over 1 Gbps linknetwork protocol limits use of physical resources

21

Transport Layer 3-41

rdt30 stop-and-wait operation

first packet bit transmitted t = 0

sender receiver

RTT

last packet bit transmitted t = L R

first packet bit arriveslast packet bit arrives send ACK

ACK arrives send next packet t = RTT + L R

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

Transport Layer 3-42

Pipelined protocolsPipelining sender allows multiple ldquoin-flightrdquo yet-to-be-

acknowledged pktsrange of sequence numbers must be increasedbuffering at sender andor receiver

Two generic forms of pipelined protocols go-Back-N selective repeat

22

Transport Layer 3-43

Pipelining increased utilization

first packet bit transmitted t = 0

sender receiver

RTT

last bit transmitted t = L R

first packet bit arriveslast packet bit arrives send ACK

ACK arrives send next packet t = RTT + L R

last bit of 2nd packet arrives send ACKlast bit of 3rd packet arrives send ACK

U sender =

02430008

= 00008 3 L R RTT + L R

=

Increase utilizationby a factor of 3

Transport Layer 3-44

Go-Back-NSender

k-bit seq in pkt headerldquowindowrdquo of up to N consecutive unackrsquoed pkts allowed

ACK(n) ACKs all pkts up to including seq n - ldquocumulative ACKrdquomay receive duplicate ACKs (see receiver)

timer for each in-flight pkttimeout(n) retransmit pkt n and all higher seq pkts in window

23

Transport Layer 3-45

GBN sender extended FSM

Wait start_timerudt_send(sndpkt[base])udt_send(sndpkt[base+1])hellipudt_send(sndpkt[nextseqnum-1])

timeout

rdt_send(data)

if (nextseqnum lt base+N) sndpkt[nextseqnum] = make_pkt(nextseqnumdatachksum)udt_send(sndpkt[nextseqnum])if (base == nextseqnum)

start_timernextseqnum++

elserefuse_data(data)

base = getacknum(rcvpkt)+1If (base == nextseqnum)

stop_timerelsestart_timer

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

base=1nextseqnum=1

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Λ

Transport Layer 3-46

GBN receiver extended FSM

ACK-only always send ACK for correctly-received pkt with highest in-order seq

may generate duplicate ACKsneed only remember expectedseqnum

out-of-order pkt discard (donrsquot buffer) -gt no receiver bufferingRe-ACK pkt with highest in-order seq

Wait

udt_send(sndpkt)default

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)ampamp notcurrupt(rcvpkt)ampamp hasseqnum(rcvpktexpectedseqnum)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(expectedseqnumACKchksum)udt_send(sndpkt)expectedseqnum++

expectedseqnum=1sndpkt = make_pkt(expectedseqnumACKchksum)

Λ

24

Transport Layer 3-47

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-48

Selective Repeat

receiver individually acknowledges all correctly received pkts

buffers pkts as needed for eventual in-order delivery to upper layer

sender only resends pkts for which ACK not receivedsender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender windowN consecutive seq rsquosagain limits seq s of sent unACKed pkts

25

Transport Layer 3-49

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-50

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in window send pkt

timeout(n)resend pkt n restart timer

ACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as receivedif n smallest unACKed pkt advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n)out-of-order bufferin-order deliver (also deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)

otherwiseignore

receiver

26

Transport Layer 3-51

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenariosincorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

27

Transport Layer 3-53

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-54

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex databi-directional data flow in same connectionMSS maximum segment size

connection-orientedhandshaking (exchange of control msgs) initrsquos sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlledsender will not overwhelm receiver

point-to-pointone sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte steam

no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelinedTCP congestion and flow control set window size

send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

28

Transport Layer 3-55

TCP segment structure

source port dest port

32 bits

applicationdata

(variable length)

sequence numberacknowledgement number

Receive windowUrg data pnterchecksum

FSRPAUheadlen

notused

Options (variable length)

URG urgent data (generally not used)

ACK ACK valid

PSH push data now(generally not used)

RST SYN FINconnection estab(setup teardown

commands)

bytes rcvr willingto accept

countingby bytes of data(not segments)

Internetchecksum

(as in UDP)

Transport Layer 3-56

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquoof first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKsseq of next byte expected from other sidecumulative ACK

Q how receiver handles out-of-order segments

A TCP spec doesnrsquot say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Seq=42 ACK=79 data = lsquoCrsquo

Seq=79 ACK=43 data = lsquoCrsquo

Seq=43 ACK=80

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

29

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout valuelonger than RTT

but RTT variestoo short premature timeout

unnecessary retransmissions

too long slow reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTTSampleRTT measured time from segment transmission until ACK receipt

ignore retransmissionsSampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo

average several recent measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-58

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- α)EstimatedRTT + αSampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving averageinfluence of past sample decreases exponentially fasttypical value α = 0125

30

Transport Layer 3-59

Example RTT estimationRTT gaiacsumassedu to fantasiaeurecomfr

100

150

200

250

300

350

1 8 15 22 29 36 43 50 57 64 71 78 85 92 99 106

time (seconnds)

RTT

(mill

iseco

nds)

SampleRTT Estimated RTT

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeoutEstimtedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin

first estimate of how much SampleRTT deviates from EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

DevRTT = (1-β)DevRTT +β|SampleRTT-EstimatedRTT|

(typically β = 025)

Then set timeout interval

31

Transport Layer 3-61

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-62

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable servicePipelined segmentsCumulative acksTCP uses single retransmission timer

Retransmissions are triggered by

timeout eventsduplicate acks

Initially consider simplified TCP sender

ignore duplicate acksignore flow control congestion control

32

Transport Layer 3-63

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app

Create segment with seq seq is byte-stream number of first data byte in segmentstart timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unackedsegment)expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeoutretransmit segment that caused timeoutrestart timer

Ack rcvdIf acknowledges previously unackedsegments

update what is known to be ackedstart timer if there are outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-64

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNumif (timer currently not running)

start timerpass segment to IP NextSeqNum = NextSeqNum + length(data)

event timer timeoutretransmit not-yet-acknowledged segment with

smallest sequence numberstart timer

event ACK received with ACK field value of y if (y gt SendBase)

SendBase = yif (there are currently not-yet-acknowledged segments)

start timer

end of loop forever

Commentbull SendBase-1 last cumulatively ackrsquoed byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

33

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

Seq=100 20 bytes data

ACK=100

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=120

Seq=92 8 bytes data

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

ACK=120

Host A

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

Sendbase= 100

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

Seq=100 20 bytes data

ACK=120

time

SendBase= 120

34

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP ACK generation [RFC 1122 RFC 2581]

Event at Receiver

Arrival of in-order segment withexpected seq All data up toexpected seq already ACKed

Arrival of in-order segment withexpected seq One other segment has ACK pending

Arrival of out-of-order segmenthigher-than-expect seq Gap detected

Arrival of segment that partially or completely fills gap

TCP Receiver action

Delayed ACK Wait up to 500msfor next segment If no next segmentsend ACK

Immediately send single cumulative ACK ACKing both in-order segments

Immediately send duplicate ACK indicating seq of next expected byte

Immediate send ACK provided thatsegment startsat lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-68

Fast Retransmit

Time-out period often relatively long

long delay before resending lost packet

Detect lost segments via duplicate ACKs

Sender often sends many segments back-to-backIf segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

If sender receives 3 ACKsfor the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost

fast retransmit resend segment before timer expires

35

Transport Layer 3-69

event ACK received with ACK field value of y if (y gt SendBase)

SendBase = yif (there are currently not-yet-acknowledged segments)

start timer

else increment count of dup ACKs received for yif (count of dup ACKs received for y = 3)

resend segment with sequence number y

Fast retransmit algorithm

a duplicate ACK for already ACKed segment

fast retransmit

Transport Layer 3-70

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

36

Transport Layer 3-71

TCP Flow Control

receive side of TCP connection has a receive buffer

speed-matching service matching the send rate to the receiving apprsquos drain rate

app process may be slow at reading from buffer

sender wonrsquot overflowreceiverrsquos buffer by

transmitting too muchtoo fast

flow control

Transport Layer 3-72

TCP Flow control how it works

(Suppose TCP receiver discards out-of-order segments)spare room in buffer

= RcvWindow= RcvBuffer-[LastByteRcvd -

LastByteRead]

Rcvr advertises spare room by including value of RcvWindow in segmentsSender limits unACKeddata to RcvWindow

guarantees receive buffer doesnrsquot overflow

37

Transport Layer 3-73

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-74

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segmentsinitialize TCP variables

seq sbuffers flow control info (eg RcvWindow)

client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshake

Step 1 client host sends TCP SYN segment to server

specifies initial seq no data

Step 2 server host receives SYN replies with SYNACK segment

server allocates buffersspecifies server initial seq

Step 3 client receives SYNACK replies with ACK segment which may contain data

38

Transport Layer 3-75

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Closing a connection

client closes socketclientSocketclose()

Step 1 client end system sends TCP FIN control segment to server

Step 2 server receives FIN replies with ACK Closes connection sends FIN

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-76

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Step 3 client receives FIN replies with ACK

Enters ldquotimed waitrdquo - will respond with ACK to received FINs

Step 4 server receives ACK Connection closed

Note with small modification can handle simultaneous FINs

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

closing

closing

closed

tim

ed w

ait

closed

39

Transport Layer 3-77

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-78

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

40

Transport Layer 3-79

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestioninformally ldquotoo many sources sending too much data too fast for network to handlerdquodifferent from flow controlmanifestations

lost packets (buffer overflow at routers)long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-80

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receiversone router infinite buffers no retransmission

large delays when congestedmaximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

41

Transport Layer 3-81

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of lost packet

finite shared output link buffers

Host A λin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-82

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2always (goodput)

ldquoperfectrdquo retransmission only when loss

retransmission of delayed (not lost) packet makes larger (than perfect case) for same

λin

λout=

λin

λoutgtλ

inλout

ldquocostsrdquo of congestionmore work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquounneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

R2

R2λin

λ out

b

R2

R2λin

λ out

a

R2

R2λin

λ out

c

R4

R3

42

Transport Layer 3-83

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3four sendersmultihop pathstimeoutretransmit

λin

Q what happens as and increase λ

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

Another ldquocostrdquo of congestionwhen packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

λou

t

43

Transport Layer 3-85

Approaches towards congestion control

End-end congestion controlno explicit feedback from networkcongestion inferred from end-system observed loss delayapproach taken by TCP

Network-assisted congestion controlrouters provide feedback to end systems

single bit indicating congestion (SNA DECbit TCPIP ECN ATM)explicit rate sender should send at

Two broad approaches towards congestion control

Transport Layer 3-86

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rateldquoelastic servicerdquoif senderrsquos path ldquounderloadedrdquo

sender should use available bandwidth

if senderrsquos path congested sender throttled to minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cellssent by sender interspersed with data cellsbits in RM cell set by switches (ldquonetwork-assistedrdquo)

NI bit no increase in rate (mild congestion)CI bit congestion indication

RM cells returned to sender by receiver with bits intact

44

Transport Layer 3-87

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cellcongested switch may lower ER value in cellsenderrsquo send rate thus minimum supportable rate on path

EFCI bit in data cells set to 1 in congested switchif data cell preceding RM cell has EFCI set sender sets CI bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-88

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

45

Transport Layer 3-89

TCP congestion control additive increase multiplicative decrease

8 Kbytes

16 Kbytes

24 Kbytes

time

congestionwindow

Approach increase transmission rate (window size) probing for usable bandwidth until loss occurs

additive increase increase CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT until loss detectedmultiplicative decrease cut CongWin in half after loss

timecong

estio

n w

indo

w s

ize

Saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-90

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

le CongWin

Roughly

CongWin is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestionloss event = timeout or 3 duplicate acksTCP sender reduces rate (CongWin) after loss event

three mechanismsAIMDslow startconservative after timeout events

rate = CongWinRTT Bytessec

46

Transport Layer 3-91

TCP Slow Start

When connection begins CongWin = 1 MSS

Example MSS = 500 bytes amp RTT = 200 msecinitial rate = 20 kbps

available bandwidth may be gtgt MSSRTT

desirable to quickly ramp up to respectable rate

When connection begins increase rate exponentially fast until first loss event

Transport Layer 3-92

TCP Slow Start (more)

When connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event

double CongWin every RTTdone by incrementing CongWin for every ACK received

Summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

one segment

RTT

Host B

time

two segments

four segments

47

Transport Layer 3-93

RefinementQ When should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A When CongWin gets to 12 of its value before timeout

ImplementationVariable Threshold At loss event Threshold is set to 12 of CongWin just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-94

Refinement inferring loss

After 3 dup ACKsCongWin is cut in halfwindow then grows linearly

But after timeout eventCongWin instead set to 1 MSS window then grows exponentiallyto a threshold then grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments

timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquocongestion scenario

Philosophy

48

Transport Layer 3-95

Summary TCP Congestion Control

When CongWin is below Threshold sender in slow-start phase window grows exponentially

When CongWin is above Threshold sender is in congestion-avoidance phase window grows linearly

When a triple duplicate ACK occurs Threshold set to CongWin2 and CongWin set to Threshold

When timeout occurs Threshold set to CongWin2and CongWin is set to 1 MSS

Transport Layer 3-96

TCP sender congestion control

SS or CA

SS or CA

SS or CA

CongestionAvoidance (CA)

Slow Start (SS)

State

CongWin and Threshold not changed

Increment duplicate ACK count for segment being acked

Duplicate ACK

Enter slow startThreshold = CongWin2 CongWin = 1 MSSSet state to ldquoSlow Startrdquo

Timeout

Fast recovery implementing multiplicative decrease CongWin will not drop below 1 MSS

Threshold = CongWin2 CongWin = ThresholdSet state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

Loss event detected by triple duplicate ACK

Additive increase resulting in increase of CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT

CongWin = CongWin+MSS (MSSCongWin)

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

Resulting in a doubling of CongWin every RTT

CongWin = CongWin + MSS If (CongWin gt Threshold)

set state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

CommentaryTCP Sender Action Event

49

Transport Layer 3-97

TCP throughput

Whatrsquos the average throughout of TCP as a function of window size and RTT

Ignore slow start

Let W be the window size when loss occursWhen window is W throughput is WRTTJust after loss window drops to W2 throughput to W2RTT Average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Futures

Example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 GbpsthroughputRequires window size W = 83333 in-flight segmentsThroughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 WowNew versions of TCP for high-speed needed

LRTTMSSsdot221

50

Transport Layer 3-99

Fairness goal if K TCP sessions share same bottleneck link of bandwidth R each should have average rate of RK

TCP connection 1

bottleneckrouter

capacity R

TCP connection 2

TCP Fairness

Transport Layer 3-100

Why is TCP fairTwo competing sessions

Additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increasesmultiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

Conn

ecti

on 2

thr

ough

put

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

51

Transport Layer 3-101

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP

Multimedia apps often do not use TCP

do not want rate throttled by congestion control

Instead use UDPpump audiovideo at constant rate tolerate packet loss

Research area TCP friendly

Fairness and parallel TCP connectionsnothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hostsWeb browsers do this Example link of rate R supporting 9 cnctions

new app asks for 1 TCP gets rate R10new app asks for 11 TCPs gets R2

Transport Layer 3-102

Delay modeling

Q How long does it take to receive an object from a Web server after sending a request

Ignoring congestion delay is influenced byTCP connection establishmentdata transmission delayslow start

Notation assumptionsAssume one link between client and server of rate RS MSS (bits)O object size (bits)no retransmissions (no loss no corruption)

Window sizeFirst assume fixed congestion window W segmentsThen dynamic window

modeling slow start

52

Transport Layer 3-103

Fixed congestion window (1)

First caseWSR gt RTT + SR ACK for

first segment in window returns before windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR

Transport Layer 3-104

Fixed congestion window (2)

Second caseWSR lt RTT + SR wait for ACK after sending windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR+ (K-1)[SR + RTT - WSR]

53

Transport Layer 3-105

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (1)

Now suppose window grows according to slow start

Will show that the delay for one object is

RS

RSRTTP

RORTTLatency P )12(2 minusminus⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ +++=

where P is the number of times TCP idles at server

1min minus= KQP

- where Q is the number of times the server idlesif the object were of infinite size

- and K is the number of windows that cover the object

Transport Layer 3-106

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (2)

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Examplebull OS = 15 segmentsbull K = 4 windowsbull Q = 2bull P = minK-1Q = 2

Server idles P=2 times

Delay componentsbull 2 RTT for connection estab and requestbull OR to transmit objectbull time server idles due to slow start

Server idles P = minK-1Q times

54

Transport Layer 3-107

TCP Delay Modeling (3)

RS

RSRTTPRTT

RO

RSRTT

RSRTT

RO

idleTimeRTTRO

P

kP

k

P

pp

)12(][2

]2[2

2delay

1

1

1

minusminus+++=

minus+++=

++=

minus

=

=

sum

sum

th window after the timeidle 2 1 kRSRTT

RS k =⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ minus+

+minus

ementacknowledg receivesserver until

segment send tostartsserver whenfrom time=+ RTTRS

window kth the transmit totime2 1 =minus

RSk

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Transport Layer 3-108

TCP Delay Modeling (4)

⎥⎥⎤

⎢⎢⎡ +=

+ge=

geminus=

ge+++=

ge+++=minus

minus

)1(log

)1(logmin

12min

222min222min

2

2

110

110

SO

SOkk

SOk

SOkOSSSkK

k

k

k

L

L

Calculation of Q number of idles for infinite-size objectis similar (see HW)

Recall K = number of windows that cover object

How do we calculate K

55

Transport Layer 3-109

HTTP ModelingAssume Web page consists of

1 base HTML page (of size O bits)M images (each of size O bits)

Non-persistent HTTP M+1 TCP connections in seriesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (M+1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Persistent HTTP2 RTT to request and receive base HTML file1 RTT to request and receive M imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + 3RTT + sum of idle times

Non-persistent HTTP with X parallel connectionsSuppose MX integer1 TCP connection for base fileMX sets of parallel connections for imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (MX + 1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Transport Layer 3-110

02468

101214161820

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT = 100 msec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For low bandwidth connection amp response time dominated by transmission timePersistent connections only give minor improvement over parallelconnections

56

Transport Layer 3-111

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT =1 sec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For larger RTT response time dominated by TCP establishment amp slow start delays Persistent connections now give important improvement particularly in high delaybullbandwidth networks

Transport Layer 3-112

Chapter 3 Summaryprinciples behind transport layer services

multiplexing demultiplexingreliable data transferflow controlcongestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet

UDPTCP

Nextleaving the network ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)into the network ldquocorerdquo

Page 8: Chapter 3: Transport Layerpeople.ee.duke.edu/~krish/ECE156/Chapter3.pdf · Transport Layer 3-4 Transport vs. network layer network layer: logical communication between hosts transport

8

Transport Layer 3-15

UDP User Datagram Protocol [RFC 768]

ldquono frillsrdquo ldquobare bonesrdquoInternet transport protocolldquobest effortrdquo service UDP segments may be

lostdelivered out of order to app

connectionlessno handshaking between UDP sender receivereach UDP segment handled independently of others

Why is there a UDPno connection establishment (which can add delay)simple no connection state at sender receiversmall segment headerno congestion control UDP can blast away as fast as desired

Transport Layer 3-16

UDP more

often used for streaming multimedia apps

loss tolerantrate sensitive

other UDP usesDNSSNMP

reliable transfer over UDP add reliability at application layer

application-specific error recovery

source port dest port

32 bits

Applicationdata

(message)

UDP segment format

length checksumLength in

bytes of UDPsegmentincluding

header

9

Transport Layer 3-17

UDP checksum

Sendertreat segment contents as sequence of 16-bit integerschecksum addition (1rsquos complement sum) of segment contentssender puts checksum value into UDP checksum field

Receivercompute checksum of received segmentcheck if computed checksum equals checksum field value

NO - error detectedYES - no error detected But maybe errors nonethelessMore later hellip

Goal detect ldquoerrorsrdquo (eg flipped bits) in transmitted segment

Transport Layer 3-18

Internet Checksum ExampleNote

When adding numbers a carryout from the most significant bit needs to be added to the result

Example add two 16-bit integers

1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 01 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1

1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1

1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 01 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1

wraparound

sumchecksum

10

Transport Layer 3-19

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-20

Principles of Reliable data transferimportant in app transport link layerstop-10 list of important networking topics

characteristics of unreliable channel will determine complexity of reliable data transfer protocol (rdt)

11

Transport Layer 3-21

Principles of Reliable data transferimportant in app transport link layerstop-10 list of important networking topics

characteristics of unreliable channel will determine complexity of reliable data transfer protocol (rdt)

Transport Layer 3-22

Principles of Reliable data transferimportant in app transport link layerstop-10 list of important networking topics

characteristics of unreliable channel will determine complexity of reliable data transfer protocol (rdt)

12

Transport Layer 3-23

Reliable data transfer getting started

sendside

receiveside

rdt_send() called from above (eg by app) Passed data to

deliver to receiver upper layer

udt_send() called by rdtto transfer packet over

unreliable channel to receiver

rdt_rcv() called when packet arrives on rcv-side of channel

deliver_data() called by rdt to deliver data to upper

Transport Layer 3-24

Reliable data transfer getting started

Wersquollincrementally develop sender receiver sides of reliable data transfer protocol (rdt)consider only unidirectional data transfer

but control info will flow on both directions

use finite state machines (FSM) to specify sender receiver

state1

state2

event causing state transitionactions taken on state transition

state when in this ldquostaterdquonext state uniquely determined by next

event

eventactions

13

Transport Layer 3-25

Rdt10 reliable transfer over a reliable channel

underlying channel perfectly reliableno bit errorsno loss of packets

separate FSMs for sender receiversender sends data into underlying channelreceiver read data from underlying channel

Wait for call from above packet = make_pkt(data)

udt_send(packet)

rdt_send(data)extract (packetdata)deliver_data(data)

Wait for call from

below

rdt_rcv(packet)

sender receiver

Transport Layer 3-26

Rdt20 channel with bit errors

underlying channel may flip bits in packetchecksum to detect bit errors

the question how to recover from errorsacknowledgements (ACKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt received OKnegative acknowledgements (NAKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt had errorssender retransmits pkt on receipt of NAK

new mechanisms in rdt20 (beyond rdt10)error detectionreceiver feedback control msgs (ACKNAK) rcvr-gtsender

14

Transport Layer 3-27

rdt20 FSM specification

Wait for call from above

snkpkt = make_pkt(data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)udt_send(ACK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampampisNAK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(NAK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Wait for ACK or

NAK

Wait for call from

belowsender

receiverrdt_send(data)

Λ

Transport Layer 3-28

rdt20 operation with no errors

Wait for call from above

snkpkt = make_pkt(data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)udt_send(ACK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampampisNAK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(NAK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Wait for ACK or

NAK

Wait for call from

below

rdt_send(data)

Λ

15

Transport Layer 3-29

rdt20 error scenario

Wait for call from above

snkpkt = make_pkt(data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)udt_send(ACK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampampisNAK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(NAK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Wait for ACK or

NAK

Wait for call from

below

rdt_send(data)

Λ

Transport Layer 3-30

rdt20 has a fatal flaw

What happens if ACKNAK corruptedsender doesnrsquot know what happened at receivercanrsquot just retransmit possible duplicate

Handling duplicates sender retransmits current pkt if ACKNAK garbledsender adds sequence numberto each pktreceiver discards (doesnrsquot deliver up) duplicate pkt

Sender sends one packet then waits for receiver response

stop and wait

16

Transport Layer 3-31

rdt21 sender handles garbled ACKNAKs

Wait for call 0 from

above

sndpkt = make_pkt(0 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_send(data)

Wait for ACK or NAK 0 udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||isNAK(rcvpkt) )

sndpkt = make_pkt(1 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_send(data)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||isNAK(rcvpkt) )

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

Wait forcall 1 from

above

Wait for ACK or NAK 1

ΛΛ

Transport Layer 3-32

rdt21 receiver handles garbled ACKNAKs

Wait for 0 from below

sndpkt = make_pkt(NAK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp not corrupt(rcvpkt) ampamphas_seq0(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp has_seq1(rcvpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

Wait for 1 from below

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp has_seq0(rcvpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp (corrupt(rcvpkt)

sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp not corrupt(rcvpkt) ampamphas_seq1(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp (corrupt(rcvpkt)

sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

sndpkt = make_pkt(NAK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

17

Transport Layer 3-33

rdt21 discussion

Senderseq added to pkttwo seq rsquos (01) will suffice Whymust check if received ACKNAK corrupted twice as many states

state must ldquorememberrdquowhether ldquocurrentrdquo pkt has 0 or 1 seq

Receivermust check if received packet is duplicate

state indicates whether 0 or 1 is expected pkt seq

note receiver can notknow if its last ACKNAK received OK at sender

Transport Layer 3-34

rdt22 a NAK-free protocol

same functionality as rdt21 using ACKs onlyinstead of NAK receiver sends ACK for last pkt received OK

receiver must explicitly include seq of pkt being ACKed

duplicate ACK at sender results in same action as NAK retransmit current pkt

18

Transport Layer 3-35

rdt22 sender receiver fragments

Wait for call 0 from

above

sndpkt = make_pkt(0 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_send(data)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||

isACK(rcvpkt1) )

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt0)

Wait for ACK

0sender FSM

fragment

Wait for 0 from below

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp has_seq1(rcvpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK1 chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp (corrupt(rcvpkt) ||

has_seq1(rcvpkt))

udt_send(sndpkt)receiver FSM

fragment

Λ

Transport Layer 3-36

rdt30 channels with errors and loss

New assumption underlying channel can also lose packets (data or ACKs)

checksum seq ACKs retransmissions will be of help but not enough

Approach sender waits ldquoreasonablerdquo amount of time for ACK retransmits if no ACK received in this timeif pkt (or ACK) just delayed (not lost)

retransmission will be duplicate but use of seq rsquos already handles thisreceiver must specify seq of pkt being ACKed

requires countdown timer

19

Transport Layer 3-37

rdt30 sendersndpkt = make_pkt(0 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

rdt_send(data)

Wait for

ACK0

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||isACK(rcvpkt1) )

Wait for call 1 from

above

sndpkt = make_pkt(1 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

rdt_send(data)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt0)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||isACK(rcvpkt0) )

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt1)

stop_timerstop_timer

udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

timeout

udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

timeout

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

Wait for call 0from

above

Wait for

ACK1

Λrdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

ΛΛ

Λ

Transport Layer 3-38

rdt30 in action

20

Transport Layer 3-39

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-40

Performance of rdt30

rdt30 works but performance stinksexample 1 Gbps link 15 ms e-e prop delay 1KB packet

Ttransmit = 8kbpkt109 bsec = 8 microsec

U sender utilization ndash fraction of time sender busy sending

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

L (packet length in bits)R (transmission rate bps) =

1KB pkt every 30 msec -gt 33kBsec thruput over 1 Gbps linknetwork protocol limits use of physical resources

21

Transport Layer 3-41

rdt30 stop-and-wait operation

first packet bit transmitted t = 0

sender receiver

RTT

last packet bit transmitted t = L R

first packet bit arriveslast packet bit arrives send ACK

ACK arrives send next packet t = RTT + L R

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

Transport Layer 3-42

Pipelined protocolsPipelining sender allows multiple ldquoin-flightrdquo yet-to-be-

acknowledged pktsrange of sequence numbers must be increasedbuffering at sender andor receiver

Two generic forms of pipelined protocols go-Back-N selective repeat

22

Transport Layer 3-43

Pipelining increased utilization

first packet bit transmitted t = 0

sender receiver

RTT

last bit transmitted t = L R

first packet bit arriveslast packet bit arrives send ACK

ACK arrives send next packet t = RTT + L R

last bit of 2nd packet arrives send ACKlast bit of 3rd packet arrives send ACK

U sender =

02430008

= 00008 3 L R RTT + L R

=

Increase utilizationby a factor of 3

Transport Layer 3-44

Go-Back-NSender

k-bit seq in pkt headerldquowindowrdquo of up to N consecutive unackrsquoed pkts allowed

ACK(n) ACKs all pkts up to including seq n - ldquocumulative ACKrdquomay receive duplicate ACKs (see receiver)

timer for each in-flight pkttimeout(n) retransmit pkt n and all higher seq pkts in window

23

Transport Layer 3-45

GBN sender extended FSM

Wait start_timerudt_send(sndpkt[base])udt_send(sndpkt[base+1])hellipudt_send(sndpkt[nextseqnum-1])

timeout

rdt_send(data)

if (nextseqnum lt base+N) sndpkt[nextseqnum] = make_pkt(nextseqnumdatachksum)udt_send(sndpkt[nextseqnum])if (base == nextseqnum)

start_timernextseqnum++

elserefuse_data(data)

base = getacknum(rcvpkt)+1If (base == nextseqnum)

stop_timerelsestart_timer

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

base=1nextseqnum=1

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Λ

Transport Layer 3-46

GBN receiver extended FSM

ACK-only always send ACK for correctly-received pkt with highest in-order seq

may generate duplicate ACKsneed only remember expectedseqnum

out-of-order pkt discard (donrsquot buffer) -gt no receiver bufferingRe-ACK pkt with highest in-order seq

Wait

udt_send(sndpkt)default

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)ampamp notcurrupt(rcvpkt)ampamp hasseqnum(rcvpktexpectedseqnum)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(expectedseqnumACKchksum)udt_send(sndpkt)expectedseqnum++

expectedseqnum=1sndpkt = make_pkt(expectedseqnumACKchksum)

Λ

24

Transport Layer 3-47

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-48

Selective Repeat

receiver individually acknowledges all correctly received pkts

buffers pkts as needed for eventual in-order delivery to upper layer

sender only resends pkts for which ACK not receivedsender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender windowN consecutive seq rsquosagain limits seq s of sent unACKed pkts

25

Transport Layer 3-49

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-50

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in window send pkt

timeout(n)resend pkt n restart timer

ACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as receivedif n smallest unACKed pkt advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n)out-of-order bufferin-order deliver (also deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)

otherwiseignore

receiver

26

Transport Layer 3-51

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenariosincorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

27

Transport Layer 3-53

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-54

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex databi-directional data flow in same connectionMSS maximum segment size

connection-orientedhandshaking (exchange of control msgs) initrsquos sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlledsender will not overwhelm receiver

point-to-pointone sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte steam

no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelinedTCP congestion and flow control set window size

send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

28

Transport Layer 3-55

TCP segment structure

source port dest port

32 bits

applicationdata

(variable length)

sequence numberacknowledgement number

Receive windowUrg data pnterchecksum

FSRPAUheadlen

notused

Options (variable length)

URG urgent data (generally not used)

ACK ACK valid

PSH push data now(generally not used)

RST SYN FINconnection estab(setup teardown

commands)

bytes rcvr willingto accept

countingby bytes of data(not segments)

Internetchecksum

(as in UDP)

Transport Layer 3-56

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquoof first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKsseq of next byte expected from other sidecumulative ACK

Q how receiver handles out-of-order segments

A TCP spec doesnrsquot say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Seq=42 ACK=79 data = lsquoCrsquo

Seq=79 ACK=43 data = lsquoCrsquo

Seq=43 ACK=80

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

29

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout valuelonger than RTT

but RTT variestoo short premature timeout

unnecessary retransmissions

too long slow reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTTSampleRTT measured time from segment transmission until ACK receipt

ignore retransmissionsSampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo

average several recent measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-58

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- α)EstimatedRTT + αSampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving averageinfluence of past sample decreases exponentially fasttypical value α = 0125

30

Transport Layer 3-59

Example RTT estimationRTT gaiacsumassedu to fantasiaeurecomfr

100

150

200

250

300

350

1 8 15 22 29 36 43 50 57 64 71 78 85 92 99 106

time (seconnds)

RTT

(mill

iseco

nds)

SampleRTT Estimated RTT

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeoutEstimtedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin

first estimate of how much SampleRTT deviates from EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

DevRTT = (1-β)DevRTT +β|SampleRTT-EstimatedRTT|

(typically β = 025)

Then set timeout interval

31

Transport Layer 3-61

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-62

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable servicePipelined segmentsCumulative acksTCP uses single retransmission timer

Retransmissions are triggered by

timeout eventsduplicate acks

Initially consider simplified TCP sender

ignore duplicate acksignore flow control congestion control

32

Transport Layer 3-63

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app

Create segment with seq seq is byte-stream number of first data byte in segmentstart timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unackedsegment)expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeoutretransmit segment that caused timeoutrestart timer

Ack rcvdIf acknowledges previously unackedsegments

update what is known to be ackedstart timer if there are outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-64

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNumif (timer currently not running)

start timerpass segment to IP NextSeqNum = NextSeqNum + length(data)

event timer timeoutretransmit not-yet-acknowledged segment with

smallest sequence numberstart timer

event ACK received with ACK field value of y if (y gt SendBase)

SendBase = yif (there are currently not-yet-acknowledged segments)

start timer

end of loop forever

Commentbull SendBase-1 last cumulatively ackrsquoed byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

33

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

Seq=100 20 bytes data

ACK=100

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=120

Seq=92 8 bytes data

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

ACK=120

Host A

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

Sendbase= 100

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

Seq=100 20 bytes data

ACK=120

time

SendBase= 120

34

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP ACK generation [RFC 1122 RFC 2581]

Event at Receiver

Arrival of in-order segment withexpected seq All data up toexpected seq already ACKed

Arrival of in-order segment withexpected seq One other segment has ACK pending

Arrival of out-of-order segmenthigher-than-expect seq Gap detected

Arrival of segment that partially or completely fills gap

TCP Receiver action

Delayed ACK Wait up to 500msfor next segment If no next segmentsend ACK

Immediately send single cumulative ACK ACKing both in-order segments

Immediately send duplicate ACK indicating seq of next expected byte

Immediate send ACK provided thatsegment startsat lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-68

Fast Retransmit

Time-out period often relatively long

long delay before resending lost packet

Detect lost segments via duplicate ACKs

Sender often sends many segments back-to-backIf segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

If sender receives 3 ACKsfor the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost

fast retransmit resend segment before timer expires

35

Transport Layer 3-69

event ACK received with ACK field value of y if (y gt SendBase)

SendBase = yif (there are currently not-yet-acknowledged segments)

start timer

else increment count of dup ACKs received for yif (count of dup ACKs received for y = 3)

resend segment with sequence number y

Fast retransmit algorithm

a duplicate ACK for already ACKed segment

fast retransmit

Transport Layer 3-70

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

36

Transport Layer 3-71

TCP Flow Control

receive side of TCP connection has a receive buffer

speed-matching service matching the send rate to the receiving apprsquos drain rate

app process may be slow at reading from buffer

sender wonrsquot overflowreceiverrsquos buffer by

transmitting too muchtoo fast

flow control

Transport Layer 3-72

TCP Flow control how it works

(Suppose TCP receiver discards out-of-order segments)spare room in buffer

= RcvWindow= RcvBuffer-[LastByteRcvd -

LastByteRead]

Rcvr advertises spare room by including value of RcvWindow in segmentsSender limits unACKeddata to RcvWindow

guarantees receive buffer doesnrsquot overflow

37

Transport Layer 3-73

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-74

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segmentsinitialize TCP variables

seq sbuffers flow control info (eg RcvWindow)

client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshake

Step 1 client host sends TCP SYN segment to server

specifies initial seq no data

Step 2 server host receives SYN replies with SYNACK segment

server allocates buffersspecifies server initial seq

Step 3 client receives SYNACK replies with ACK segment which may contain data

38

Transport Layer 3-75

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Closing a connection

client closes socketclientSocketclose()

Step 1 client end system sends TCP FIN control segment to server

Step 2 server receives FIN replies with ACK Closes connection sends FIN

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-76

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Step 3 client receives FIN replies with ACK

Enters ldquotimed waitrdquo - will respond with ACK to received FINs

Step 4 server receives ACK Connection closed

Note with small modification can handle simultaneous FINs

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

closing

closing

closed

tim

ed w

ait

closed

39

Transport Layer 3-77

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-78

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

40

Transport Layer 3-79

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestioninformally ldquotoo many sources sending too much data too fast for network to handlerdquodifferent from flow controlmanifestations

lost packets (buffer overflow at routers)long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-80

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receiversone router infinite buffers no retransmission

large delays when congestedmaximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

41

Transport Layer 3-81

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of lost packet

finite shared output link buffers

Host A λin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-82

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2always (goodput)

ldquoperfectrdquo retransmission only when loss

retransmission of delayed (not lost) packet makes larger (than perfect case) for same

λin

λout=

λin

λoutgtλ

inλout

ldquocostsrdquo of congestionmore work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquounneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

R2

R2λin

λ out

b

R2

R2λin

λ out

a

R2

R2λin

λ out

c

R4

R3

42

Transport Layer 3-83

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3four sendersmultihop pathstimeoutretransmit

λin

Q what happens as and increase λ

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

Another ldquocostrdquo of congestionwhen packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

λou

t

43

Transport Layer 3-85

Approaches towards congestion control

End-end congestion controlno explicit feedback from networkcongestion inferred from end-system observed loss delayapproach taken by TCP

Network-assisted congestion controlrouters provide feedback to end systems

single bit indicating congestion (SNA DECbit TCPIP ECN ATM)explicit rate sender should send at

Two broad approaches towards congestion control

Transport Layer 3-86

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rateldquoelastic servicerdquoif senderrsquos path ldquounderloadedrdquo

sender should use available bandwidth

if senderrsquos path congested sender throttled to minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cellssent by sender interspersed with data cellsbits in RM cell set by switches (ldquonetwork-assistedrdquo)

NI bit no increase in rate (mild congestion)CI bit congestion indication

RM cells returned to sender by receiver with bits intact

44

Transport Layer 3-87

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cellcongested switch may lower ER value in cellsenderrsquo send rate thus minimum supportable rate on path

EFCI bit in data cells set to 1 in congested switchif data cell preceding RM cell has EFCI set sender sets CI bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-88

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

45

Transport Layer 3-89

TCP congestion control additive increase multiplicative decrease

8 Kbytes

16 Kbytes

24 Kbytes

time

congestionwindow

Approach increase transmission rate (window size) probing for usable bandwidth until loss occurs

additive increase increase CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT until loss detectedmultiplicative decrease cut CongWin in half after loss

timecong

estio

n w

indo

w s

ize

Saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-90

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

le CongWin

Roughly

CongWin is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestionloss event = timeout or 3 duplicate acksTCP sender reduces rate (CongWin) after loss event

three mechanismsAIMDslow startconservative after timeout events

rate = CongWinRTT Bytessec

46

Transport Layer 3-91

TCP Slow Start

When connection begins CongWin = 1 MSS

Example MSS = 500 bytes amp RTT = 200 msecinitial rate = 20 kbps

available bandwidth may be gtgt MSSRTT

desirable to quickly ramp up to respectable rate

When connection begins increase rate exponentially fast until first loss event

Transport Layer 3-92

TCP Slow Start (more)

When connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event

double CongWin every RTTdone by incrementing CongWin for every ACK received

Summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

one segment

RTT

Host B

time

two segments

four segments

47

Transport Layer 3-93

RefinementQ When should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A When CongWin gets to 12 of its value before timeout

ImplementationVariable Threshold At loss event Threshold is set to 12 of CongWin just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-94

Refinement inferring loss

After 3 dup ACKsCongWin is cut in halfwindow then grows linearly

But after timeout eventCongWin instead set to 1 MSS window then grows exponentiallyto a threshold then grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments

timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquocongestion scenario

Philosophy

48

Transport Layer 3-95

Summary TCP Congestion Control

When CongWin is below Threshold sender in slow-start phase window grows exponentially

When CongWin is above Threshold sender is in congestion-avoidance phase window grows linearly

When a triple duplicate ACK occurs Threshold set to CongWin2 and CongWin set to Threshold

When timeout occurs Threshold set to CongWin2and CongWin is set to 1 MSS

Transport Layer 3-96

TCP sender congestion control

SS or CA

SS or CA

SS or CA

CongestionAvoidance (CA)

Slow Start (SS)

State

CongWin and Threshold not changed

Increment duplicate ACK count for segment being acked

Duplicate ACK

Enter slow startThreshold = CongWin2 CongWin = 1 MSSSet state to ldquoSlow Startrdquo

Timeout

Fast recovery implementing multiplicative decrease CongWin will not drop below 1 MSS

Threshold = CongWin2 CongWin = ThresholdSet state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

Loss event detected by triple duplicate ACK

Additive increase resulting in increase of CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT

CongWin = CongWin+MSS (MSSCongWin)

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

Resulting in a doubling of CongWin every RTT

CongWin = CongWin + MSS If (CongWin gt Threshold)

set state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

CommentaryTCP Sender Action Event

49

Transport Layer 3-97

TCP throughput

Whatrsquos the average throughout of TCP as a function of window size and RTT

Ignore slow start

Let W be the window size when loss occursWhen window is W throughput is WRTTJust after loss window drops to W2 throughput to W2RTT Average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Futures

Example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 GbpsthroughputRequires window size W = 83333 in-flight segmentsThroughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 WowNew versions of TCP for high-speed needed

LRTTMSSsdot221

50

Transport Layer 3-99

Fairness goal if K TCP sessions share same bottleneck link of bandwidth R each should have average rate of RK

TCP connection 1

bottleneckrouter

capacity R

TCP connection 2

TCP Fairness

Transport Layer 3-100

Why is TCP fairTwo competing sessions

Additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increasesmultiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

Conn

ecti

on 2

thr

ough

put

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

51

Transport Layer 3-101

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP

Multimedia apps often do not use TCP

do not want rate throttled by congestion control

Instead use UDPpump audiovideo at constant rate tolerate packet loss

Research area TCP friendly

Fairness and parallel TCP connectionsnothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hostsWeb browsers do this Example link of rate R supporting 9 cnctions

new app asks for 1 TCP gets rate R10new app asks for 11 TCPs gets R2

Transport Layer 3-102

Delay modeling

Q How long does it take to receive an object from a Web server after sending a request

Ignoring congestion delay is influenced byTCP connection establishmentdata transmission delayslow start

Notation assumptionsAssume one link between client and server of rate RS MSS (bits)O object size (bits)no retransmissions (no loss no corruption)

Window sizeFirst assume fixed congestion window W segmentsThen dynamic window

modeling slow start

52

Transport Layer 3-103

Fixed congestion window (1)

First caseWSR gt RTT + SR ACK for

first segment in window returns before windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR

Transport Layer 3-104

Fixed congestion window (2)

Second caseWSR lt RTT + SR wait for ACK after sending windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR+ (K-1)[SR + RTT - WSR]

53

Transport Layer 3-105

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (1)

Now suppose window grows according to slow start

Will show that the delay for one object is

RS

RSRTTP

RORTTLatency P )12(2 minusminus⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ +++=

where P is the number of times TCP idles at server

1min minus= KQP

- where Q is the number of times the server idlesif the object were of infinite size

- and K is the number of windows that cover the object

Transport Layer 3-106

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (2)

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Examplebull OS = 15 segmentsbull K = 4 windowsbull Q = 2bull P = minK-1Q = 2

Server idles P=2 times

Delay componentsbull 2 RTT for connection estab and requestbull OR to transmit objectbull time server idles due to slow start

Server idles P = minK-1Q times

54

Transport Layer 3-107

TCP Delay Modeling (3)

RS

RSRTTPRTT

RO

RSRTT

RSRTT

RO

idleTimeRTTRO

P

kP

k

P

pp

)12(][2

]2[2

2delay

1

1

1

minusminus+++=

minus+++=

++=

minus

=

=

sum

sum

th window after the timeidle 2 1 kRSRTT

RS k =⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ minus+

+minus

ementacknowledg receivesserver until

segment send tostartsserver whenfrom time=+ RTTRS

window kth the transmit totime2 1 =minus

RSk

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Transport Layer 3-108

TCP Delay Modeling (4)

⎥⎥⎤

⎢⎢⎡ +=

+ge=

geminus=

ge+++=

ge+++=minus

minus

)1(log

)1(logmin

12min

222min222min

2

2

110

110

SO

SOkk

SOk

SOkOSSSkK

k

k

k

L

L

Calculation of Q number of idles for infinite-size objectis similar (see HW)

Recall K = number of windows that cover object

How do we calculate K

55

Transport Layer 3-109

HTTP ModelingAssume Web page consists of

1 base HTML page (of size O bits)M images (each of size O bits)

Non-persistent HTTP M+1 TCP connections in seriesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (M+1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Persistent HTTP2 RTT to request and receive base HTML file1 RTT to request and receive M imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + 3RTT + sum of idle times

Non-persistent HTTP with X parallel connectionsSuppose MX integer1 TCP connection for base fileMX sets of parallel connections for imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (MX + 1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Transport Layer 3-110

02468

101214161820

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT = 100 msec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For low bandwidth connection amp response time dominated by transmission timePersistent connections only give minor improvement over parallelconnections

56

Transport Layer 3-111

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT =1 sec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For larger RTT response time dominated by TCP establishment amp slow start delays Persistent connections now give important improvement particularly in high delaybullbandwidth networks

Transport Layer 3-112

Chapter 3 Summaryprinciples behind transport layer services

multiplexing demultiplexingreliable data transferflow controlcongestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet

UDPTCP

Nextleaving the network ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)into the network ldquocorerdquo

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9

Transport Layer 3-17

UDP checksum

Sendertreat segment contents as sequence of 16-bit integerschecksum addition (1rsquos complement sum) of segment contentssender puts checksum value into UDP checksum field

Receivercompute checksum of received segmentcheck if computed checksum equals checksum field value

NO - error detectedYES - no error detected But maybe errors nonethelessMore later hellip

Goal detect ldquoerrorsrdquo (eg flipped bits) in transmitted segment

Transport Layer 3-18

Internet Checksum ExampleNote

When adding numbers a carryout from the most significant bit needs to be added to the result

Example add two 16-bit integers

1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 01 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1

1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1

1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 01 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1

wraparound

sumchecksum

10

Transport Layer 3-19

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-20

Principles of Reliable data transferimportant in app transport link layerstop-10 list of important networking topics

characteristics of unreliable channel will determine complexity of reliable data transfer protocol (rdt)

11

Transport Layer 3-21

Principles of Reliable data transferimportant in app transport link layerstop-10 list of important networking topics

characteristics of unreliable channel will determine complexity of reliable data transfer protocol (rdt)

Transport Layer 3-22

Principles of Reliable data transferimportant in app transport link layerstop-10 list of important networking topics

characteristics of unreliable channel will determine complexity of reliable data transfer protocol (rdt)

12

Transport Layer 3-23

Reliable data transfer getting started

sendside

receiveside

rdt_send() called from above (eg by app) Passed data to

deliver to receiver upper layer

udt_send() called by rdtto transfer packet over

unreliable channel to receiver

rdt_rcv() called when packet arrives on rcv-side of channel

deliver_data() called by rdt to deliver data to upper

Transport Layer 3-24

Reliable data transfer getting started

Wersquollincrementally develop sender receiver sides of reliable data transfer protocol (rdt)consider only unidirectional data transfer

but control info will flow on both directions

use finite state machines (FSM) to specify sender receiver

state1

state2

event causing state transitionactions taken on state transition

state when in this ldquostaterdquonext state uniquely determined by next

event

eventactions

13

Transport Layer 3-25

Rdt10 reliable transfer over a reliable channel

underlying channel perfectly reliableno bit errorsno loss of packets

separate FSMs for sender receiversender sends data into underlying channelreceiver read data from underlying channel

Wait for call from above packet = make_pkt(data)

udt_send(packet)

rdt_send(data)extract (packetdata)deliver_data(data)

Wait for call from

below

rdt_rcv(packet)

sender receiver

Transport Layer 3-26

Rdt20 channel with bit errors

underlying channel may flip bits in packetchecksum to detect bit errors

the question how to recover from errorsacknowledgements (ACKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt received OKnegative acknowledgements (NAKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt had errorssender retransmits pkt on receipt of NAK

new mechanisms in rdt20 (beyond rdt10)error detectionreceiver feedback control msgs (ACKNAK) rcvr-gtsender

14

Transport Layer 3-27

rdt20 FSM specification

Wait for call from above

snkpkt = make_pkt(data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)udt_send(ACK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampampisNAK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(NAK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Wait for ACK or

NAK

Wait for call from

belowsender

receiverrdt_send(data)

Λ

Transport Layer 3-28

rdt20 operation with no errors

Wait for call from above

snkpkt = make_pkt(data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)udt_send(ACK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampampisNAK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(NAK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Wait for ACK or

NAK

Wait for call from

below

rdt_send(data)

Λ

15

Transport Layer 3-29

rdt20 error scenario

Wait for call from above

snkpkt = make_pkt(data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)udt_send(ACK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampampisNAK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(NAK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Wait for ACK or

NAK

Wait for call from

below

rdt_send(data)

Λ

Transport Layer 3-30

rdt20 has a fatal flaw

What happens if ACKNAK corruptedsender doesnrsquot know what happened at receivercanrsquot just retransmit possible duplicate

Handling duplicates sender retransmits current pkt if ACKNAK garbledsender adds sequence numberto each pktreceiver discards (doesnrsquot deliver up) duplicate pkt

Sender sends one packet then waits for receiver response

stop and wait

16

Transport Layer 3-31

rdt21 sender handles garbled ACKNAKs

Wait for call 0 from

above

sndpkt = make_pkt(0 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_send(data)

Wait for ACK or NAK 0 udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||isNAK(rcvpkt) )

sndpkt = make_pkt(1 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_send(data)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||isNAK(rcvpkt) )

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

Wait forcall 1 from

above

Wait for ACK or NAK 1

ΛΛ

Transport Layer 3-32

rdt21 receiver handles garbled ACKNAKs

Wait for 0 from below

sndpkt = make_pkt(NAK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp not corrupt(rcvpkt) ampamphas_seq0(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp has_seq1(rcvpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

Wait for 1 from below

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp has_seq0(rcvpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp (corrupt(rcvpkt)

sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp not corrupt(rcvpkt) ampamphas_seq1(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp (corrupt(rcvpkt)

sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

sndpkt = make_pkt(NAK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

17

Transport Layer 3-33

rdt21 discussion

Senderseq added to pkttwo seq rsquos (01) will suffice Whymust check if received ACKNAK corrupted twice as many states

state must ldquorememberrdquowhether ldquocurrentrdquo pkt has 0 or 1 seq

Receivermust check if received packet is duplicate

state indicates whether 0 or 1 is expected pkt seq

note receiver can notknow if its last ACKNAK received OK at sender

Transport Layer 3-34

rdt22 a NAK-free protocol

same functionality as rdt21 using ACKs onlyinstead of NAK receiver sends ACK for last pkt received OK

receiver must explicitly include seq of pkt being ACKed

duplicate ACK at sender results in same action as NAK retransmit current pkt

18

Transport Layer 3-35

rdt22 sender receiver fragments

Wait for call 0 from

above

sndpkt = make_pkt(0 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_send(data)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||

isACK(rcvpkt1) )

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt0)

Wait for ACK

0sender FSM

fragment

Wait for 0 from below

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp has_seq1(rcvpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK1 chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp (corrupt(rcvpkt) ||

has_seq1(rcvpkt))

udt_send(sndpkt)receiver FSM

fragment

Λ

Transport Layer 3-36

rdt30 channels with errors and loss

New assumption underlying channel can also lose packets (data or ACKs)

checksum seq ACKs retransmissions will be of help but not enough

Approach sender waits ldquoreasonablerdquo amount of time for ACK retransmits if no ACK received in this timeif pkt (or ACK) just delayed (not lost)

retransmission will be duplicate but use of seq rsquos already handles thisreceiver must specify seq of pkt being ACKed

requires countdown timer

19

Transport Layer 3-37

rdt30 sendersndpkt = make_pkt(0 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

rdt_send(data)

Wait for

ACK0

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||isACK(rcvpkt1) )

Wait for call 1 from

above

sndpkt = make_pkt(1 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

rdt_send(data)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt0)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||isACK(rcvpkt0) )

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt1)

stop_timerstop_timer

udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

timeout

udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

timeout

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

Wait for call 0from

above

Wait for

ACK1

Λrdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

ΛΛ

Λ

Transport Layer 3-38

rdt30 in action

20

Transport Layer 3-39

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-40

Performance of rdt30

rdt30 works but performance stinksexample 1 Gbps link 15 ms e-e prop delay 1KB packet

Ttransmit = 8kbpkt109 bsec = 8 microsec

U sender utilization ndash fraction of time sender busy sending

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

L (packet length in bits)R (transmission rate bps) =

1KB pkt every 30 msec -gt 33kBsec thruput over 1 Gbps linknetwork protocol limits use of physical resources

21

Transport Layer 3-41

rdt30 stop-and-wait operation

first packet bit transmitted t = 0

sender receiver

RTT

last packet bit transmitted t = L R

first packet bit arriveslast packet bit arrives send ACK

ACK arrives send next packet t = RTT + L R

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

Transport Layer 3-42

Pipelined protocolsPipelining sender allows multiple ldquoin-flightrdquo yet-to-be-

acknowledged pktsrange of sequence numbers must be increasedbuffering at sender andor receiver

Two generic forms of pipelined protocols go-Back-N selective repeat

22

Transport Layer 3-43

Pipelining increased utilization

first packet bit transmitted t = 0

sender receiver

RTT

last bit transmitted t = L R

first packet bit arriveslast packet bit arrives send ACK

ACK arrives send next packet t = RTT + L R

last bit of 2nd packet arrives send ACKlast bit of 3rd packet arrives send ACK

U sender =

02430008

= 00008 3 L R RTT + L R

=

Increase utilizationby a factor of 3

Transport Layer 3-44

Go-Back-NSender

k-bit seq in pkt headerldquowindowrdquo of up to N consecutive unackrsquoed pkts allowed

ACK(n) ACKs all pkts up to including seq n - ldquocumulative ACKrdquomay receive duplicate ACKs (see receiver)

timer for each in-flight pkttimeout(n) retransmit pkt n and all higher seq pkts in window

23

Transport Layer 3-45

GBN sender extended FSM

Wait start_timerudt_send(sndpkt[base])udt_send(sndpkt[base+1])hellipudt_send(sndpkt[nextseqnum-1])

timeout

rdt_send(data)

if (nextseqnum lt base+N) sndpkt[nextseqnum] = make_pkt(nextseqnumdatachksum)udt_send(sndpkt[nextseqnum])if (base == nextseqnum)

start_timernextseqnum++

elserefuse_data(data)

base = getacknum(rcvpkt)+1If (base == nextseqnum)

stop_timerelsestart_timer

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

base=1nextseqnum=1

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Λ

Transport Layer 3-46

GBN receiver extended FSM

ACK-only always send ACK for correctly-received pkt with highest in-order seq

may generate duplicate ACKsneed only remember expectedseqnum

out-of-order pkt discard (donrsquot buffer) -gt no receiver bufferingRe-ACK pkt with highest in-order seq

Wait

udt_send(sndpkt)default

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)ampamp notcurrupt(rcvpkt)ampamp hasseqnum(rcvpktexpectedseqnum)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(expectedseqnumACKchksum)udt_send(sndpkt)expectedseqnum++

expectedseqnum=1sndpkt = make_pkt(expectedseqnumACKchksum)

Λ

24

Transport Layer 3-47

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-48

Selective Repeat

receiver individually acknowledges all correctly received pkts

buffers pkts as needed for eventual in-order delivery to upper layer

sender only resends pkts for which ACK not receivedsender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender windowN consecutive seq rsquosagain limits seq s of sent unACKed pkts

25

Transport Layer 3-49

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-50

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in window send pkt

timeout(n)resend pkt n restart timer

ACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as receivedif n smallest unACKed pkt advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n)out-of-order bufferin-order deliver (also deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)

otherwiseignore

receiver

26

Transport Layer 3-51

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenariosincorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

27

Transport Layer 3-53

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-54

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex databi-directional data flow in same connectionMSS maximum segment size

connection-orientedhandshaking (exchange of control msgs) initrsquos sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlledsender will not overwhelm receiver

point-to-pointone sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte steam

no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelinedTCP congestion and flow control set window size

send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

28

Transport Layer 3-55

TCP segment structure

source port dest port

32 bits

applicationdata

(variable length)

sequence numberacknowledgement number

Receive windowUrg data pnterchecksum

FSRPAUheadlen

notused

Options (variable length)

URG urgent data (generally not used)

ACK ACK valid

PSH push data now(generally not used)

RST SYN FINconnection estab(setup teardown

commands)

bytes rcvr willingto accept

countingby bytes of data(not segments)

Internetchecksum

(as in UDP)

Transport Layer 3-56

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquoof first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKsseq of next byte expected from other sidecumulative ACK

Q how receiver handles out-of-order segments

A TCP spec doesnrsquot say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Seq=42 ACK=79 data = lsquoCrsquo

Seq=79 ACK=43 data = lsquoCrsquo

Seq=43 ACK=80

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

29

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout valuelonger than RTT

but RTT variestoo short premature timeout

unnecessary retransmissions

too long slow reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTTSampleRTT measured time from segment transmission until ACK receipt

ignore retransmissionsSampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo

average several recent measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-58

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- α)EstimatedRTT + αSampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving averageinfluence of past sample decreases exponentially fasttypical value α = 0125

30

Transport Layer 3-59

Example RTT estimationRTT gaiacsumassedu to fantasiaeurecomfr

100

150

200

250

300

350

1 8 15 22 29 36 43 50 57 64 71 78 85 92 99 106

time (seconnds)

RTT

(mill

iseco

nds)

SampleRTT Estimated RTT

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeoutEstimtedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin

first estimate of how much SampleRTT deviates from EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

DevRTT = (1-β)DevRTT +β|SampleRTT-EstimatedRTT|

(typically β = 025)

Then set timeout interval

31

Transport Layer 3-61

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-62

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable servicePipelined segmentsCumulative acksTCP uses single retransmission timer

Retransmissions are triggered by

timeout eventsduplicate acks

Initially consider simplified TCP sender

ignore duplicate acksignore flow control congestion control

32

Transport Layer 3-63

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app

Create segment with seq seq is byte-stream number of first data byte in segmentstart timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unackedsegment)expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeoutretransmit segment that caused timeoutrestart timer

Ack rcvdIf acknowledges previously unackedsegments

update what is known to be ackedstart timer if there are outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-64

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNumif (timer currently not running)

start timerpass segment to IP NextSeqNum = NextSeqNum + length(data)

event timer timeoutretransmit not-yet-acknowledged segment with

smallest sequence numberstart timer

event ACK received with ACK field value of y if (y gt SendBase)

SendBase = yif (there are currently not-yet-acknowledged segments)

start timer

end of loop forever

Commentbull SendBase-1 last cumulatively ackrsquoed byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

33

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

Seq=100 20 bytes data

ACK=100

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=120

Seq=92 8 bytes data

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

ACK=120

Host A

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

Sendbase= 100

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

Seq=100 20 bytes data

ACK=120

time

SendBase= 120

34

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP ACK generation [RFC 1122 RFC 2581]

Event at Receiver

Arrival of in-order segment withexpected seq All data up toexpected seq already ACKed

Arrival of in-order segment withexpected seq One other segment has ACK pending

Arrival of out-of-order segmenthigher-than-expect seq Gap detected

Arrival of segment that partially or completely fills gap

TCP Receiver action

Delayed ACK Wait up to 500msfor next segment If no next segmentsend ACK

Immediately send single cumulative ACK ACKing both in-order segments

Immediately send duplicate ACK indicating seq of next expected byte

Immediate send ACK provided thatsegment startsat lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-68

Fast Retransmit

Time-out period often relatively long

long delay before resending lost packet

Detect lost segments via duplicate ACKs

Sender often sends many segments back-to-backIf segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

If sender receives 3 ACKsfor the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost

fast retransmit resend segment before timer expires

35

Transport Layer 3-69

event ACK received with ACK field value of y if (y gt SendBase)

SendBase = yif (there are currently not-yet-acknowledged segments)

start timer

else increment count of dup ACKs received for yif (count of dup ACKs received for y = 3)

resend segment with sequence number y

Fast retransmit algorithm

a duplicate ACK for already ACKed segment

fast retransmit

Transport Layer 3-70

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

36

Transport Layer 3-71

TCP Flow Control

receive side of TCP connection has a receive buffer

speed-matching service matching the send rate to the receiving apprsquos drain rate

app process may be slow at reading from buffer

sender wonrsquot overflowreceiverrsquos buffer by

transmitting too muchtoo fast

flow control

Transport Layer 3-72

TCP Flow control how it works

(Suppose TCP receiver discards out-of-order segments)spare room in buffer

= RcvWindow= RcvBuffer-[LastByteRcvd -

LastByteRead]

Rcvr advertises spare room by including value of RcvWindow in segmentsSender limits unACKeddata to RcvWindow

guarantees receive buffer doesnrsquot overflow

37

Transport Layer 3-73

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-74

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segmentsinitialize TCP variables

seq sbuffers flow control info (eg RcvWindow)

client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshake

Step 1 client host sends TCP SYN segment to server

specifies initial seq no data

Step 2 server host receives SYN replies with SYNACK segment

server allocates buffersspecifies server initial seq

Step 3 client receives SYNACK replies with ACK segment which may contain data

38

Transport Layer 3-75

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Closing a connection

client closes socketclientSocketclose()

Step 1 client end system sends TCP FIN control segment to server

Step 2 server receives FIN replies with ACK Closes connection sends FIN

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-76

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Step 3 client receives FIN replies with ACK

Enters ldquotimed waitrdquo - will respond with ACK to received FINs

Step 4 server receives ACK Connection closed

Note with small modification can handle simultaneous FINs

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

closing

closing

closed

tim

ed w

ait

closed

39

Transport Layer 3-77

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-78

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

40

Transport Layer 3-79

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestioninformally ldquotoo many sources sending too much data too fast for network to handlerdquodifferent from flow controlmanifestations

lost packets (buffer overflow at routers)long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-80

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receiversone router infinite buffers no retransmission

large delays when congestedmaximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

41

Transport Layer 3-81

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of lost packet

finite shared output link buffers

Host A λin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-82

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2always (goodput)

ldquoperfectrdquo retransmission only when loss

retransmission of delayed (not lost) packet makes larger (than perfect case) for same

λin

λout=

λin

λoutgtλ

inλout

ldquocostsrdquo of congestionmore work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquounneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

R2

R2λin

λ out

b

R2

R2λin

λ out

a

R2

R2λin

λ out

c

R4

R3

42

Transport Layer 3-83

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3four sendersmultihop pathstimeoutretransmit

λin

Q what happens as and increase λ

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

Another ldquocostrdquo of congestionwhen packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

λou

t

43

Transport Layer 3-85

Approaches towards congestion control

End-end congestion controlno explicit feedback from networkcongestion inferred from end-system observed loss delayapproach taken by TCP

Network-assisted congestion controlrouters provide feedback to end systems

single bit indicating congestion (SNA DECbit TCPIP ECN ATM)explicit rate sender should send at

Two broad approaches towards congestion control

Transport Layer 3-86

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rateldquoelastic servicerdquoif senderrsquos path ldquounderloadedrdquo

sender should use available bandwidth

if senderrsquos path congested sender throttled to minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cellssent by sender interspersed with data cellsbits in RM cell set by switches (ldquonetwork-assistedrdquo)

NI bit no increase in rate (mild congestion)CI bit congestion indication

RM cells returned to sender by receiver with bits intact

44

Transport Layer 3-87

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cellcongested switch may lower ER value in cellsenderrsquo send rate thus minimum supportable rate on path

EFCI bit in data cells set to 1 in congested switchif data cell preceding RM cell has EFCI set sender sets CI bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-88

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

45

Transport Layer 3-89

TCP congestion control additive increase multiplicative decrease

8 Kbytes

16 Kbytes

24 Kbytes

time

congestionwindow

Approach increase transmission rate (window size) probing for usable bandwidth until loss occurs

additive increase increase CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT until loss detectedmultiplicative decrease cut CongWin in half after loss

timecong

estio

n w

indo

w s

ize

Saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-90

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

le CongWin

Roughly

CongWin is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestionloss event = timeout or 3 duplicate acksTCP sender reduces rate (CongWin) after loss event

three mechanismsAIMDslow startconservative after timeout events

rate = CongWinRTT Bytessec

46

Transport Layer 3-91

TCP Slow Start

When connection begins CongWin = 1 MSS

Example MSS = 500 bytes amp RTT = 200 msecinitial rate = 20 kbps

available bandwidth may be gtgt MSSRTT

desirable to quickly ramp up to respectable rate

When connection begins increase rate exponentially fast until first loss event

Transport Layer 3-92

TCP Slow Start (more)

When connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event

double CongWin every RTTdone by incrementing CongWin for every ACK received

Summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

one segment

RTT

Host B

time

two segments

four segments

47

Transport Layer 3-93

RefinementQ When should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A When CongWin gets to 12 of its value before timeout

ImplementationVariable Threshold At loss event Threshold is set to 12 of CongWin just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-94

Refinement inferring loss

After 3 dup ACKsCongWin is cut in halfwindow then grows linearly

But after timeout eventCongWin instead set to 1 MSS window then grows exponentiallyto a threshold then grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments

timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquocongestion scenario

Philosophy

48

Transport Layer 3-95

Summary TCP Congestion Control

When CongWin is below Threshold sender in slow-start phase window grows exponentially

When CongWin is above Threshold sender is in congestion-avoidance phase window grows linearly

When a triple duplicate ACK occurs Threshold set to CongWin2 and CongWin set to Threshold

When timeout occurs Threshold set to CongWin2and CongWin is set to 1 MSS

Transport Layer 3-96

TCP sender congestion control

SS or CA

SS or CA

SS or CA

CongestionAvoidance (CA)

Slow Start (SS)

State

CongWin and Threshold not changed

Increment duplicate ACK count for segment being acked

Duplicate ACK

Enter slow startThreshold = CongWin2 CongWin = 1 MSSSet state to ldquoSlow Startrdquo

Timeout

Fast recovery implementing multiplicative decrease CongWin will not drop below 1 MSS

Threshold = CongWin2 CongWin = ThresholdSet state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

Loss event detected by triple duplicate ACK

Additive increase resulting in increase of CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT

CongWin = CongWin+MSS (MSSCongWin)

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

Resulting in a doubling of CongWin every RTT

CongWin = CongWin + MSS If (CongWin gt Threshold)

set state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

CommentaryTCP Sender Action Event

49

Transport Layer 3-97

TCP throughput

Whatrsquos the average throughout of TCP as a function of window size and RTT

Ignore slow start

Let W be the window size when loss occursWhen window is W throughput is WRTTJust after loss window drops to W2 throughput to W2RTT Average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Futures

Example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 GbpsthroughputRequires window size W = 83333 in-flight segmentsThroughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 WowNew versions of TCP for high-speed needed

LRTTMSSsdot221

50

Transport Layer 3-99

Fairness goal if K TCP sessions share same bottleneck link of bandwidth R each should have average rate of RK

TCP connection 1

bottleneckrouter

capacity R

TCP connection 2

TCP Fairness

Transport Layer 3-100

Why is TCP fairTwo competing sessions

Additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increasesmultiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

Conn

ecti

on 2

thr

ough

put

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

51

Transport Layer 3-101

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP

Multimedia apps often do not use TCP

do not want rate throttled by congestion control

Instead use UDPpump audiovideo at constant rate tolerate packet loss

Research area TCP friendly

Fairness and parallel TCP connectionsnothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hostsWeb browsers do this Example link of rate R supporting 9 cnctions

new app asks for 1 TCP gets rate R10new app asks for 11 TCPs gets R2

Transport Layer 3-102

Delay modeling

Q How long does it take to receive an object from a Web server after sending a request

Ignoring congestion delay is influenced byTCP connection establishmentdata transmission delayslow start

Notation assumptionsAssume one link between client and server of rate RS MSS (bits)O object size (bits)no retransmissions (no loss no corruption)

Window sizeFirst assume fixed congestion window W segmentsThen dynamic window

modeling slow start

52

Transport Layer 3-103

Fixed congestion window (1)

First caseWSR gt RTT + SR ACK for

first segment in window returns before windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR

Transport Layer 3-104

Fixed congestion window (2)

Second caseWSR lt RTT + SR wait for ACK after sending windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR+ (K-1)[SR + RTT - WSR]

53

Transport Layer 3-105

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (1)

Now suppose window grows according to slow start

Will show that the delay for one object is

RS

RSRTTP

RORTTLatency P )12(2 minusminus⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ +++=

where P is the number of times TCP idles at server

1min minus= KQP

- where Q is the number of times the server idlesif the object were of infinite size

- and K is the number of windows that cover the object

Transport Layer 3-106

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (2)

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Examplebull OS = 15 segmentsbull K = 4 windowsbull Q = 2bull P = minK-1Q = 2

Server idles P=2 times

Delay componentsbull 2 RTT for connection estab and requestbull OR to transmit objectbull time server idles due to slow start

Server idles P = minK-1Q times

54

Transport Layer 3-107

TCP Delay Modeling (3)

RS

RSRTTPRTT

RO

RSRTT

RSRTT

RO

idleTimeRTTRO

P

kP

k

P

pp

)12(][2

]2[2

2delay

1

1

1

minusminus+++=

minus+++=

++=

minus

=

=

sum

sum

th window after the timeidle 2 1 kRSRTT

RS k =⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ minus+

+minus

ementacknowledg receivesserver until

segment send tostartsserver whenfrom time=+ RTTRS

window kth the transmit totime2 1 =minus

RSk

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Transport Layer 3-108

TCP Delay Modeling (4)

⎥⎥⎤

⎢⎢⎡ +=

+ge=

geminus=

ge+++=

ge+++=minus

minus

)1(log

)1(logmin

12min

222min222min

2

2

110

110

SO

SOkk

SOk

SOkOSSSkK

k

k

k

L

L

Calculation of Q number of idles for infinite-size objectis similar (see HW)

Recall K = number of windows that cover object

How do we calculate K

55

Transport Layer 3-109

HTTP ModelingAssume Web page consists of

1 base HTML page (of size O bits)M images (each of size O bits)

Non-persistent HTTP M+1 TCP connections in seriesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (M+1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Persistent HTTP2 RTT to request and receive base HTML file1 RTT to request and receive M imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + 3RTT + sum of idle times

Non-persistent HTTP with X parallel connectionsSuppose MX integer1 TCP connection for base fileMX sets of parallel connections for imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (MX + 1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Transport Layer 3-110

02468

101214161820

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT = 100 msec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For low bandwidth connection amp response time dominated by transmission timePersistent connections only give minor improvement over parallelconnections

56

Transport Layer 3-111

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT =1 sec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For larger RTT response time dominated by TCP establishment amp slow start delays Persistent connections now give important improvement particularly in high delaybullbandwidth networks

Transport Layer 3-112

Chapter 3 Summaryprinciples behind transport layer services

multiplexing demultiplexingreliable data transferflow controlcongestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet

UDPTCP

Nextleaving the network ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)into the network ldquocorerdquo

Page 10: Chapter 3: Transport Layerpeople.ee.duke.edu/~krish/ECE156/Chapter3.pdf · Transport Layer 3-4 Transport vs. network layer network layer: logical communication between hosts transport

10

Transport Layer 3-19

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-20

Principles of Reliable data transferimportant in app transport link layerstop-10 list of important networking topics

characteristics of unreliable channel will determine complexity of reliable data transfer protocol (rdt)

11

Transport Layer 3-21

Principles of Reliable data transferimportant in app transport link layerstop-10 list of important networking topics

characteristics of unreliable channel will determine complexity of reliable data transfer protocol (rdt)

Transport Layer 3-22

Principles of Reliable data transferimportant in app transport link layerstop-10 list of important networking topics

characteristics of unreliable channel will determine complexity of reliable data transfer protocol (rdt)

12

Transport Layer 3-23

Reliable data transfer getting started

sendside

receiveside

rdt_send() called from above (eg by app) Passed data to

deliver to receiver upper layer

udt_send() called by rdtto transfer packet over

unreliable channel to receiver

rdt_rcv() called when packet arrives on rcv-side of channel

deliver_data() called by rdt to deliver data to upper

Transport Layer 3-24

Reliable data transfer getting started

Wersquollincrementally develop sender receiver sides of reliable data transfer protocol (rdt)consider only unidirectional data transfer

but control info will flow on both directions

use finite state machines (FSM) to specify sender receiver

state1

state2

event causing state transitionactions taken on state transition

state when in this ldquostaterdquonext state uniquely determined by next

event

eventactions

13

Transport Layer 3-25

Rdt10 reliable transfer over a reliable channel

underlying channel perfectly reliableno bit errorsno loss of packets

separate FSMs for sender receiversender sends data into underlying channelreceiver read data from underlying channel

Wait for call from above packet = make_pkt(data)

udt_send(packet)

rdt_send(data)extract (packetdata)deliver_data(data)

Wait for call from

below

rdt_rcv(packet)

sender receiver

Transport Layer 3-26

Rdt20 channel with bit errors

underlying channel may flip bits in packetchecksum to detect bit errors

the question how to recover from errorsacknowledgements (ACKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt received OKnegative acknowledgements (NAKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt had errorssender retransmits pkt on receipt of NAK

new mechanisms in rdt20 (beyond rdt10)error detectionreceiver feedback control msgs (ACKNAK) rcvr-gtsender

14

Transport Layer 3-27

rdt20 FSM specification

Wait for call from above

snkpkt = make_pkt(data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)udt_send(ACK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampampisNAK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(NAK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Wait for ACK or

NAK

Wait for call from

belowsender

receiverrdt_send(data)

Λ

Transport Layer 3-28

rdt20 operation with no errors

Wait for call from above

snkpkt = make_pkt(data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)udt_send(ACK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampampisNAK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(NAK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Wait for ACK or

NAK

Wait for call from

below

rdt_send(data)

Λ

15

Transport Layer 3-29

rdt20 error scenario

Wait for call from above

snkpkt = make_pkt(data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)udt_send(ACK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampampisNAK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(NAK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Wait for ACK or

NAK

Wait for call from

below

rdt_send(data)

Λ

Transport Layer 3-30

rdt20 has a fatal flaw

What happens if ACKNAK corruptedsender doesnrsquot know what happened at receivercanrsquot just retransmit possible duplicate

Handling duplicates sender retransmits current pkt if ACKNAK garbledsender adds sequence numberto each pktreceiver discards (doesnrsquot deliver up) duplicate pkt

Sender sends one packet then waits for receiver response

stop and wait

16

Transport Layer 3-31

rdt21 sender handles garbled ACKNAKs

Wait for call 0 from

above

sndpkt = make_pkt(0 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_send(data)

Wait for ACK or NAK 0 udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||isNAK(rcvpkt) )

sndpkt = make_pkt(1 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_send(data)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||isNAK(rcvpkt) )

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

Wait forcall 1 from

above

Wait for ACK or NAK 1

ΛΛ

Transport Layer 3-32

rdt21 receiver handles garbled ACKNAKs

Wait for 0 from below

sndpkt = make_pkt(NAK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp not corrupt(rcvpkt) ampamphas_seq0(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp has_seq1(rcvpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

Wait for 1 from below

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp has_seq0(rcvpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp (corrupt(rcvpkt)

sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp not corrupt(rcvpkt) ampamphas_seq1(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp (corrupt(rcvpkt)

sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

sndpkt = make_pkt(NAK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

17

Transport Layer 3-33

rdt21 discussion

Senderseq added to pkttwo seq rsquos (01) will suffice Whymust check if received ACKNAK corrupted twice as many states

state must ldquorememberrdquowhether ldquocurrentrdquo pkt has 0 or 1 seq

Receivermust check if received packet is duplicate

state indicates whether 0 or 1 is expected pkt seq

note receiver can notknow if its last ACKNAK received OK at sender

Transport Layer 3-34

rdt22 a NAK-free protocol

same functionality as rdt21 using ACKs onlyinstead of NAK receiver sends ACK for last pkt received OK

receiver must explicitly include seq of pkt being ACKed

duplicate ACK at sender results in same action as NAK retransmit current pkt

18

Transport Layer 3-35

rdt22 sender receiver fragments

Wait for call 0 from

above

sndpkt = make_pkt(0 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_send(data)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||

isACK(rcvpkt1) )

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt0)

Wait for ACK

0sender FSM

fragment

Wait for 0 from below

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp has_seq1(rcvpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK1 chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp (corrupt(rcvpkt) ||

has_seq1(rcvpkt))

udt_send(sndpkt)receiver FSM

fragment

Λ

Transport Layer 3-36

rdt30 channels with errors and loss

New assumption underlying channel can also lose packets (data or ACKs)

checksum seq ACKs retransmissions will be of help but not enough

Approach sender waits ldquoreasonablerdquo amount of time for ACK retransmits if no ACK received in this timeif pkt (or ACK) just delayed (not lost)

retransmission will be duplicate but use of seq rsquos already handles thisreceiver must specify seq of pkt being ACKed

requires countdown timer

19

Transport Layer 3-37

rdt30 sendersndpkt = make_pkt(0 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

rdt_send(data)

Wait for

ACK0

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||isACK(rcvpkt1) )

Wait for call 1 from

above

sndpkt = make_pkt(1 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

rdt_send(data)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt0)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||isACK(rcvpkt0) )

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt1)

stop_timerstop_timer

udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

timeout

udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

timeout

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

Wait for call 0from

above

Wait for

ACK1

Λrdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

ΛΛ

Λ

Transport Layer 3-38

rdt30 in action

20

Transport Layer 3-39

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-40

Performance of rdt30

rdt30 works but performance stinksexample 1 Gbps link 15 ms e-e prop delay 1KB packet

Ttransmit = 8kbpkt109 bsec = 8 microsec

U sender utilization ndash fraction of time sender busy sending

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

L (packet length in bits)R (transmission rate bps) =

1KB pkt every 30 msec -gt 33kBsec thruput over 1 Gbps linknetwork protocol limits use of physical resources

21

Transport Layer 3-41

rdt30 stop-and-wait operation

first packet bit transmitted t = 0

sender receiver

RTT

last packet bit transmitted t = L R

first packet bit arriveslast packet bit arrives send ACK

ACK arrives send next packet t = RTT + L R

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

Transport Layer 3-42

Pipelined protocolsPipelining sender allows multiple ldquoin-flightrdquo yet-to-be-

acknowledged pktsrange of sequence numbers must be increasedbuffering at sender andor receiver

Two generic forms of pipelined protocols go-Back-N selective repeat

22

Transport Layer 3-43

Pipelining increased utilization

first packet bit transmitted t = 0

sender receiver

RTT

last bit transmitted t = L R

first packet bit arriveslast packet bit arrives send ACK

ACK arrives send next packet t = RTT + L R

last bit of 2nd packet arrives send ACKlast bit of 3rd packet arrives send ACK

U sender =

02430008

= 00008 3 L R RTT + L R

=

Increase utilizationby a factor of 3

Transport Layer 3-44

Go-Back-NSender

k-bit seq in pkt headerldquowindowrdquo of up to N consecutive unackrsquoed pkts allowed

ACK(n) ACKs all pkts up to including seq n - ldquocumulative ACKrdquomay receive duplicate ACKs (see receiver)

timer for each in-flight pkttimeout(n) retransmit pkt n and all higher seq pkts in window

23

Transport Layer 3-45

GBN sender extended FSM

Wait start_timerudt_send(sndpkt[base])udt_send(sndpkt[base+1])hellipudt_send(sndpkt[nextseqnum-1])

timeout

rdt_send(data)

if (nextseqnum lt base+N) sndpkt[nextseqnum] = make_pkt(nextseqnumdatachksum)udt_send(sndpkt[nextseqnum])if (base == nextseqnum)

start_timernextseqnum++

elserefuse_data(data)

base = getacknum(rcvpkt)+1If (base == nextseqnum)

stop_timerelsestart_timer

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

base=1nextseqnum=1

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Λ

Transport Layer 3-46

GBN receiver extended FSM

ACK-only always send ACK for correctly-received pkt with highest in-order seq

may generate duplicate ACKsneed only remember expectedseqnum

out-of-order pkt discard (donrsquot buffer) -gt no receiver bufferingRe-ACK pkt with highest in-order seq

Wait

udt_send(sndpkt)default

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)ampamp notcurrupt(rcvpkt)ampamp hasseqnum(rcvpktexpectedseqnum)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(expectedseqnumACKchksum)udt_send(sndpkt)expectedseqnum++

expectedseqnum=1sndpkt = make_pkt(expectedseqnumACKchksum)

Λ

24

Transport Layer 3-47

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-48

Selective Repeat

receiver individually acknowledges all correctly received pkts

buffers pkts as needed for eventual in-order delivery to upper layer

sender only resends pkts for which ACK not receivedsender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender windowN consecutive seq rsquosagain limits seq s of sent unACKed pkts

25

Transport Layer 3-49

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-50

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in window send pkt

timeout(n)resend pkt n restart timer

ACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as receivedif n smallest unACKed pkt advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n)out-of-order bufferin-order deliver (also deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)

otherwiseignore

receiver

26

Transport Layer 3-51

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenariosincorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

27

Transport Layer 3-53

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-54

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex databi-directional data flow in same connectionMSS maximum segment size

connection-orientedhandshaking (exchange of control msgs) initrsquos sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlledsender will not overwhelm receiver

point-to-pointone sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte steam

no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelinedTCP congestion and flow control set window size

send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

28

Transport Layer 3-55

TCP segment structure

source port dest port

32 bits

applicationdata

(variable length)

sequence numberacknowledgement number

Receive windowUrg data pnterchecksum

FSRPAUheadlen

notused

Options (variable length)

URG urgent data (generally not used)

ACK ACK valid

PSH push data now(generally not used)

RST SYN FINconnection estab(setup teardown

commands)

bytes rcvr willingto accept

countingby bytes of data(not segments)

Internetchecksum

(as in UDP)

Transport Layer 3-56

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquoof first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKsseq of next byte expected from other sidecumulative ACK

Q how receiver handles out-of-order segments

A TCP spec doesnrsquot say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Seq=42 ACK=79 data = lsquoCrsquo

Seq=79 ACK=43 data = lsquoCrsquo

Seq=43 ACK=80

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

29

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout valuelonger than RTT

but RTT variestoo short premature timeout

unnecessary retransmissions

too long slow reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTTSampleRTT measured time from segment transmission until ACK receipt

ignore retransmissionsSampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo

average several recent measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-58

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- α)EstimatedRTT + αSampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving averageinfluence of past sample decreases exponentially fasttypical value α = 0125

30

Transport Layer 3-59

Example RTT estimationRTT gaiacsumassedu to fantasiaeurecomfr

100

150

200

250

300

350

1 8 15 22 29 36 43 50 57 64 71 78 85 92 99 106

time (seconnds)

RTT

(mill

iseco

nds)

SampleRTT Estimated RTT

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeoutEstimtedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin

first estimate of how much SampleRTT deviates from EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

DevRTT = (1-β)DevRTT +β|SampleRTT-EstimatedRTT|

(typically β = 025)

Then set timeout interval

31

Transport Layer 3-61

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-62

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable servicePipelined segmentsCumulative acksTCP uses single retransmission timer

Retransmissions are triggered by

timeout eventsduplicate acks

Initially consider simplified TCP sender

ignore duplicate acksignore flow control congestion control

32

Transport Layer 3-63

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app

Create segment with seq seq is byte-stream number of first data byte in segmentstart timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unackedsegment)expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeoutretransmit segment that caused timeoutrestart timer

Ack rcvdIf acknowledges previously unackedsegments

update what is known to be ackedstart timer if there are outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-64

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNumif (timer currently not running)

start timerpass segment to IP NextSeqNum = NextSeqNum + length(data)

event timer timeoutretransmit not-yet-acknowledged segment with

smallest sequence numberstart timer

event ACK received with ACK field value of y if (y gt SendBase)

SendBase = yif (there are currently not-yet-acknowledged segments)

start timer

end of loop forever

Commentbull SendBase-1 last cumulatively ackrsquoed byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

33

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

Seq=100 20 bytes data

ACK=100

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=120

Seq=92 8 bytes data

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

ACK=120

Host A

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

Sendbase= 100

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

Seq=100 20 bytes data

ACK=120

time

SendBase= 120

34

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP ACK generation [RFC 1122 RFC 2581]

Event at Receiver

Arrival of in-order segment withexpected seq All data up toexpected seq already ACKed

Arrival of in-order segment withexpected seq One other segment has ACK pending

Arrival of out-of-order segmenthigher-than-expect seq Gap detected

Arrival of segment that partially or completely fills gap

TCP Receiver action

Delayed ACK Wait up to 500msfor next segment If no next segmentsend ACK

Immediately send single cumulative ACK ACKing both in-order segments

Immediately send duplicate ACK indicating seq of next expected byte

Immediate send ACK provided thatsegment startsat lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-68

Fast Retransmit

Time-out period often relatively long

long delay before resending lost packet

Detect lost segments via duplicate ACKs

Sender often sends many segments back-to-backIf segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

If sender receives 3 ACKsfor the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost

fast retransmit resend segment before timer expires

35

Transport Layer 3-69

event ACK received with ACK field value of y if (y gt SendBase)

SendBase = yif (there are currently not-yet-acknowledged segments)

start timer

else increment count of dup ACKs received for yif (count of dup ACKs received for y = 3)

resend segment with sequence number y

Fast retransmit algorithm

a duplicate ACK for already ACKed segment

fast retransmit

Transport Layer 3-70

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

36

Transport Layer 3-71

TCP Flow Control

receive side of TCP connection has a receive buffer

speed-matching service matching the send rate to the receiving apprsquos drain rate

app process may be slow at reading from buffer

sender wonrsquot overflowreceiverrsquos buffer by

transmitting too muchtoo fast

flow control

Transport Layer 3-72

TCP Flow control how it works

(Suppose TCP receiver discards out-of-order segments)spare room in buffer

= RcvWindow= RcvBuffer-[LastByteRcvd -

LastByteRead]

Rcvr advertises spare room by including value of RcvWindow in segmentsSender limits unACKeddata to RcvWindow

guarantees receive buffer doesnrsquot overflow

37

Transport Layer 3-73

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-74

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segmentsinitialize TCP variables

seq sbuffers flow control info (eg RcvWindow)

client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshake

Step 1 client host sends TCP SYN segment to server

specifies initial seq no data

Step 2 server host receives SYN replies with SYNACK segment

server allocates buffersspecifies server initial seq

Step 3 client receives SYNACK replies with ACK segment which may contain data

38

Transport Layer 3-75

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Closing a connection

client closes socketclientSocketclose()

Step 1 client end system sends TCP FIN control segment to server

Step 2 server receives FIN replies with ACK Closes connection sends FIN

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-76

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Step 3 client receives FIN replies with ACK

Enters ldquotimed waitrdquo - will respond with ACK to received FINs

Step 4 server receives ACK Connection closed

Note with small modification can handle simultaneous FINs

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

closing

closing

closed

tim

ed w

ait

closed

39

Transport Layer 3-77

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-78

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

40

Transport Layer 3-79

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestioninformally ldquotoo many sources sending too much data too fast for network to handlerdquodifferent from flow controlmanifestations

lost packets (buffer overflow at routers)long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-80

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receiversone router infinite buffers no retransmission

large delays when congestedmaximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

41

Transport Layer 3-81

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of lost packet

finite shared output link buffers

Host A λin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-82

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2always (goodput)

ldquoperfectrdquo retransmission only when loss

retransmission of delayed (not lost) packet makes larger (than perfect case) for same

λin

λout=

λin

λoutgtλ

inλout

ldquocostsrdquo of congestionmore work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquounneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

R2

R2λin

λ out

b

R2

R2λin

λ out

a

R2

R2λin

λ out

c

R4

R3

42

Transport Layer 3-83

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3four sendersmultihop pathstimeoutretransmit

λin

Q what happens as and increase λ

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

Another ldquocostrdquo of congestionwhen packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

λou

t

43

Transport Layer 3-85

Approaches towards congestion control

End-end congestion controlno explicit feedback from networkcongestion inferred from end-system observed loss delayapproach taken by TCP

Network-assisted congestion controlrouters provide feedback to end systems

single bit indicating congestion (SNA DECbit TCPIP ECN ATM)explicit rate sender should send at

Two broad approaches towards congestion control

Transport Layer 3-86

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rateldquoelastic servicerdquoif senderrsquos path ldquounderloadedrdquo

sender should use available bandwidth

if senderrsquos path congested sender throttled to minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cellssent by sender interspersed with data cellsbits in RM cell set by switches (ldquonetwork-assistedrdquo)

NI bit no increase in rate (mild congestion)CI bit congestion indication

RM cells returned to sender by receiver with bits intact

44

Transport Layer 3-87

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cellcongested switch may lower ER value in cellsenderrsquo send rate thus minimum supportable rate on path

EFCI bit in data cells set to 1 in congested switchif data cell preceding RM cell has EFCI set sender sets CI bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-88

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

45

Transport Layer 3-89

TCP congestion control additive increase multiplicative decrease

8 Kbytes

16 Kbytes

24 Kbytes

time

congestionwindow

Approach increase transmission rate (window size) probing for usable bandwidth until loss occurs

additive increase increase CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT until loss detectedmultiplicative decrease cut CongWin in half after loss

timecong

estio

n w

indo

w s

ize

Saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-90

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

le CongWin

Roughly

CongWin is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestionloss event = timeout or 3 duplicate acksTCP sender reduces rate (CongWin) after loss event

three mechanismsAIMDslow startconservative after timeout events

rate = CongWinRTT Bytessec

46

Transport Layer 3-91

TCP Slow Start

When connection begins CongWin = 1 MSS

Example MSS = 500 bytes amp RTT = 200 msecinitial rate = 20 kbps

available bandwidth may be gtgt MSSRTT

desirable to quickly ramp up to respectable rate

When connection begins increase rate exponentially fast until first loss event

Transport Layer 3-92

TCP Slow Start (more)

When connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event

double CongWin every RTTdone by incrementing CongWin for every ACK received

Summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

one segment

RTT

Host B

time

two segments

four segments

47

Transport Layer 3-93

RefinementQ When should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A When CongWin gets to 12 of its value before timeout

ImplementationVariable Threshold At loss event Threshold is set to 12 of CongWin just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-94

Refinement inferring loss

After 3 dup ACKsCongWin is cut in halfwindow then grows linearly

But after timeout eventCongWin instead set to 1 MSS window then grows exponentiallyto a threshold then grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments

timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquocongestion scenario

Philosophy

48

Transport Layer 3-95

Summary TCP Congestion Control

When CongWin is below Threshold sender in slow-start phase window grows exponentially

When CongWin is above Threshold sender is in congestion-avoidance phase window grows linearly

When a triple duplicate ACK occurs Threshold set to CongWin2 and CongWin set to Threshold

When timeout occurs Threshold set to CongWin2and CongWin is set to 1 MSS

Transport Layer 3-96

TCP sender congestion control

SS or CA

SS or CA

SS or CA

CongestionAvoidance (CA)

Slow Start (SS)

State

CongWin and Threshold not changed

Increment duplicate ACK count for segment being acked

Duplicate ACK

Enter slow startThreshold = CongWin2 CongWin = 1 MSSSet state to ldquoSlow Startrdquo

Timeout

Fast recovery implementing multiplicative decrease CongWin will not drop below 1 MSS

Threshold = CongWin2 CongWin = ThresholdSet state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

Loss event detected by triple duplicate ACK

Additive increase resulting in increase of CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT

CongWin = CongWin+MSS (MSSCongWin)

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

Resulting in a doubling of CongWin every RTT

CongWin = CongWin + MSS If (CongWin gt Threshold)

set state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

CommentaryTCP Sender Action Event

49

Transport Layer 3-97

TCP throughput

Whatrsquos the average throughout of TCP as a function of window size and RTT

Ignore slow start

Let W be the window size when loss occursWhen window is W throughput is WRTTJust after loss window drops to W2 throughput to W2RTT Average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Futures

Example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 GbpsthroughputRequires window size W = 83333 in-flight segmentsThroughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 WowNew versions of TCP for high-speed needed

LRTTMSSsdot221

50

Transport Layer 3-99

Fairness goal if K TCP sessions share same bottleneck link of bandwidth R each should have average rate of RK

TCP connection 1

bottleneckrouter

capacity R

TCP connection 2

TCP Fairness

Transport Layer 3-100

Why is TCP fairTwo competing sessions

Additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increasesmultiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

Conn

ecti

on 2

thr

ough

put

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

51

Transport Layer 3-101

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP

Multimedia apps often do not use TCP

do not want rate throttled by congestion control

Instead use UDPpump audiovideo at constant rate tolerate packet loss

Research area TCP friendly

Fairness and parallel TCP connectionsnothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hostsWeb browsers do this Example link of rate R supporting 9 cnctions

new app asks for 1 TCP gets rate R10new app asks for 11 TCPs gets R2

Transport Layer 3-102

Delay modeling

Q How long does it take to receive an object from a Web server after sending a request

Ignoring congestion delay is influenced byTCP connection establishmentdata transmission delayslow start

Notation assumptionsAssume one link between client and server of rate RS MSS (bits)O object size (bits)no retransmissions (no loss no corruption)

Window sizeFirst assume fixed congestion window W segmentsThen dynamic window

modeling slow start

52

Transport Layer 3-103

Fixed congestion window (1)

First caseWSR gt RTT + SR ACK for

first segment in window returns before windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR

Transport Layer 3-104

Fixed congestion window (2)

Second caseWSR lt RTT + SR wait for ACK after sending windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR+ (K-1)[SR + RTT - WSR]

53

Transport Layer 3-105

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (1)

Now suppose window grows according to slow start

Will show that the delay for one object is

RS

RSRTTP

RORTTLatency P )12(2 minusminus⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ +++=

where P is the number of times TCP idles at server

1min minus= KQP

- where Q is the number of times the server idlesif the object were of infinite size

- and K is the number of windows that cover the object

Transport Layer 3-106

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (2)

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Examplebull OS = 15 segmentsbull K = 4 windowsbull Q = 2bull P = minK-1Q = 2

Server idles P=2 times

Delay componentsbull 2 RTT for connection estab and requestbull OR to transmit objectbull time server idles due to slow start

Server idles P = minK-1Q times

54

Transport Layer 3-107

TCP Delay Modeling (3)

RS

RSRTTPRTT

RO

RSRTT

RSRTT

RO

idleTimeRTTRO

P

kP

k

P

pp

)12(][2

]2[2

2delay

1

1

1

minusminus+++=

minus+++=

++=

minus

=

=

sum

sum

th window after the timeidle 2 1 kRSRTT

RS k =⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ minus+

+minus

ementacknowledg receivesserver until

segment send tostartsserver whenfrom time=+ RTTRS

window kth the transmit totime2 1 =minus

RSk

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Transport Layer 3-108

TCP Delay Modeling (4)

⎥⎥⎤

⎢⎢⎡ +=

+ge=

geminus=

ge+++=

ge+++=minus

minus

)1(log

)1(logmin

12min

222min222min

2

2

110

110

SO

SOkk

SOk

SOkOSSSkK

k

k

k

L

L

Calculation of Q number of idles for infinite-size objectis similar (see HW)

Recall K = number of windows that cover object

How do we calculate K

55

Transport Layer 3-109

HTTP ModelingAssume Web page consists of

1 base HTML page (of size O bits)M images (each of size O bits)

Non-persistent HTTP M+1 TCP connections in seriesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (M+1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Persistent HTTP2 RTT to request and receive base HTML file1 RTT to request and receive M imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + 3RTT + sum of idle times

Non-persistent HTTP with X parallel connectionsSuppose MX integer1 TCP connection for base fileMX sets of parallel connections for imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (MX + 1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Transport Layer 3-110

02468

101214161820

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT = 100 msec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For low bandwidth connection amp response time dominated by transmission timePersistent connections only give minor improvement over parallelconnections

56

Transport Layer 3-111

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT =1 sec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For larger RTT response time dominated by TCP establishment amp slow start delays Persistent connections now give important improvement particularly in high delaybullbandwidth networks

Transport Layer 3-112

Chapter 3 Summaryprinciples behind transport layer services

multiplexing demultiplexingreliable data transferflow controlcongestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet

UDPTCP

Nextleaving the network ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)into the network ldquocorerdquo

Page 11: Chapter 3: Transport Layerpeople.ee.duke.edu/~krish/ECE156/Chapter3.pdf · Transport Layer 3-4 Transport vs. network layer network layer: logical communication between hosts transport

11

Transport Layer 3-21

Principles of Reliable data transferimportant in app transport link layerstop-10 list of important networking topics

characteristics of unreliable channel will determine complexity of reliable data transfer protocol (rdt)

Transport Layer 3-22

Principles of Reliable data transferimportant in app transport link layerstop-10 list of important networking topics

characteristics of unreliable channel will determine complexity of reliable data transfer protocol (rdt)

12

Transport Layer 3-23

Reliable data transfer getting started

sendside

receiveside

rdt_send() called from above (eg by app) Passed data to

deliver to receiver upper layer

udt_send() called by rdtto transfer packet over

unreliable channel to receiver

rdt_rcv() called when packet arrives on rcv-side of channel

deliver_data() called by rdt to deliver data to upper

Transport Layer 3-24

Reliable data transfer getting started

Wersquollincrementally develop sender receiver sides of reliable data transfer protocol (rdt)consider only unidirectional data transfer

but control info will flow on both directions

use finite state machines (FSM) to specify sender receiver

state1

state2

event causing state transitionactions taken on state transition

state when in this ldquostaterdquonext state uniquely determined by next

event

eventactions

13

Transport Layer 3-25

Rdt10 reliable transfer over a reliable channel

underlying channel perfectly reliableno bit errorsno loss of packets

separate FSMs for sender receiversender sends data into underlying channelreceiver read data from underlying channel

Wait for call from above packet = make_pkt(data)

udt_send(packet)

rdt_send(data)extract (packetdata)deliver_data(data)

Wait for call from

below

rdt_rcv(packet)

sender receiver

Transport Layer 3-26

Rdt20 channel with bit errors

underlying channel may flip bits in packetchecksum to detect bit errors

the question how to recover from errorsacknowledgements (ACKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt received OKnegative acknowledgements (NAKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt had errorssender retransmits pkt on receipt of NAK

new mechanisms in rdt20 (beyond rdt10)error detectionreceiver feedback control msgs (ACKNAK) rcvr-gtsender

14

Transport Layer 3-27

rdt20 FSM specification

Wait for call from above

snkpkt = make_pkt(data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)udt_send(ACK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampampisNAK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(NAK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Wait for ACK or

NAK

Wait for call from

belowsender

receiverrdt_send(data)

Λ

Transport Layer 3-28

rdt20 operation with no errors

Wait for call from above

snkpkt = make_pkt(data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)udt_send(ACK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampampisNAK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(NAK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Wait for ACK or

NAK

Wait for call from

below

rdt_send(data)

Λ

15

Transport Layer 3-29

rdt20 error scenario

Wait for call from above

snkpkt = make_pkt(data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)udt_send(ACK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampampisNAK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(NAK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Wait for ACK or

NAK

Wait for call from

below

rdt_send(data)

Λ

Transport Layer 3-30

rdt20 has a fatal flaw

What happens if ACKNAK corruptedsender doesnrsquot know what happened at receivercanrsquot just retransmit possible duplicate

Handling duplicates sender retransmits current pkt if ACKNAK garbledsender adds sequence numberto each pktreceiver discards (doesnrsquot deliver up) duplicate pkt

Sender sends one packet then waits for receiver response

stop and wait

16

Transport Layer 3-31

rdt21 sender handles garbled ACKNAKs

Wait for call 0 from

above

sndpkt = make_pkt(0 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_send(data)

Wait for ACK or NAK 0 udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||isNAK(rcvpkt) )

sndpkt = make_pkt(1 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_send(data)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||isNAK(rcvpkt) )

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

Wait forcall 1 from

above

Wait for ACK or NAK 1

ΛΛ

Transport Layer 3-32

rdt21 receiver handles garbled ACKNAKs

Wait for 0 from below

sndpkt = make_pkt(NAK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp not corrupt(rcvpkt) ampamphas_seq0(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp has_seq1(rcvpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

Wait for 1 from below

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp has_seq0(rcvpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp (corrupt(rcvpkt)

sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp not corrupt(rcvpkt) ampamphas_seq1(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp (corrupt(rcvpkt)

sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

sndpkt = make_pkt(NAK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

17

Transport Layer 3-33

rdt21 discussion

Senderseq added to pkttwo seq rsquos (01) will suffice Whymust check if received ACKNAK corrupted twice as many states

state must ldquorememberrdquowhether ldquocurrentrdquo pkt has 0 or 1 seq

Receivermust check if received packet is duplicate

state indicates whether 0 or 1 is expected pkt seq

note receiver can notknow if its last ACKNAK received OK at sender

Transport Layer 3-34

rdt22 a NAK-free protocol

same functionality as rdt21 using ACKs onlyinstead of NAK receiver sends ACK for last pkt received OK

receiver must explicitly include seq of pkt being ACKed

duplicate ACK at sender results in same action as NAK retransmit current pkt

18

Transport Layer 3-35

rdt22 sender receiver fragments

Wait for call 0 from

above

sndpkt = make_pkt(0 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_send(data)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||

isACK(rcvpkt1) )

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt0)

Wait for ACK

0sender FSM

fragment

Wait for 0 from below

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp has_seq1(rcvpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK1 chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp (corrupt(rcvpkt) ||

has_seq1(rcvpkt))

udt_send(sndpkt)receiver FSM

fragment

Λ

Transport Layer 3-36

rdt30 channels with errors and loss

New assumption underlying channel can also lose packets (data or ACKs)

checksum seq ACKs retransmissions will be of help but not enough

Approach sender waits ldquoreasonablerdquo amount of time for ACK retransmits if no ACK received in this timeif pkt (or ACK) just delayed (not lost)

retransmission will be duplicate but use of seq rsquos already handles thisreceiver must specify seq of pkt being ACKed

requires countdown timer

19

Transport Layer 3-37

rdt30 sendersndpkt = make_pkt(0 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

rdt_send(data)

Wait for

ACK0

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||isACK(rcvpkt1) )

Wait for call 1 from

above

sndpkt = make_pkt(1 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

rdt_send(data)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt0)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||isACK(rcvpkt0) )

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt1)

stop_timerstop_timer

udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

timeout

udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

timeout

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

Wait for call 0from

above

Wait for

ACK1

Λrdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

ΛΛ

Λ

Transport Layer 3-38

rdt30 in action

20

Transport Layer 3-39

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-40

Performance of rdt30

rdt30 works but performance stinksexample 1 Gbps link 15 ms e-e prop delay 1KB packet

Ttransmit = 8kbpkt109 bsec = 8 microsec

U sender utilization ndash fraction of time sender busy sending

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

L (packet length in bits)R (transmission rate bps) =

1KB pkt every 30 msec -gt 33kBsec thruput over 1 Gbps linknetwork protocol limits use of physical resources

21

Transport Layer 3-41

rdt30 stop-and-wait operation

first packet bit transmitted t = 0

sender receiver

RTT

last packet bit transmitted t = L R

first packet bit arriveslast packet bit arrives send ACK

ACK arrives send next packet t = RTT + L R

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

Transport Layer 3-42

Pipelined protocolsPipelining sender allows multiple ldquoin-flightrdquo yet-to-be-

acknowledged pktsrange of sequence numbers must be increasedbuffering at sender andor receiver

Two generic forms of pipelined protocols go-Back-N selective repeat

22

Transport Layer 3-43

Pipelining increased utilization

first packet bit transmitted t = 0

sender receiver

RTT

last bit transmitted t = L R

first packet bit arriveslast packet bit arrives send ACK

ACK arrives send next packet t = RTT + L R

last bit of 2nd packet arrives send ACKlast bit of 3rd packet arrives send ACK

U sender =

02430008

= 00008 3 L R RTT + L R

=

Increase utilizationby a factor of 3

Transport Layer 3-44

Go-Back-NSender

k-bit seq in pkt headerldquowindowrdquo of up to N consecutive unackrsquoed pkts allowed

ACK(n) ACKs all pkts up to including seq n - ldquocumulative ACKrdquomay receive duplicate ACKs (see receiver)

timer for each in-flight pkttimeout(n) retransmit pkt n and all higher seq pkts in window

23

Transport Layer 3-45

GBN sender extended FSM

Wait start_timerudt_send(sndpkt[base])udt_send(sndpkt[base+1])hellipudt_send(sndpkt[nextseqnum-1])

timeout

rdt_send(data)

if (nextseqnum lt base+N) sndpkt[nextseqnum] = make_pkt(nextseqnumdatachksum)udt_send(sndpkt[nextseqnum])if (base == nextseqnum)

start_timernextseqnum++

elserefuse_data(data)

base = getacknum(rcvpkt)+1If (base == nextseqnum)

stop_timerelsestart_timer

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

base=1nextseqnum=1

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Λ

Transport Layer 3-46

GBN receiver extended FSM

ACK-only always send ACK for correctly-received pkt with highest in-order seq

may generate duplicate ACKsneed only remember expectedseqnum

out-of-order pkt discard (donrsquot buffer) -gt no receiver bufferingRe-ACK pkt with highest in-order seq

Wait

udt_send(sndpkt)default

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)ampamp notcurrupt(rcvpkt)ampamp hasseqnum(rcvpktexpectedseqnum)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(expectedseqnumACKchksum)udt_send(sndpkt)expectedseqnum++

expectedseqnum=1sndpkt = make_pkt(expectedseqnumACKchksum)

Λ

24

Transport Layer 3-47

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-48

Selective Repeat

receiver individually acknowledges all correctly received pkts

buffers pkts as needed for eventual in-order delivery to upper layer

sender only resends pkts for which ACK not receivedsender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender windowN consecutive seq rsquosagain limits seq s of sent unACKed pkts

25

Transport Layer 3-49

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-50

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in window send pkt

timeout(n)resend pkt n restart timer

ACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as receivedif n smallest unACKed pkt advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n)out-of-order bufferin-order deliver (also deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)

otherwiseignore

receiver

26

Transport Layer 3-51

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenariosincorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

27

Transport Layer 3-53

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-54

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex databi-directional data flow in same connectionMSS maximum segment size

connection-orientedhandshaking (exchange of control msgs) initrsquos sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlledsender will not overwhelm receiver

point-to-pointone sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte steam

no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelinedTCP congestion and flow control set window size

send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

28

Transport Layer 3-55

TCP segment structure

source port dest port

32 bits

applicationdata

(variable length)

sequence numberacknowledgement number

Receive windowUrg data pnterchecksum

FSRPAUheadlen

notused

Options (variable length)

URG urgent data (generally not used)

ACK ACK valid

PSH push data now(generally not used)

RST SYN FINconnection estab(setup teardown

commands)

bytes rcvr willingto accept

countingby bytes of data(not segments)

Internetchecksum

(as in UDP)

Transport Layer 3-56

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquoof first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKsseq of next byte expected from other sidecumulative ACK

Q how receiver handles out-of-order segments

A TCP spec doesnrsquot say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Seq=42 ACK=79 data = lsquoCrsquo

Seq=79 ACK=43 data = lsquoCrsquo

Seq=43 ACK=80

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

29

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout valuelonger than RTT

but RTT variestoo short premature timeout

unnecessary retransmissions

too long slow reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTTSampleRTT measured time from segment transmission until ACK receipt

ignore retransmissionsSampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo

average several recent measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-58

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- α)EstimatedRTT + αSampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving averageinfluence of past sample decreases exponentially fasttypical value α = 0125

30

Transport Layer 3-59

Example RTT estimationRTT gaiacsumassedu to fantasiaeurecomfr

100

150

200

250

300

350

1 8 15 22 29 36 43 50 57 64 71 78 85 92 99 106

time (seconnds)

RTT

(mill

iseco

nds)

SampleRTT Estimated RTT

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeoutEstimtedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin

first estimate of how much SampleRTT deviates from EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

DevRTT = (1-β)DevRTT +β|SampleRTT-EstimatedRTT|

(typically β = 025)

Then set timeout interval

31

Transport Layer 3-61

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-62

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable servicePipelined segmentsCumulative acksTCP uses single retransmission timer

Retransmissions are triggered by

timeout eventsduplicate acks

Initially consider simplified TCP sender

ignore duplicate acksignore flow control congestion control

32

Transport Layer 3-63

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app

Create segment with seq seq is byte-stream number of first data byte in segmentstart timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unackedsegment)expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeoutretransmit segment that caused timeoutrestart timer

Ack rcvdIf acknowledges previously unackedsegments

update what is known to be ackedstart timer if there are outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-64

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNumif (timer currently not running)

start timerpass segment to IP NextSeqNum = NextSeqNum + length(data)

event timer timeoutretransmit not-yet-acknowledged segment with

smallest sequence numberstart timer

event ACK received with ACK field value of y if (y gt SendBase)

SendBase = yif (there are currently not-yet-acknowledged segments)

start timer

end of loop forever

Commentbull SendBase-1 last cumulatively ackrsquoed byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

33

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

Seq=100 20 bytes data

ACK=100

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=120

Seq=92 8 bytes data

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

ACK=120

Host A

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

Sendbase= 100

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

Seq=100 20 bytes data

ACK=120

time

SendBase= 120

34

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP ACK generation [RFC 1122 RFC 2581]

Event at Receiver

Arrival of in-order segment withexpected seq All data up toexpected seq already ACKed

Arrival of in-order segment withexpected seq One other segment has ACK pending

Arrival of out-of-order segmenthigher-than-expect seq Gap detected

Arrival of segment that partially or completely fills gap

TCP Receiver action

Delayed ACK Wait up to 500msfor next segment If no next segmentsend ACK

Immediately send single cumulative ACK ACKing both in-order segments

Immediately send duplicate ACK indicating seq of next expected byte

Immediate send ACK provided thatsegment startsat lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-68

Fast Retransmit

Time-out period often relatively long

long delay before resending lost packet

Detect lost segments via duplicate ACKs

Sender often sends many segments back-to-backIf segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

If sender receives 3 ACKsfor the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost

fast retransmit resend segment before timer expires

35

Transport Layer 3-69

event ACK received with ACK field value of y if (y gt SendBase)

SendBase = yif (there are currently not-yet-acknowledged segments)

start timer

else increment count of dup ACKs received for yif (count of dup ACKs received for y = 3)

resend segment with sequence number y

Fast retransmit algorithm

a duplicate ACK for already ACKed segment

fast retransmit

Transport Layer 3-70

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

36

Transport Layer 3-71

TCP Flow Control

receive side of TCP connection has a receive buffer

speed-matching service matching the send rate to the receiving apprsquos drain rate

app process may be slow at reading from buffer

sender wonrsquot overflowreceiverrsquos buffer by

transmitting too muchtoo fast

flow control

Transport Layer 3-72

TCP Flow control how it works

(Suppose TCP receiver discards out-of-order segments)spare room in buffer

= RcvWindow= RcvBuffer-[LastByteRcvd -

LastByteRead]

Rcvr advertises spare room by including value of RcvWindow in segmentsSender limits unACKeddata to RcvWindow

guarantees receive buffer doesnrsquot overflow

37

Transport Layer 3-73

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-74

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segmentsinitialize TCP variables

seq sbuffers flow control info (eg RcvWindow)

client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshake

Step 1 client host sends TCP SYN segment to server

specifies initial seq no data

Step 2 server host receives SYN replies with SYNACK segment

server allocates buffersspecifies server initial seq

Step 3 client receives SYNACK replies with ACK segment which may contain data

38

Transport Layer 3-75

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Closing a connection

client closes socketclientSocketclose()

Step 1 client end system sends TCP FIN control segment to server

Step 2 server receives FIN replies with ACK Closes connection sends FIN

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-76

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Step 3 client receives FIN replies with ACK

Enters ldquotimed waitrdquo - will respond with ACK to received FINs

Step 4 server receives ACK Connection closed

Note with small modification can handle simultaneous FINs

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

closing

closing

closed

tim

ed w

ait

closed

39

Transport Layer 3-77

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-78

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

40

Transport Layer 3-79

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestioninformally ldquotoo many sources sending too much data too fast for network to handlerdquodifferent from flow controlmanifestations

lost packets (buffer overflow at routers)long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-80

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receiversone router infinite buffers no retransmission

large delays when congestedmaximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

41

Transport Layer 3-81

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of lost packet

finite shared output link buffers

Host A λin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-82

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2always (goodput)

ldquoperfectrdquo retransmission only when loss

retransmission of delayed (not lost) packet makes larger (than perfect case) for same

λin

λout=

λin

λoutgtλ

inλout

ldquocostsrdquo of congestionmore work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquounneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

R2

R2λin

λ out

b

R2

R2λin

λ out

a

R2

R2λin

λ out

c

R4

R3

42

Transport Layer 3-83

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3four sendersmultihop pathstimeoutretransmit

λin

Q what happens as and increase λ

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

Another ldquocostrdquo of congestionwhen packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

λou

t

43

Transport Layer 3-85

Approaches towards congestion control

End-end congestion controlno explicit feedback from networkcongestion inferred from end-system observed loss delayapproach taken by TCP

Network-assisted congestion controlrouters provide feedback to end systems

single bit indicating congestion (SNA DECbit TCPIP ECN ATM)explicit rate sender should send at

Two broad approaches towards congestion control

Transport Layer 3-86

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rateldquoelastic servicerdquoif senderrsquos path ldquounderloadedrdquo

sender should use available bandwidth

if senderrsquos path congested sender throttled to minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cellssent by sender interspersed with data cellsbits in RM cell set by switches (ldquonetwork-assistedrdquo)

NI bit no increase in rate (mild congestion)CI bit congestion indication

RM cells returned to sender by receiver with bits intact

44

Transport Layer 3-87

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cellcongested switch may lower ER value in cellsenderrsquo send rate thus minimum supportable rate on path

EFCI bit in data cells set to 1 in congested switchif data cell preceding RM cell has EFCI set sender sets CI bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-88

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

45

Transport Layer 3-89

TCP congestion control additive increase multiplicative decrease

8 Kbytes

16 Kbytes

24 Kbytes

time

congestionwindow

Approach increase transmission rate (window size) probing for usable bandwidth until loss occurs

additive increase increase CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT until loss detectedmultiplicative decrease cut CongWin in half after loss

timecong

estio

n w

indo

w s

ize

Saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-90

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

le CongWin

Roughly

CongWin is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestionloss event = timeout or 3 duplicate acksTCP sender reduces rate (CongWin) after loss event

three mechanismsAIMDslow startconservative after timeout events

rate = CongWinRTT Bytessec

46

Transport Layer 3-91

TCP Slow Start

When connection begins CongWin = 1 MSS

Example MSS = 500 bytes amp RTT = 200 msecinitial rate = 20 kbps

available bandwidth may be gtgt MSSRTT

desirable to quickly ramp up to respectable rate

When connection begins increase rate exponentially fast until first loss event

Transport Layer 3-92

TCP Slow Start (more)

When connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event

double CongWin every RTTdone by incrementing CongWin for every ACK received

Summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

one segment

RTT

Host B

time

two segments

four segments

47

Transport Layer 3-93

RefinementQ When should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A When CongWin gets to 12 of its value before timeout

ImplementationVariable Threshold At loss event Threshold is set to 12 of CongWin just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-94

Refinement inferring loss

After 3 dup ACKsCongWin is cut in halfwindow then grows linearly

But after timeout eventCongWin instead set to 1 MSS window then grows exponentiallyto a threshold then grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments

timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquocongestion scenario

Philosophy

48

Transport Layer 3-95

Summary TCP Congestion Control

When CongWin is below Threshold sender in slow-start phase window grows exponentially

When CongWin is above Threshold sender is in congestion-avoidance phase window grows linearly

When a triple duplicate ACK occurs Threshold set to CongWin2 and CongWin set to Threshold

When timeout occurs Threshold set to CongWin2and CongWin is set to 1 MSS

Transport Layer 3-96

TCP sender congestion control

SS or CA

SS or CA

SS or CA

CongestionAvoidance (CA)

Slow Start (SS)

State

CongWin and Threshold not changed

Increment duplicate ACK count for segment being acked

Duplicate ACK

Enter slow startThreshold = CongWin2 CongWin = 1 MSSSet state to ldquoSlow Startrdquo

Timeout

Fast recovery implementing multiplicative decrease CongWin will not drop below 1 MSS

Threshold = CongWin2 CongWin = ThresholdSet state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

Loss event detected by triple duplicate ACK

Additive increase resulting in increase of CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT

CongWin = CongWin+MSS (MSSCongWin)

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

Resulting in a doubling of CongWin every RTT

CongWin = CongWin + MSS If (CongWin gt Threshold)

set state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

CommentaryTCP Sender Action Event

49

Transport Layer 3-97

TCP throughput

Whatrsquos the average throughout of TCP as a function of window size and RTT

Ignore slow start

Let W be the window size when loss occursWhen window is W throughput is WRTTJust after loss window drops to W2 throughput to W2RTT Average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Futures

Example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 GbpsthroughputRequires window size W = 83333 in-flight segmentsThroughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 WowNew versions of TCP for high-speed needed

LRTTMSSsdot221

50

Transport Layer 3-99

Fairness goal if K TCP sessions share same bottleneck link of bandwidth R each should have average rate of RK

TCP connection 1

bottleneckrouter

capacity R

TCP connection 2

TCP Fairness

Transport Layer 3-100

Why is TCP fairTwo competing sessions

Additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increasesmultiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

Conn

ecti

on 2

thr

ough

put

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

51

Transport Layer 3-101

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP

Multimedia apps often do not use TCP

do not want rate throttled by congestion control

Instead use UDPpump audiovideo at constant rate tolerate packet loss

Research area TCP friendly

Fairness and parallel TCP connectionsnothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hostsWeb browsers do this Example link of rate R supporting 9 cnctions

new app asks for 1 TCP gets rate R10new app asks for 11 TCPs gets R2

Transport Layer 3-102

Delay modeling

Q How long does it take to receive an object from a Web server after sending a request

Ignoring congestion delay is influenced byTCP connection establishmentdata transmission delayslow start

Notation assumptionsAssume one link between client and server of rate RS MSS (bits)O object size (bits)no retransmissions (no loss no corruption)

Window sizeFirst assume fixed congestion window W segmentsThen dynamic window

modeling slow start

52

Transport Layer 3-103

Fixed congestion window (1)

First caseWSR gt RTT + SR ACK for

first segment in window returns before windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR

Transport Layer 3-104

Fixed congestion window (2)

Second caseWSR lt RTT + SR wait for ACK after sending windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR+ (K-1)[SR + RTT - WSR]

53

Transport Layer 3-105

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (1)

Now suppose window grows according to slow start

Will show that the delay for one object is

RS

RSRTTP

RORTTLatency P )12(2 minusminus⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ +++=

where P is the number of times TCP idles at server

1min minus= KQP

- where Q is the number of times the server idlesif the object were of infinite size

- and K is the number of windows that cover the object

Transport Layer 3-106

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (2)

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Examplebull OS = 15 segmentsbull K = 4 windowsbull Q = 2bull P = minK-1Q = 2

Server idles P=2 times

Delay componentsbull 2 RTT for connection estab and requestbull OR to transmit objectbull time server idles due to slow start

Server idles P = minK-1Q times

54

Transport Layer 3-107

TCP Delay Modeling (3)

RS

RSRTTPRTT

RO

RSRTT

RSRTT

RO

idleTimeRTTRO

P

kP

k

P

pp

)12(][2

]2[2

2delay

1

1

1

minusminus+++=

minus+++=

++=

minus

=

=

sum

sum

th window after the timeidle 2 1 kRSRTT

RS k =⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ minus+

+minus

ementacknowledg receivesserver until

segment send tostartsserver whenfrom time=+ RTTRS

window kth the transmit totime2 1 =minus

RSk

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Transport Layer 3-108

TCP Delay Modeling (4)

⎥⎥⎤

⎢⎢⎡ +=

+ge=

geminus=

ge+++=

ge+++=minus

minus

)1(log

)1(logmin

12min

222min222min

2

2

110

110

SO

SOkk

SOk

SOkOSSSkK

k

k

k

L

L

Calculation of Q number of idles for infinite-size objectis similar (see HW)

Recall K = number of windows that cover object

How do we calculate K

55

Transport Layer 3-109

HTTP ModelingAssume Web page consists of

1 base HTML page (of size O bits)M images (each of size O bits)

Non-persistent HTTP M+1 TCP connections in seriesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (M+1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Persistent HTTP2 RTT to request and receive base HTML file1 RTT to request and receive M imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + 3RTT + sum of idle times

Non-persistent HTTP with X parallel connectionsSuppose MX integer1 TCP connection for base fileMX sets of parallel connections for imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (MX + 1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Transport Layer 3-110

02468

101214161820

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT = 100 msec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For low bandwidth connection amp response time dominated by transmission timePersistent connections only give minor improvement over parallelconnections

56

Transport Layer 3-111

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT =1 sec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For larger RTT response time dominated by TCP establishment amp slow start delays Persistent connections now give important improvement particularly in high delaybullbandwidth networks

Transport Layer 3-112

Chapter 3 Summaryprinciples behind transport layer services

multiplexing demultiplexingreliable data transferflow controlcongestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet

UDPTCP

Nextleaving the network ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)into the network ldquocorerdquo

Page 12: Chapter 3: Transport Layerpeople.ee.duke.edu/~krish/ECE156/Chapter3.pdf · Transport Layer 3-4 Transport vs. network layer network layer: logical communication between hosts transport

12

Transport Layer 3-23

Reliable data transfer getting started

sendside

receiveside

rdt_send() called from above (eg by app) Passed data to

deliver to receiver upper layer

udt_send() called by rdtto transfer packet over

unreliable channel to receiver

rdt_rcv() called when packet arrives on rcv-side of channel

deliver_data() called by rdt to deliver data to upper

Transport Layer 3-24

Reliable data transfer getting started

Wersquollincrementally develop sender receiver sides of reliable data transfer protocol (rdt)consider only unidirectional data transfer

but control info will flow on both directions

use finite state machines (FSM) to specify sender receiver

state1

state2

event causing state transitionactions taken on state transition

state when in this ldquostaterdquonext state uniquely determined by next

event

eventactions

13

Transport Layer 3-25

Rdt10 reliable transfer over a reliable channel

underlying channel perfectly reliableno bit errorsno loss of packets

separate FSMs for sender receiversender sends data into underlying channelreceiver read data from underlying channel

Wait for call from above packet = make_pkt(data)

udt_send(packet)

rdt_send(data)extract (packetdata)deliver_data(data)

Wait for call from

below

rdt_rcv(packet)

sender receiver

Transport Layer 3-26

Rdt20 channel with bit errors

underlying channel may flip bits in packetchecksum to detect bit errors

the question how to recover from errorsacknowledgements (ACKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt received OKnegative acknowledgements (NAKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt had errorssender retransmits pkt on receipt of NAK

new mechanisms in rdt20 (beyond rdt10)error detectionreceiver feedback control msgs (ACKNAK) rcvr-gtsender

14

Transport Layer 3-27

rdt20 FSM specification

Wait for call from above

snkpkt = make_pkt(data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)udt_send(ACK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampampisNAK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(NAK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Wait for ACK or

NAK

Wait for call from

belowsender

receiverrdt_send(data)

Λ

Transport Layer 3-28

rdt20 operation with no errors

Wait for call from above

snkpkt = make_pkt(data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)udt_send(ACK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampampisNAK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(NAK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Wait for ACK or

NAK

Wait for call from

below

rdt_send(data)

Λ

15

Transport Layer 3-29

rdt20 error scenario

Wait for call from above

snkpkt = make_pkt(data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)udt_send(ACK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampampisNAK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(NAK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Wait for ACK or

NAK

Wait for call from

below

rdt_send(data)

Λ

Transport Layer 3-30

rdt20 has a fatal flaw

What happens if ACKNAK corruptedsender doesnrsquot know what happened at receivercanrsquot just retransmit possible duplicate

Handling duplicates sender retransmits current pkt if ACKNAK garbledsender adds sequence numberto each pktreceiver discards (doesnrsquot deliver up) duplicate pkt

Sender sends one packet then waits for receiver response

stop and wait

16

Transport Layer 3-31

rdt21 sender handles garbled ACKNAKs

Wait for call 0 from

above

sndpkt = make_pkt(0 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_send(data)

Wait for ACK or NAK 0 udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||isNAK(rcvpkt) )

sndpkt = make_pkt(1 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_send(data)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||isNAK(rcvpkt) )

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

Wait forcall 1 from

above

Wait for ACK or NAK 1

ΛΛ

Transport Layer 3-32

rdt21 receiver handles garbled ACKNAKs

Wait for 0 from below

sndpkt = make_pkt(NAK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp not corrupt(rcvpkt) ampamphas_seq0(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp has_seq1(rcvpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

Wait for 1 from below

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp has_seq0(rcvpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp (corrupt(rcvpkt)

sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp not corrupt(rcvpkt) ampamphas_seq1(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp (corrupt(rcvpkt)

sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

sndpkt = make_pkt(NAK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

17

Transport Layer 3-33

rdt21 discussion

Senderseq added to pkttwo seq rsquos (01) will suffice Whymust check if received ACKNAK corrupted twice as many states

state must ldquorememberrdquowhether ldquocurrentrdquo pkt has 0 or 1 seq

Receivermust check if received packet is duplicate

state indicates whether 0 or 1 is expected pkt seq

note receiver can notknow if its last ACKNAK received OK at sender

Transport Layer 3-34

rdt22 a NAK-free protocol

same functionality as rdt21 using ACKs onlyinstead of NAK receiver sends ACK for last pkt received OK

receiver must explicitly include seq of pkt being ACKed

duplicate ACK at sender results in same action as NAK retransmit current pkt

18

Transport Layer 3-35

rdt22 sender receiver fragments

Wait for call 0 from

above

sndpkt = make_pkt(0 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_send(data)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||

isACK(rcvpkt1) )

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt0)

Wait for ACK

0sender FSM

fragment

Wait for 0 from below

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp has_seq1(rcvpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK1 chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp (corrupt(rcvpkt) ||

has_seq1(rcvpkt))

udt_send(sndpkt)receiver FSM

fragment

Λ

Transport Layer 3-36

rdt30 channels with errors and loss

New assumption underlying channel can also lose packets (data or ACKs)

checksum seq ACKs retransmissions will be of help but not enough

Approach sender waits ldquoreasonablerdquo amount of time for ACK retransmits if no ACK received in this timeif pkt (or ACK) just delayed (not lost)

retransmission will be duplicate but use of seq rsquos already handles thisreceiver must specify seq of pkt being ACKed

requires countdown timer

19

Transport Layer 3-37

rdt30 sendersndpkt = make_pkt(0 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

rdt_send(data)

Wait for

ACK0

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||isACK(rcvpkt1) )

Wait for call 1 from

above

sndpkt = make_pkt(1 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

rdt_send(data)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt0)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||isACK(rcvpkt0) )

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt1)

stop_timerstop_timer

udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

timeout

udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

timeout

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

Wait for call 0from

above

Wait for

ACK1

Λrdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

ΛΛ

Λ

Transport Layer 3-38

rdt30 in action

20

Transport Layer 3-39

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-40

Performance of rdt30

rdt30 works but performance stinksexample 1 Gbps link 15 ms e-e prop delay 1KB packet

Ttransmit = 8kbpkt109 bsec = 8 microsec

U sender utilization ndash fraction of time sender busy sending

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

L (packet length in bits)R (transmission rate bps) =

1KB pkt every 30 msec -gt 33kBsec thruput over 1 Gbps linknetwork protocol limits use of physical resources

21

Transport Layer 3-41

rdt30 stop-and-wait operation

first packet bit transmitted t = 0

sender receiver

RTT

last packet bit transmitted t = L R

first packet bit arriveslast packet bit arrives send ACK

ACK arrives send next packet t = RTT + L R

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

Transport Layer 3-42

Pipelined protocolsPipelining sender allows multiple ldquoin-flightrdquo yet-to-be-

acknowledged pktsrange of sequence numbers must be increasedbuffering at sender andor receiver

Two generic forms of pipelined protocols go-Back-N selective repeat

22

Transport Layer 3-43

Pipelining increased utilization

first packet bit transmitted t = 0

sender receiver

RTT

last bit transmitted t = L R

first packet bit arriveslast packet bit arrives send ACK

ACK arrives send next packet t = RTT + L R

last bit of 2nd packet arrives send ACKlast bit of 3rd packet arrives send ACK

U sender =

02430008

= 00008 3 L R RTT + L R

=

Increase utilizationby a factor of 3

Transport Layer 3-44

Go-Back-NSender

k-bit seq in pkt headerldquowindowrdquo of up to N consecutive unackrsquoed pkts allowed

ACK(n) ACKs all pkts up to including seq n - ldquocumulative ACKrdquomay receive duplicate ACKs (see receiver)

timer for each in-flight pkttimeout(n) retransmit pkt n and all higher seq pkts in window

23

Transport Layer 3-45

GBN sender extended FSM

Wait start_timerudt_send(sndpkt[base])udt_send(sndpkt[base+1])hellipudt_send(sndpkt[nextseqnum-1])

timeout

rdt_send(data)

if (nextseqnum lt base+N) sndpkt[nextseqnum] = make_pkt(nextseqnumdatachksum)udt_send(sndpkt[nextseqnum])if (base == nextseqnum)

start_timernextseqnum++

elserefuse_data(data)

base = getacknum(rcvpkt)+1If (base == nextseqnum)

stop_timerelsestart_timer

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

base=1nextseqnum=1

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Λ

Transport Layer 3-46

GBN receiver extended FSM

ACK-only always send ACK for correctly-received pkt with highest in-order seq

may generate duplicate ACKsneed only remember expectedseqnum

out-of-order pkt discard (donrsquot buffer) -gt no receiver bufferingRe-ACK pkt with highest in-order seq

Wait

udt_send(sndpkt)default

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)ampamp notcurrupt(rcvpkt)ampamp hasseqnum(rcvpktexpectedseqnum)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(expectedseqnumACKchksum)udt_send(sndpkt)expectedseqnum++

expectedseqnum=1sndpkt = make_pkt(expectedseqnumACKchksum)

Λ

24

Transport Layer 3-47

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-48

Selective Repeat

receiver individually acknowledges all correctly received pkts

buffers pkts as needed for eventual in-order delivery to upper layer

sender only resends pkts for which ACK not receivedsender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender windowN consecutive seq rsquosagain limits seq s of sent unACKed pkts

25

Transport Layer 3-49

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-50

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in window send pkt

timeout(n)resend pkt n restart timer

ACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as receivedif n smallest unACKed pkt advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n)out-of-order bufferin-order deliver (also deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)

otherwiseignore

receiver

26

Transport Layer 3-51

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenariosincorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

27

Transport Layer 3-53

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-54

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex databi-directional data flow in same connectionMSS maximum segment size

connection-orientedhandshaking (exchange of control msgs) initrsquos sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlledsender will not overwhelm receiver

point-to-pointone sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte steam

no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelinedTCP congestion and flow control set window size

send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

28

Transport Layer 3-55

TCP segment structure

source port dest port

32 bits

applicationdata

(variable length)

sequence numberacknowledgement number

Receive windowUrg data pnterchecksum

FSRPAUheadlen

notused

Options (variable length)

URG urgent data (generally not used)

ACK ACK valid

PSH push data now(generally not used)

RST SYN FINconnection estab(setup teardown

commands)

bytes rcvr willingto accept

countingby bytes of data(not segments)

Internetchecksum

(as in UDP)

Transport Layer 3-56

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquoof first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKsseq of next byte expected from other sidecumulative ACK

Q how receiver handles out-of-order segments

A TCP spec doesnrsquot say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Seq=42 ACK=79 data = lsquoCrsquo

Seq=79 ACK=43 data = lsquoCrsquo

Seq=43 ACK=80

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

29

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout valuelonger than RTT

but RTT variestoo short premature timeout

unnecessary retransmissions

too long slow reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTTSampleRTT measured time from segment transmission until ACK receipt

ignore retransmissionsSampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo

average several recent measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-58

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- α)EstimatedRTT + αSampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving averageinfluence of past sample decreases exponentially fasttypical value α = 0125

30

Transport Layer 3-59

Example RTT estimationRTT gaiacsumassedu to fantasiaeurecomfr

100

150

200

250

300

350

1 8 15 22 29 36 43 50 57 64 71 78 85 92 99 106

time (seconnds)

RTT

(mill

iseco

nds)

SampleRTT Estimated RTT

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeoutEstimtedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin

first estimate of how much SampleRTT deviates from EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

DevRTT = (1-β)DevRTT +β|SampleRTT-EstimatedRTT|

(typically β = 025)

Then set timeout interval

31

Transport Layer 3-61

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-62

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable servicePipelined segmentsCumulative acksTCP uses single retransmission timer

Retransmissions are triggered by

timeout eventsduplicate acks

Initially consider simplified TCP sender

ignore duplicate acksignore flow control congestion control

32

Transport Layer 3-63

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app

Create segment with seq seq is byte-stream number of first data byte in segmentstart timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unackedsegment)expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeoutretransmit segment that caused timeoutrestart timer

Ack rcvdIf acknowledges previously unackedsegments

update what is known to be ackedstart timer if there are outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-64

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNumif (timer currently not running)

start timerpass segment to IP NextSeqNum = NextSeqNum + length(data)

event timer timeoutretransmit not-yet-acknowledged segment with

smallest sequence numberstart timer

event ACK received with ACK field value of y if (y gt SendBase)

SendBase = yif (there are currently not-yet-acknowledged segments)

start timer

end of loop forever

Commentbull SendBase-1 last cumulatively ackrsquoed byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

33

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

Seq=100 20 bytes data

ACK=100

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=120

Seq=92 8 bytes data

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

ACK=120

Host A

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

Sendbase= 100

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

Seq=100 20 bytes data

ACK=120

time

SendBase= 120

34

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP ACK generation [RFC 1122 RFC 2581]

Event at Receiver

Arrival of in-order segment withexpected seq All data up toexpected seq already ACKed

Arrival of in-order segment withexpected seq One other segment has ACK pending

Arrival of out-of-order segmenthigher-than-expect seq Gap detected

Arrival of segment that partially or completely fills gap

TCP Receiver action

Delayed ACK Wait up to 500msfor next segment If no next segmentsend ACK

Immediately send single cumulative ACK ACKing both in-order segments

Immediately send duplicate ACK indicating seq of next expected byte

Immediate send ACK provided thatsegment startsat lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-68

Fast Retransmit

Time-out period often relatively long

long delay before resending lost packet

Detect lost segments via duplicate ACKs

Sender often sends many segments back-to-backIf segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

If sender receives 3 ACKsfor the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost

fast retransmit resend segment before timer expires

35

Transport Layer 3-69

event ACK received with ACK field value of y if (y gt SendBase)

SendBase = yif (there are currently not-yet-acknowledged segments)

start timer

else increment count of dup ACKs received for yif (count of dup ACKs received for y = 3)

resend segment with sequence number y

Fast retransmit algorithm

a duplicate ACK for already ACKed segment

fast retransmit

Transport Layer 3-70

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

36

Transport Layer 3-71

TCP Flow Control

receive side of TCP connection has a receive buffer

speed-matching service matching the send rate to the receiving apprsquos drain rate

app process may be slow at reading from buffer

sender wonrsquot overflowreceiverrsquos buffer by

transmitting too muchtoo fast

flow control

Transport Layer 3-72

TCP Flow control how it works

(Suppose TCP receiver discards out-of-order segments)spare room in buffer

= RcvWindow= RcvBuffer-[LastByteRcvd -

LastByteRead]

Rcvr advertises spare room by including value of RcvWindow in segmentsSender limits unACKeddata to RcvWindow

guarantees receive buffer doesnrsquot overflow

37

Transport Layer 3-73

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-74

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segmentsinitialize TCP variables

seq sbuffers flow control info (eg RcvWindow)

client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshake

Step 1 client host sends TCP SYN segment to server

specifies initial seq no data

Step 2 server host receives SYN replies with SYNACK segment

server allocates buffersspecifies server initial seq

Step 3 client receives SYNACK replies with ACK segment which may contain data

38

Transport Layer 3-75

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Closing a connection

client closes socketclientSocketclose()

Step 1 client end system sends TCP FIN control segment to server

Step 2 server receives FIN replies with ACK Closes connection sends FIN

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-76

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Step 3 client receives FIN replies with ACK

Enters ldquotimed waitrdquo - will respond with ACK to received FINs

Step 4 server receives ACK Connection closed

Note with small modification can handle simultaneous FINs

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

closing

closing

closed

tim

ed w

ait

closed

39

Transport Layer 3-77

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-78

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

40

Transport Layer 3-79

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestioninformally ldquotoo many sources sending too much data too fast for network to handlerdquodifferent from flow controlmanifestations

lost packets (buffer overflow at routers)long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-80

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receiversone router infinite buffers no retransmission

large delays when congestedmaximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

41

Transport Layer 3-81

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of lost packet

finite shared output link buffers

Host A λin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-82

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2always (goodput)

ldquoperfectrdquo retransmission only when loss

retransmission of delayed (not lost) packet makes larger (than perfect case) for same

λin

λout=

λin

λoutgtλ

inλout

ldquocostsrdquo of congestionmore work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquounneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

R2

R2λin

λ out

b

R2

R2λin

λ out

a

R2

R2λin

λ out

c

R4

R3

42

Transport Layer 3-83

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3four sendersmultihop pathstimeoutretransmit

λin

Q what happens as and increase λ

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

Another ldquocostrdquo of congestionwhen packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

λou

t

43

Transport Layer 3-85

Approaches towards congestion control

End-end congestion controlno explicit feedback from networkcongestion inferred from end-system observed loss delayapproach taken by TCP

Network-assisted congestion controlrouters provide feedback to end systems

single bit indicating congestion (SNA DECbit TCPIP ECN ATM)explicit rate sender should send at

Two broad approaches towards congestion control

Transport Layer 3-86

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rateldquoelastic servicerdquoif senderrsquos path ldquounderloadedrdquo

sender should use available bandwidth

if senderrsquos path congested sender throttled to minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cellssent by sender interspersed with data cellsbits in RM cell set by switches (ldquonetwork-assistedrdquo)

NI bit no increase in rate (mild congestion)CI bit congestion indication

RM cells returned to sender by receiver with bits intact

44

Transport Layer 3-87

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cellcongested switch may lower ER value in cellsenderrsquo send rate thus minimum supportable rate on path

EFCI bit in data cells set to 1 in congested switchif data cell preceding RM cell has EFCI set sender sets CI bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-88

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

45

Transport Layer 3-89

TCP congestion control additive increase multiplicative decrease

8 Kbytes

16 Kbytes

24 Kbytes

time

congestionwindow

Approach increase transmission rate (window size) probing for usable bandwidth until loss occurs

additive increase increase CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT until loss detectedmultiplicative decrease cut CongWin in half after loss

timecong

estio

n w

indo

w s

ize

Saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-90

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

le CongWin

Roughly

CongWin is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestionloss event = timeout or 3 duplicate acksTCP sender reduces rate (CongWin) after loss event

three mechanismsAIMDslow startconservative after timeout events

rate = CongWinRTT Bytessec

46

Transport Layer 3-91

TCP Slow Start

When connection begins CongWin = 1 MSS

Example MSS = 500 bytes amp RTT = 200 msecinitial rate = 20 kbps

available bandwidth may be gtgt MSSRTT

desirable to quickly ramp up to respectable rate

When connection begins increase rate exponentially fast until first loss event

Transport Layer 3-92

TCP Slow Start (more)

When connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event

double CongWin every RTTdone by incrementing CongWin for every ACK received

Summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

one segment

RTT

Host B

time

two segments

four segments

47

Transport Layer 3-93

RefinementQ When should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A When CongWin gets to 12 of its value before timeout

ImplementationVariable Threshold At loss event Threshold is set to 12 of CongWin just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-94

Refinement inferring loss

After 3 dup ACKsCongWin is cut in halfwindow then grows linearly

But after timeout eventCongWin instead set to 1 MSS window then grows exponentiallyto a threshold then grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments

timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquocongestion scenario

Philosophy

48

Transport Layer 3-95

Summary TCP Congestion Control

When CongWin is below Threshold sender in slow-start phase window grows exponentially

When CongWin is above Threshold sender is in congestion-avoidance phase window grows linearly

When a triple duplicate ACK occurs Threshold set to CongWin2 and CongWin set to Threshold

When timeout occurs Threshold set to CongWin2and CongWin is set to 1 MSS

Transport Layer 3-96

TCP sender congestion control

SS or CA

SS or CA

SS or CA

CongestionAvoidance (CA)

Slow Start (SS)

State

CongWin and Threshold not changed

Increment duplicate ACK count for segment being acked

Duplicate ACK

Enter slow startThreshold = CongWin2 CongWin = 1 MSSSet state to ldquoSlow Startrdquo

Timeout

Fast recovery implementing multiplicative decrease CongWin will not drop below 1 MSS

Threshold = CongWin2 CongWin = ThresholdSet state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

Loss event detected by triple duplicate ACK

Additive increase resulting in increase of CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT

CongWin = CongWin+MSS (MSSCongWin)

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

Resulting in a doubling of CongWin every RTT

CongWin = CongWin + MSS If (CongWin gt Threshold)

set state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

CommentaryTCP Sender Action Event

49

Transport Layer 3-97

TCP throughput

Whatrsquos the average throughout of TCP as a function of window size and RTT

Ignore slow start

Let W be the window size when loss occursWhen window is W throughput is WRTTJust after loss window drops to W2 throughput to W2RTT Average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Futures

Example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 GbpsthroughputRequires window size W = 83333 in-flight segmentsThroughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 WowNew versions of TCP for high-speed needed

LRTTMSSsdot221

50

Transport Layer 3-99

Fairness goal if K TCP sessions share same bottleneck link of bandwidth R each should have average rate of RK

TCP connection 1

bottleneckrouter

capacity R

TCP connection 2

TCP Fairness

Transport Layer 3-100

Why is TCP fairTwo competing sessions

Additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increasesmultiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

Conn

ecti

on 2

thr

ough

put

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

51

Transport Layer 3-101

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP

Multimedia apps often do not use TCP

do not want rate throttled by congestion control

Instead use UDPpump audiovideo at constant rate tolerate packet loss

Research area TCP friendly

Fairness and parallel TCP connectionsnothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hostsWeb browsers do this Example link of rate R supporting 9 cnctions

new app asks for 1 TCP gets rate R10new app asks for 11 TCPs gets R2

Transport Layer 3-102

Delay modeling

Q How long does it take to receive an object from a Web server after sending a request

Ignoring congestion delay is influenced byTCP connection establishmentdata transmission delayslow start

Notation assumptionsAssume one link between client and server of rate RS MSS (bits)O object size (bits)no retransmissions (no loss no corruption)

Window sizeFirst assume fixed congestion window W segmentsThen dynamic window

modeling slow start

52

Transport Layer 3-103

Fixed congestion window (1)

First caseWSR gt RTT + SR ACK for

first segment in window returns before windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR

Transport Layer 3-104

Fixed congestion window (2)

Second caseWSR lt RTT + SR wait for ACK after sending windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR+ (K-1)[SR + RTT - WSR]

53

Transport Layer 3-105

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (1)

Now suppose window grows according to slow start

Will show that the delay for one object is

RS

RSRTTP

RORTTLatency P )12(2 minusminus⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ +++=

where P is the number of times TCP idles at server

1min minus= KQP

- where Q is the number of times the server idlesif the object were of infinite size

- and K is the number of windows that cover the object

Transport Layer 3-106

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (2)

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Examplebull OS = 15 segmentsbull K = 4 windowsbull Q = 2bull P = minK-1Q = 2

Server idles P=2 times

Delay componentsbull 2 RTT for connection estab and requestbull OR to transmit objectbull time server idles due to slow start

Server idles P = minK-1Q times

54

Transport Layer 3-107

TCP Delay Modeling (3)

RS

RSRTTPRTT

RO

RSRTT

RSRTT

RO

idleTimeRTTRO

P

kP

k

P

pp

)12(][2

]2[2

2delay

1

1

1

minusminus+++=

minus+++=

++=

minus

=

=

sum

sum

th window after the timeidle 2 1 kRSRTT

RS k =⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ minus+

+minus

ementacknowledg receivesserver until

segment send tostartsserver whenfrom time=+ RTTRS

window kth the transmit totime2 1 =minus

RSk

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Transport Layer 3-108

TCP Delay Modeling (4)

⎥⎥⎤

⎢⎢⎡ +=

+ge=

geminus=

ge+++=

ge+++=minus

minus

)1(log

)1(logmin

12min

222min222min

2

2

110

110

SO

SOkk

SOk

SOkOSSSkK

k

k

k

L

L

Calculation of Q number of idles for infinite-size objectis similar (see HW)

Recall K = number of windows that cover object

How do we calculate K

55

Transport Layer 3-109

HTTP ModelingAssume Web page consists of

1 base HTML page (of size O bits)M images (each of size O bits)

Non-persistent HTTP M+1 TCP connections in seriesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (M+1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Persistent HTTP2 RTT to request and receive base HTML file1 RTT to request and receive M imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + 3RTT + sum of idle times

Non-persistent HTTP with X parallel connectionsSuppose MX integer1 TCP connection for base fileMX sets of parallel connections for imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (MX + 1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Transport Layer 3-110

02468

101214161820

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT = 100 msec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For low bandwidth connection amp response time dominated by transmission timePersistent connections only give minor improvement over parallelconnections

56

Transport Layer 3-111

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT =1 sec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For larger RTT response time dominated by TCP establishment amp slow start delays Persistent connections now give important improvement particularly in high delaybullbandwidth networks

Transport Layer 3-112

Chapter 3 Summaryprinciples behind transport layer services

multiplexing demultiplexingreliable data transferflow controlcongestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet

UDPTCP

Nextleaving the network ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)into the network ldquocorerdquo

Page 13: Chapter 3: Transport Layerpeople.ee.duke.edu/~krish/ECE156/Chapter3.pdf · Transport Layer 3-4 Transport vs. network layer network layer: logical communication between hosts transport

13

Transport Layer 3-25

Rdt10 reliable transfer over a reliable channel

underlying channel perfectly reliableno bit errorsno loss of packets

separate FSMs for sender receiversender sends data into underlying channelreceiver read data from underlying channel

Wait for call from above packet = make_pkt(data)

udt_send(packet)

rdt_send(data)extract (packetdata)deliver_data(data)

Wait for call from

below

rdt_rcv(packet)

sender receiver

Transport Layer 3-26

Rdt20 channel with bit errors

underlying channel may flip bits in packetchecksum to detect bit errors

the question how to recover from errorsacknowledgements (ACKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt received OKnegative acknowledgements (NAKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt had errorssender retransmits pkt on receipt of NAK

new mechanisms in rdt20 (beyond rdt10)error detectionreceiver feedback control msgs (ACKNAK) rcvr-gtsender

14

Transport Layer 3-27

rdt20 FSM specification

Wait for call from above

snkpkt = make_pkt(data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)udt_send(ACK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampampisNAK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(NAK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Wait for ACK or

NAK

Wait for call from

belowsender

receiverrdt_send(data)

Λ

Transport Layer 3-28

rdt20 operation with no errors

Wait for call from above

snkpkt = make_pkt(data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)udt_send(ACK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampampisNAK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(NAK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Wait for ACK or

NAK

Wait for call from

below

rdt_send(data)

Λ

15

Transport Layer 3-29

rdt20 error scenario

Wait for call from above

snkpkt = make_pkt(data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)udt_send(ACK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampampisNAK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(NAK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Wait for ACK or

NAK

Wait for call from

below

rdt_send(data)

Λ

Transport Layer 3-30

rdt20 has a fatal flaw

What happens if ACKNAK corruptedsender doesnrsquot know what happened at receivercanrsquot just retransmit possible duplicate

Handling duplicates sender retransmits current pkt if ACKNAK garbledsender adds sequence numberto each pktreceiver discards (doesnrsquot deliver up) duplicate pkt

Sender sends one packet then waits for receiver response

stop and wait

16

Transport Layer 3-31

rdt21 sender handles garbled ACKNAKs

Wait for call 0 from

above

sndpkt = make_pkt(0 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_send(data)

Wait for ACK or NAK 0 udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||isNAK(rcvpkt) )

sndpkt = make_pkt(1 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_send(data)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||isNAK(rcvpkt) )

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

Wait forcall 1 from

above

Wait for ACK or NAK 1

ΛΛ

Transport Layer 3-32

rdt21 receiver handles garbled ACKNAKs

Wait for 0 from below

sndpkt = make_pkt(NAK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp not corrupt(rcvpkt) ampamphas_seq0(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp has_seq1(rcvpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

Wait for 1 from below

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp has_seq0(rcvpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp (corrupt(rcvpkt)

sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp not corrupt(rcvpkt) ampamphas_seq1(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp (corrupt(rcvpkt)

sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

sndpkt = make_pkt(NAK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

17

Transport Layer 3-33

rdt21 discussion

Senderseq added to pkttwo seq rsquos (01) will suffice Whymust check if received ACKNAK corrupted twice as many states

state must ldquorememberrdquowhether ldquocurrentrdquo pkt has 0 or 1 seq

Receivermust check if received packet is duplicate

state indicates whether 0 or 1 is expected pkt seq

note receiver can notknow if its last ACKNAK received OK at sender

Transport Layer 3-34

rdt22 a NAK-free protocol

same functionality as rdt21 using ACKs onlyinstead of NAK receiver sends ACK for last pkt received OK

receiver must explicitly include seq of pkt being ACKed

duplicate ACK at sender results in same action as NAK retransmit current pkt

18

Transport Layer 3-35

rdt22 sender receiver fragments

Wait for call 0 from

above

sndpkt = make_pkt(0 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_send(data)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||

isACK(rcvpkt1) )

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt0)

Wait for ACK

0sender FSM

fragment

Wait for 0 from below

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp has_seq1(rcvpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK1 chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp (corrupt(rcvpkt) ||

has_seq1(rcvpkt))

udt_send(sndpkt)receiver FSM

fragment

Λ

Transport Layer 3-36

rdt30 channels with errors and loss

New assumption underlying channel can also lose packets (data or ACKs)

checksum seq ACKs retransmissions will be of help but not enough

Approach sender waits ldquoreasonablerdquo amount of time for ACK retransmits if no ACK received in this timeif pkt (or ACK) just delayed (not lost)

retransmission will be duplicate but use of seq rsquos already handles thisreceiver must specify seq of pkt being ACKed

requires countdown timer

19

Transport Layer 3-37

rdt30 sendersndpkt = make_pkt(0 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

rdt_send(data)

Wait for

ACK0

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||isACK(rcvpkt1) )

Wait for call 1 from

above

sndpkt = make_pkt(1 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

rdt_send(data)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt0)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||isACK(rcvpkt0) )

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt1)

stop_timerstop_timer

udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

timeout

udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

timeout

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

Wait for call 0from

above

Wait for

ACK1

Λrdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

ΛΛ

Λ

Transport Layer 3-38

rdt30 in action

20

Transport Layer 3-39

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-40

Performance of rdt30

rdt30 works but performance stinksexample 1 Gbps link 15 ms e-e prop delay 1KB packet

Ttransmit = 8kbpkt109 bsec = 8 microsec

U sender utilization ndash fraction of time sender busy sending

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

L (packet length in bits)R (transmission rate bps) =

1KB pkt every 30 msec -gt 33kBsec thruput over 1 Gbps linknetwork protocol limits use of physical resources

21

Transport Layer 3-41

rdt30 stop-and-wait operation

first packet bit transmitted t = 0

sender receiver

RTT

last packet bit transmitted t = L R

first packet bit arriveslast packet bit arrives send ACK

ACK arrives send next packet t = RTT + L R

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

Transport Layer 3-42

Pipelined protocolsPipelining sender allows multiple ldquoin-flightrdquo yet-to-be-

acknowledged pktsrange of sequence numbers must be increasedbuffering at sender andor receiver

Two generic forms of pipelined protocols go-Back-N selective repeat

22

Transport Layer 3-43

Pipelining increased utilization

first packet bit transmitted t = 0

sender receiver

RTT

last bit transmitted t = L R

first packet bit arriveslast packet bit arrives send ACK

ACK arrives send next packet t = RTT + L R

last bit of 2nd packet arrives send ACKlast bit of 3rd packet arrives send ACK

U sender =

02430008

= 00008 3 L R RTT + L R

=

Increase utilizationby a factor of 3

Transport Layer 3-44

Go-Back-NSender

k-bit seq in pkt headerldquowindowrdquo of up to N consecutive unackrsquoed pkts allowed

ACK(n) ACKs all pkts up to including seq n - ldquocumulative ACKrdquomay receive duplicate ACKs (see receiver)

timer for each in-flight pkttimeout(n) retransmit pkt n and all higher seq pkts in window

23

Transport Layer 3-45

GBN sender extended FSM

Wait start_timerudt_send(sndpkt[base])udt_send(sndpkt[base+1])hellipudt_send(sndpkt[nextseqnum-1])

timeout

rdt_send(data)

if (nextseqnum lt base+N) sndpkt[nextseqnum] = make_pkt(nextseqnumdatachksum)udt_send(sndpkt[nextseqnum])if (base == nextseqnum)

start_timernextseqnum++

elserefuse_data(data)

base = getacknum(rcvpkt)+1If (base == nextseqnum)

stop_timerelsestart_timer

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

base=1nextseqnum=1

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Λ

Transport Layer 3-46

GBN receiver extended FSM

ACK-only always send ACK for correctly-received pkt with highest in-order seq

may generate duplicate ACKsneed only remember expectedseqnum

out-of-order pkt discard (donrsquot buffer) -gt no receiver bufferingRe-ACK pkt with highest in-order seq

Wait

udt_send(sndpkt)default

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)ampamp notcurrupt(rcvpkt)ampamp hasseqnum(rcvpktexpectedseqnum)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(expectedseqnumACKchksum)udt_send(sndpkt)expectedseqnum++

expectedseqnum=1sndpkt = make_pkt(expectedseqnumACKchksum)

Λ

24

Transport Layer 3-47

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-48

Selective Repeat

receiver individually acknowledges all correctly received pkts

buffers pkts as needed for eventual in-order delivery to upper layer

sender only resends pkts for which ACK not receivedsender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender windowN consecutive seq rsquosagain limits seq s of sent unACKed pkts

25

Transport Layer 3-49

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-50

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in window send pkt

timeout(n)resend pkt n restart timer

ACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as receivedif n smallest unACKed pkt advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n)out-of-order bufferin-order deliver (also deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)

otherwiseignore

receiver

26

Transport Layer 3-51

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenariosincorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

27

Transport Layer 3-53

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-54

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex databi-directional data flow in same connectionMSS maximum segment size

connection-orientedhandshaking (exchange of control msgs) initrsquos sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlledsender will not overwhelm receiver

point-to-pointone sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte steam

no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelinedTCP congestion and flow control set window size

send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

28

Transport Layer 3-55

TCP segment structure

source port dest port

32 bits

applicationdata

(variable length)

sequence numberacknowledgement number

Receive windowUrg data pnterchecksum

FSRPAUheadlen

notused

Options (variable length)

URG urgent data (generally not used)

ACK ACK valid

PSH push data now(generally not used)

RST SYN FINconnection estab(setup teardown

commands)

bytes rcvr willingto accept

countingby bytes of data(not segments)

Internetchecksum

(as in UDP)

Transport Layer 3-56

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquoof first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKsseq of next byte expected from other sidecumulative ACK

Q how receiver handles out-of-order segments

A TCP spec doesnrsquot say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Seq=42 ACK=79 data = lsquoCrsquo

Seq=79 ACK=43 data = lsquoCrsquo

Seq=43 ACK=80

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

29

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout valuelonger than RTT

but RTT variestoo short premature timeout

unnecessary retransmissions

too long slow reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTTSampleRTT measured time from segment transmission until ACK receipt

ignore retransmissionsSampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo

average several recent measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-58

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- α)EstimatedRTT + αSampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving averageinfluence of past sample decreases exponentially fasttypical value α = 0125

30

Transport Layer 3-59

Example RTT estimationRTT gaiacsumassedu to fantasiaeurecomfr

100

150

200

250

300

350

1 8 15 22 29 36 43 50 57 64 71 78 85 92 99 106

time (seconnds)

RTT

(mill

iseco

nds)

SampleRTT Estimated RTT

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeoutEstimtedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin

first estimate of how much SampleRTT deviates from EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

DevRTT = (1-β)DevRTT +β|SampleRTT-EstimatedRTT|

(typically β = 025)

Then set timeout interval

31

Transport Layer 3-61

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-62

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable servicePipelined segmentsCumulative acksTCP uses single retransmission timer

Retransmissions are triggered by

timeout eventsduplicate acks

Initially consider simplified TCP sender

ignore duplicate acksignore flow control congestion control

32

Transport Layer 3-63

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app

Create segment with seq seq is byte-stream number of first data byte in segmentstart timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unackedsegment)expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeoutretransmit segment that caused timeoutrestart timer

Ack rcvdIf acknowledges previously unackedsegments

update what is known to be ackedstart timer if there are outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-64

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNumif (timer currently not running)

start timerpass segment to IP NextSeqNum = NextSeqNum + length(data)

event timer timeoutretransmit not-yet-acknowledged segment with

smallest sequence numberstart timer

event ACK received with ACK field value of y if (y gt SendBase)

SendBase = yif (there are currently not-yet-acknowledged segments)

start timer

end of loop forever

Commentbull SendBase-1 last cumulatively ackrsquoed byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

33

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

Seq=100 20 bytes data

ACK=100

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=120

Seq=92 8 bytes data

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

ACK=120

Host A

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

Sendbase= 100

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

Seq=100 20 bytes data

ACK=120

time

SendBase= 120

34

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP ACK generation [RFC 1122 RFC 2581]

Event at Receiver

Arrival of in-order segment withexpected seq All data up toexpected seq already ACKed

Arrival of in-order segment withexpected seq One other segment has ACK pending

Arrival of out-of-order segmenthigher-than-expect seq Gap detected

Arrival of segment that partially or completely fills gap

TCP Receiver action

Delayed ACK Wait up to 500msfor next segment If no next segmentsend ACK

Immediately send single cumulative ACK ACKing both in-order segments

Immediately send duplicate ACK indicating seq of next expected byte

Immediate send ACK provided thatsegment startsat lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-68

Fast Retransmit

Time-out period often relatively long

long delay before resending lost packet

Detect lost segments via duplicate ACKs

Sender often sends many segments back-to-backIf segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

If sender receives 3 ACKsfor the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost

fast retransmit resend segment before timer expires

35

Transport Layer 3-69

event ACK received with ACK field value of y if (y gt SendBase)

SendBase = yif (there are currently not-yet-acknowledged segments)

start timer

else increment count of dup ACKs received for yif (count of dup ACKs received for y = 3)

resend segment with sequence number y

Fast retransmit algorithm

a duplicate ACK for already ACKed segment

fast retransmit

Transport Layer 3-70

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

36

Transport Layer 3-71

TCP Flow Control

receive side of TCP connection has a receive buffer

speed-matching service matching the send rate to the receiving apprsquos drain rate

app process may be slow at reading from buffer

sender wonrsquot overflowreceiverrsquos buffer by

transmitting too muchtoo fast

flow control

Transport Layer 3-72

TCP Flow control how it works

(Suppose TCP receiver discards out-of-order segments)spare room in buffer

= RcvWindow= RcvBuffer-[LastByteRcvd -

LastByteRead]

Rcvr advertises spare room by including value of RcvWindow in segmentsSender limits unACKeddata to RcvWindow

guarantees receive buffer doesnrsquot overflow

37

Transport Layer 3-73

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-74

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segmentsinitialize TCP variables

seq sbuffers flow control info (eg RcvWindow)

client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshake

Step 1 client host sends TCP SYN segment to server

specifies initial seq no data

Step 2 server host receives SYN replies with SYNACK segment

server allocates buffersspecifies server initial seq

Step 3 client receives SYNACK replies with ACK segment which may contain data

38

Transport Layer 3-75

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Closing a connection

client closes socketclientSocketclose()

Step 1 client end system sends TCP FIN control segment to server

Step 2 server receives FIN replies with ACK Closes connection sends FIN

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-76

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Step 3 client receives FIN replies with ACK

Enters ldquotimed waitrdquo - will respond with ACK to received FINs

Step 4 server receives ACK Connection closed

Note with small modification can handle simultaneous FINs

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

closing

closing

closed

tim

ed w

ait

closed

39

Transport Layer 3-77

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-78

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

40

Transport Layer 3-79

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestioninformally ldquotoo many sources sending too much data too fast for network to handlerdquodifferent from flow controlmanifestations

lost packets (buffer overflow at routers)long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-80

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receiversone router infinite buffers no retransmission

large delays when congestedmaximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

41

Transport Layer 3-81

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of lost packet

finite shared output link buffers

Host A λin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-82

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2always (goodput)

ldquoperfectrdquo retransmission only when loss

retransmission of delayed (not lost) packet makes larger (than perfect case) for same

λin

λout=

λin

λoutgtλ

inλout

ldquocostsrdquo of congestionmore work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquounneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

R2

R2λin

λ out

b

R2

R2λin

λ out

a

R2

R2λin

λ out

c

R4

R3

42

Transport Layer 3-83

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3four sendersmultihop pathstimeoutretransmit

λin

Q what happens as and increase λ

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

Another ldquocostrdquo of congestionwhen packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

λou

t

43

Transport Layer 3-85

Approaches towards congestion control

End-end congestion controlno explicit feedback from networkcongestion inferred from end-system observed loss delayapproach taken by TCP

Network-assisted congestion controlrouters provide feedback to end systems

single bit indicating congestion (SNA DECbit TCPIP ECN ATM)explicit rate sender should send at

Two broad approaches towards congestion control

Transport Layer 3-86

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rateldquoelastic servicerdquoif senderrsquos path ldquounderloadedrdquo

sender should use available bandwidth

if senderrsquos path congested sender throttled to minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cellssent by sender interspersed with data cellsbits in RM cell set by switches (ldquonetwork-assistedrdquo)

NI bit no increase in rate (mild congestion)CI bit congestion indication

RM cells returned to sender by receiver with bits intact

44

Transport Layer 3-87

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cellcongested switch may lower ER value in cellsenderrsquo send rate thus minimum supportable rate on path

EFCI bit in data cells set to 1 in congested switchif data cell preceding RM cell has EFCI set sender sets CI bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-88

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

45

Transport Layer 3-89

TCP congestion control additive increase multiplicative decrease

8 Kbytes

16 Kbytes

24 Kbytes

time

congestionwindow

Approach increase transmission rate (window size) probing for usable bandwidth until loss occurs

additive increase increase CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT until loss detectedmultiplicative decrease cut CongWin in half after loss

timecong

estio

n w

indo

w s

ize

Saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-90

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

le CongWin

Roughly

CongWin is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestionloss event = timeout or 3 duplicate acksTCP sender reduces rate (CongWin) after loss event

three mechanismsAIMDslow startconservative after timeout events

rate = CongWinRTT Bytessec

46

Transport Layer 3-91

TCP Slow Start

When connection begins CongWin = 1 MSS

Example MSS = 500 bytes amp RTT = 200 msecinitial rate = 20 kbps

available bandwidth may be gtgt MSSRTT

desirable to quickly ramp up to respectable rate

When connection begins increase rate exponentially fast until first loss event

Transport Layer 3-92

TCP Slow Start (more)

When connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event

double CongWin every RTTdone by incrementing CongWin for every ACK received

Summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

one segment

RTT

Host B

time

two segments

four segments

47

Transport Layer 3-93

RefinementQ When should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A When CongWin gets to 12 of its value before timeout

ImplementationVariable Threshold At loss event Threshold is set to 12 of CongWin just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-94

Refinement inferring loss

After 3 dup ACKsCongWin is cut in halfwindow then grows linearly

But after timeout eventCongWin instead set to 1 MSS window then grows exponentiallyto a threshold then grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments

timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquocongestion scenario

Philosophy

48

Transport Layer 3-95

Summary TCP Congestion Control

When CongWin is below Threshold sender in slow-start phase window grows exponentially

When CongWin is above Threshold sender is in congestion-avoidance phase window grows linearly

When a triple duplicate ACK occurs Threshold set to CongWin2 and CongWin set to Threshold

When timeout occurs Threshold set to CongWin2and CongWin is set to 1 MSS

Transport Layer 3-96

TCP sender congestion control

SS or CA

SS or CA

SS or CA

CongestionAvoidance (CA)

Slow Start (SS)

State

CongWin and Threshold not changed

Increment duplicate ACK count for segment being acked

Duplicate ACK

Enter slow startThreshold = CongWin2 CongWin = 1 MSSSet state to ldquoSlow Startrdquo

Timeout

Fast recovery implementing multiplicative decrease CongWin will not drop below 1 MSS

Threshold = CongWin2 CongWin = ThresholdSet state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

Loss event detected by triple duplicate ACK

Additive increase resulting in increase of CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT

CongWin = CongWin+MSS (MSSCongWin)

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

Resulting in a doubling of CongWin every RTT

CongWin = CongWin + MSS If (CongWin gt Threshold)

set state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

CommentaryTCP Sender Action Event

49

Transport Layer 3-97

TCP throughput

Whatrsquos the average throughout of TCP as a function of window size and RTT

Ignore slow start

Let W be the window size when loss occursWhen window is W throughput is WRTTJust after loss window drops to W2 throughput to W2RTT Average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Futures

Example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 GbpsthroughputRequires window size W = 83333 in-flight segmentsThroughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 WowNew versions of TCP for high-speed needed

LRTTMSSsdot221

50

Transport Layer 3-99

Fairness goal if K TCP sessions share same bottleneck link of bandwidth R each should have average rate of RK

TCP connection 1

bottleneckrouter

capacity R

TCP connection 2

TCP Fairness

Transport Layer 3-100

Why is TCP fairTwo competing sessions

Additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increasesmultiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

Conn

ecti

on 2

thr

ough

put

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

51

Transport Layer 3-101

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP

Multimedia apps often do not use TCP

do not want rate throttled by congestion control

Instead use UDPpump audiovideo at constant rate tolerate packet loss

Research area TCP friendly

Fairness and parallel TCP connectionsnothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hostsWeb browsers do this Example link of rate R supporting 9 cnctions

new app asks for 1 TCP gets rate R10new app asks for 11 TCPs gets R2

Transport Layer 3-102

Delay modeling

Q How long does it take to receive an object from a Web server after sending a request

Ignoring congestion delay is influenced byTCP connection establishmentdata transmission delayslow start

Notation assumptionsAssume one link between client and server of rate RS MSS (bits)O object size (bits)no retransmissions (no loss no corruption)

Window sizeFirst assume fixed congestion window W segmentsThen dynamic window

modeling slow start

52

Transport Layer 3-103

Fixed congestion window (1)

First caseWSR gt RTT + SR ACK for

first segment in window returns before windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR

Transport Layer 3-104

Fixed congestion window (2)

Second caseWSR lt RTT + SR wait for ACK after sending windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR+ (K-1)[SR + RTT - WSR]

53

Transport Layer 3-105

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (1)

Now suppose window grows according to slow start

Will show that the delay for one object is

RS

RSRTTP

RORTTLatency P )12(2 minusminus⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ +++=

where P is the number of times TCP idles at server

1min minus= KQP

- where Q is the number of times the server idlesif the object were of infinite size

- and K is the number of windows that cover the object

Transport Layer 3-106

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (2)

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Examplebull OS = 15 segmentsbull K = 4 windowsbull Q = 2bull P = minK-1Q = 2

Server idles P=2 times

Delay componentsbull 2 RTT for connection estab and requestbull OR to transmit objectbull time server idles due to slow start

Server idles P = minK-1Q times

54

Transport Layer 3-107

TCP Delay Modeling (3)

RS

RSRTTPRTT

RO

RSRTT

RSRTT

RO

idleTimeRTTRO

P

kP

k

P

pp

)12(][2

]2[2

2delay

1

1

1

minusminus+++=

minus+++=

++=

minus

=

=

sum

sum

th window after the timeidle 2 1 kRSRTT

RS k =⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ minus+

+minus

ementacknowledg receivesserver until

segment send tostartsserver whenfrom time=+ RTTRS

window kth the transmit totime2 1 =minus

RSk

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Transport Layer 3-108

TCP Delay Modeling (4)

⎥⎥⎤

⎢⎢⎡ +=

+ge=

geminus=

ge+++=

ge+++=minus

minus

)1(log

)1(logmin

12min

222min222min

2

2

110

110

SO

SOkk

SOk

SOkOSSSkK

k

k

k

L

L

Calculation of Q number of idles for infinite-size objectis similar (see HW)

Recall K = number of windows that cover object

How do we calculate K

55

Transport Layer 3-109

HTTP ModelingAssume Web page consists of

1 base HTML page (of size O bits)M images (each of size O bits)

Non-persistent HTTP M+1 TCP connections in seriesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (M+1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Persistent HTTP2 RTT to request and receive base HTML file1 RTT to request and receive M imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + 3RTT + sum of idle times

Non-persistent HTTP with X parallel connectionsSuppose MX integer1 TCP connection for base fileMX sets of parallel connections for imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (MX + 1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Transport Layer 3-110

02468

101214161820

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT = 100 msec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For low bandwidth connection amp response time dominated by transmission timePersistent connections only give minor improvement over parallelconnections

56

Transport Layer 3-111

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT =1 sec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For larger RTT response time dominated by TCP establishment amp slow start delays Persistent connections now give important improvement particularly in high delaybullbandwidth networks

Transport Layer 3-112

Chapter 3 Summaryprinciples behind transport layer services

multiplexing demultiplexingreliable data transferflow controlcongestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet

UDPTCP

Nextleaving the network ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)into the network ldquocorerdquo

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14

Transport Layer 3-27

rdt20 FSM specification

Wait for call from above

snkpkt = make_pkt(data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)udt_send(ACK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampampisNAK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(NAK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Wait for ACK or

NAK

Wait for call from

belowsender

receiverrdt_send(data)

Λ

Transport Layer 3-28

rdt20 operation with no errors

Wait for call from above

snkpkt = make_pkt(data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)udt_send(ACK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampampisNAK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(NAK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Wait for ACK or

NAK

Wait for call from

below

rdt_send(data)

Λ

15

Transport Layer 3-29

rdt20 error scenario

Wait for call from above

snkpkt = make_pkt(data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)udt_send(ACK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampampisNAK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(NAK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Wait for ACK or

NAK

Wait for call from

below

rdt_send(data)

Λ

Transport Layer 3-30

rdt20 has a fatal flaw

What happens if ACKNAK corruptedsender doesnrsquot know what happened at receivercanrsquot just retransmit possible duplicate

Handling duplicates sender retransmits current pkt if ACKNAK garbledsender adds sequence numberto each pktreceiver discards (doesnrsquot deliver up) duplicate pkt

Sender sends one packet then waits for receiver response

stop and wait

16

Transport Layer 3-31

rdt21 sender handles garbled ACKNAKs

Wait for call 0 from

above

sndpkt = make_pkt(0 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_send(data)

Wait for ACK or NAK 0 udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||isNAK(rcvpkt) )

sndpkt = make_pkt(1 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_send(data)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||isNAK(rcvpkt) )

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

Wait forcall 1 from

above

Wait for ACK or NAK 1

ΛΛ

Transport Layer 3-32

rdt21 receiver handles garbled ACKNAKs

Wait for 0 from below

sndpkt = make_pkt(NAK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp not corrupt(rcvpkt) ampamphas_seq0(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp has_seq1(rcvpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

Wait for 1 from below

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp has_seq0(rcvpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp (corrupt(rcvpkt)

sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp not corrupt(rcvpkt) ampamphas_seq1(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp (corrupt(rcvpkt)

sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

sndpkt = make_pkt(NAK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

17

Transport Layer 3-33

rdt21 discussion

Senderseq added to pkttwo seq rsquos (01) will suffice Whymust check if received ACKNAK corrupted twice as many states

state must ldquorememberrdquowhether ldquocurrentrdquo pkt has 0 or 1 seq

Receivermust check if received packet is duplicate

state indicates whether 0 or 1 is expected pkt seq

note receiver can notknow if its last ACKNAK received OK at sender

Transport Layer 3-34

rdt22 a NAK-free protocol

same functionality as rdt21 using ACKs onlyinstead of NAK receiver sends ACK for last pkt received OK

receiver must explicitly include seq of pkt being ACKed

duplicate ACK at sender results in same action as NAK retransmit current pkt

18

Transport Layer 3-35

rdt22 sender receiver fragments

Wait for call 0 from

above

sndpkt = make_pkt(0 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_send(data)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||

isACK(rcvpkt1) )

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt0)

Wait for ACK

0sender FSM

fragment

Wait for 0 from below

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp has_seq1(rcvpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK1 chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp (corrupt(rcvpkt) ||

has_seq1(rcvpkt))

udt_send(sndpkt)receiver FSM

fragment

Λ

Transport Layer 3-36

rdt30 channels with errors and loss

New assumption underlying channel can also lose packets (data or ACKs)

checksum seq ACKs retransmissions will be of help but not enough

Approach sender waits ldquoreasonablerdquo amount of time for ACK retransmits if no ACK received in this timeif pkt (or ACK) just delayed (not lost)

retransmission will be duplicate but use of seq rsquos already handles thisreceiver must specify seq of pkt being ACKed

requires countdown timer

19

Transport Layer 3-37

rdt30 sendersndpkt = make_pkt(0 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

rdt_send(data)

Wait for

ACK0

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||isACK(rcvpkt1) )

Wait for call 1 from

above

sndpkt = make_pkt(1 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

rdt_send(data)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt0)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||isACK(rcvpkt0) )

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt1)

stop_timerstop_timer

udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

timeout

udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

timeout

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

Wait for call 0from

above

Wait for

ACK1

Λrdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

ΛΛ

Λ

Transport Layer 3-38

rdt30 in action

20

Transport Layer 3-39

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-40

Performance of rdt30

rdt30 works but performance stinksexample 1 Gbps link 15 ms e-e prop delay 1KB packet

Ttransmit = 8kbpkt109 bsec = 8 microsec

U sender utilization ndash fraction of time sender busy sending

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

L (packet length in bits)R (transmission rate bps) =

1KB pkt every 30 msec -gt 33kBsec thruput over 1 Gbps linknetwork protocol limits use of physical resources

21

Transport Layer 3-41

rdt30 stop-and-wait operation

first packet bit transmitted t = 0

sender receiver

RTT

last packet bit transmitted t = L R

first packet bit arriveslast packet bit arrives send ACK

ACK arrives send next packet t = RTT + L R

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

Transport Layer 3-42

Pipelined protocolsPipelining sender allows multiple ldquoin-flightrdquo yet-to-be-

acknowledged pktsrange of sequence numbers must be increasedbuffering at sender andor receiver

Two generic forms of pipelined protocols go-Back-N selective repeat

22

Transport Layer 3-43

Pipelining increased utilization

first packet bit transmitted t = 0

sender receiver

RTT

last bit transmitted t = L R

first packet bit arriveslast packet bit arrives send ACK

ACK arrives send next packet t = RTT + L R

last bit of 2nd packet arrives send ACKlast bit of 3rd packet arrives send ACK

U sender =

02430008

= 00008 3 L R RTT + L R

=

Increase utilizationby a factor of 3

Transport Layer 3-44

Go-Back-NSender

k-bit seq in pkt headerldquowindowrdquo of up to N consecutive unackrsquoed pkts allowed

ACK(n) ACKs all pkts up to including seq n - ldquocumulative ACKrdquomay receive duplicate ACKs (see receiver)

timer for each in-flight pkttimeout(n) retransmit pkt n and all higher seq pkts in window

23

Transport Layer 3-45

GBN sender extended FSM

Wait start_timerudt_send(sndpkt[base])udt_send(sndpkt[base+1])hellipudt_send(sndpkt[nextseqnum-1])

timeout

rdt_send(data)

if (nextseqnum lt base+N) sndpkt[nextseqnum] = make_pkt(nextseqnumdatachksum)udt_send(sndpkt[nextseqnum])if (base == nextseqnum)

start_timernextseqnum++

elserefuse_data(data)

base = getacknum(rcvpkt)+1If (base == nextseqnum)

stop_timerelsestart_timer

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

base=1nextseqnum=1

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Λ

Transport Layer 3-46

GBN receiver extended FSM

ACK-only always send ACK for correctly-received pkt with highest in-order seq

may generate duplicate ACKsneed only remember expectedseqnum

out-of-order pkt discard (donrsquot buffer) -gt no receiver bufferingRe-ACK pkt with highest in-order seq

Wait

udt_send(sndpkt)default

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)ampamp notcurrupt(rcvpkt)ampamp hasseqnum(rcvpktexpectedseqnum)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(expectedseqnumACKchksum)udt_send(sndpkt)expectedseqnum++

expectedseqnum=1sndpkt = make_pkt(expectedseqnumACKchksum)

Λ

24

Transport Layer 3-47

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-48

Selective Repeat

receiver individually acknowledges all correctly received pkts

buffers pkts as needed for eventual in-order delivery to upper layer

sender only resends pkts for which ACK not receivedsender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender windowN consecutive seq rsquosagain limits seq s of sent unACKed pkts

25

Transport Layer 3-49

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-50

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in window send pkt

timeout(n)resend pkt n restart timer

ACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as receivedif n smallest unACKed pkt advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n)out-of-order bufferin-order deliver (also deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)

otherwiseignore

receiver

26

Transport Layer 3-51

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenariosincorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

27

Transport Layer 3-53

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-54

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex databi-directional data flow in same connectionMSS maximum segment size

connection-orientedhandshaking (exchange of control msgs) initrsquos sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlledsender will not overwhelm receiver

point-to-pointone sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte steam

no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelinedTCP congestion and flow control set window size

send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

28

Transport Layer 3-55

TCP segment structure

source port dest port

32 bits

applicationdata

(variable length)

sequence numberacknowledgement number

Receive windowUrg data pnterchecksum

FSRPAUheadlen

notused

Options (variable length)

URG urgent data (generally not used)

ACK ACK valid

PSH push data now(generally not used)

RST SYN FINconnection estab(setup teardown

commands)

bytes rcvr willingto accept

countingby bytes of data(not segments)

Internetchecksum

(as in UDP)

Transport Layer 3-56

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquoof first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKsseq of next byte expected from other sidecumulative ACK

Q how receiver handles out-of-order segments

A TCP spec doesnrsquot say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Seq=42 ACK=79 data = lsquoCrsquo

Seq=79 ACK=43 data = lsquoCrsquo

Seq=43 ACK=80

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

29

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout valuelonger than RTT

but RTT variestoo short premature timeout

unnecessary retransmissions

too long slow reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTTSampleRTT measured time from segment transmission until ACK receipt

ignore retransmissionsSampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo

average several recent measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-58

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- α)EstimatedRTT + αSampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving averageinfluence of past sample decreases exponentially fasttypical value α = 0125

30

Transport Layer 3-59

Example RTT estimationRTT gaiacsumassedu to fantasiaeurecomfr

100

150

200

250

300

350

1 8 15 22 29 36 43 50 57 64 71 78 85 92 99 106

time (seconnds)

RTT

(mill

iseco

nds)

SampleRTT Estimated RTT

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeoutEstimtedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin

first estimate of how much SampleRTT deviates from EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

DevRTT = (1-β)DevRTT +β|SampleRTT-EstimatedRTT|

(typically β = 025)

Then set timeout interval

31

Transport Layer 3-61

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-62

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable servicePipelined segmentsCumulative acksTCP uses single retransmission timer

Retransmissions are triggered by

timeout eventsduplicate acks

Initially consider simplified TCP sender

ignore duplicate acksignore flow control congestion control

32

Transport Layer 3-63

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app

Create segment with seq seq is byte-stream number of first data byte in segmentstart timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unackedsegment)expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeoutretransmit segment that caused timeoutrestart timer

Ack rcvdIf acknowledges previously unackedsegments

update what is known to be ackedstart timer if there are outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-64

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNumif (timer currently not running)

start timerpass segment to IP NextSeqNum = NextSeqNum + length(data)

event timer timeoutretransmit not-yet-acknowledged segment with

smallest sequence numberstart timer

event ACK received with ACK field value of y if (y gt SendBase)

SendBase = yif (there are currently not-yet-acknowledged segments)

start timer

end of loop forever

Commentbull SendBase-1 last cumulatively ackrsquoed byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

33

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

Seq=100 20 bytes data

ACK=100

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=120

Seq=92 8 bytes data

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

ACK=120

Host A

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

Sendbase= 100

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

Seq=100 20 bytes data

ACK=120

time

SendBase= 120

34

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP ACK generation [RFC 1122 RFC 2581]

Event at Receiver

Arrival of in-order segment withexpected seq All data up toexpected seq already ACKed

Arrival of in-order segment withexpected seq One other segment has ACK pending

Arrival of out-of-order segmenthigher-than-expect seq Gap detected

Arrival of segment that partially or completely fills gap

TCP Receiver action

Delayed ACK Wait up to 500msfor next segment If no next segmentsend ACK

Immediately send single cumulative ACK ACKing both in-order segments

Immediately send duplicate ACK indicating seq of next expected byte

Immediate send ACK provided thatsegment startsat lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-68

Fast Retransmit

Time-out period often relatively long

long delay before resending lost packet

Detect lost segments via duplicate ACKs

Sender often sends many segments back-to-backIf segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

If sender receives 3 ACKsfor the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost

fast retransmit resend segment before timer expires

35

Transport Layer 3-69

event ACK received with ACK field value of y if (y gt SendBase)

SendBase = yif (there are currently not-yet-acknowledged segments)

start timer

else increment count of dup ACKs received for yif (count of dup ACKs received for y = 3)

resend segment with sequence number y

Fast retransmit algorithm

a duplicate ACK for already ACKed segment

fast retransmit

Transport Layer 3-70

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

36

Transport Layer 3-71

TCP Flow Control

receive side of TCP connection has a receive buffer

speed-matching service matching the send rate to the receiving apprsquos drain rate

app process may be slow at reading from buffer

sender wonrsquot overflowreceiverrsquos buffer by

transmitting too muchtoo fast

flow control

Transport Layer 3-72

TCP Flow control how it works

(Suppose TCP receiver discards out-of-order segments)spare room in buffer

= RcvWindow= RcvBuffer-[LastByteRcvd -

LastByteRead]

Rcvr advertises spare room by including value of RcvWindow in segmentsSender limits unACKeddata to RcvWindow

guarantees receive buffer doesnrsquot overflow

37

Transport Layer 3-73

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-74

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segmentsinitialize TCP variables

seq sbuffers flow control info (eg RcvWindow)

client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshake

Step 1 client host sends TCP SYN segment to server

specifies initial seq no data

Step 2 server host receives SYN replies with SYNACK segment

server allocates buffersspecifies server initial seq

Step 3 client receives SYNACK replies with ACK segment which may contain data

38

Transport Layer 3-75

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Closing a connection

client closes socketclientSocketclose()

Step 1 client end system sends TCP FIN control segment to server

Step 2 server receives FIN replies with ACK Closes connection sends FIN

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-76

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Step 3 client receives FIN replies with ACK

Enters ldquotimed waitrdquo - will respond with ACK to received FINs

Step 4 server receives ACK Connection closed

Note with small modification can handle simultaneous FINs

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

closing

closing

closed

tim

ed w

ait

closed

39

Transport Layer 3-77

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-78

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

40

Transport Layer 3-79

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestioninformally ldquotoo many sources sending too much data too fast for network to handlerdquodifferent from flow controlmanifestations

lost packets (buffer overflow at routers)long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-80

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receiversone router infinite buffers no retransmission

large delays when congestedmaximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

41

Transport Layer 3-81

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of lost packet

finite shared output link buffers

Host A λin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-82

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2always (goodput)

ldquoperfectrdquo retransmission only when loss

retransmission of delayed (not lost) packet makes larger (than perfect case) for same

λin

λout=

λin

λoutgtλ

inλout

ldquocostsrdquo of congestionmore work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquounneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

R2

R2λin

λ out

b

R2

R2λin

λ out

a

R2

R2λin

λ out

c

R4

R3

42

Transport Layer 3-83

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3four sendersmultihop pathstimeoutretransmit

λin

Q what happens as and increase λ

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

Another ldquocostrdquo of congestionwhen packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

λou

t

43

Transport Layer 3-85

Approaches towards congestion control

End-end congestion controlno explicit feedback from networkcongestion inferred from end-system observed loss delayapproach taken by TCP

Network-assisted congestion controlrouters provide feedback to end systems

single bit indicating congestion (SNA DECbit TCPIP ECN ATM)explicit rate sender should send at

Two broad approaches towards congestion control

Transport Layer 3-86

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rateldquoelastic servicerdquoif senderrsquos path ldquounderloadedrdquo

sender should use available bandwidth

if senderrsquos path congested sender throttled to minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cellssent by sender interspersed with data cellsbits in RM cell set by switches (ldquonetwork-assistedrdquo)

NI bit no increase in rate (mild congestion)CI bit congestion indication

RM cells returned to sender by receiver with bits intact

44

Transport Layer 3-87

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cellcongested switch may lower ER value in cellsenderrsquo send rate thus minimum supportable rate on path

EFCI bit in data cells set to 1 in congested switchif data cell preceding RM cell has EFCI set sender sets CI bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-88

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

45

Transport Layer 3-89

TCP congestion control additive increase multiplicative decrease

8 Kbytes

16 Kbytes

24 Kbytes

time

congestionwindow

Approach increase transmission rate (window size) probing for usable bandwidth until loss occurs

additive increase increase CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT until loss detectedmultiplicative decrease cut CongWin in half after loss

timecong

estio

n w

indo

w s

ize

Saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-90

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

le CongWin

Roughly

CongWin is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestionloss event = timeout or 3 duplicate acksTCP sender reduces rate (CongWin) after loss event

three mechanismsAIMDslow startconservative after timeout events

rate = CongWinRTT Bytessec

46

Transport Layer 3-91

TCP Slow Start

When connection begins CongWin = 1 MSS

Example MSS = 500 bytes amp RTT = 200 msecinitial rate = 20 kbps

available bandwidth may be gtgt MSSRTT

desirable to quickly ramp up to respectable rate

When connection begins increase rate exponentially fast until first loss event

Transport Layer 3-92

TCP Slow Start (more)

When connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event

double CongWin every RTTdone by incrementing CongWin for every ACK received

Summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

one segment

RTT

Host B

time

two segments

four segments

47

Transport Layer 3-93

RefinementQ When should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A When CongWin gets to 12 of its value before timeout

ImplementationVariable Threshold At loss event Threshold is set to 12 of CongWin just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-94

Refinement inferring loss

After 3 dup ACKsCongWin is cut in halfwindow then grows linearly

But after timeout eventCongWin instead set to 1 MSS window then grows exponentiallyto a threshold then grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments

timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquocongestion scenario

Philosophy

48

Transport Layer 3-95

Summary TCP Congestion Control

When CongWin is below Threshold sender in slow-start phase window grows exponentially

When CongWin is above Threshold sender is in congestion-avoidance phase window grows linearly

When a triple duplicate ACK occurs Threshold set to CongWin2 and CongWin set to Threshold

When timeout occurs Threshold set to CongWin2and CongWin is set to 1 MSS

Transport Layer 3-96

TCP sender congestion control

SS or CA

SS or CA

SS or CA

CongestionAvoidance (CA)

Slow Start (SS)

State

CongWin and Threshold not changed

Increment duplicate ACK count for segment being acked

Duplicate ACK

Enter slow startThreshold = CongWin2 CongWin = 1 MSSSet state to ldquoSlow Startrdquo

Timeout

Fast recovery implementing multiplicative decrease CongWin will not drop below 1 MSS

Threshold = CongWin2 CongWin = ThresholdSet state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

Loss event detected by triple duplicate ACK

Additive increase resulting in increase of CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT

CongWin = CongWin+MSS (MSSCongWin)

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

Resulting in a doubling of CongWin every RTT

CongWin = CongWin + MSS If (CongWin gt Threshold)

set state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

CommentaryTCP Sender Action Event

49

Transport Layer 3-97

TCP throughput

Whatrsquos the average throughout of TCP as a function of window size and RTT

Ignore slow start

Let W be the window size when loss occursWhen window is W throughput is WRTTJust after loss window drops to W2 throughput to W2RTT Average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Futures

Example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 GbpsthroughputRequires window size W = 83333 in-flight segmentsThroughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 WowNew versions of TCP for high-speed needed

LRTTMSSsdot221

50

Transport Layer 3-99

Fairness goal if K TCP sessions share same bottleneck link of bandwidth R each should have average rate of RK

TCP connection 1

bottleneckrouter

capacity R

TCP connection 2

TCP Fairness

Transport Layer 3-100

Why is TCP fairTwo competing sessions

Additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increasesmultiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

Conn

ecti

on 2

thr

ough

put

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

51

Transport Layer 3-101

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP

Multimedia apps often do not use TCP

do not want rate throttled by congestion control

Instead use UDPpump audiovideo at constant rate tolerate packet loss

Research area TCP friendly

Fairness and parallel TCP connectionsnothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hostsWeb browsers do this Example link of rate R supporting 9 cnctions

new app asks for 1 TCP gets rate R10new app asks for 11 TCPs gets R2

Transport Layer 3-102

Delay modeling

Q How long does it take to receive an object from a Web server after sending a request

Ignoring congestion delay is influenced byTCP connection establishmentdata transmission delayslow start

Notation assumptionsAssume one link between client and server of rate RS MSS (bits)O object size (bits)no retransmissions (no loss no corruption)

Window sizeFirst assume fixed congestion window W segmentsThen dynamic window

modeling slow start

52

Transport Layer 3-103

Fixed congestion window (1)

First caseWSR gt RTT + SR ACK for

first segment in window returns before windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR

Transport Layer 3-104

Fixed congestion window (2)

Second caseWSR lt RTT + SR wait for ACK after sending windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR+ (K-1)[SR + RTT - WSR]

53

Transport Layer 3-105

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (1)

Now suppose window grows according to slow start

Will show that the delay for one object is

RS

RSRTTP

RORTTLatency P )12(2 minusminus⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ +++=

where P is the number of times TCP idles at server

1min minus= KQP

- where Q is the number of times the server idlesif the object were of infinite size

- and K is the number of windows that cover the object

Transport Layer 3-106

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (2)

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Examplebull OS = 15 segmentsbull K = 4 windowsbull Q = 2bull P = minK-1Q = 2

Server idles P=2 times

Delay componentsbull 2 RTT for connection estab and requestbull OR to transmit objectbull time server idles due to slow start

Server idles P = minK-1Q times

54

Transport Layer 3-107

TCP Delay Modeling (3)

RS

RSRTTPRTT

RO

RSRTT

RSRTT

RO

idleTimeRTTRO

P

kP

k

P

pp

)12(][2

]2[2

2delay

1

1

1

minusminus+++=

minus+++=

++=

minus

=

=

sum

sum

th window after the timeidle 2 1 kRSRTT

RS k =⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ minus+

+minus

ementacknowledg receivesserver until

segment send tostartsserver whenfrom time=+ RTTRS

window kth the transmit totime2 1 =minus

RSk

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Transport Layer 3-108

TCP Delay Modeling (4)

⎥⎥⎤

⎢⎢⎡ +=

+ge=

geminus=

ge+++=

ge+++=minus

minus

)1(log

)1(logmin

12min

222min222min

2

2

110

110

SO

SOkk

SOk

SOkOSSSkK

k

k

k

L

L

Calculation of Q number of idles for infinite-size objectis similar (see HW)

Recall K = number of windows that cover object

How do we calculate K

55

Transport Layer 3-109

HTTP ModelingAssume Web page consists of

1 base HTML page (of size O bits)M images (each of size O bits)

Non-persistent HTTP M+1 TCP connections in seriesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (M+1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Persistent HTTP2 RTT to request and receive base HTML file1 RTT to request and receive M imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + 3RTT + sum of idle times

Non-persistent HTTP with X parallel connectionsSuppose MX integer1 TCP connection for base fileMX sets of parallel connections for imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (MX + 1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Transport Layer 3-110

02468

101214161820

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT = 100 msec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For low bandwidth connection amp response time dominated by transmission timePersistent connections only give minor improvement over parallelconnections

56

Transport Layer 3-111

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT =1 sec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For larger RTT response time dominated by TCP establishment amp slow start delays Persistent connections now give important improvement particularly in high delaybullbandwidth networks

Transport Layer 3-112

Chapter 3 Summaryprinciples behind transport layer services

multiplexing demultiplexingreliable data transferflow controlcongestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet

UDPTCP

Nextleaving the network ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)into the network ldquocorerdquo

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15

Transport Layer 3-29

rdt20 error scenario

Wait for call from above

snkpkt = make_pkt(data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)udt_send(ACK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampampisNAK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(NAK)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Wait for ACK or

NAK

Wait for call from

below

rdt_send(data)

Λ

Transport Layer 3-30

rdt20 has a fatal flaw

What happens if ACKNAK corruptedsender doesnrsquot know what happened at receivercanrsquot just retransmit possible duplicate

Handling duplicates sender retransmits current pkt if ACKNAK garbledsender adds sequence numberto each pktreceiver discards (doesnrsquot deliver up) duplicate pkt

Sender sends one packet then waits for receiver response

stop and wait

16

Transport Layer 3-31

rdt21 sender handles garbled ACKNAKs

Wait for call 0 from

above

sndpkt = make_pkt(0 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_send(data)

Wait for ACK or NAK 0 udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||isNAK(rcvpkt) )

sndpkt = make_pkt(1 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_send(data)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||isNAK(rcvpkt) )

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

Wait forcall 1 from

above

Wait for ACK or NAK 1

ΛΛ

Transport Layer 3-32

rdt21 receiver handles garbled ACKNAKs

Wait for 0 from below

sndpkt = make_pkt(NAK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp not corrupt(rcvpkt) ampamphas_seq0(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp has_seq1(rcvpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

Wait for 1 from below

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp has_seq0(rcvpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp (corrupt(rcvpkt)

sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp not corrupt(rcvpkt) ampamphas_seq1(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp (corrupt(rcvpkt)

sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

sndpkt = make_pkt(NAK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

17

Transport Layer 3-33

rdt21 discussion

Senderseq added to pkttwo seq rsquos (01) will suffice Whymust check if received ACKNAK corrupted twice as many states

state must ldquorememberrdquowhether ldquocurrentrdquo pkt has 0 or 1 seq

Receivermust check if received packet is duplicate

state indicates whether 0 or 1 is expected pkt seq

note receiver can notknow if its last ACKNAK received OK at sender

Transport Layer 3-34

rdt22 a NAK-free protocol

same functionality as rdt21 using ACKs onlyinstead of NAK receiver sends ACK for last pkt received OK

receiver must explicitly include seq of pkt being ACKed

duplicate ACK at sender results in same action as NAK retransmit current pkt

18

Transport Layer 3-35

rdt22 sender receiver fragments

Wait for call 0 from

above

sndpkt = make_pkt(0 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_send(data)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||

isACK(rcvpkt1) )

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt0)

Wait for ACK

0sender FSM

fragment

Wait for 0 from below

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp has_seq1(rcvpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK1 chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp (corrupt(rcvpkt) ||

has_seq1(rcvpkt))

udt_send(sndpkt)receiver FSM

fragment

Λ

Transport Layer 3-36

rdt30 channels with errors and loss

New assumption underlying channel can also lose packets (data or ACKs)

checksum seq ACKs retransmissions will be of help but not enough

Approach sender waits ldquoreasonablerdquo amount of time for ACK retransmits if no ACK received in this timeif pkt (or ACK) just delayed (not lost)

retransmission will be duplicate but use of seq rsquos already handles thisreceiver must specify seq of pkt being ACKed

requires countdown timer

19

Transport Layer 3-37

rdt30 sendersndpkt = make_pkt(0 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

rdt_send(data)

Wait for

ACK0

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||isACK(rcvpkt1) )

Wait for call 1 from

above

sndpkt = make_pkt(1 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

rdt_send(data)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt0)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||isACK(rcvpkt0) )

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt1)

stop_timerstop_timer

udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

timeout

udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

timeout

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

Wait for call 0from

above

Wait for

ACK1

Λrdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

ΛΛ

Λ

Transport Layer 3-38

rdt30 in action

20

Transport Layer 3-39

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-40

Performance of rdt30

rdt30 works but performance stinksexample 1 Gbps link 15 ms e-e prop delay 1KB packet

Ttransmit = 8kbpkt109 bsec = 8 microsec

U sender utilization ndash fraction of time sender busy sending

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

L (packet length in bits)R (transmission rate bps) =

1KB pkt every 30 msec -gt 33kBsec thruput over 1 Gbps linknetwork protocol limits use of physical resources

21

Transport Layer 3-41

rdt30 stop-and-wait operation

first packet bit transmitted t = 0

sender receiver

RTT

last packet bit transmitted t = L R

first packet bit arriveslast packet bit arrives send ACK

ACK arrives send next packet t = RTT + L R

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

Transport Layer 3-42

Pipelined protocolsPipelining sender allows multiple ldquoin-flightrdquo yet-to-be-

acknowledged pktsrange of sequence numbers must be increasedbuffering at sender andor receiver

Two generic forms of pipelined protocols go-Back-N selective repeat

22

Transport Layer 3-43

Pipelining increased utilization

first packet bit transmitted t = 0

sender receiver

RTT

last bit transmitted t = L R

first packet bit arriveslast packet bit arrives send ACK

ACK arrives send next packet t = RTT + L R

last bit of 2nd packet arrives send ACKlast bit of 3rd packet arrives send ACK

U sender =

02430008

= 00008 3 L R RTT + L R

=

Increase utilizationby a factor of 3

Transport Layer 3-44

Go-Back-NSender

k-bit seq in pkt headerldquowindowrdquo of up to N consecutive unackrsquoed pkts allowed

ACK(n) ACKs all pkts up to including seq n - ldquocumulative ACKrdquomay receive duplicate ACKs (see receiver)

timer for each in-flight pkttimeout(n) retransmit pkt n and all higher seq pkts in window

23

Transport Layer 3-45

GBN sender extended FSM

Wait start_timerudt_send(sndpkt[base])udt_send(sndpkt[base+1])hellipudt_send(sndpkt[nextseqnum-1])

timeout

rdt_send(data)

if (nextseqnum lt base+N) sndpkt[nextseqnum] = make_pkt(nextseqnumdatachksum)udt_send(sndpkt[nextseqnum])if (base == nextseqnum)

start_timernextseqnum++

elserefuse_data(data)

base = getacknum(rcvpkt)+1If (base == nextseqnum)

stop_timerelsestart_timer

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

base=1nextseqnum=1

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Λ

Transport Layer 3-46

GBN receiver extended FSM

ACK-only always send ACK for correctly-received pkt with highest in-order seq

may generate duplicate ACKsneed only remember expectedseqnum

out-of-order pkt discard (donrsquot buffer) -gt no receiver bufferingRe-ACK pkt with highest in-order seq

Wait

udt_send(sndpkt)default

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)ampamp notcurrupt(rcvpkt)ampamp hasseqnum(rcvpktexpectedseqnum)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(expectedseqnumACKchksum)udt_send(sndpkt)expectedseqnum++

expectedseqnum=1sndpkt = make_pkt(expectedseqnumACKchksum)

Λ

24

Transport Layer 3-47

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-48

Selective Repeat

receiver individually acknowledges all correctly received pkts

buffers pkts as needed for eventual in-order delivery to upper layer

sender only resends pkts for which ACK not receivedsender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender windowN consecutive seq rsquosagain limits seq s of sent unACKed pkts

25

Transport Layer 3-49

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-50

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in window send pkt

timeout(n)resend pkt n restart timer

ACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as receivedif n smallest unACKed pkt advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n)out-of-order bufferin-order deliver (also deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)

otherwiseignore

receiver

26

Transport Layer 3-51

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenariosincorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

27

Transport Layer 3-53

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-54

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex databi-directional data flow in same connectionMSS maximum segment size

connection-orientedhandshaking (exchange of control msgs) initrsquos sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlledsender will not overwhelm receiver

point-to-pointone sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte steam

no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelinedTCP congestion and flow control set window size

send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

28

Transport Layer 3-55

TCP segment structure

source port dest port

32 bits

applicationdata

(variable length)

sequence numberacknowledgement number

Receive windowUrg data pnterchecksum

FSRPAUheadlen

notused

Options (variable length)

URG urgent data (generally not used)

ACK ACK valid

PSH push data now(generally not used)

RST SYN FINconnection estab(setup teardown

commands)

bytes rcvr willingto accept

countingby bytes of data(not segments)

Internetchecksum

(as in UDP)

Transport Layer 3-56

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquoof first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKsseq of next byte expected from other sidecumulative ACK

Q how receiver handles out-of-order segments

A TCP spec doesnrsquot say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Seq=42 ACK=79 data = lsquoCrsquo

Seq=79 ACK=43 data = lsquoCrsquo

Seq=43 ACK=80

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

29

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout valuelonger than RTT

but RTT variestoo short premature timeout

unnecessary retransmissions

too long slow reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTTSampleRTT measured time from segment transmission until ACK receipt

ignore retransmissionsSampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo

average several recent measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-58

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- α)EstimatedRTT + αSampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving averageinfluence of past sample decreases exponentially fasttypical value α = 0125

30

Transport Layer 3-59

Example RTT estimationRTT gaiacsumassedu to fantasiaeurecomfr

100

150

200

250

300

350

1 8 15 22 29 36 43 50 57 64 71 78 85 92 99 106

time (seconnds)

RTT

(mill

iseco

nds)

SampleRTT Estimated RTT

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeoutEstimtedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin

first estimate of how much SampleRTT deviates from EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

DevRTT = (1-β)DevRTT +β|SampleRTT-EstimatedRTT|

(typically β = 025)

Then set timeout interval

31

Transport Layer 3-61

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-62

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable servicePipelined segmentsCumulative acksTCP uses single retransmission timer

Retransmissions are triggered by

timeout eventsduplicate acks

Initially consider simplified TCP sender

ignore duplicate acksignore flow control congestion control

32

Transport Layer 3-63

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app

Create segment with seq seq is byte-stream number of first data byte in segmentstart timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unackedsegment)expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeoutretransmit segment that caused timeoutrestart timer

Ack rcvdIf acknowledges previously unackedsegments

update what is known to be ackedstart timer if there are outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-64

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNumif (timer currently not running)

start timerpass segment to IP NextSeqNum = NextSeqNum + length(data)

event timer timeoutretransmit not-yet-acknowledged segment with

smallest sequence numberstart timer

event ACK received with ACK field value of y if (y gt SendBase)

SendBase = yif (there are currently not-yet-acknowledged segments)

start timer

end of loop forever

Commentbull SendBase-1 last cumulatively ackrsquoed byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

33

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

Seq=100 20 bytes data

ACK=100

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=120

Seq=92 8 bytes data

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

ACK=120

Host A

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

Sendbase= 100

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

Seq=100 20 bytes data

ACK=120

time

SendBase= 120

34

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP ACK generation [RFC 1122 RFC 2581]

Event at Receiver

Arrival of in-order segment withexpected seq All data up toexpected seq already ACKed

Arrival of in-order segment withexpected seq One other segment has ACK pending

Arrival of out-of-order segmenthigher-than-expect seq Gap detected

Arrival of segment that partially or completely fills gap

TCP Receiver action

Delayed ACK Wait up to 500msfor next segment If no next segmentsend ACK

Immediately send single cumulative ACK ACKing both in-order segments

Immediately send duplicate ACK indicating seq of next expected byte

Immediate send ACK provided thatsegment startsat lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-68

Fast Retransmit

Time-out period often relatively long

long delay before resending lost packet

Detect lost segments via duplicate ACKs

Sender often sends many segments back-to-backIf segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

If sender receives 3 ACKsfor the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost

fast retransmit resend segment before timer expires

35

Transport Layer 3-69

event ACK received with ACK field value of y if (y gt SendBase)

SendBase = yif (there are currently not-yet-acknowledged segments)

start timer

else increment count of dup ACKs received for yif (count of dup ACKs received for y = 3)

resend segment with sequence number y

Fast retransmit algorithm

a duplicate ACK for already ACKed segment

fast retransmit

Transport Layer 3-70

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

36

Transport Layer 3-71

TCP Flow Control

receive side of TCP connection has a receive buffer

speed-matching service matching the send rate to the receiving apprsquos drain rate

app process may be slow at reading from buffer

sender wonrsquot overflowreceiverrsquos buffer by

transmitting too muchtoo fast

flow control

Transport Layer 3-72

TCP Flow control how it works

(Suppose TCP receiver discards out-of-order segments)spare room in buffer

= RcvWindow= RcvBuffer-[LastByteRcvd -

LastByteRead]

Rcvr advertises spare room by including value of RcvWindow in segmentsSender limits unACKeddata to RcvWindow

guarantees receive buffer doesnrsquot overflow

37

Transport Layer 3-73

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-74

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segmentsinitialize TCP variables

seq sbuffers flow control info (eg RcvWindow)

client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshake

Step 1 client host sends TCP SYN segment to server

specifies initial seq no data

Step 2 server host receives SYN replies with SYNACK segment

server allocates buffersspecifies server initial seq

Step 3 client receives SYNACK replies with ACK segment which may contain data

38

Transport Layer 3-75

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Closing a connection

client closes socketclientSocketclose()

Step 1 client end system sends TCP FIN control segment to server

Step 2 server receives FIN replies with ACK Closes connection sends FIN

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-76

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Step 3 client receives FIN replies with ACK

Enters ldquotimed waitrdquo - will respond with ACK to received FINs

Step 4 server receives ACK Connection closed

Note with small modification can handle simultaneous FINs

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

closing

closing

closed

tim

ed w

ait

closed

39

Transport Layer 3-77

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-78

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

40

Transport Layer 3-79

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestioninformally ldquotoo many sources sending too much data too fast for network to handlerdquodifferent from flow controlmanifestations

lost packets (buffer overflow at routers)long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-80

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receiversone router infinite buffers no retransmission

large delays when congestedmaximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

41

Transport Layer 3-81

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of lost packet

finite shared output link buffers

Host A λin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-82

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2always (goodput)

ldquoperfectrdquo retransmission only when loss

retransmission of delayed (not lost) packet makes larger (than perfect case) for same

λin

λout=

λin

λoutgtλ

inλout

ldquocostsrdquo of congestionmore work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquounneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

R2

R2λin

λ out

b

R2

R2λin

λ out

a

R2

R2λin

λ out

c

R4

R3

42

Transport Layer 3-83

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3four sendersmultihop pathstimeoutretransmit

λin

Q what happens as and increase λ

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

Another ldquocostrdquo of congestionwhen packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

λou

t

43

Transport Layer 3-85

Approaches towards congestion control

End-end congestion controlno explicit feedback from networkcongestion inferred from end-system observed loss delayapproach taken by TCP

Network-assisted congestion controlrouters provide feedback to end systems

single bit indicating congestion (SNA DECbit TCPIP ECN ATM)explicit rate sender should send at

Two broad approaches towards congestion control

Transport Layer 3-86

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rateldquoelastic servicerdquoif senderrsquos path ldquounderloadedrdquo

sender should use available bandwidth

if senderrsquos path congested sender throttled to minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cellssent by sender interspersed with data cellsbits in RM cell set by switches (ldquonetwork-assistedrdquo)

NI bit no increase in rate (mild congestion)CI bit congestion indication

RM cells returned to sender by receiver with bits intact

44

Transport Layer 3-87

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cellcongested switch may lower ER value in cellsenderrsquo send rate thus minimum supportable rate on path

EFCI bit in data cells set to 1 in congested switchif data cell preceding RM cell has EFCI set sender sets CI bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-88

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

45

Transport Layer 3-89

TCP congestion control additive increase multiplicative decrease

8 Kbytes

16 Kbytes

24 Kbytes

time

congestionwindow

Approach increase transmission rate (window size) probing for usable bandwidth until loss occurs

additive increase increase CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT until loss detectedmultiplicative decrease cut CongWin in half after loss

timecong

estio

n w

indo

w s

ize

Saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-90

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

le CongWin

Roughly

CongWin is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestionloss event = timeout or 3 duplicate acksTCP sender reduces rate (CongWin) after loss event

three mechanismsAIMDslow startconservative after timeout events

rate = CongWinRTT Bytessec

46

Transport Layer 3-91

TCP Slow Start

When connection begins CongWin = 1 MSS

Example MSS = 500 bytes amp RTT = 200 msecinitial rate = 20 kbps

available bandwidth may be gtgt MSSRTT

desirable to quickly ramp up to respectable rate

When connection begins increase rate exponentially fast until first loss event

Transport Layer 3-92

TCP Slow Start (more)

When connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event

double CongWin every RTTdone by incrementing CongWin for every ACK received

Summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

one segment

RTT

Host B

time

two segments

four segments

47

Transport Layer 3-93

RefinementQ When should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A When CongWin gets to 12 of its value before timeout

ImplementationVariable Threshold At loss event Threshold is set to 12 of CongWin just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-94

Refinement inferring loss

After 3 dup ACKsCongWin is cut in halfwindow then grows linearly

But after timeout eventCongWin instead set to 1 MSS window then grows exponentiallyto a threshold then grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments

timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquocongestion scenario

Philosophy

48

Transport Layer 3-95

Summary TCP Congestion Control

When CongWin is below Threshold sender in slow-start phase window grows exponentially

When CongWin is above Threshold sender is in congestion-avoidance phase window grows linearly

When a triple duplicate ACK occurs Threshold set to CongWin2 and CongWin set to Threshold

When timeout occurs Threshold set to CongWin2and CongWin is set to 1 MSS

Transport Layer 3-96

TCP sender congestion control

SS or CA

SS or CA

SS or CA

CongestionAvoidance (CA)

Slow Start (SS)

State

CongWin and Threshold not changed

Increment duplicate ACK count for segment being acked

Duplicate ACK

Enter slow startThreshold = CongWin2 CongWin = 1 MSSSet state to ldquoSlow Startrdquo

Timeout

Fast recovery implementing multiplicative decrease CongWin will not drop below 1 MSS

Threshold = CongWin2 CongWin = ThresholdSet state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

Loss event detected by triple duplicate ACK

Additive increase resulting in increase of CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT

CongWin = CongWin+MSS (MSSCongWin)

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

Resulting in a doubling of CongWin every RTT

CongWin = CongWin + MSS If (CongWin gt Threshold)

set state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

CommentaryTCP Sender Action Event

49

Transport Layer 3-97

TCP throughput

Whatrsquos the average throughout of TCP as a function of window size and RTT

Ignore slow start

Let W be the window size when loss occursWhen window is W throughput is WRTTJust after loss window drops to W2 throughput to W2RTT Average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Futures

Example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 GbpsthroughputRequires window size W = 83333 in-flight segmentsThroughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 WowNew versions of TCP for high-speed needed

LRTTMSSsdot221

50

Transport Layer 3-99

Fairness goal if K TCP sessions share same bottleneck link of bandwidth R each should have average rate of RK

TCP connection 1

bottleneckrouter

capacity R

TCP connection 2

TCP Fairness

Transport Layer 3-100

Why is TCP fairTwo competing sessions

Additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increasesmultiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

Conn

ecti

on 2

thr

ough

put

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

51

Transport Layer 3-101

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP

Multimedia apps often do not use TCP

do not want rate throttled by congestion control

Instead use UDPpump audiovideo at constant rate tolerate packet loss

Research area TCP friendly

Fairness and parallel TCP connectionsnothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hostsWeb browsers do this Example link of rate R supporting 9 cnctions

new app asks for 1 TCP gets rate R10new app asks for 11 TCPs gets R2

Transport Layer 3-102

Delay modeling

Q How long does it take to receive an object from a Web server after sending a request

Ignoring congestion delay is influenced byTCP connection establishmentdata transmission delayslow start

Notation assumptionsAssume one link between client and server of rate RS MSS (bits)O object size (bits)no retransmissions (no loss no corruption)

Window sizeFirst assume fixed congestion window W segmentsThen dynamic window

modeling slow start

52

Transport Layer 3-103

Fixed congestion window (1)

First caseWSR gt RTT + SR ACK for

first segment in window returns before windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR

Transport Layer 3-104

Fixed congestion window (2)

Second caseWSR lt RTT + SR wait for ACK after sending windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR+ (K-1)[SR + RTT - WSR]

53

Transport Layer 3-105

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (1)

Now suppose window grows according to slow start

Will show that the delay for one object is

RS

RSRTTP

RORTTLatency P )12(2 minusminus⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ +++=

where P is the number of times TCP idles at server

1min minus= KQP

- where Q is the number of times the server idlesif the object were of infinite size

- and K is the number of windows that cover the object

Transport Layer 3-106

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (2)

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Examplebull OS = 15 segmentsbull K = 4 windowsbull Q = 2bull P = minK-1Q = 2

Server idles P=2 times

Delay componentsbull 2 RTT for connection estab and requestbull OR to transmit objectbull time server idles due to slow start

Server idles P = minK-1Q times

54

Transport Layer 3-107

TCP Delay Modeling (3)

RS

RSRTTPRTT

RO

RSRTT

RSRTT

RO

idleTimeRTTRO

P

kP

k

P

pp

)12(][2

]2[2

2delay

1

1

1

minusminus+++=

minus+++=

++=

minus

=

=

sum

sum

th window after the timeidle 2 1 kRSRTT

RS k =⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ minus+

+minus

ementacknowledg receivesserver until

segment send tostartsserver whenfrom time=+ RTTRS

window kth the transmit totime2 1 =minus

RSk

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Transport Layer 3-108

TCP Delay Modeling (4)

⎥⎥⎤

⎢⎢⎡ +=

+ge=

geminus=

ge+++=

ge+++=minus

minus

)1(log

)1(logmin

12min

222min222min

2

2

110

110

SO

SOkk

SOk

SOkOSSSkK

k

k

k

L

L

Calculation of Q number of idles for infinite-size objectis similar (see HW)

Recall K = number of windows that cover object

How do we calculate K

55

Transport Layer 3-109

HTTP ModelingAssume Web page consists of

1 base HTML page (of size O bits)M images (each of size O bits)

Non-persistent HTTP M+1 TCP connections in seriesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (M+1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Persistent HTTP2 RTT to request and receive base HTML file1 RTT to request and receive M imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + 3RTT + sum of idle times

Non-persistent HTTP with X parallel connectionsSuppose MX integer1 TCP connection for base fileMX sets of parallel connections for imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (MX + 1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Transport Layer 3-110

02468

101214161820

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT = 100 msec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For low bandwidth connection amp response time dominated by transmission timePersistent connections only give minor improvement over parallelconnections

56

Transport Layer 3-111

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT =1 sec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For larger RTT response time dominated by TCP establishment amp slow start delays Persistent connections now give important improvement particularly in high delaybullbandwidth networks

Transport Layer 3-112

Chapter 3 Summaryprinciples behind transport layer services

multiplexing demultiplexingreliable data transferflow controlcongestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet

UDPTCP

Nextleaving the network ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)into the network ldquocorerdquo

Page 16: Chapter 3: Transport Layerpeople.ee.duke.edu/~krish/ECE156/Chapter3.pdf · Transport Layer 3-4 Transport vs. network layer network layer: logical communication between hosts transport

16

Transport Layer 3-31

rdt21 sender handles garbled ACKNAKs

Wait for call 0 from

above

sndpkt = make_pkt(0 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_send(data)

Wait for ACK or NAK 0 udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||isNAK(rcvpkt) )

sndpkt = make_pkt(1 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_send(data)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||isNAK(rcvpkt) )

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt)

Wait forcall 1 from

above

Wait for ACK or NAK 1

ΛΛ

Transport Layer 3-32

rdt21 receiver handles garbled ACKNAKs

Wait for 0 from below

sndpkt = make_pkt(NAK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp not corrupt(rcvpkt) ampamphas_seq0(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp has_seq1(rcvpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

Wait for 1 from below

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp has_seq0(rcvpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp (corrupt(rcvpkt)

sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp not corrupt(rcvpkt) ampamphas_seq1(rcvpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp (corrupt(rcvpkt)

sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

sndpkt = make_pkt(NAK chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

17

Transport Layer 3-33

rdt21 discussion

Senderseq added to pkttwo seq rsquos (01) will suffice Whymust check if received ACKNAK corrupted twice as many states

state must ldquorememberrdquowhether ldquocurrentrdquo pkt has 0 or 1 seq

Receivermust check if received packet is duplicate

state indicates whether 0 or 1 is expected pkt seq

note receiver can notknow if its last ACKNAK received OK at sender

Transport Layer 3-34

rdt22 a NAK-free protocol

same functionality as rdt21 using ACKs onlyinstead of NAK receiver sends ACK for last pkt received OK

receiver must explicitly include seq of pkt being ACKed

duplicate ACK at sender results in same action as NAK retransmit current pkt

18

Transport Layer 3-35

rdt22 sender receiver fragments

Wait for call 0 from

above

sndpkt = make_pkt(0 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_send(data)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||

isACK(rcvpkt1) )

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt0)

Wait for ACK

0sender FSM

fragment

Wait for 0 from below

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp has_seq1(rcvpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK1 chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp (corrupt(rcvpkt) ||

has_seq1(rcvpkt))

udt_send(sndpkt)receiver FSM

fragment

Λ

Transport Layer 3-36

rdt30 channels with errors and loss

New assumption underlying channel can also lose packets (data or ACKs)

checksum seq ACKs retransmissions will be of help but not enough

Approach sender waits ldquoreasonablerdquo amount of time for ACK retransmits if no ACK received in this timeif pkt (or ACK) just delayed (not lost)

retransmission will be duplicate but use of seq rsquos already handles thisreceiver must specify seq of pkt being ACKed

requires countdown timer

19

Transport Layer 3-37

rdt30 sendersndpkt = make_pkt(0 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

rdt_send(data)

Wait for

ACK0

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||isACK(rcvpkt1) )

Wait for call 1 from

above

sndpkt = make_pkt(1 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

rdt_send(data)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt0)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||isACK(rcvpkt0) )

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt1)

stop_timerstop_timer

udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

timeout

udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

timeout

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

Wait for call 0from

above

Wait for

ACK1

Λrdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

ΛΛ

Λ

Transport Layer 3-38

rdt30 in action

20

Transport Layer 3-39

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-40

Performance of rdt30

rdt30 works but performance stinksexample 1 Gbps link 15 ms e-e prop delay 1KB packet

Ttransmit = 8kbpkt109 bsec = 8 microsec

U sender utilization ndash fraction of time sender busy sending

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

L (packet length in bits)R (transmission rate bps) =

1KB pkt every 30 msec -gt 33kBsec thruput over 1 Gbps linknetwork protocol limits use of physical resources

21

Transport Layer 3-41

rdt30 stop-and-wait operation

first packet bit transmitted t = 0

sender receiver

RTT

last packet bit transmitted t = L R

first packet bit arriveslast packet bit arrives send ACK

ACK arrives send next packet t = RTT + L R

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

Transport Layer 3-42

Pipelined protocolsPipelining sender allows multiple ldquoin-flightrdquo yet-to-be-

acknowledged pktsrange of sequence numbers must be increasedbuffering at sender andor receiver

Two generic forms of pipelined protocols go-Back-N selective repeat

22

Transport Layer 3-43

Pipelining increased utilization

first packet bit transmitted t = 0

sender receiver

RTT

last bit transmitted t = L R

first packet bit arriveslast packet bit arrives send ACK

ACK arrives send next packet t = RTT + L R

last bit of 2nd packet arrives send ACKlast bit of 3rd packet arrives send ACK

U sender =

02430008

= 00008 3 L R RTT + L R

=

Increase utilizationby a factor of 3

Transport Layer 3-44

Go-Back-NSender

k-bit seq in pkt headerldquowindowrdquo of up to N consecutive unackrsquoed pkts allowed

ACK(n) ACKs all pkts up to including seq n - ldquocumulative ACKrdquomay receive duplicate ACKs (see receiver)

timer for each in-flight pkttimeout(n) retransmit pkt n and all higher seq pkts in window

23

Transport Layer 3-45

GBN sender extended FSM

Wait start_timerudt_send(sndpkt[base])udt_send(sndpkt[base+1])hellipudt_send(sndpkt[nextseqnum-1])

timeout

rdt_send(data)

if (nextseqnum lt base+N) sndpkt[nextseqnum] = make_pkt(nextseqnumdatachksum)udt_send(sndpkt[nextseqnum])if (base == nextseqnum)

start_timernextseqnum++

elserefuse_data(data)

base = getacknum(rcvpkt)+1If (base == nextseqnum)

stop_timerelsestart_timer

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

base=1nextseqnum=1

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Λ

Transport Layer 3-46

GBN receiver extended FSM

ACK-only always send ACK for correctly-received pkt with highest in-order seq

may generate duplicate ACKsneed only remember expectedseqnum

out-of-order pkt discard (donrsquot buffer) -gt no receiver bufferingRe-ACK pkt with highest in-order seq

Wait

udt_send(sndpkt)default

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)ampamp notcurrupt(rcvpkt)ampamp hasseqnum(rcvpktexpectedseqnum)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(expectedseqnumACKchksum)udt_send(sndpkt)expectedseqnum++

expectedseqnum=1sndpkt = make_pkt(expectedseqnumACKchksum)

Λ

24

Transport Layer 3-47

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-48

Selective Repeat

receiver individually acknowledges all correctly received pkts

buffers pkts as needed for eventual in-order delivery to upper layer

sender only resends pkts for which ACK not receivedsender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender windowN consecutive seq rsquosagain limits seq s of sent unACKed pkts

25

Transport Layer 3-49

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-50

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in window send pkt

timeout(n)resend pkt n restart timer

ACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as receivedif n smallest unACKed pkt advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n)out-of-order bufferin-order deliver (also deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)

otherwiseignore

receiver

26

Transport Layer 3-51

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenariosincorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

27

Transport Layer 3-53

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-54

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex databi-directional data flow in same connectionMSS maximum segment size

connection-orientedhandshaking (exchange of control msgs) initrsquos sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlledsender will not overwhelm receiver

point-to-pointone sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte steam

no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelinedTCP congestion and flow control set window size

send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

28

Transport Layer 3-55

TCP segment structure

source port dest port

32 bits

applicationdata

(variable length)

sequence numberacknowledgement number

Receive windowUrg data pnterchecksum

FSRPAUheadlen

notused

Options (variable length)

URG urgent data (generally not used)

ACK ACK valid

PSH push data now(generally not used)

RST SYN FINconnection estab(setup teardown

commands)

bytes rcvr willingto accept

countingby bytes of data(not segments)

Internetchecksum

(as in UDP)

Transport Layer 3-56

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquoof first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKsseq of next byte expected from other sidecumulative ACK

Q how receiver handles out-of-order segments

A TCP spec doesnrsquot say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Seq=42 ACK=79 data = lsquoCrsquo

Seq=79 ACK=43 data = lsquoCrsquo

Seq=43 ACK=80

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

29

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout valuelonger than RTT

but RTT variestoo short premature timeout

unnecessary retransmissions

too long slow reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTTSampleRTT measured time from segment transmission until ACK receipt

ignore retransmissionsSampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo

average several recent measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-58

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- α)EstimatedRTT + αSampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving averageinfluence of past sample decreases exponentially fasttypical value α = 0125

30

Transport Layer 3-59

Example RTT estimationRTT gaiacsumassedu to fantasiaeurecomfr

100

150

200

250

300

350

1 8 15 22 29 36 43 50 57 64 71 78 85 92 99 106

time (seconnds)

RTT

(mill

iseco

nds)

SampleRTT Estimated RTT

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeoutEstimtedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin

first estimate of how much SampleRTT deviates from EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

DevRTT = (1-β)DevRTT +β|SampleRTT-EstimatedRTT|

(typically β = 025)

Then set timeout interval

31

Transport Layer 3-61

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-62

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable servicePipelined segmentsCumulative acksTCP uses single retransmission timer

Retransmissions are triggered by

timeout eventsduplicate acks

Initially consider simplified TCP sender

ignore duplicate acksignore flow control congestion control

32

Transport Layer 3-63

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app

Create segment with seq seq is byte-stream number of first data byte in segmentstart timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unackedsegment)expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeoutretransmit segment that caused timeoutrestart timer

Ack rcvdIf acknowledges previously unackedsegments

update what is known to be ackedstart timer if there are outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-64

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNumif (timer currently not running)

start timerpass segment to IP NextSeqNum = NextSeqNum + length(data)

event timer timeoutretransmit not-yet-acknowledged segment with

smallest sequence numberstart timer

event ACK received with ACK field value of y if (y gt SendBase)

SendBase = yif (there are currently not-yet-acknowledged segments)

start timer

end of loop forever

Commentbull SendBase-1 last cumulatively ackrsquoed byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

33

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

Seq=100 20 bytes data

ACK=100

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=120

Seq=92 8 bytes data

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

ACK=120

Host A

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

Sendbase= 100

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

Seq=100 20 bytes data

ACK=120

time

SendBase= 120

34

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP ACK generation [RFC 1122 RFC 2581]

Event at Receiver

Arrival of in-order segment withexpected seq All data up toexpected seq already ACKed

Arrival of in-order segment withexpected seq One other segment has ACK pending

Arrival of out-of-order segmenthigher-than-expect seq Gap detected

Arrival of segment that partially or completely fills gap

TCP Receiver action

Delayed ACK Wait up to 500msfor next segment If no next segmentsend ACK

Immediately send single cumulative ACK ACKing both in-order segments

Immediately send duplicate ACK indicating seq of next expected byte

Immediate send ACK provided thatsegment startsat lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-68

Fast Retransmit

Time-out period often relatively long

long delay before resending lost packet

Detect lost segments via duplicate ACKs

Sender often sends many segments back-to-backIf segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

If sender receives 3 ACKsfor the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost

fast retransmit resend segment before timer expires

35

Transport Layer 3-69

event ACK received with ACK field value of y if (y gt SendBase)

SendBase = yif (there are currently not-yet-acknowledged segments)

start timer

else increment count of dup ACKs received for yif (count of dup ACKs received for y = 3)

resend segment with sequence number y

Fast retransmit algorithm

a duplicate ACK for already ACKed segment

fast retransmit

Transport Layer 3-70

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

36

Transport Layer 3-71

TCP Flow Control

receive side of TCP connection has a receive buffer

speed-matching service matching the send rate to the receiving apprsquos drain rate

app process may be slow at reading from buffer

sender wonrsquot overflowreceiverrsquos buffer by

transmitting too muchtoo fast

flow control

Transport Layer 3-72

TCP Flow control how it works

(Suppose TCP receiver discards out-of-order segments)spare room in buffer

= RcvWindow= RcvBuffer-[LastByteRcvd -

LastByteRead]

Rcvr advertises spare room by including value of RcvWindow in segmentsSender limits unACKeddata to RcvWindow

guarantees receive buffer doesnrsquot overflow

37

Transport Layer 3-73

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-74

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segmentsinitialize TCP variables

seq sbuffers flow control info (eg RcvWindow)

client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshake

Step 1 client host sends TCP SYN segment to server

specifies initial seq no data

Step 2 server host receives SYN replies with SYNACK segment

server allocates buffersspecifies server initial seq

Step 3 client receives SYNACK replies with ACK segment which may contain data

38

Transport Layer 3-75

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Closing a connection

client closes socketclientSocketclose()

Step 1 client end system sends TCP FIN control segment to server

Step 2 server receives FIN replies with ACK Closes connection sends FIN

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-76

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Step 3 client receives FIN replies with ACK

Enters ldquotimed waitrdquo - will respond with ACK to received FINs

Step 4 server receives ACK Connection closed

Note with small modification can handle simultaneous FINs

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

closing

closing

closed

tim

ed w

ait

closed

39

Transport Layer 3-77

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-78

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

40

Transport Layer 3-79

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestioninformally ldquotoo many sources sending too much data too fast for network to handlerdquodifferent from flow controlmanifestations

lost packets (buffer overflow at routers)long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-80

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receiversone router infinite buffers no retransmission

large delays when congestedmaximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

41

Transport Layer 3-81

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of lost packet

finite shared output link buffers

Host A λin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-82

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2always (goodput)

ldquoperfectrdquo retransmission only when loss

retransmission of delayed (not lost) packet makes larger (than perfect case) for same

λin

λout=

λin

λoutgtλ

inλout

ldquocostsrdquo of congestionmore work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquounneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

R2

R2λin

λ out

b

R2

R2λin

λ out

a

R2

R2λin

λ out

c

R4

R3

42

Transport Layer 3-83

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3four sendersmultihop pathstimeoutretransmit

λin

Q what happens as and increase λ

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

Another ldquocostrdquo of congestionwhen packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

λou

t

43

Transport Layer 3-85

Approaches towards congestion control

End-end congestion controlno explicit feedback from networkcongestion inferred from end-system observed loss delayapproach taken by TCP

Network-assisted congestion controlrouters provide feedback to end systems

single bit indicating congestion (SNA DECbit TCPIP ECN ATM)explicit rate sender should send at

Two broad approaches towards congestion control

Transport Layer 3-86

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rateldquoelastic servicerdquoif senderrsquos path ldquounderloadedrdquo

sender should use available bandwidth

if senderrsquos path congested sender throttled to minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cellssent by sender interspersed with data cellsbits in RM cell set by switches (ldquonetwork-assistedrdquo)

NI bit no increase in rate (mild congestion)CI bit congestion indication

RM cells returned to sender by receiver with bits intact

44

Transport Layer 3-87

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cellcongested switch may lower ER value in cellsenderrsquo send rate thus minimum supportable rate on path

EFCI bit in data cells set to 1 in congested switchif data cell preceding RM cell has EFCI set sender sets CI bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-88

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

45

Transport Layer 3-89

TCP congestion control additive increase multiplicative decrease

8 Kbytes

16 Kbytes

24 Kbytes

time

congestionwindow

Approach increase transmission rate (window size) probing for usable bandwidth until loss occurs

additive increase increase CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT until loss detectedmultiplicative decrease cut CongWin in half after loss

timecong

estio

n w

indo

w s

ize

Saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-90

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

le CongWin

Roughly

CongWin is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestionloss event = timeout or 3 duplicate acksTCP sender reduces rate (CongWin) after loss event

three mechanismsAIMDslow startconservative after timeout events

rate = CongWinRTT Bytessec

46

Transport Layer 3-91

TCP Slow Start

When connection begins CongWin = 1 MSS

Example MSS = 500 bytes amp RTT = 200 msecinitial rate = 20 kbps

available bandwidth may be gtgt MSSRTT

desirable to quickly ramp up to respectable rate

When connection begins increase rate exponentially fast until first loss event

Transport Layer 3-92

TCP Slow Start (more)

When connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event

double CongWin every RTTdone by incrementing CongWin for every ACK received

Summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

one segment

RTT

Host B

time

two segments

four segments

47

Transport Layer 3-93

RefinementQ When should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A When CongWin gets to 12 of its value before timeout

ImplementationVariable Threshold At loss event Threshold is set to 12 of CongWin just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-94

Refinement inferring loss

After 3 dup ACKsCongWin is cut in halfwindow then grows linearly

But after timeout eventCongWin instead set to 1 MSS window then grows exponentiallyto a threshold then grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments

timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquocongestion scenario

Philosophy

48

Transport Layer 3-95

Summary TCP Congestion Control

When CongWin is below Threshold sender in slow-start phase window grows exponentially

When CongWin is above Threshold sender is in congestion-avoidance phase window grows linearly

When a triple duplicate ACK occurs Threshold set to CongWin2 and CongWin set to Threshold

When timeout occurs Threshold set to CongWin2and CongWin is set to 1 MSS

Transport Layer 3-96

TCP sender congestion control

SS or CA

SS or CA

SS or CA

CongestionAvoidance (CA)

Slow Start (SS)

State

CongWin and Threshold not changed

Increment duplicate ACK count for segment being acked

Duplicate ACK

Enter slow startThreshold = CongWin2 CongWin = 1 MSSSet state to ldquoSlow Startrdquo

Timeout

Fast recovery implementing multiplicative decrease CongWin will not drop below 1 MSS

Threshold = CongWin2 CongWin = ThresholdSet state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

Loss event detected by triple duplicate ACK

Additive increase resulting in increase of CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT

CongWin = CongWin+MSS (MSSCongWin)

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

Resulting in a doubling of CongWin every RTT

CongWin = CongWin + MSS If (CongWin gt Threshold)

set state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

CommentaryTCP Sender Action Event

49

Transport Layer 3-97

TCP throughput

Whatrsquos the average throughout of TCP as a function of window size and RTT

Ignore slow start

Let W be the window size when loss occursWhen window is W throughput is WRTTJust after loss window drops to W2 throughput to W2RTT Average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Futures

Example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 GbpsthroughputRequires window size W = 83333 in-flight segmentsThroughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 WowNew versions of TCP for high-speed needed

LRTTMSSsdot221

50

Transport Layer 3-99

Fairness goal if K TCP sessions share same bottleneck link of bandwidth R each should have average rate of RK

TCP connection 1

bottleneckrouter

capacity R

TCP connection 2

TCP Fairness

Transport Layer 3-100

Why is TCP fairTwo competing sessions

Additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increasesmultiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

Conn

ecti

on 2

thr

ough

put

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

51

Transport Layer 3-101

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP

Multimedia apps often do not use TCP

do not want rate throttled by congestion control

Instead use UDPpump audiovideo at constant rate tolerate packet loss

Research area TCP friendly

Fairness and parallel TCP connectionsnothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hostsWeb browsers do this Example link of rate R supporting 9 cnctions

new app asks for 1 TCP gets rate R10new app asks for 11 TCPs gets R2

Transport Layer 3-102

Delay modeling

Q How long does it take to receive an object from a Web server after sending a request

Ignoring congestion delay is influenced byTCP connection establishmentdata transmission delayslow start

Notation assumptionsAssume one link between client and server of rate RS MSS (bits)O object size (bits)no retransmissions (no loss no corruption)

Window sizeFirst assume fixed congestion window W segmentsThen dynamic window

modeling slow start

52

Transport Layer 3-103

Fixed congestion window (1)

First caseWSR gt RTT + SR ACK for

first segment in window returns before windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR

Transport Layer 3-104

Fixed congestion window (2)

Second caseWSR lt RTT + SR wait for ACK after sending windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR+ (K-1)[SR + RTT - WSR]

53

Transport Layer 3-105

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (1)

Now suppose window grows according to slow start

Will show that the delay for one object is

RS

RSRTTP

RORTTLatency P )12(2 minusminus⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ +++=

where P is the number of times TCP idles at server

1min minus= KQP

- where Q is the number of times the server idlesif the object were of infinite size

- and K is the number of windows that cover the object

Transport Layer 3-106

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (2)

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Examplebull OS = 15 segmentsbull K = 4 windowsbull Q = 2bull P = minK-1Q = 2

Server idles P=2 times

Delay componentsbull 2 RTT for connection estab and requestbull OR to transmit objectbull time server idles due to slow start

Server idles P = minK-1Q times

54

Transport Layer 3-107

TCP Delay Modeling (3)

RS

RSRTTPRTT

RO

RSRTT

RSRTT

RO

idleTimeRTTRO

P

kP

k

P

pp

)12(][2

]2[2

2delay

1

1

1

minusminus+++=

minus+++=

++=

minus

=

=

sum

sum

th window after the timeidle 2 1 kRSRTT

RS k =⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ minus+

+minus

ementacknowledg receivesserver until

segment send tostartsserver whenfrom time=+ RTTRS

window kth the transmit totime2 1 =minus

RSk

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Transport Layer 3-108

TCP Delay Modeling (4)

⎥⎥⎤

⎢⎢⎡ +=

+ge=

geminus=

ge+++=

ge+++=minus

minus

)1(log

)1(logmin

12min

222min222min

2

2

110

110

SO

SOkk

SOk

SOkOSSSkK

k

k

k

L

L

Calculation of Q number of idles for infinite-size objectis similar (see HW)

Recall K = number of windows that cover object

How do we calculate K

55

Transport Layer 3-109

HTTP ModelingAssume Web page consists of

1 base HTML page (of size O bits)M images (each of size O bits)

Non-persistent HTTP M+1 TCP connections in seriesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (M+1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Persistent HTTP2 RTT to request and receive base HTML file1 RTT to request and receive M imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + 3RTT + sum of idle times

Non-persistent HTTP with X parallel connectionsSuppose MX integer1 TCP connection for base fileMX sets of parallel connections for imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (MX + 1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Transport Layer 3-110

02468

101214161820

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT = 100 msec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For low bandwidth connection amp response time dominated by transmission timePersistent connections only give minor improvement over parallelconnections

56

Transport Layer 3-111

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT =1 sec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For larger RTT response time dominated by TCP establishment amp slow start delays Persistent connections now give important improvement particularly in high delaybullbandwidth networks

Transport Layer 3-112

Chapter 3 Summaryprinciples behind transport layer services

multiplexing demultiplexingreliable data transferflow controlcongestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet

UDPTCP

Nextleaving the network ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)into the network ldquocorerdquo

Page 17: Chapter 3: Transport Layerpeople.ee.duke.edu/~krish/ECE156/Chapter3.pdf · Transport Layer 3-4 Transport vs. network layer network layer: logical communication between hosts transport

17

Transport Layer 3-33

rdt21 discussion

Senderseq added to pkttwo seq rsquos (01) will suffice Whymust check if received ACKNAK corrupted twice as many states

state must ldquorememberrdquowhether ldquocurrentrdquo pkt has 0 or 1 seq

Receivermust check if received packet is duplicate

state indicates whether 0 or 1 is expected pkt seq

note receiver can notknow if its last ACKNAK received OK at sender

Transport Layer 3-34

rdt22 a NAK-free protocol

same functionality as rdt21 using ACKs onlyinstead of NAK receiver sends ACK for last pkt received OK

receiver must explicitly include seq of pkt being ACKed

duplicate ACK at sender results in same action as NAK retransmit current pkt

18

Transport Layer 3-35

rdt22 sender receiver fragments

Wait for call 0 from

above

sndpkt = make_pkt(0 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_send(data)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||

isACK(rcvpkt1) )

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt0)

Wait for ACK

0sender FSM

fragment

Wait for 0 from below

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp has_seq1(rcvpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK1 chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp (corrupt(rcvpkt) ||

has_seq1(rcvpkt))

udt_send(sndpkt)receiver FSM

fragment

Λ

Transport Layer 3-36

rdt30 channels with errors and loss

New assumption underlying channel can also lose packets (data or ACKs)

checksum seq ACKs retransmissions will be of help but not enough

Approach sender waits ldquoreasonablerdquo amount of time for ACK retransmits if no ACK received in this timeif pkt (or ACK) just delayed (not lost)

retransmission will be duplicate but use of seq rsquos already handles thisreceiver must specify seq of pkt being ACKed

requires countdown timer

19

Transport Layer 3-37

rdt30 sendersndpkt = make_pkt(0 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

rdt_send(data)

Wait for

ACK0

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||isACK(rcvpkt1) )

Wait for call 1 from

above

sndpkt = make_pkt(1 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

rdt_send(data)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt0)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||isACK(rcvpkt0) )

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt1)

stop_timerstop_timer

udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

timeout

udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

timeout

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

Wait for call 0from

above

Wait for

ACK1

Λrdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

ΛΛ

Λ

Transport Layer 3-38

rdt30 in action

20

Transport Layer 3-39

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-40

Performance of rdt30

rdt30 works but performance stinksexample 1 Gbps link 15 ms e-e prop delay 1KB packet

Ttransmit = 8kbpkt109 bsec = 8 microsec

U sender utilization ndash fraction of time sender busy sending

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

L (packet length in bits)R (transmission rate bps) =

1KB pkt every 30 msec -gt 33kBsec thruput over 1 Gbps linknetwork protocol limits use of physical resources

21

Transport Layer 3-41

rdt30 stop-and-wait operation

first packet bit transmitted t = 0

sender receiver

RTT

last packet bit transmitted t = L R

first packet bit arriveslast packet bit arrives send ACK

ACK arrives send next packet t = RTT + L R

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

Transport Layer 3-42

Pipelined protocolsPipelining sender allows multiple ldquoin-flightrdquo yet-to-be-

acknowledged pktsrange of sequence numbers must be increasedbuffering at sender andor receiver

Two generic forms of pipelined protocols go-Back-N selective repeat

22

Transport Layer 3-43

Pipelining increased utilization

first packet bit transmitted t = 0

sender receiver

RTT

last bit transmitted t = L R

first packet bit arriveslast packet bit arrives send ACK

ACK arrives send next packet t = RTT + L R

last bit of 2nd packet arrives send ACKlast bit of 3rd packet arrives send ACK

U sender =

02430008

= 00008 3 L R RTT + L R

=

Increase utilizationby a factor of 3

Transport Layer 3-44

Go-Back-NSender

k-bit seq in pkt headerldquowindowrdquo of up to N consecutive unackrsquoed pkts allowed

ACK(n) ACKs all pkts up to including seq n - ldquocumulative ACKrdquomay receive duplicate ACKs (see receiver)

timer for each in-flight pkttimeout(n) retransmit pkt n and all higher seq pkts in window

23

Transport Layer 3-45

GBN sender extended FSM

Wait start_timerudt_send(sndpkt[base])udt_send(sndpkt[base+1])hellipudt_send(sndpkt[nextseqnum-1])

timeout

rdt_send(data)

if (nextseqnum lt base+N) sndpkt[nextseqnum] = make_pkt(nextseqnumdatachksum)udt_send(sndpkt[nextseqnum])if (base == nextseqnum)

start_timernextseqnum++

elserefuse_data(data)

base = getacknum(rcvpkt)+1If (base == nextseqnum)

stop_timerelsestart_timer

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

base=1nextseqnum=1

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Λ

Transport Layer 3-46

GBN receiver extended FSM

ACK-only always send ACK for correctly-received pkt with highest in-order seq

may generate duplicate ACKsneed only remember expectedseqnum

out-of-order pkt discard (donrsquot buffer) -gt no receiver bufferingRe-ACK pkt with highest in-order seq

Wait

udt_send(sndpkt)default

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)ampamp notcurrupt(rcvpkt)ampamp hasseqnum(rcvpktexpectedseqnum)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(expectedseqnumACKchksum)udt_send(sndpkt)expectedseqnum++

expectedseqnum=1sndpkt = make_pkt(expectedseqnumACKchksum)

Λ

24

Transport Layer 3-47

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-48

Selective Repeat

receiver individually acknowledges all correctly received pkts

buffers pkts as needed for eventual in-order delivery to upper layer

sender only resends pkts for which ACK not receivedsender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender windowN consecutive seq rsquosagain limits seq s of sent unACKed pkts

25

Transport Layer 3-49

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-50

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in window send pkt

timeout(n)resend pkt n restart timer

ACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as receivedif n smallest unACKed pkt advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n)out-of-order bufferin-order deliver (also deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)

otherwiseignore

receiver

26

Transport Layer 3-51

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenariosincorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

27

Transport Layer 3-53

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-54

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex databi-directional data flow in same connectionMSS maximum segment size

connection-orientedhandshaking (exchange of control msgs) initrsquos sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlledsender will not overwhelm receiver

point-to-pointone sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte steam

no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelinedTCP congestion and flow control set window size

send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

28

Transport Layer 3-55

TCP segment structure

source port dest port

32 bits

applicationdata

(variable length)

sequence numberacknowledgement number

Receive windowUrg data pnterchecksum

FSRPAUheadlen

notused

Options (variable length)

URG urgent data (generally not used)

ACK ACK valid

PSH push data now(generally not used)

RST SYN FINconnection estab(setup teardown

commands)

bytes rcvr willingto accept

countingby bytes of data(not segments)

Internetchecksum

(as in UDP)

Transport Layer 3-56

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquoof first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKsseq of next byte expected from other sidecumulative ACK

Q how receiver handles out-of-order segments

A TCP spec doesnrsquot say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Seq=42 ACK=79 data = lsquoCrsquo

Seq=79 ACK=43 data = lsquoCrsquo

Seq=43 ACK=80

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

29

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout valuelonger than RTT

but RTT variestoo short premature timeout

unnecessary retransmissions

too long slow reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTTSampleRTT measured time from segment transmission until ACK receipt

ignore retransmissionsSampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo

average several recent measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-58

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- α)EstimatedRTT + αSampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving averageinfluence of past sample decreases exponentially fasttypical value α = 0125

30

Transport Layer 3-59

Example RTT estimationRTT gaiacsumassedu to fantasiaeurecomfr

100

150

200

250

300

350

1 8 15 22 29 36 43 50 57 64 71 78 85 92 99 106

time (seconnds)

RTT

(mill

iseco

nds)

SampleRTT Estimated RTT

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeoutEstimtedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin

first estimate of how much SampleRTT deviates from EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

DevRTT = (1-β)DevRTT +β|SampleRTT-EstimatedRTT|

(typically β = 025)

Then set timeout interval

31

Transport Layer 3-61

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-62

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable servicePipelined segmentsCumulative acksTCP uses single retransmission timer

Retransmissions are triggered by

timeout eventsduplicate acks

Initially consider simplified TCP sender

ignore duplicate acksignore flow control congestion control

32

Transport Layer 3-63

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app

Create segment with seq seq is byte-stream number of first data byte in segmentstart timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unackedsegment)expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeoutretransmit segment that caused timeoutrestart timer

Ack rcvdIf acknowledges previously unackedsegments

update what is known to be ackedstart timer if there are outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-64

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNumif (timer currently not running)

start timerpass segment to IP NextSeqNum = NextSeqNum + length(data)

event timer timeoutretransmit not-yet-acknowledged segment with

smallest sequence numberstart timer

event ACK received with ACK field value of y if (y gt SendBase)

SendBase = yif (there are currently not-yet-acknowledged segments)

start timer

end of loop forever

Commentbull SendBase-1 last cumulatively ackrsquoed byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

33

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

Seq=100 20 bytes data

ACK=100

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=120

Seq=92 8 bytes data

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

ACK=120

Host A

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

Sendbase= 100

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

Seq=100 20 bytes data

ACK=120

time

SendBase= 120

34

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP ACK generation [RFC 1122 RFC 2581]

Event at Receiver

Arrival of in-order segment withexpected seq All data up toexpected seq already ACKed

Arrival of in-order segment withexpected seq One other segment has ACK pending

Arrival of out-of-order segmenthigher-than-expect seq Gap detected

Arrival of segment that partially or completely fills gap

TCP Receiver action

Delayed ACK Wait up to 500msfor next segment If no next segmentsend ACK

Immediately send single cumulative ACK ACKing both in-order segments

Immediately send duplicate ACK indicating seq of next expected byte

Immediate send ACK provided thatsegment startsat lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-68

Fast Retransmit

Time-out period often relatively long

long delay before resending lost packet

Detect lost segments via duplicate ACKs

Sender often sends many segments back-to-backIf segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

If sender receives 3 ACKsfor the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost

fast retransmit resend segment before timer expires

35

Transport Layer 3-69

event ACK received with ACK field value of y if (y gt SendBase)

SendBase = yif (there are currently not-yet-acknowledged segments)

start timer

else increment count of dup ACKs received for yif (count of dup ACKs received for y = 3)

resend segment with sequence number y

Fast retransmit algorithm

a duplicate ACK for already ACKed segment

fast retransmit

Transport Layer 3-70

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

36

Transport Layer 3-71

TCP Flow Control

receive side of TCP connection has a receive buffer

speed-matching service matching the send rate to the receiving apprsquos drain rate

app process may be slow at reading from buffer

sender wonrsquot overflowreceiverrsquos buffer by

transmitting too muchtoo fast

flow control

Transport Layer 3-72

TCP Flow control how it works

(Suppose TCP receiver discards out-of-order segments)spare room in buffer

= RcvWindow= RcvBuffer-[LastByteRcvd -

LastByteRead]

Rcvr advertises spare room by including value of RcvWindow in segmentsSender limits unACKeddata to RcvWindow

guarantees receive buffer doesnrsquot overflow

37

Transport Layer 3-73

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-74

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segmentsinitialize TCP variables

seq sbuffers flow control info (eg RcvWindow)

client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshake

Step 1 client host sends TCP SYN segment to server

specifies initial seq no data

Step 2 server host receives SYN replies with SYNACK segment

server allocates buffersspecifies server initial seq

Step 3 client receives SYNACK replies with ACK segment which may contain data

38

Transport Layer 3-75

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Closing a connection

client closes socketclientSocketclose()

Step 1 client end system sends TCP FIN control segment to server

Step 2 server receives FIN replies with ACK Closes connection sends FIN

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-76

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Step 3 client receives FIN replies with ACK

Enters ldquotimed waitrdquo - will respond with ACK to received FINs

Step 4 server receives ACK Connection closed

Note with small modification can handle simultaneous FINs

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

closing

closing

closed

tim

ed w

ait

closed

39

Transport Layer 3-77

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-78

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

40

Transport Layer 3-79

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestioninformally ldquotoo many sources sending too much data too fast for network to handlerdquodifferent from flow controlmanifestations

lost packets (buffer overflow at routers)long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-80

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receiversone router infinite buffers no retransmission

large delays when congestedmaximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

41

Transport Layer 3-81

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of lost packet

finite shared output link buffers

Host A λin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-82

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2always (goodput)

ldquoperfectrdquo retransmission only when loss

retransmission of delayed (not lost) packet makes larger (than perfect case) for same

λin

λout=

λin

λoutgtλ

inλout

ldquocostsrdquo of congestionmore work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquounneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

R2

R2λin

λ out

b

R2

R2λin

λ out

a

R2

R2λin

λ out

c

R4

R3

42

Transport Layer 3-83

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3four sendersmultihop pathstimeoutretransmit

λin

Q what happens as and increase λ

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

Another ldquocostrdquo of congestionwhen packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

λou

t

43

Transport Layer 3-85

Approaches towards congestion control

End-end congestion controlno explicit feedback from networkcongestion inferred from end-system observed loss delayapproach taken by TCP

Network-assisted congestion controlrouters provide feedback to end systems

single bit indicating congestion (SNA DECbit TCPIP ECN ATM)explicit rate sender should send at

Two broad approaches towards congestion control

Transport Layer 3-86

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rateldquoelastic servicerdquoif senderrsquos path ldquounderloadedrdquo

sender should use available bandwidth

if senderrsquos path congested sender throttled to minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cellssent by sender interspersed with data cellsbits in RM cell set by switches (ldquonetwork-assistedrdquo)

NI bit no increase in rate (mild congestion)CI bit congestion indication

RM cells returned to sender by receiver with bits intact

44

Transport Layer 3-87

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cellcongested switch may lower ER value in cellsenderrsquo send rate thus minimum supportable rate on path

EFCI bit in data cells set to 1 in congested switchif data cell preceding RM cell has EFCI set sender sets CI bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-88

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

45

Transport Layer 3-89

TCP congestion control additive increase multiplicative decrease

8 Kbytes

16 Kbytes

24 Kbytes

time

congestionwindow

Approach increase transmission rate (window size) probing for usable bandwidth until loss occurs

additive increase increase CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT until loss detectedmultiplicative decrease cut CongWin in half after loss

timecong

estio

n w

indo

w s

ize

Saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-90

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

le CongWin

Roughly

CongWin is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestionloss event = timeout or 3 duplicate acksTCP sender reduces rate (CongWin) after loss event

three mechanismsAIMDslow startconservative after timeout events

rate = CongWinRTT Bytessec

46

Transport Layer 3-91

TCP Slow Start

When connection begins CongWin = 1 MSS

Example MSS = 500 bytes amp RTT = 200 msecinitial rate = 20 kbps

available bandwidth may be gtgt MSSRTT

desirable to quickly ramp up to respectable rate

When connection begins increase rate exponentially fast until first loss event

Transport Layer 3-92

TCP Slow Start (more)

When connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event

double CongWin every RTTdone by incrementing CongWin for every ACK received

Summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

one segment

RTT

Host B

time

two segments

four segments

47

Transport Layer 3-93

RefinementQ When should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A When CongWin gets to 12 of its value before timeout

ImplementationVariable Threshold At loss event Threshold is set to 12 of CongWin just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-94

Refinement inferring loss

After 3 dup ACKsCongWin is cut in halfwindow then grows linearly

But after timeout eventCongWin instead set to 1 MSS window then grows exponentiallyto a threshold then grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments

timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquocongestion scenario

Philosophy

48

Transport Layer 3-95

Summary TCP Congestion Control

When CongWin is below Threshold sender in slow-start phase window grows exponentially

When CongWin is above Threshold sender is in congestion-avoidance phase window grows linearly

When a triple duplicate ACK occurs Threshold set to CongWin2 and CongWin set to Threshold

When timeout occurs Threshold set to CongWin2and CongWin is set to 1 MSS

Transport Layer 3-96

TCP sender congestion control

SS or CA

SS or CA

SS or CA

CongestionAvoidance (CA)

Slow Start (SS)

State

CongWin and Threshold not changed

Increment duplicate ACK count for segment being acked

Duplicate ACK

Enter slow startThreshold = CongWin2 CongWin = 1 MSSSet state to ldquoSlow Startrdquo

Timeout

Fast recovery implementing multiplicative decrease CongWin will not drop below 1 MSS

Threshold = CongWin2 CongWin = ThresholdSet state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

Loss event detected by triple duplicate ACK

Additive increase resulting in increase of CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT

CongWin = CongWin+MSS (MSSCongWin)

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

Resulting in a doubling of CongWin every RTT

CongWin = CongWin + MSS If (CongWin gt Threshold)

set state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

CommentaryTCP Sender Action Event

49

Transport Layer 3-97

TCP throughput

Whatrsquos the average throughout of TCP as a function of window size and RTT

Ignore slow start

Let W be the window size when loss occursWhen window is W throughput is WRTTJust after loss window drops to W2 throughput to W2RTT Average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Futures

Example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 GbpsthroughputRequires window size W = 83333 in-flight segmentsThroughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 WowNew versions of TCP for high-speed needed

LRTTMSSsdot221

50

Transport Layer 3-99

Fairness goal if K TCP sessions share same bottleneck link of bandwidth R each should have average rate of RK

TCP connection 1

bottleneckrouter

capacity R

TCP connection 2

TCP Fairness

Transport Layer 3-100

Why is TCP fairTwo competing sessions

Additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increasesmultiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

Conn

ecti

on 2

thr

ough

put

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

51

Transport Layer 3-101

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP

Multimedia apps often do not use TCP

do not want rate throttled by congestion control

Instead use UDPpump audiovideo at constant rate tolerate packet loss

Research area TCP friendly

Fairness and parallel TCP connectionsnothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hostsWeb browsers do this Example link of rate R supporting 9 cnctions

new app asks for 1 TCP gets rate R10new app asks for 11 TCPs gets R2

Transport Layer 3-102

Delay modeling

Q How long does it take to receive an object from a Web server after sending a request

Ignoring congestion delay is influenced byTCP connection establishmentdata transmission delayslow start

Notation assumptionsAssume one link between client and server of rate RS MSS (bits)O object size (bits)no retransmissions (no loss no corruption)

Window sizeFirst assume fixed congestion window W segmentsThen dynamic window

modeling slow start

52

Transport Layer 3-103

Fixed congestion window (1)

First caseWSR gt RTT + SR ACK for

first segment in window returns before windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR

Transport Layer 3-104

Fixed congestion window (2)

Second caseWSR lt RTT + SR wait for ACK after sending windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR+ (K-1)[SR + RTT - WSR]

53

Transport Layer 3-105

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (1)

Now suppose window grows according to slow start

Will show that the delay for one object is

RS

RSRTTP

RORTTLatency P )12(2 minusminus⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ +++=

where P is the number of times TCP idles at server

1min minus= KQP

- where Q is the number of times the server idlesif the object were of infinite size

- and K is the number of windows that cover the object

Transport Layer 3-106

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (2)

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Examplebull OS = 15 segmentsbull K = 4 windowsbull Q = 2bull P = minK-1Q = 2

Server idles P=2 times

Delay componentsbull 2 RTT for connection estab and requestbull OR to transmit objectbull time server idles due to slow start

Server idles P = minK-1Q times

54

Transport Layer 3-107

TCP Delay Modeling (3)

RS

RSRTTPRTT

RO

RSRTT

RSRTT

RO

idleTimeRTTRO

P

kP

k

P

pp

)12(][2

]2[2

2delay

1

1

1

minusminus+++=

minus+++=

++=

minus

=

=

sum

sum

th window after the timeidle 2 1 kRSRTT

RS k =⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ minus+

+minus

ementacknowledg receivesserver until

segment send tostartsserver whenfrom time=+ RTTRS

window kth the transmit totime2 1 =minus

RSk

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Transport Layer 3-108

TCP Delay Modeling (4)

⎥⎥⎤

⎢⎢⎡ +=

+ge=

geminus=

ge+++=

ge+++=minus

minus

)1(log

)1(logmin

12min

222min222min

2

2

110

110

SO

SOkk

SOk

SOkOSSSkK

k

k

k

L

L

Calculation of Q number of idles for infinite-size objectis similar (see HW)

Recall K = number of windows that cover object

How do we calculate K

55

Transport Layer 3-109

HTTP ModelingAssume Web page consists of

1 base HTML page (of size O bits)M images (each of size O bits)

Non-persistent HTTP M+1 TCP connections in seriesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (M+1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Persistent HTTP2 RTT to request and receive base HTML file1 RTT to request and receive M imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + 3RTT + sum of idle times

Non-persistent HTTP with X parallel connectionsSuppose MX integer1 TCP connection for base fileMX sets of parallel connections for imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (MX + 1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Transport Layer 3-110

02468

101214161820

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT = 100 msec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For low bandwidth connection amp response time dominated by transmission timePersistent connections only give minor improvement over parallelconnections

56

Transport Layer 3-111

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT =1 sec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For larger RTT response time dominated by TCP establishment amp slow start delays Persistent connections now give important improvement particularly in high delaybullbandwidth networks

Transport Layer 3-112

Chapter 3 Summaryprinciples behind transport layer services

multiplexing demultiplexingreliable data transferflow controlcongestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet

UDPTCP

Nextleaving the network ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)into the network ldquocorerdquo

Page 18: Chapter 3: Transport Layerpeople.ee.duke.edu/~krish/ECE156/Chapter3.pdf · Transport Layer 3-4 Transport vs. network layer network layer: logical communication between hosts transport

18

Transport Layer 3-35

rdt22 sender receiver fragments

Wait for call 0 from

above

sndpkt = make_pkt(0 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_send(data)

udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||

isACK(rcvpkt1) )

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt0)

Wait for ACK

0sender FSM

fragment

Wait for 0 from below

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp has_seq1(rcvpkt)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK1 chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp (corrupt(rcvpkt) ||

has_seq1(rcvpkt))

udt_send(sndpkt)receiver FSM

fragment

Λ

Transport Layer 3-36

rdt30 channels with errors and loss

New assumption underlying channel can also lose packets (data or ACKs)

checksum seq ACKs retransmissions will be of help but not enough

Approach sender waits ldquoreasonablerdquo amount of time for ACK retransmits if no ACK received in this timeif pkt (or ACK) just delayed (not lost)

retransmission will be duplicate but use of seq rsquos already handles thisreceiver must specify seq of pkt being ACKed

requires countdown timer

19

Transport Layer 3-37

rdt30 sendersndpkt = make_pkt(0 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

rdt_send(data)

Wait for

ACK0

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||isACK(rcvpkt1) )

Wait for call 1 from

above

sndpkt = make_pkt(1 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

rdt_send(data)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt0)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||isACK(rcvpkt0) )

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt1)

stop_timerstop_timer

udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

timeout

udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

timeout

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

Wait for call 0from

above

Wait for

ACK1

Λrdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

ΛΛ

Λ

Transport Layer 3-38

rdt30 in action

20

Transport Layer 3-39

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-40

Performance of rdt30

rdt30 works but performance stinksexample 1 Gbps link 15 ms e-e prop delay 1KB packet

Ttransmit = 8kbpkt109 bsec = 8 microsec

U sender utilization ndash fraction of time sender busy sending

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

L (packet length in bits)R (transmission rate bps) =

1KB pkt every 30 msec -gt 33kBsec thruput over 1 Gbps linknetwork protocol limits use of physical resources

21

Transport Layer 3-41

rdt30 stop-and-wait operation

first packet bit transmitted t = 0

sender receiver

RTT

last packet bit transmitted t = L R

first packet bit arriveslast packet bit arrives send ACK

ACK arrives send next packet t = RTT + L R

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

Transport Layer 3-42

Pipelined protocolsPipelining sender allows multiple ldquoin-flightrdquo yet-to-be-

acknowledged pktsrange of sequence numbers must be increasedbuffering at sender andor receiver

Two generic forms of pipelined protocols go-Back-N selective repeat

22

Transport Layer 3-43

Pipelining increased utilization

first packet bit transmitted t = 0

sender receiver

RTT

last bit transmitted t = L R

first packet bit arriveslast packet bit arrives send ACK

ACK arrives send next packet t = RTT + L R

last bit of 2nd packet arrives send ACKlast bit of 3rd packet arrives send ACK

U sender =

02430008

= 00008 3 L R RTT + L R

=

Increase utilizationby a factor of 3

Transport Layer 3-44

Go-Back-NSender

k-bit seq in pkt headerldquowindowrdquo of up to N consecutive unackrsquoed pkts allowed

ACK(n) ACKs all pkts up to including seq n - ldquocumulative ACKrdquomay receive duplicate ACKs (see receiver)

timer for each in-flight pkttimeout(n) retransmit pkt n and all higher seq pkts in window

23

Transport Layer 3-45

GBN sender extended FSM

Wait start_timerudt_send(sndpkt[base])udt_send(sndpkt[base+1])hellipudt_send(sndpkt[nextseqnum-1])

timeout

rdt_send(data)

if (nextseqnum lt base+N) sndpkt[nextseqnum] = make_pkt(nextseqnumdatachksum)udt_send(sndpkt[nextseqnum])if (base == nextseqnum)

start_timernextseqnum++

elserefuse_data(data)

base = getacknum(rcvpkt)+1If (base == nextseqnum)

stop_timerelsestart_timer

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

base=1nextseqnum=1

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Λ

Transport Layer 3-46

GBN receiver extended FSM

ACK-only always send ACK for correctly-received pkt with highest in-order seq

may generate duplicate ACKsneed only remember expectedseqnum

out-of-order pkt discard (donrsquot buffer) -gt no receiver bufferingRe-ACK pkt with highest in-order seq

Wait

udt_send(sndpkt)default

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)ampamp notcurrupt(rcvpkt)ampamp hasseqnum(rcvpktexpectedseqnum)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(expectedseqnumACKchksum)udt_send(sndpkt)expectedseqnum++

expectedseqnum=1sndpkt = make_pkt(expectedseqnumACKchksum)

Λ

24

Transport Layer 3-47

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-48

Selective Repeat

receiver individually acknowledges all correctly received pkts

buffers pkts as needed for eventual in-order delivery to upper layer

sender only resends pkts for which ACK not receivedsender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender windowN consecutive seq rsquosagain limits seq s of sent unACKed pkts

25

Transport Layer 3-49

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-50

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in window send pkt

timeout(n)resend pkt n restart timer

ACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as receivedif n smallest unACKed pkt advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n)out-of-order bufferin-order deliver (also deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)

otherwiseignore

receiver

26

Transport Layer 3-51

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenariosincorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

27

Transport Layer 3-53

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-54

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex databi-directional data flow in same connectionMSS maximum segment size

connection-orientedhandshaking (exchange of control msgs) initrsquos sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlledsender will not overwhelm receiver

point-to-pointone sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte steam

no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelinedTCP congestion and flow control set window size

send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

28

Transport Layer 3-55

TCP segment structure

source port dest port

32 bits

applicationdata

(variable length)

sequence numberacknowledgement number

Receive windowUrg data pnterchecksum

FSRPAUheadlen

notused

Options (variable length)

URG urgent data (generally not used)

ACK ACK valid

PSH push data now(generally not used)

RST SYN FINconnection estab(setup teardown

commands)

bytes rcvr willingto accept

countingby bytes of data(not segments)

Internetchecksum

(as in UDP)

Transport Layer 3-56

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquoof first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKsseq of next byte expected from other sidecumulative ACK

Q how receiver handles out-of-order segments

A TCP spec doesnrsquot say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Seq=42 ACK=79 data = lsquoCrsquo

Seq=79 ACK=43 data = lsquoCrsquo

Seq=43 ACK=80

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

29

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout valuelonger than RTT

but RTT variestoo short premature timeout

unnecessary retransmissions

too long slow reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTTSampleRTT measured time from segment transmission until ACK receipt

ignore retransmissionsSampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo

average several recent measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-58

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- α)EstimatedRTT + αSampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving averageinfluence of past sample decreases exponentially fasttypical value α = 0125

30

Transport Layer 3-59

Example RTT estimationRTT gaiacsumassedu to fantasiaeurecomfr

100

150

200

250

300

350

1 8 15 22 29 36 43 50 57 64 71 78 85 92 99 106

time (seconnds)

RTT

(mill

iseco

nds)

SampleRTT Estimated RTT

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeoutEstimtedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin

first estimate of how much SampleRTT deviates from EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

DevRTT = (1-β)DevRTT +β|SampleRTT-EstimatedRTT|

(typically β = 025)

Then set timeout interval

31

Transport Layer 3-61

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-62

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable servicePipelined segmentsCumulative acksTCP uses single retransmission timer

Retransmissions are triggered by

timeout eventsduplicate acks

Initially consider simplified TCP sender

ignore duplicate acksignore flow control congestion control

32

Transport Layer 3-63

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app

Create segment with seq seq is byte-stream number of first data byte in segmentstart timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unackedsegment)expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeoutretransmit segment that caused timeoutrestart timer

Ack rcvdIf acknowledges previously unackedsegments

update what is known to be ackedstart timer if there are outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-64

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNumif (timer currently not running)

start timerpass segment to IP NextSeqNum = NextSeqNum + length(data)

event timer timeoutretransmit not-yet-acknowledged segment with

smallest sequence numberstart timer

event ACK received with ACK field value of y if (y gt SendBase)

SendBase = yif (there are currently not-yet-acknowledged segments)

start timer

end of loop forever

Commentbull SendBase-1 last cumulatively ackrsquoed byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

33

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

Seq=100 20 bytes data

ACK=100

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=120

Seq=92 8 bytes data

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

ACK=120

Host A

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

Sendbase= 100

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

Seq=100 20 bytes data

ACK=120

time

SendBase= 120

34

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP ACK generation [RFC 1122 RFC 2581]

Event at Receiver

Arrival of in-order segment withexpected seq All data up toexpected seq already ACKed

Arrival of in-order segment withexpected seq One other segment has ACK pending

Arrival of out-of-order segmenthigher-than-expect seq Gap detected

Arrival of segment that partially or completely fills gap

TCP Receiver action

Delayed ACK Wait up to 500msfor next segment If no next segmentsend ACK

Immediately send single cumulative ACK ACKing both in-order segments

Immediately send duplicate ACK indicating seq of next expected byte

Immediate send ACK provided thatsegment startsat lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-68

Fast Retransmit

Time-out period often relatively long

long delay before resending lost packet

Detect lost segments via duplicate ACKs

Sender often sends many segments back-to-backIf segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

If sender receives 3 ACKsfor the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost

fast retransmit resend segment before timer expires

35

Transport Layer 3-69

event ACK received with ACK field value of y if (y gt SendBase)

SendBase = yif (there are currently not-yet-acknowledged segments)

start timer

else increment count of dup ACKs received for yif (count of dup ACKs received for y = 3)

resend segment with sequence number y

Fast retransmit algorithm

a duplicate ACK for already ACKed segment

fast retransmit

Transport Layer 3-70

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

36

Transport Layer 3-71

TCP Flow Control

receive side of TCP connection has a receive buffer

speed-matching service matching the send rate to the receiving apprsquos drain rate

app process may be slow at reading from buffer

sender wonrsquot overflowreceiverrsquos buffer by

transmitting too muchtoo fast

flow control

Transport Layer 3-72

TCP Flow control how it works

(Suppose TCP receiver discards out-of-order segments)spare room in buffer

= RcvWindow= RcvBuffer-[LastByteRcvd -

LastByteRead]

Rcvr advertises spare room by including value of RcvWindow in segmentsSender limits unACKeddata to RcvWindow

guarantees receive buffer doesnrsquot overflow

37

Transport Layer 3-73

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-74

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segmentsinitialize TCP variables

seq sbuffers flow control info (eg RcvWindow)

client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshake

Step 1 client host sends TCP SYN segment to server

specifies initial seq no data

Step 2 server host receives SYN replies with SYNACK segment

server allocates buffersspecifies server initial seq

Step 3 client receives SYNACK replies with ACK segment which may contain data

38

Transport Layer 3-75

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Closing a connection

client closes socketclientSocketclose()

Step 1 client end system sends TCP FIN control segment to server

Step 2 server receives FIN replies with ACK Closes connection sends FIN

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-76

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Step 3 client receives FIN replies with ACK

Enters ldquotimed waitrdquo - will respond with ACK to received FINs

Step 4 server receives ACK Connection closed

Note with small modification can handle simultaneous FINs

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

closing

closing

closed

tim

ed w

ait

closed

39

Transport Layer 3-77

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-78

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

40

Transport Layer 3-79

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestioninformally ldquotoo many sources sending too much data too fast for network to handlerdquodifferent from flow controlmanifestations

lost packets (buffer overflow at routers)long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-80

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receiversone router infinite buffers no retransmission

large delays when congestedmaximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

41

Transport Layer 3-81

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of lost packet

finite shared output link buffers

Host A λin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-82

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2always (goodput)

ldquoperfectrdquo retransmission only when loss

retransmission of delayed (not lost) packet makes larger (than perfect case) for same

λin

λout=

λin

λoutgtλ

inλout

ldquocostsrdquo of congestionmore work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquounneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

R2

R2λin

λ out

b

R2

R2λin

λ out

a

R2

R2λin

λ out

c

R4

R3

42

Transport Layer 3-83

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3four sendersmultihop pathstimeoutretransmit

λin

Q what happens as and increase λ

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

Another ldquocostrdquo of congestionwhen packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

λou

t

43

Transport Layer 3-85

Approaches towards congestion control

End-end congestion controlno explicit feedback from networkcongestion inferred from end-system observed loss delayapproach taken by TCP

Network-assisted congestion controlrouters provide feedback to end systems

single bit indicating congestion (SNA DECbit TCPIP ECN ATM)explicit rate sender should send at

Two broad approaches towards congestion control

Transport Layer 3-86

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rateldquoelastic servicerdquoif senderrsquos path ldquounderloadedrdquo

sender should use available bandwidth

if senderrsquos path congested sender throttled to minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cellssent by sender interspersed with data cellsbits in RM cell set by switches (ldquonetwork-assistedrdquo)

NI bit no increase in rate (mild congestion)CI bit congestion indication

RM cells returned to sender by receiver with bits intact

44

Transport Layer 3-87

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cellcongested switch may lower ER value in cellsenderrsquo send rate thus minimum supportable rate on path

EFCI bit in data cells set to 1 in congested switchif data cell preceding RM cell has EFCI set sender sets CI bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-88

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

45

Transport Layer 3-89

TCP congestion control additive increase multiplicative decrease

8 Kbytes

16 Kbytes

24 Kbytes

time

congestionwindow

Approach increase transmission rate (window size) probing for usable bandwidth until loss occurs

additive increase increase CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT until loss detectedmultiplicative decrease cut CongWin in half after loss

timecong

estio

n w

indo

w s

ize

Saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-90

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

le CongWin

Roughly

CongWin is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestionloss event = timeout or 3 duplicate acksTCP sender reduces rate (CongWin) after loss event

three mechanismsAIMDslow startconservative after timeout events

rate = CongWinRTT Bytessec

46

Transport Layer 3-91

TCP Slow Start

When connection begins CongWin = 1 MSS

Example MSS = 500 bytes amp RTT = 200 msecinitial rate = 20 kbps

available bandwidth may be gtgt MSSRTT

desirable to quickly ramp up to respectable rate

When connection begins increase rate exponentially fast until first loss event

Transport Layer 3-92

TCP Slow Start (more)

When connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event

double CongWin every RTTdone by incrementing CongWin for every ACK received

Summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

one segment

RTT

Host B

time

two segments

four segments

47

Transport Layer 3-93

RefinementQ When should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A When CongWin gets to 12 of its value before timeout

ImplementationVariable Threshold At loss event Threshold is set to 12 of CongWin just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-94

Refinement inferring loss

After 3 dup ACKsCongWin is cut in halfwindow then grows linearly

But after timeout eventCongWin instead set to 1 MSS window then grows exponentiallyto a threshold then grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments

timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquocongestion scenario

Philosophy

48

Transport Layer 3-95

Summary TCP Congestion Control

When CongWin is below Threshold sender in slow-start phase window grows exponentially

When CongWin is above Threshold sender is in congestion-avoidance phase window grows linearly

When a triple duplicate ACK occurs Threshold set to CongWin2 and CongWin set to Threshold

When timeout occurs Threshold set to CongWin2and CongWin is set to 1 MSS

Transport Layer 3-96

TCP sender congestion control

SS or CA

SS or CA

SS or CA

CongestionAvoidance (CA)

Slow Start (SS)

State

CongWin and Threshold not changed

Increment duplicate ACK count for segment being acked

Duplicate ACK

Enter slow startThreshold = CongWin2 CongWin = 1 MSSSet state to ldquoSlow Startrdquo

Timeout

Fast recovery implementing multiplicative decrease CongWin will not drop below 1 MSS

Threshold = CongWin2 CongWin = ThresholdSet state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

Loss event detected by triple duplicate ACK

Additive increase resulting in increase of CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT

CongWin = CongWin+MSS (MSSCongWin)

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

Resulting in a doubling of CongWin every RTT

CongWin = CongWin + MSS If (CongWin gt Threshold)

set state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

CommentaryTCP Sender Action Event

49

Transport Layer 3-97

TCP throughput

Whatrsquos the average throughout of TCP as a function of window size and RTT

Ignore slow start

Let W be the window size when loss occursWhen window is W throughput is WRTTJust after loss window drops to W2 throughput to W2RTT Average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Futures

Example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 GbpsthroughputRequires window size W = 83333 in-flight segmentsThroughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 WowNew versions of TCP for high-speed needed

LRTTMSSsdot221

50

Transport Layer 3-99

Fairness goal if K TCP sessions share same bottleneck link of bandwidth R each should have average rate of RK

TCP connection 1

bottleneckrouter

capacity R

TCP connection 2

TCP Fairness

Transport Layer 3-100

Why is TCP fairTwo competing sessions

Additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increasesmultiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

Conn

ecti

on 2

thr

ough

put

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

51

Transport Layer 3-101

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP

Multimedia apps often do not use TCP

do not want rate throttled by congestion control

Instead use UDPpump audiovideo at constant rate tolerate packet loss

Research area TCP friendly

Fairness and parallel TCP connectionsnothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hostsWeb browsers do this Example link of rate R supporting 9 cnctions

new app asks for 1 TCP gets rate R10new app asks for 11 TCPs gets R2

Transport Layer 3-102

Delay modeling

Q How long does it take to receive an object from a Web server after sending a request

Ignoring congestion delay is influenced byTCP connection establishmentdata transmission delayslow start

Notation assumptionsAssume one link between client and server of rate RS MSS (bits)O object size (bits)no retransmissions (no loss no corruption)

Window sizeFirst assume fixed congestion window W segmentsThen dynamic window

modeling slow start

52

Transport Layer 3-103

Fixed congestion window (1)

First caseWSR gt RTT + SR ACK for

first segment in window returns before windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR

Transport Layer 3-104

Fixed congestion window (2)

Second caseWSR lt RTT + SR wait for ACK after sending windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR+ (K-1)[SR + RTT - WSR]

53

Transport Layer 3-105

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (1)

Now suppose window grows according to slow start

Will show that the delay for one object is

RS

RSRTTP

RORTTLatency P )12(2 minusminus⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ +++=

where P is the number of times TCP idles at server

1min minus= KQP

- where Q is the number of times the server idlesif the object were of infinite size

- and K is the number of windows that cover the object

Transport Layer 3-106

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (2)

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Examplebull OS = 15 segmentsbull K = 4 windowsbull Q = 2bull P = minK-1Q = 2

Server idles P=2 times

Delay componentsbull 2 RTT for connection estab and requestbull OR to transmit objectbull time server idles due to slow start

Server idles P = minK-1Q times

54

Transport Layer 3-107

TCP Delay Modeling (3)

RS

RSRTTPRTT

RO

RSRTT

RSRTT

RO

idleTimeRTTRO

P

kP

k

P

pp

)12(][2

]2[2

2delay

1

1

1

minusminus+++=

minus+++=

++=

minus

=

=

sum

sum

th window after the timeidle 2 1 kRSRTT

RS k =⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ minus+

+minus

ementacknowledg receivesserver until

segment send tostartsserver whenfrom time=+ RTTRS

window kth the transmit totime2 1 =minus

RSk

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Transport Layer 3-108

TCP Delay Modeling (4)

⎥⎥⎤

⎢⎢⎡ +=

+ge=

geminus=

ge+++=

ge+++=minus

minus

)1(log

)1(logmin

12min

222min222min

2

2

110

110

SO

SOkk

SOk

SOkOSSSkK

k

k

k

L

L

Calculation of Q number of idles for infinite-size objectis similar (see HW)

Recall K = number of windows that cover object

How do we calculate K

55

Transport Layer 3-109

HTTP ModelingAssume Web page consists of

1 base HTML page (of size O bits)M images (each of size O bits)

Non-persistent HTTP M+1 TCP connections in seriesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (M+1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Persistent HTTP2 RTT to request and receive base HTML file1 RTT to request and receive M imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + 3RTT + sum of idle times

Non-persistent HTTP with X parallel connectionsSuppose MX integer1 TCP connection for base fileMX sets of parallel connections for imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (MX + 1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Transport Layer 3-110

02468

101214161820

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT = 100 msec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For low bandwidth connection amp response time dominated by transmission timePersistent connections only give minor improvement over parallelconnections

56

Transport Layer 3-111

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT =1 sec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For larger RTT response time dominated by TCP establishment amp slow start delays Persistent connections now give important improvement particularly in high delaybullbandwidth networks

Transport Layer 3-112

Chapter 3 Summaryprinciples behind transport layer services

multiplexing demultiplexingreliable data transferflow controlcongestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet

UDPTCP

Nextleaving the network ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)into the network ldquocorerdquo

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19

Transport Layer 3-37

rdt30 sendersndpkt = make_pkt(0 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

rdt_send(data)

Wait for

ACK0

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||isACK(rcvpkt1) )

Wait for call 1 from

above

sndpkt = make_pkt(1 data checksum)udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

rdt_send(data)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt0)

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp ( corrupt(rcvpkt) ||isACK(rcvpkt0) )

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt) ampamp isACK(rcvpkt1)

stop_timerstop_timer

udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

timeout

udt_send(sndpkt)start_timer

timeout

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

Wait for call 0from

above

Wait for

ACK1

Λrdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

ΛΛ

Λ

Transport Layer 3-38

rdt30 in action

20

Transport Layer 3-39

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-40

Performance of rdt30

rdt30 works but performance stinksexample 1 Gbps link 15 ms e-e prop delay 1KB packet

Ttransmit = 8kbpkt109 bsec = 8 microsec

U sender utilization ndash fraction of time sender busy sending

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

L (packet length in bits)R (transmission rate bps) =

1KB pkt every 30 msec -gt 33kBsec thruput over 1 Gbps linknetwork protocol limits use of physical resources

21

Transport Layer 3-41

rdt30 stop-and-wait operation

first packet bit transmitted t = 0

sender receiver

RTT

last packet bit transmitted t = L R

first packet bit arriveslast packet bit arrives send ACK

ACK arrives send next packet t = RTT + L R

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

Transport Layer 3-42

Pipelined protocolsPipelining sender allows multiple ldquoin-flightrdquo yet-to-be-

acknowledged pktsrange of sequence numbers must be increasedbuffering at sender andor receiver

Two generic forms of pipelined protocols go-Back-N selective repeat

22

Transport Layer 3-43

Pipelining increased utilization

first packet bit transmitted t = 0

sender receiver

RTT

last bit transmitted t = L R

first packet bit arriveslast packet bit arrives send ACK

ACK arrives send next packet t = RTT + L R

last bit of 2nd packet arrives send ACKlast bit of 3rd packet arrives send ACK

U sender =

02430008

= 00008 3 L R RTT + L R

=

Increase utilizationby a factor of 3

Transport Layer 3-44

Go-Back-NSender

k-bit seq in pkt headerldquowindowrdquo of up to N consecutive unackrsquoed pkts allowed

ACK(n) ACKs all pkts up to including seq n - ldquocumulative ACKrdquomay receive duplicate ACKs (see receiver)

timer for each in-flight pkttimeout(n) retransmit pkt n and all higher seq pkts in window

23

Transport Layer 3-45

GBN sender extended FSM

Wait start_timerudt_send(sndpkt[base])udt_send(sndpkt[base+1])hellipudt_send(sndpkt[nextseqnum-1])

timeout

rdt_send(data)

if (nextseqnum lt base+N) sndpkt[nextseqnum] = make_pkt(nextseqnumdatachksum)udt_send(sndpkt[nextseqnum])if (base == nextseqnum)

start_timernextseqnum++

elserefuse_data(data)

base = getacknum(rcvpkt)+1If (base == nextseqnum)

stop_timerelsestart_timer

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

base=1nextseqnum=1

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Λ

Transport Layer 3-46

GBN receiver extended FSM

ACK-only always send ACK for correctly-received pkt with highest in-order seq

may generate duplicate ACKsneed only remember expectedseqnum

out-of-order pkt discard (donrsquot buffer) -gt no receiver bufferingRe-ACK pkt with highest in-order seq

Wait

udt_send(sndpkt)default

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)ampamp notcurrupt(rcvpkt)ampamp hasseqnum(rcvpktexpectedseqnum)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(expectedseqnumACKchksum)udt_send(sndpkt)expectedseqnum++

expectedseqnum=1sndpkt = make_pkt(expectedseqnumACKchksum)

Λ

24

Transport Layer 3-47

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-48

Selective Repeat

receiver individually acknowledges all correctly received pkts

buffers pkts as needed for eventual in-order delivery to upper layer

sender only resends pkts for which ACK not receivedsender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender windowN consecutive seq rsquosagain limits seq s of sent unACKed pkts

25

Transport Layer 3-49

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-50

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in window send pkt

timeout(n)resend pkt n restart timer

ACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as receivedif n smallest unACKed pkt advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n)out-of-order bufferin-order deliver (also deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)

otherwiseignore

receiver

26

Transport Layer 3-51

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenariosincorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

27

Transport Layer 3-53

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-54

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex databi-directional data flow in same connectionMSS maximum segment size

connection-orientedhandshaking (exchange of control msgs) initrsquos sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlledsender will not overwhelm receiver

point-to-pointone sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte steam

no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelinedTCP congestion and flow control set window size

send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

28

Transport Layer 3-55

TCP segment structure

source port dest port

32 bits

applicationdata

(variable length)

sequence numberacknowledgement number

Receive windowUrg data pnterchecksum

FSRPAUheadlen

notused

Options (variable length)

URG urgent data (generally not used)

ACK ACK valid

PSH push data now(generally not used)

RST SYN FINconnection estab(setup teardown

commands)

bytes rcvr willingto accept

countingby bytes of data(not segments)

Internetchecksum

(as in UDP)

Transport Layer 3-56

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquoof first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKsseq of next byte expected from other sidecumulative ACK

Q how receiver handles out-of-order segments

A TCP spec doesnrsquot say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Seq=42 ACK=79 data = lsquoCrsquo

Seq=79 ACK=43 data = lsquoCrsquo

Seq=43 ACK=80

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

29

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout valuelonger than RTT

but RTT variestoo short premature timeout

unnecessary retransmissions

too long slow reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTTSampleRTT measured time from segment transmission until ACK receipt

ignore retransmissionsSampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo

average several recent measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-58

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- α)EstimatedRTT + αSampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving averageinfluence of past sample decreases exponentially fasttypical value α = 0125

30

Transport Layer 3-59

Example RTT estimationRTT gaiacsumassedu to fantasiaeurecomfr

100

150

200

250

300

350

1 8 15 22 29 36 43 50 57 64 71 78 85 92 99 106

time (seconnds)

RTT

(mill

iseco

nds)

SampleRTT Estimated RTT

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeoutEstimtedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin

first estimate of how much SampleRTT deviates from EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

DevRTT = (1-β)DevRTT +β|SampleRTT-EstimatedRTT|

(typically β = 025)

Then set timeout interval

31

Transport Layer 3-61

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-62

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable servicePipelined segmentsCumulative acksTCP uses single retransmission timer

Retransmissions are triggered by

timeout eventsduplicate acks

Initially consider simplified TCP sender

ignore duplicate acksignore flow control congestion control

32

Transport Layer 3-63

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app

Create segment with seq seq is byte-stream number of first data byte in segmentstart timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unackedsegment)expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeoutretransmit segment that caused timeoutrestart timer

Ack rcvdIf acknowledges previously unackedsegments

update what is known to be ackedstart timer if there are outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-64

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNumif (timer currently not running)

start timerpass segment to IP NextSeqNum = NextSeqNum + length(data)

event timer timeoutretransmit not-yet-acknowledged segment with

smallest sequence numberstart timer

event ACK received with ACK field value of y if (y gt SendBase)

SendBase = yif (there are currently not-yet-acknowledged segments)

start timer

end of loop forever

Commentbull SendBase-1 last cumulatively ackrsquoed byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

33

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

Seq=100 20 bytes data

ACK=100

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=120

Seq=92 8 bytes data

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

ACK=120

Host A

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

Sendbase= 100

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

Seq=100 20 bytes data

ACK=120

time

SendBase= 120

34

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP ACK generation [RFC 1122 RFC 2581]

Event at Receiver

Arrival of in-order segment withexpected seq All data up toexpected seq already ACKed

Arrival of in-order segment withexpected seq One other segment has ACK pending

Arrival of out-of-order segmenthigher-than-expect seq Gap detected

Arrival of segment that partially or completely fills gap

TCP Receiver action

Delayed ACK Wait up to 500msfor next segment If no next segmentsend ACK

Immediately send single cumulative ACK ACKing both in-order segments

Immediately send duplicate ACK indicating seq of next expected byte

Immediate send ACK provided thatsegment startsat lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-68

Fast Retransmit

Time-out period often relatively long

long delay before resending lost packet

Detect lost segments via duplicate ACKs

Sender often sends many segments back-to-backIf segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

If sender receives 3 ACKsfor the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost

fast retransmit resend segment before timer expires

35

Transport Layer 3-69

event ACK received with ACK field value of y if (y gt SendBase)

SendBase = yif (there are currently not-yet-acknowledged segments)

start timer

else increment count of dup ACKs received for yif (count of dup ACKs received for y = 3)

resend segment with sequence number y

Fast retransmit algorithm

a duplicate ACK for already ACKed segment

fast retransmit

Transport Layer 3-70

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

36

Transport Layer 3-71

TCP Flow Control

receive side of TCP connection has a receive buffer

speed-matching service matching the send rate to the receiving apprsquos drain rate

app process may be slow at reading from buffer

sender wonrsquot overflowreceiverrsquos buffer by

transmitting too muchtoo fast

flow control

Transport Layer 3-72

TCP Flow control how it works

(Suppose TCP receiver discards out-of-order segments)spare room in buffer

= RcvWindow= RcvBuffer-[LastByteRcvd -

LastByteRead]

Rcvr advertises spare room by including value of RcvWindow in segmentsSender limits unACKeddata to RcvWindow

guarantees receive buffer doesnrsquot overflow

37

Transport Layer 3-73

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-74

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segmentsinitialize TCP variables

seq sbuffers flow control info (eg RcvWindow)

client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshake

Step 1 client host sends TCP SYN segment to server

specifies initial seq no data

Step 2 server host receives SYN replies with SYNACK segment

server allocates buffersspecifies server initial seq

Step 3 client receives SYNACK replies with ACK segment which may contain data

38

Transport Layer 3-75

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Closing a connection

client closes socketclientSocketclose()

Step 1 client end system sends TCP FIN control segment to server

Step 2 server receives FIN replies with ACK Closes connection sends FIN

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-76

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Step 3 client receives FIN replies with ACK

Enters ldquotimed waitrdquo - will respond with ACK to received FINs

Step 4 server receives ACK Connection closed

Note with small modification can handle simultaneous FINs

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

closing

closing

closed

tim

ed w

ait

closed

39

Transport Layer 3-77

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-78

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

40

Transport Layer 3-79

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestioninformally ldquotoo many sources sending too much data too fast for network to handlerdquodifferent from flow controlmanifestations

lost packets (buffer overflow at routers)long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-80

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receiversone router infinite buffers no retransmission

large delays when congestedmaximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

41

Transport Layer 3-81

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of lost packet

finite shared output link buffers

Host A λin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-82

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2always (goodput)

ldquoperfectrdquo retransmission only when loss

retransmission of delayed (not lost) packet makes larger (than perfect case) for same

λin

λout=

λin

λoutgtλ

inλout

ldquocostsrdquo of congestionmore work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquounneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

R2

R2λin

λ out

b

R2

R2λin

λ out

a

R2

R2λin

λ out

c

R4

R3

42

Transport Layer 3-83

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3four sendersmultihop pathstimeoutretransmit

λin

Q what happens as and increase λ

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

Another ldquocostrdquo of congestionwhen packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

λou

t

43

Transport Layer 3-85

Approaches towards congestion control

End-end congestion controlno explicit feedback from networkcongestion inferred from end-system observed loss delayapproach taken by TCP

Network-assisted congestion controlrouters provide feedback to end systems

single bit indicating congestion (SNA DECbit TCPIP ECN ATM)explicit rate sender should send at

Two broad approaches towards congestion control

Transport Layer 3-86

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rateldquoelastic servicerdquoif senderrsquos path ldquounderloadedrdquo

sender should use available bandwidth

if senderrsquos path congested sender throttled to minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cellssent by sender interspersed with data cellsbits in RM cell set by switches (ldquonetwork-assistedrdquo)

NI bit no increase in rate (mild congestion)CI bit congestion indication

RM cells returned to sender by receiver with bits intact

44

Transport Layer 3-87

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cellcongested switch may lower ER value in cellsenderrsquo send rate thus minimum supportable rate on path

EFCI bit in data cells set to 1 in congested switchif data cell preceding RM cell has EFCI set sender sets CI bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-88

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

45

Transport Layer 3-89

TCP congestion control additive increase multiplicative decrease

8 Kbytes

16 Kbytes

24 Kbytes

time

congestionwindow

Approach increase transmission rate (window size) probing for usable bandwidth until loss occurs

additive increase increase CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT until loss detectedmultiplicative decrease cut CongWin in half after loss

timecong

estio

n w

indo

w s

ize

Saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-90

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

le CongWin

Roughly

CongWin is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestionloss event = timeout or 3 duplicate acksTCP sender reduces rate (CongWin) after loss event

three mechanismsAIMDslow startconservative after timeout events

rate = CongWinRTT Bytessec

46

Transport Layer 3-91

TCP Slow Start

When connection begins CongWin = 1 MSS

Example MSS = 500 bytes amp RTT = 200 msecinitial rate = 20 kbps

available bandwidth may be gtgt MSSRTT

desirable to quickly ramp up to respectable rate

When connection begins increase rate exponentially fast until first loss event

Transport Layer 3-92

TCP Slow Start (more)

When connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event

double CongWin every RTTdone by incrementing CongWin for every ACK received

Summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

one segment

RTT

Host B

time

two segments

four segments

47

Transport Layer 3-93

RefinementQ When should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A When CongWin gets to 12 of its value before timeout

ImplementationVariable Threshold At loss event Threshold is set to 12 of CongWin just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-94

Refinement inferring loss

After 3 dup ACKsCongWin is cut in halfwindow then grows linearly

But after timeout eventCongWin instead set to 1 MSS window then grows exponentiallyto a threshold then grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments

timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquocongestion scenario

Philosophy

48

Transport Layer 3-95

Summary TCP Congestion Control

When CongWin is below Threshold sender in slow-start phase window grows exponentially

When CongWin is above Threshold sender is in congestion-avoidance phase window grows linearly

When a triple duplicate ACK occurs Threshold set to CongWin2 and CongWin set to Threshold

When timeout occurs Threshold set to CongWin2and CongWin is set to 1 MSS

Transport Layer 3-96

TCP sender congestion control

SS or CA

SS or CA

SS or CA

CongestionAvoidance (CA)

Slow Start (SS)

State

CongWin and Threshold not changed

Increment duplicate ACK count for segment being acked

Duplicate ACK

Enter slow startThreshold = CongWin2 CongWin = 1 MSSSet state to ldquoSlow Startrdquo

Timeout

Fast recovery implementing multiplicative decrease CongWin will not drop below 1 MSS

Threshold = CongWin2 CongWin = ThresholdSet state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

Loss event detected by triple duplicate ACK

Additive increase resulting in increase of CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT

CongWin = CongWin+MSS (MSSCongWin)

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

Resulting in a doubling of CongWin every RTT

CongWin = CongWin + MSS If (CongWin gt Threshold)

set state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

CommentaryTCP Sender Action Event

49

Transport Layer 3-97

TCP throughput

Whatrsquos the average throughout of TCP as a function of window size and RTT

Ignore slow start

Let W be the window size when loss occursWhen window is W throughput is WRTTJust after loss window drops to W2 throughput to W2RTT Average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Futures

Example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 GbpsthroughputRequires window size W = 83333 in-flight segmentsThroughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 WowNew versions of TCP for high-speed needed

LRTTMSSsdot221

50

Transport Layer 3-99

Fairness goal if K TCP sessions share same bottleneck link of bandwidth R each should have average rate of RK

TCP connection 1

bottleneckrouter

capacity R

TCP connection 2

TCP Fairness

Transport Layer 3-100

Why is TCP fairTwo competing sessions

Additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increasesmultiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

Conn

ecti

on 2

thr

ough

put

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

51

Transport Layer 3-101

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP

Multimedia apps often do not use TCP

do not want rate throttled by congestion control

Instead use UDPpump audiovideo at constant rate tolerate packet loss

Research area TCP friendly

Fairness and parallel TCP connectionsnothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hostsWeb browsers do this Example link of rate R supporting 9 cnctions

new app asks for 1 TCP gets rate R10new app asks for 11 TCPs gets R2

Transport Layer 3-102

Delay modeling

Q How long does it take to receive an object from a Web server after sending a request

Ignoring congestion delay is influenced byTCP connection establishmentdata transmission delayslow start

Notation assumptionsAssume one link between client and server of rate RS MSS (bits)O object size (bits)no retransmissions (no loss no corruption)

Window sizeFirst assume fixed congestion window W segmentsThen dynamic window

modeling slow start

52

Transport Layer 3-103

Fixed congestion window (1)

First caseWSR gt RTT + SR ACK for

first segment in window returns before windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR

Transport Layer 3-104

Fixed congestion window (2)

Second caseWSR lt RTT + SR wait for ACK after sending windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR+ (K-1)[SR + RTT - WSR]

53

Transport Layer 3-105

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (1)

Now suppose window grows according to slow start

Will show that the delay for one object is

RS

RSRTTP

RORTTLatency P )12(2 minusminus⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ +++=

where P is the number of times TCP idles at server

1min minus= KQP

- where Q is the number of times the server idlesif the object were of infinite size

- and K is the number of windows that cover the object

Transport Layer 3-106

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (2)

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Examplebull OS = 15 segmentsbull K = 4 windowsbull Q = 2bull P = minK-1Q = 2

Server idles P=2 times

Delay componentsbull 2 RTT for connection estab and requestbull OR to transmit objectbull time server idles due to slow start

Server idles P = minK-1Q times

54

Transport Layer 3-107

TCP Delay Modeling (3)

RS

RSRTTPRTT

RO

RSRTT

RSRTT

RO

idleTimeRTTRO

P

kP

k

P

pp

)12(][2

]2[2

2delay

1

1

1

minusminus+++=

minus+++=

++=

minus

=

=

sum

sum

th window after the timeidle 2 1 kRSRTT

RS k =⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ minus+

+minus

ementacknowledg receivesserver until

segment send tostartsserver whenfrom time=+ RTTRS

window kth the transmit totime2 1 =minus

RSk

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Transport Layer 3-108

TCP Delay Modeling (4)

⎥⎥⎤

⎢⎢⎡ +=

+ge=

geminus=

ge+++=

ge+++=minus

minus

)1(log

)1(logmin

12min

222min222min

2

2

110

110

SO

SOkk

SOk

SOkOSSSkK

k

k

k

L

L

Calculation of Q number of idles for infinite-size objectis similar (see HW)

Recall K = number of windows that cover object

How do we calculate K

55

Transport Layer 3-109

HTTP ModelingAssume Web page consists of

1 base HTML page (of size O bits)M images (each of size O bits)

Non-persistent HTTP M+1 TCP connections in seriesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (M+1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Persistent HTTP2 RTT to request and receive base HTML file1 RTT to request and receive M imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + 3RTT + sum of idle times

Non-persistent HTTP with X parallel connectionsSuppose MX integer1 TCP connection for base fileMX sets of parallel connections for imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (MX + 1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Transport Layer 3-110

02468

101214161820

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT = 100 msec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For low bandwidth connection amp response time dominated by transmission timePersistent connections only give minor improvement over parallelconnections

56

Transport Layer 3-111

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT =1 sec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For larger RTT response time dominated by TCP establishment amp slow start delays Persistent connections now give important improvement particularly in high delaybullbandwidth networks

Transport Layer 3-112

Chapter 3 Summaryprinciples behind transport layer services

multiplexing demultiplexingreliable data transferflow controlcongestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet

UDPTCP

Nextleaving the network ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)into the network ldquocorerdquo

Page 20: Chapter 3: Transport Layerpeople.ee.duke.edu/~krish/ECE156/Chapter3.pdf · Transport Layer 3-4 Transport vs. network layer network layer: logical communication between hosts transport

20

Transport Layer 3-39

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-40

Performance of rdt30

rdt30 works but performance stinksexample 1 Gbps link 15 ms e-e prop delay 1KB packet

Ttransmit = 8kbpkt109 bsec = 8 microsec

U sender utilization ndash fraction of time sender busy sending

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

L (packet length in bits)R (transmission rate bps) =

1KB pkt every 30 msec -gt 33kBsec thruput over 1 Gbps linknetwork protocol limits use of physical resources

21

Transport Layer 3-41

rdt30 stop-and-wait operation

first packet bit transmitted t = 0

sender receiver

RTT

last packet bit transmitted t = L R

first packet bit arriveslast packet bit arrives send ACK

ACK arrives send next packet t = RTT + L R

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

Transport Layer 3-42

Pipelined protocolsPipelining sender allows multiple ldquoin-flightrdquo yet-to-be-

acknowledged pktsrange of sequence numbers must be increasedbuffering at sender andor receiver

Two generic forms of pipelined protocols go-Back-N selective repeat

22

Transport Layer 3-43

Pipelining increased utilization

first packet bit transmitted t = 0

sender receiver

RTT

last bit transmitted t = L R

first packet bit arriveslast packet bit arrives send ACK

ACK arrives send next packet t = RTT + L R

last bit of 2nd packet arrives send ACKlast bit of 3rd packet arrives send ACK

U sender =

02430008

= 00008 3 L R RTT + L R

=

Increase utilizationby a factor of 3

Transport Layer 3-44

Go-Back-NSender

k-bit seq in pkt headerldquowindowrdquo of up to N consecutive unackrsquoed pkts allowed

ACK(n) ACKs all pkts up to including seq n - ldquocumulative ACKrdquomay receive duplicate ACKs (see receiver)

timer for each in-flight pkttimeout(n) retransmit pkt n and all higher seq pkts in window

23

Transport Layer 3-45

GBN sender extended FSM

Wait start_timerudt_send(sndpkt[base])udt_send(sndpkt[base+1])hellipudt_send(sndpkt[nextseqnum-1])

timeout

rdt_send(data)

if (nextseqnum lt base+N) sndpkt[nextseqnum] = make_pkt(nextseqnumdatachksum)udt_send(sndpkt[nextseqnum])if (base == nextseqnum)

start_timernextseqnum++

elserefuse_data(data)

base = getacknum(rcvpkt)+1If (base == nextseqnum)

stop_timerelsestart_timer

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

base=1nextseqnum=1

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Λ

Transport Layer 3-46

GBN receiver extended FSM

ACK-only always send ACK for correctly-received pkt with highest in-order seq

may generate duplicate ACKsneed only remember expectedseqnum

out-of-order pkt discard (donrsquot buffer) -gt no receiver bufferingRe-ACK pkt with highest in-order seq

Wait

udt_send(sndpkt)default

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)ampamp notcurrupt(rcvpkt)ampamp hasseqnum(rcvpktexpectedseqnum)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(expectedseqnumACKchksum)udt_send(sndpkt)expectedseqnum++

expectedseqnum=1sndpkt = make_pkt(expectedseqnumACKchksum)

Λ

24

Transport Layer 3-47

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-48

Selective Repeat

receiver individually acknowledges all correctly received pkts

buffers pkts as needed for eventual in-order delivery to upper layer

sender only resends pkts for which ACK not receivedsender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender windowN consecutive seq rsquosagain limits seq s of sent unACKed pkts

25

Transport Layer 3-49

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-50

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in window send pkt

timeout(n)resend pkt n restart timer

ACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as receivedif n smallest unACKed pkt advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n)out-of-order bufferin-order deliver (also deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)

otherwiseignore

receiver

26

Transport Layer 3-51

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenariosincorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

27

Transport Layer 3-53

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-54

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex databi-directional data flow in same connectionMSS maximum segment size

connection-orientedhandshaking (exchange of control msgs) initrsquos sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlledsender will not overwhelm receiver

point-to-pointone sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte steam

no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelinedTCP congestion and flow control set window size

send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

28

Transport Layer 3-55

TCP segment structure

source port dest port

32 bits

applicationdata

(variable length)

sequence numberacknowledgement number

Receive windowUrg data pnterchecksum

FSRPAUheadlen

notused

Options (variable length)

URG urgent data (generally not used)

ACK ACK valid

PSH push data now(generally not used)

RST SYN FINconnection estab(setup teardown

commands)

bytes rcvr willingto accept

countingby bytes of data(not segments)

Internetchecksum

(as in UDP)

Transport Layer 3-56

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquoof first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKsseq of next byte expected from other sidecumulative ACK

Q how receiver handles out-of-order segments

A TCP spec doesnrsquot say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Seq=42 ACK=79 data = lsquoCrsquo

Seq=79 ACK=43 data = lsquoCrsquo

Seq=43 ACK=80

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

29

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout valuelonger than RTT

but RTT variestoo short premature timeout

unnecessary retransmissions

too long slow reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTTSampleRTT measured time from segment transmission until ACK receipt

ignore retransmissionsSampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo

average several recent measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-58

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- α)EstimatedRTT + αSampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving averageinfluence of past sample decreases exponentially fasttypical value α = 0125

30

Transport Layer 3-59

Example RTT estimationRTT gaiacsumassedu to fantasiaeurecomfr

100

150

200

250

300

350

1 8 15 22 29 36 43 50 57 64 71 78 85 92 99 106

time (seconnds)

RTT

(mill

iseco

nds)

SampleRTT Estimated RTT

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeoutEstimtedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin

first estimate of how much SampleRTT deviates from EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

DevRTT = (1-β)DevRTT +β|SampleRTT-EstimatedRTT|

(typically β = 025)

Then set timeout interval

31

Transport Layer 3-61

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-62

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable servicePipelined segmentsCumulative acksTCP uses single retransmission timer

Retransmissions are triggered by

timeout eventsduplicate acks

Initially consider simplified TCP sender

ignore duplicate acksignore flow control congestion control

32

Transport Layer 3-63

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app

Create segment with seq seq is byte-stream number of first data byte in segmentstart timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unackedsegment)expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeoutretransmit segment that caused timeoutrestart timer

Ack rcvdIf acknowledges previously unackedsegments

update what is known to be ackedstart timer if there are outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-64

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNumif (timer currently not running)

start timerpass segment to IP NextSeqNum = NextSeqNum + length(data)

event timer timeoutretransmit not-yet-acknowledged segment with

smallest sequence numberstart timer

event ACK received with ACK field value of y if (y gt SendBase)

SendBase = yif (there are currently not-yet-acknowledged segments)

start timer

end of loop forever

Commentbull SendBase-1 last cumulatively ackrsquoed byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

33

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

Seq=100 20 bytes data

ACK=100

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=120

Seq=92 8 bytes data

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

ACK=120

Host A

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

Sendbase= 100

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

Seq=100 20 bytes data

ACK=120

time

SendBase= 120

34

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP ACK generation [RFC 1122 RFC 2581]

Event at Receiver

Arrival of in-order segment withexpected seq All data up toexpected seq already ACKed

Arrival of in-order segment withexpected seq One other segment has ACK pending

Arrival of out-of-order segmenthigher-than-expect seq Gap detected

Arrival of segment that partially or completely fills gap

TCP Receiver action

Delayed ACK Wait up to 500msfor next segment If no next segmentsend ACK

Immediately send single cumulative ACK ACKing both in-order segments

Immediately send duplicate ACK indicating seq of next expected byte

Immediate send ACK provided thatsegment startsat lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-68

Fast Retransmit

Time-out period often relatively long

long delay before resending lost packet

Detect lost segments via duplicate ACKs

Sender often sends many segments back-to-backIf segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

If sender receives 3 ACKsfor the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost

fast retransmit resend segment before timer expires

35

Transport Layer 3-69

event ACK received with ACK field value of y if (y gt SendBase)

SendBase = yif (there are currently not-yet-acknowledged segments)

start timer

else increment count of dup ACKs received for yif (count of dup ACKs received for y = 3)

resend segment with sequence number y

Fast retransmit algorithm

a duplicate ACK for already ACKed segment

fast retransmit

Transport Layer 3-70

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

36

Transport Layer 3-71

TCP Flow Control

receive side of TCP connection has a receive buffer

speed-matching service matching the send rate to the receiving apprsquos drain rate

app process may be slow at reading from buffer

sender wonrsquot overflowreceiverrsquos buffer by

transmitting too muchtoo fast

flow control

Transport Layer 3-72

TCP Flow control how it works

(Suppose TCP receiver discards out-of-order segments)spare room in buffer

= RcvWindow= RcvBuffer-[LastByteRcvd -

LastByteRead]

Rcvr advertises spare room by including value of RcvWindow in segmentsSender limits unACKeddata to RcvWindow

guarantees receive buffer doesnrsquot overflow

37

Transport Layer 3-73

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-74

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segmentsinitialize TCP variables

seq sbuffers flow control info (eg RcvWindow)

client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshake

Step 1 client host sends TCP SYN segment to server

specifies initial seq no data

Step 2 server host receives SYN replies with SYNACK segment

server allocates buffersspecifies server initial seq

Step 3 client receives SYNACK replies with ACK segment which may contain data

38

Transport Layer 3-75

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Closing a connection

client closes socketclientSocketclose()

Step 1 client end system sends TCP FIN control segment to server

Step 2 server receives FIN replies with ACK Closes connection sends FIN

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-76

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Step 3 client receives FIN replies with ACK

Enters ldquotimed waitrdquo - will respond with ACK to received FINs

Step 4 server receives ACK Connection closed

Note with small modification can handle simultaneous FINs

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

closing

closing

closed

tim

ed w

ait

closed

39

Transport Layer 3-77

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-78

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

40

Transport Layer 3-79

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestioninformally ldquotoo many sources sending too much data too fast for network to handlerdquodifferent from flow controlmanifestations

lost packets (buffer overflow at routers)long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-80

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receiversone router infinite buffers no retransmission

large delays when congestedmaximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

41

Transport Layer 3-81

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of lost packet

finite shared output link buffers

Host A λin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-82

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2always (goodput)

ldquoperfectrdquo retransmission only when loss

retransmission of delayed (not lost) packet makes larger (than perfect case) for same

λin

λout=

λin

λoutgtλ

inλout

ldquocostsrdquo of congestionmore work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquounneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

R2

R2λin

λ out

b

R2

R2λin

λ out

a

R2

R2λin

λ out

c

R4

R3

42

Transport Layer 3-83

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3four sendersmultihop pathstimeoutretransmit

λin

Q what happens as and increase λ

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

Another ldquocostrdquo of congestionwhen packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

λou

t

43

Transport Layer 3-85

Approaches towards congestion control

End-end congestion controlno explicit feedback from networkcongestion inferred from end-system observed loss delayapproach taken by TCP

Network-assisted congestion controlrouters provide feedback to end systems

single bit indicating congestion (SNA DECbit TCPIP ECN ATM)explicit rate sender should send at

Two broad approaches towards congestion control

Transport Layer 3-86

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rateldquoelastic servicerdquoif senderrsquos path ldquounderloadedrdquo

sender should use available bandwidth

if senderrsquos path congested sender throttled to minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cellssent by sender interspersed with data cellsbits in RM cell set by switches (ldquonetwork-assistedrdquo)

NI bit no increase in rate (mild congestion)CI bit congestion indication

RM cells returned to sender by receiver with bits intact

44

Transport Layer 3-87

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cellcongested switch may lower ER value in cellsenderrsquo send rate thus minimum supportable rate on path

EFCI bit in data cells set to 1 in congested switchif data cell preceding RM cell has EFCI set sender sets CI bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-88

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

45

Transport Layer 3-89

TCP congestion control additive increase multiplicative decrease

8 Kbytes

16 Kbytes

24 Kbytes

time

congestionwindow

Approach increase transmission rate (window size) probing for usable bandwidth until loss occurs

additive increase increase CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT until loss detectedmultiplicative decrease cut CongWin in half after loss

timecong

estio

n w

indo

w s

ize

Saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-90

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

le CongWin

Roughly

CongWin is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestionloss event = timeout or 3 duplicate acksTCP sender reduces rate (CongWin) after loss event

three mechanismsAIMDslow startconservative after timeout events

rate = CongWinRTT Bytessec

46

Transport Layer 3-91

TCP Slow Start

When connection begins CongWin = 1 MSS

Example MSS = 500 bytes amp RTT = 200 msecinitial rate = 20 kbps

available bandwidth may be gtgt MSSRTT

desirable to quickly ramp up to respectable rate

When connection begins increase rate exponentially fast until first loss event

Transport Layer 3-92

TCP Slow Start (more)

When connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event

double CongWin every RTTdone by incrementing CongWin for every ACK received

Summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

one segment

RTT

Host B

time

two segments

four segments

47

Transport Layer 3-93

RefinementQ When should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A When CongWin gets to 12 of its value before timeout

ImplementationVariable Threshold At loss event Threshold is set to 12 of CongWin just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-94

Refinement inferring loss

After 3 dup ACKsCongWin is cut in halfwindow then grows linearly

But after timeout eventCongWin instead set to 1 MSS window then grows exponentiallyto a threshold then grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments

timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquocongestion scenario

Philosophy

48

Transport Layer 3-95

Summary TCP Congestion Control

When CongWin is below Threshold sender in slow-start phase window grows exponentially

When CongWin is above Threshold sender is in congestion-avoidance phase window grows linearly

When a triple duplicate ACK occurs Threshold set to CongWin2 and CongWin set to Threshold

When timeout occurs Threshold set to CongWin2and CongWin is set to 1 MSS

Transport Layer 3-96

TCP sender congestion control

SS or CA

SS or CA

SS or CA

CongestionAvoidance (CA)

Slow Start (SS)

State

CongWin and Threshold not changed

Increment duplicate ACK count for segment being acked

Duplicate ACK

Enter slow startThreshold = CongWin2 CongWin = 1 MSSSet state to ldquoSlow Startrdquo

Timeout

Fast recovery implementing multiplicative decrease CongWin will not drop below 1 MSS

Threshold = CongWin2 CongWin = ThresholdSet state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

Loss event detected by triple duplicate ACK

Additive increase resulting in increase of CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT

CongWin = CongWin+MSS (MSSCongWin)

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

Resulting in a doubling of CongWin every RTT

CongWin = CongWin + MSS If (CongWin gt Threshold)

set state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

CommentaryTCP Sender Action Event

49

Transport Layer 3-97

TCP throughput

Whatrsquos the average throughout of TCP as a function of window size and RTT

Ignore slow start

Let W be the window size when loss occursWhen window is W throughput is WRTTJust after loss window drops to W2 throughput to W2RTT Average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Futures

Example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 GbpsthroughputRequires window size W = 83333 in-flight segmentsThroughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 WowNew versions of TCP for high-speed needed

LRTTMSSsdot221

50

Transport Layer 3-99

Fairness goal if K TCP sessions share same bottleneck link of bandwidth R each should have average rate of RK

TCP connection 1

bottleneckrouter

capacity R

TCP connection 2

TCP Fairness

Transport Layer 3-100

Why is TCP fairTwo competing sessions

Additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increasesmultiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

Conn

ecti

on 2

thr

ough

put

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

51

Transport Layer 3-101

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP

Multimedia apps often do not use TCP

do not want rate throttled by congestion control

Instead use UDPpump audiovideo at constant rate tolerate packet loss

Research area TCP friendly

Fairness and parallel TCP connectionsnothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hostsWeb browsers do this Example link of rate R supporting 9 cnctions

new app asks for 1 TCP gets rate R10new app asks for 11 TCPs gets R2

Transport Layer 3-102

Delay modeling

Q How long does it take to receive an object from a Web server after sending a request

Ignoring congestion delay is influenced byTCP connection establishmentdata transmission delayslow start

Notation assumptionsAssume one link between client and server of rate RS MSS (bits)O object size (bits)no retransmissions (no loss no corruption)

Window sizeFirst assume fixed congestion window W segmentsThen dynamic window

modeling slow start

52

Transport Layer 3-103

Fixed congestion window (1)

First caseWSR gt RTT + SR ACK for

first segment in window returns before windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR

Transport Layer 3-104

Fixed congestion window (2)

Second caseWSR lt RTT + SR wait for ACK after sending windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR+ (K-1)[SR + RTT - WSR]

53

Transport Layer 3-105

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (1)

Now suppose window grows according to slow start

Will show that the delay for one object is

RS

RSRTTP

RORTTLatency P )12(2 minusminus⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ +++=

where P is the number of times TCP idles at server

1min minus= KQP

- where Q is the number of times the server idlesif the object were of infinite size

- and K is the number of windows that cover the object

Transport Layer 3-106

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (2)

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Examplebull OS = 15 segmentsbull K = 4 windowsbull Q = 2bull P = minK-1Q = 2

Server idles P=2 times

Delay componentsbull 2 RTT for connection estab and requestbull OR to transmit objectbull time server idles due to slow start

Server idles P = minK-1Q times

54

Transport Layer 3-107

TCP Delay Modeling (3)

RS

RSRTTPRTT

RO

RSRTT

RSRTT

RO

idleTimeRTTRO

P

kP

k

P

pp

)12(][2

]2[2

2delay

1

1

1

minusminus+++=

minus+++=

++=

minus

=

=

sum

sum

th window after the timeidle 2 1 kRSRTT

RS k =⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ minus+

+minus

ementacknowledg receivesserver until

segment send tostartsserver whenfrom time=+ RTTRS

window kth the transmit totime2 1 =minus

RSk

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Transport Layer 3-108

TCP Delay Modeling (4)

⎥⎥⎤

⎢⎢⎡ +=

+ge=

geminus=

ge+++=

ge+++=minus

minus

)1(log

)1(logmin

12min

222min222min

2

2

110

110

SO

SOkk

SOk

SOkOSSSkK

k

k

k

L

L

Calculation of Q number of idles for infinite-size objectis similar (see HW)

Recall K = number of windows that cover object

How do we calculate K

55

Transport Layer 3-109

HTTP ModelingAssume Web page consists of

1 base HTML page (of size O bits)M images (each of size O bits)

Non-persistent HTTP M+1 TCP connections in seriesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (M+1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Persistent HTTP2 RTT to request and receive base HTML file1 RTT to request and receive M imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + 3RTT + sum of idle times

Non-persistent HTTP with X parallel connectionsSuppose MX integer1 TCP connection for base fileMX sets of parallel connections for imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (MX + 1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Transport Layer 3-110

02468

101214161820

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT = 100 msec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For low bandwidth connection amp response time dominated by transmission timePersistent connections only give minor improvement over parallelconnections

56

Transport Layer 3-111

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT =1 sec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For larger RTT response time dominated by TCP establishment amp slow start delays Persistent connections now give important improvement particularly in high delaybullbandwidth networks

Transport Layer 3-112

Chapter 3 Summaryprinciples behind transport layer services

multiplexing demultiplexingreliable data transferflow controlcongestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet

UDPTCP

Nextleaving the network ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)into the network ldquocorerdquo

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21

Transport Layer 3-41

rdt30 stop-and-wait operation

first packet bit transmitted t = 0

sender receiver

RTT

last packet bit transmitted t = L R

first packet bit arriveslast packet bit arrives send ACK

ACK arrives send next packet t = RTT + L R

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

Transport Layer 3-42

Pipelined protocolsPipelining sender allows multiple ldquoin-flightrdquo yet-to-be-

acknowledged pktsrange of sequence numbers must be increasedbuffering at sender andor receiver

Two generic forms of pipelined protocols go-Back-N selective repeat

22

Transport Layer 3-43

Pipelining increased utilization

first packet bit transmitted t = 0

sender receiver

RTT

last bit transmitted t = L R

first packet bit arriveslast packet bit arrives send ACK

ACK arrives send next packet t = RTT + L R

last bit of 2nd packet arrives send ACKlast bit of 3rd packet arrives send ACK

U sender =

02430008

= 00008 3 L R RTT + L R

=

Increase utilizationby a factor of 3

Transport Layer 3-44

Go-Back-NSender

k-bit seq in pkt headerldquowindowrdquo of up to N consecutive unackrsquoed pkts allowed

ACK(n) ACKs all pkts up to including seq n - ldquocumulative ACKrdquomay receive duplicate ACKs (see receiver)

timer for each in-flight pkttimeout(n) retransmit pkt n and all higher seq pkts in window

23

Transport Layer 3-45

GBN sender extended FSM

Wait start_timerudt_send(sndpkt[base])udt_send(sndpkt[base+1])hellipudt_send(sndpkt[nextseqnum-1])

timeout

rdt_send(data)

if (nextseqnum lt base+N) sndpkt[nextseqnum] = make_pkt(nextseqnumdatachksum)udt_send(sndpkt[nextseqnum])if (base == nextseqnum)

start_timernextseqnum++

elserefuse_data(data)

base = getacknum(rcvpkt)+1If (base == nextseqnum)

stop_timerelsestart_timer

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

base=1nextseqnum=1

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Λ

Transport Layer 3-46

GBN receiver extended FSM

ACK-only always send ACK for correctly-received pkt with highest in-order seq

may generate duplicate ACKsneed only remember expectedseqnum

out-of-order pkt discard (donrsquot buffer) -gt no receiver bufferingRe-ACK pkt with highest in-order seq

Wait

udt_send(sndpkt)default

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)ampamp notcurrupt(rcvpkt)ampamp hasseqnum(rcvpktexpectedseqnum)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(expectedseqnumACKchksum)udt_send(sndpkt)expectedseqnum++

expectedseqnum=1sndpkt = make_pkt(expectedseqnumACKchksum)

Λ

24

Transport Layer 3-47

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-48

Selective Repeat

receiver individually acknowledges all correctly received pkts

buffers pkts as needed for eventual in-order delivery to upper layer

sender only resends pkts for which ACK not receivedsender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender windowN consecutive seq rsquosagain limits seq s of sent unACKed pkts

25

Transport Layer 3-49

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-50

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in window send pkt

timeout(n)resend pkt n restart timer

ACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as receivedif n smallest unACKed pkt advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n)out-of-order bufferin-order deliver (also deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)

otherwiseignore

receiver

26

Transport Layer 3-51

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenariosincorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

27

Transport Layer 3-53

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-54

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex databi-directional data flow in same connectionMSS maximum segment size

connection-orientedhandshaking (exchange of control msgs) initrsquos sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlledsender will not overwhelm receiver

point-to-pointone sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte steam

no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelinedTCP congestion and flow control set window size

send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

28

Transport Layer 3-55

TCP segment structure

source port dest port

32 bits

applicationdata

(variable length)

sequence numberacknowledgement number

Receive windowUrg data pnterchecksum

FSRPAUheadlen

notused

Options (variable length)

URG urgent data (generally not used)

ACK ACK valid

PSH push data now(generally not used)

RST SYN FINconnection estab(setup teardown

commands)

bytes rcvr willingto accept

countingby bytes of data(not segments)

Internetchecksum

(as in UDP)

Transport Layer 3-56

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquoof first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKsseq of next byte expected from other sidecumulative ACK

Q how receiver handles out-of-order segments

A TCP spec doesnrsquot say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Seq=42 ACK=79 data = lsquoCrsquo

Seq=79 ACK=43 data = lsquoCrsquo

Seq=43 ACK=80

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

29

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout valuelonger than RTT

but RTT variestoo short premature timeout

unnecessary retransmissions

too long slow reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTTSampleRTT measured time from segment transmission until ACK receipt

ignore retransmissionsSampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo

average several recent measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-58

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- α)EstimatedRTT + αSampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving averageinfluence of past sample decreases exponentially fasttypical value α = 0125

30

Transport Layer 3-59

Example RTT estimationRTT gaiacsumassedu to fantasiaeurecomfr

100

150

200

250

300

350

1 8 15 22 29 36 43 50 57 64 71 78 85 92 99 106

time (seconnds)

RTT

(mill

iseco

nds)

SampleRTT Estimated RTT

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeoutEstimtedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin

first estimate of how much SampleRTT deviates from EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

DevRTT = (1-β)DevRTT +β|SampleRTT-EstimatedRTT|

(typically β = 025)

Then set timeout interval

31

Transport Layer 3-61

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-62

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable servicePipelined segmentsCumulative acksTCP uses single retransmission timer

Retransmissions are triggered by

timeout eventsduplicate acks

Initially consider simplified TCP sender

ignore duplicate acksignore flow control congestion control

32

Transport Layer 3-63

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app

Create segment with seq seq is byte-stream number of first data byte in segmentstart timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unackedsegment)expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeoutretransmit segment that caused timeoutrestart timer

Ack rcvdIf acknowledges previously unackedsegments

update what is known to be ackedstart timer if there are outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-64

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNumif (timer currently not running)

start timerpass segment to IP NextSeqNum = NextSeqNum + length(data)

event timer timeoutretransmit not-yet-acknowledged segment with

smallest sequence numberstart timer

event ACK received with ACK field value of y if (y gt SendBase)

SendBase = yif (there are currently not-yet-acknowledged segments)

start timer

end of loop forever

Commentbull SendBase-1 last cumulatively ackrsquoed byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

33

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

Seq=100 20 bytes data

ACK=100

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=120

Seq=92 8 bytes data

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

ACK=120

Host A

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

Sendbase= 100

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

Seq=100 20 bytes data

ACK=120

time

SendBase= 120

34

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP ACK generation [RFC 1122 RFC 2581]

Event at Receiver

Arrival of in-order segment withexpected seq All data up toexpected seq already ACKed

Arrival of in-order segment withexpected seq One other segment has ACK pending

Arrival of out-of-order segmenthigher-than-expect seq Gap detected

Arrival of segment that partially or completely fills gap

TCP Receiver action

Delayed ACK Wait up to 500msfor next segment If no next segmentsend ACK

Immediately send single cumulative ACK ACKing both in-order segments

Immediately send duplicate ACK indicating seq of next expected byte

Immediate send ACK provided thatsegment startsat lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-68

Fast Retransmit

Time-out period often relatively long

long delay before resending lost packet

Detect lost segments via duplicate ACKs

Sender often sends many segments back-to-backIf segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

If sender receives 3 ACKsfor the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost

fast retransmit resend segment before timer expires

35

Transport Layer 3-69

event ACK received with ACK field value of y if (y gt SendBase)

SendBase = yif (there are currently not-yet-acknowledged segments)

start timer

else increment count of dup ACKs received for yif (count of dup ACKs received for y = 3)

resend segment with sequence number y

Fast retransmit algorithm

a duplicate ACK for already ACKed segment

fast retransmit

Transport Layer 3-70

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

36

Transport Layer 3-71

TCP Flow Control

receive side of TCP connection has a receive buffer

speed-matching service matching the send rate to the receiving apprsquos drain rate

app process may be slow at reading from buffer

sender wonrsquot overflowreceiverrsquos buffer by

transmitting too muchtoo fast

flow control

Transport Layer 3-72

TCP Flow control how it works

(Suppose TCP receiver discards out-of-order segments)spare room in buffer

= RcvWindow= RcvBuffer-[LastByteRcvd -

LastByteRead]

Rcvr advertises spare room by including value of RcvWindow in segmentsSender limits unACKeddata to RcvWindow

guarantees receive buffer doesnrsquot overflow

37

Transport Layer 3-73

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-74

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segmentsinitialize TCP variables

seq sbuffers flow control info (eg RcvWindow)

client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshake

Step 1 client host sends TCP SYN segment to server

specifies initial seq no data

Step 2 server host receives SYN replies with SYNACK segment

server allocates buffersspecifies server initial seq

Step 3 client receives SYNACK replies with ACK segment which may contain data

38

Transport Layer 3-75

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Closing a connection

client closes socketclientSocketclose()

Step 1 client end system sends TCP FIN control segment to server

Step 2 server receives FIN replies with ACK Closes connection sends FIN

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-76

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Step 3 client receives FIN replies with ACK

Enters ldquotimed waitrdquo - will respond with ACK to received FINs

Step 4 server receives ACK Connection closed

Note with small modification can handle simultaneous FINs

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

closing

closing

closed

tim

ed w

ait

closed

39

Transport Layer 3-77

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-78

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

40

Transport Layer 3-79

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestioninformally ldquotoo many sources sending too much data too fast for network to handlerdquodifferent from flow controlmanifestations

lost packets (buffer overflow at routers)long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-80

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receiversone router infinite buffers no retransmission

large delays when congestedmaximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

41

Transport Layer 3-81

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of lost packet

finite shared output link buffers

Host A λin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-82

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2always (goodput)

ldquoperfectrdquo retransmission only when loss

retransmission of delayed (not lost) packet makes larger (than perfect case) for same

λin

λout=

λin

λoutgtλ

inλout

ldquocostsrdquo of congestionmore work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquounneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

R2

R2λin

λ out

b

R2

R2λin

λ out

a

R2

R2λin

λ out

c

R4

R3

42

Transport Layer 3-83

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3four sendersmultihop pathstimeoutretransmit

λin

Q what happens as and increase λ

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

Another ldquocostrdquo of congestionwhen packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

λou

t

43

Transport Layer 3-85

Approaches towards congestion control

End-end congestion controlno explicit feedback from networkcongestion inferred from end-system observed loss delayapproach taken by TCP

Network-assisted congestion controlrouters provide feedback to end systems

single bit indicating congestion (SNA DECbit TCPIP ECN ATM)explicit rate sender should send at

Two broad approaches towards congestion control

Transport Layer 3-86

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rateldquoelastic servicerdquoif senderrsquos path ldquounderloadedrdquo

sender should use available bandwidth

if senderrsquos path congested sender throttled to minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cellssent by sender interspersed with data cellsbits in RM cell set by switches (ldquonetwork-assistedrdquo)

NI bit no increase in rate (mild congestion)CI bit congestion indication

RM cells returned to sender by receiver with bits intact

44

Transport Layer 3-87

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cellcongested switch may lower ER value in cellsenderrsquo send rate thus minimum supportable rate on path

EFCI bit in data cells set to 1 in congested switchif data cell preceding RM cell has EFCI set sender sets CI bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-88

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

45

Transport Layer 3-89

TCP congestion control additive increase multiplicative decrease

8 Kbytes

16 Kbytes

24 Kbytes

time

congestionwindow

Approach increase transmission rate (window size) probing for usable bandwidth until loss occurs

additive increase increase CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT until loss detectedmultiplicative decrease cut CongWin in half after loss

timecong

estio

n w

indo

w s

ize

Saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-90

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

le CongWin

Roughly

CongWin is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestionloss event = timeout or 3 duplicate acksTCP sender reduces rate (CongWin) after loss event

three mechanismsAIMDslow startconservative after timeout events

rate = CongWinRTT Bytessec

46

Transport Layer 3-91

TCP Slow Start

When connection begins CongWin = 1 MSS

Example MSS = 500 bytes amp RTT = 200 msecinitial rate = 20 kbps

available bandwidth may be gtgt MSSRTT

desirable to quickly ramp up to respectable rate

When connection begins increase rate exponentially fast until first loss event

Transport Layer 3-92

TCP Slow Start (more)

When connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event

double CongWin every RTTdone by incrementing CongWin for every ACK received

Summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

one segment

RTT

Host B

time

two segments

four segments

47

Transport Layer 3-93

RefinementQ When should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A When CongWin gets to 12 of its value before timeout

ImplementationVariable Threshold At loss event Threshold is set to 12 of CongWin just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-94

Refinement inferring loss

After 3 dup ACKsCongWin is cut in halfwindow then grows linearly

But after timeout eventCongWin instead set to 1 MSS window then grows exponentiallyto a threshold then grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments

timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquocongestion scenario

Philosophy

48

Transport Layer 3-95

Summary TCP Congestion Control

When CongWin is below Threshold sender in slow-start phase window grows exponentially

When CongWin is above Threshold sender is in congestion-avoidance phase window grows linearly

When a triple duplicate ACK occurs Threshold set to CongWin2 and CongWin set to Threshold

When timeout occurs Threshold set to CongWin2and CongWin is set to 1 MSS

Transport Layer 3-96

TCP sender congestion control

SS or CA

SS or CA

SS or CA

CongestionAvoidance (CA)

Slow Start (SS)

State

CongWin and Threshold not changed

Increment duplicate ACK count for segment being acked

Duplicate ACK

Enter slow startThreshold = CongWin2 CongWin = 1 MSSSet state to ldquoSlow Startrdquo

Timeout

Fast recovery implementing multiplicative decrease CongWin will not drop below 1 MSS

Threshold = CongWin2 CongWin = ThresholdSet state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

Loss event detected by triple duplicate ACK

Additive increase resulting in increase of CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT

CongWin = CongWin+MSS (MSSCongWin)

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

Resulting in a doubling of CongWin every RTT

CongWin = CongWin + MSS If (CongWin gt Threshold)

set state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

CommentaryTCP Sender Action Event

49

Transport Layer 3-97

TCP throughput

Whatrsquos the average throughout of TCP as a function of window size and RTT

Ignore slow start

Let W be the window size when loss occursWhen window is W throughput is WRTTJust after loss window drops to W2 throughput to W2RTT Average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Futures

Example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 GbpsthroughputRequires window size W = 83333 in-flight segmentsThroughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 WowNew versions of TCP for high-speed needed

LRTTMSSsdot221

50

Transport Layer 3-99

Fairness goal if K TCP sessions share same bottleneck link of bandwidth R each should have average rate of RK

TCP connection 1

bottleneckrouter

capacity R

TCP connection 2

TCP Fairness

Transport Layer 3-100

Why is TCP fairTwo competing sessions

Additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increasesmultiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

Conn

ecti

on 2

thr

ough

put

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

51

Transport Layer 3-101

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP

Multimedia apps often do not use TCP

do not want rate throttled by congestion control

Instead use UDPpump audiovideo at constant rate tolerate packet loss

Research area TCP friendly

Fairness and parallel TCP connectionsnothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hostsWeb browsers do this Example link of rate R supporting 9 cnctions

new app asks for 1 TCP gets rate R10new app asks for 11 TCPs gets R2

Transport Layer 3-102

Delay modeling

Q How long does it take to receive an object from a Web server after sending a request

Ignoring congestion delay is influenced byTCP connection establishmentdata transmission delayslow start

Notation assumptionsAssume one link between client and server of rate RS MSS (bits)O object size (bits)no retransmissions (no loss no corruption)

Window sizeFirst assume fixed congestion window W segmentsThen dynamic window

modeling slow start

52

Transport Layer 3-103

Fixed congestion window (1)

First caseWSR gt RTT + SR ACK for

first segment in window returns before windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR

Transport Layer 3-104

Fixed congestion window (2)

Second caseWSR lt RTT + SR wait for ACK after sending windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR+ (K-1)[SR + RTT - WSR]

53

Transport Layer 3-105

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (1)

Now suppose window grows according to slow start

Will show that the delay for one object is

RS

RSRTTP

RORTTLatency P )12(2 minusminus⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ +++=

where P is the number of times TCP idles at server

1min minus= KQP

- where Q is the number of times the server idlesif the object were of infinite size

- and K is the number of windows that cover the object

Transport Layer 3-106

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (2)

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Examplebull OS = 15 segmentsbull K = 4 windowsbull Q = 2bull P = minK-1Q = 2

Server idles P=2 times

Delay componentsbull 2 RTT for connection estab and requestbull OR to transmit objectbull time server idles due to slow start

Server idles P = minK-1Q times

54

Transport Layer 3-107

TCP Delay Modeling (3)

RS

RSRTTPRTT

RO

RSRTT

RSRTT

RO

idleTimeRTTRO

P

kP

k

P

pp

)12(][2

]2[2

2delay

1

1

1

minusminus+++=

minus+++=

++=

minus

=

=

sum

sum

th window after the timeidle 2 1 kRSRTT

RS k =⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ minus+

+minus

ementacknowledg receivesserver until

segment send tostartsserver whenfrom time=+ RTTRS

window kth the transmit totime2 1 =minus

RSk

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Transport Layer 3-108

TCP Delay Modeling (4)

⎥⎥⎤

⎢⎢⎡ +=

+ge=

geminus=

ge+++=

ge+++=minus

minus

)1(log

)1(logmin

12min

222min222min

2

2

110

110

SO

SOkk

SOk

SOkOSSSkK

k

k

k

L

L

Calculation of Q number of idles for infinite-size objectis similar (see HW)

Recall K = number of windows that cover object

How do we calculate K

55

Transport Layer 3-109

HTTP ModelingAssume Web page consists of

1 base HTML page (of size O bits)M images (each of size O bits)

Non-persistent HTTP M+1 TCP connections in seriesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (M+1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Persistent HTTP2 RTT to request and receive base HTML file1 RTT to request and receive M imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + 3RTT + sum of idle times

Non-persistent HTTP with X parallel connectionsSuppose MX integer1 TCP connection for base fileMX sets of parallel connections for imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (MX + 1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Transport Layer 3-110

02468

101214161820

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT = 100 msec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For low bandwidth connection amp response time dominated by transmission timePersistent connections only give minor improvement over parallelconnections

56

Transport Layer 3-111

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT =1 sec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For larger RTT response time dominated by TCP establishment amp slow start delays Persistent connections now give important improvement particularly in high delaybullbandwidth networks

Transport Layer 3-112

Chapter 3 Summaryprinciples behind transport layer services

multiplexing demultiplexingreliable data transferflow controlcongestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet

UDPTCP

Nextleaving the network ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)into the network ldquocorerdquo

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22

Transport Layer 3-43

Pipelining increased utilization

first packet bit transmitted t = 0

sender receiver

RTT

last bit transmitted t = L R

first packet bit arriveslast packet bit arrives send ACK

ACK arrives send next packet t = RTT + L R

last bit of 2nd packet arrives send ACKlast bit of 3rd packet arrives send ACK

U sender =

02430008

= 00008 3 L R RTT + L R

=

Increase utilizationby a factor of 3

Transport Layer 3-44

Go-Back-NSender

k-bit seq in pkt headerldquowindowrdquo of up to N consecutive unackrsquoed pkts allowed

ACK(n) ACKs all pkts up to including seq n - ldquocumulative ACKrdquomay receive duplicate ACKs (see receiver)

timer for each in-flight pkttimeout(n) retransmit pkt n and all higher seq pkts in window

23

Transport Layer 3-45

GBN sender extended FSM

Wait start_timerudt_send(sndpkt[base])udt_send(sndpkt[base+1])hellipudt_send(sndpkt[nextseqnum-1])

timeout

rdt_send(data)

if (nextseqnum lt base+N) sndpkt[nextseqnum] = make_pkt(nextseqnumdatachksum)udt_send(sndpkt[nextseqnum])if (base == nextseqnum)

start_timernextseqnum++

elserefuse_data(data)

base = getacknum(rcvpkt)+1If (base == nextseqnum)

stop_timerelsestart_timer

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

base=1nextseqnum=1

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Λ

Transport Layer 3-46

GBN receiver extended FSM

ACK-only always send ACK for correctly-received pkt with highest in-order seq

may generate duplicate ACKsneed only remember expectedseqnum

out-of-order pkt discard (donrsquot buffer) -gt no receiver bufferingRe-ACK pkt with highest in-order seq

Wait

udt_send(sndpkt)default

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)ampamp notcurrupt(rcvpkt)ampamp hasseqnum(rcvpktexpectedseqnum)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(expectedseqnumACKchksum)udt_send(sndpkt)expectedseqnum++

expectedseqnum=1sndpkt = make_pkt(expectedseqnumACKchksum)

Λ

24

Transport Layer 3-47

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-48

Selective Repeat

receiver individually acknowledges all correctly received pkts

buffers pkts as needed for eventual in-order delivery to upper layer

sender only resends pkts for which ACK not receivedsender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender windowN consecutive seq rsquosagain limits seq s of sent unACKed pkts

25

Transport Layer 3-49

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-50

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in window send pkt

timeout(n)resend pkt n restart timer

ACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as receivedif n smallest unACKed pkt advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n)out-of-order bufferin-order deliver (also deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)

otherwiseignore

receiver

26

Transport Layer 3-51

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenariosincorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

27

Transport Layer 3-53

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-54

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex databi-directional data flow in same connectionMSS maximum segment size

connection-orientedhandshaking (exchange of control msgs) initrsquos sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlledsender will not overwhelm receiver

point-to-pointone sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte steam

no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelinedTCP congestion and flow control set window size

send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

28

Transport Layer 3-55

TCP segment structure

source port dest port

32 bits

applicationdata

(variable length)

sequence numberacknowledgement number

Receive windowUrg data pnterchecksum

FSRPAUheadlen

notused

Options (variable length)

URG urgent data (generally not used)

ACK ACK valid

PSH push data now(generally not used)

RST SYN FINconnection estab(setup teardown

commands)

bytes rcvr willingto accept

countingby bytes of data(not segments)

Internetchecksum

(as in UDP)

Transport Layer 3-56

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquoof first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKsseq of next byte expected from other sidecumulative ACK

Q how receiver handles out-of-order segments

A TCP spec doesnrsquot say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Seq=42 ACK=79 data = lsquoCrsquo

Seq=79 ACK=43 data = lsquoCrsquo

Seq=43 ACK=80

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

29

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout valuelonger than RTT

but RTT variestoo short premature timeout

unnecessary retransmissions

too long slow reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTTSampleRTT measured time from segment transmission until ACK receipt

ignore retransmissionsSampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo

average several recent measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-58

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- α)EstimatedRTT + αSampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving averageinfluence of past sample decreases exponentially fasttypical value α = 0125

30

Transport Layer 3-59

Example RTT estimationRTT gaiacsumassedu to fantasiaeurecomfr

100

150

200

250

300

350

1 8 15 22 29 36 43 50 57 64 71 78 85 92 99 106

time (seconnds)

RTT

(mill

iseco

nds)

SampleRTT Estimated RTT

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeoutEstimtedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin

first estimate of how much SampleRTT deviates from EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

DevRTT = (1-β)DevRTT +β|SampleRTT-EstimatedRTT|

(typically β = 025)

Then set timeout interval

31

Transport Layer 3-61

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-62

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable servicePipelined segmentsCumulative acksTCP uses single retransmission timer

Retransmissions are triggered by

timeout eventsduplicate acks

Initially consider simplified TCP sender

ignore duplicate acksignore flow control congestion control

32

Transport Layer 3-63

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app

Create segment with seq seq is byte-stream number of first data byte in segmentstart timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unackedsegment)expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeoutretransmit segment that caused timeoutrestart timer

Ack rcvdIf acknowledges previously unackedsegments

update what is known to be ackedstart timer if there are outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-64

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNumif (timer currently not running)

start timerpass segment to IP NextSeqNum = NextSeqNum + length(data)

event timer timeoutretransmit not-yet-acknowledged segment with

smallest sequence numberstart timer

event ACK received with ACK field value of y if (y gt SendBase)

SendBase = yif (there are currently not-yet-acknowledged segments)

start timer

end of loop forever

Commentbull SendBase-1 last cumulatively ackrsquoed byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

33

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

Seq=100 20 bytes data

ACK=100

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=120

Seq=92 8 bytes data

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

ACK=120

Host A

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

Sendbase= 100

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

Seq=100 20 bytes data

ACK=120

time

SendBase= 120

34

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP ACK generation [RFC 1122 RFC 2581]

Event at Receiver

Arrival of in-order segment withexpected seq All data up toexpected seq already ACKed

Arrival of in-order segment withexpected seq One other segment has ACK pending

Arrival of out-of-order segmenthigher-than-expect seq Gap detected

Arrival of segment that partially or completely fills gap

TCP Receiver action

Delayed ACK Wait up to 500msfor next segment If no next segmentsend ACK

Immediately send single cumulative ACK ACKing both in-order segments

Immediately send duplicate ACK indicating seq of next expected byte

Immediate send ACK provided thatsegment startsat lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-68

Fast Retransmit

Time-out period often relatively long

long delay before resending lost packet

Detect lost segments via duplicate ACKs

Sender often sends many segments back-to-backIf segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

If sender receives 3 ACKsfor the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost

fast retransmit resend segment before timer expires

35

Transport Layer 3-69

event ACK received with ACK field value of y if (y gt SendBase)

SendBase = yif (there are currently not-yet-acknowledged segments)

start timer

else increment count of dup ACKs received for yif (count of dup ACKs received for y = 3)

resend segment with sequence number y

Fast retransmit algorithm

a duplicate ACK for already ACKed segment

fast retransmit

Transport Layer 3-70

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

36

Transport Layer 3-71

TCP Flow Control

receive side of TCP connection has a receive buffer

speed-matching service matching the send rate to the receiving apprsquos drain rate

app process may be slow at reading from buffer

sender wonrsquot overflowreceiverrsquos buffer by

transmitting too muchtoo fast

flow control

Transport Layer 3-72

TCP Flow control how it works

(Suppose TCP receiver discards out-of-order segments)spare room in buffer

= RcvWindow= RcvBuffer-[LastByteRcvd -

LastByteRead]

Rcvr advertises spare room by including value of RcvWindow in segmentsSender limits unACKeddata to RcvWindow

guarantees receive buffer doesnrsquot overflow

37

Transport Layer 3-73

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-74

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segmentsinitialize TCP variables

seq sbuffers flow control info (eg RcvWindow)

client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshake

Step 1 client host sends TCP SYN segment to server

specifies initial seq no data

Step 2 server host receives SYN replies with SYNACK segment

server allocates buffersspecifies server initial seq

Step 3 client receives SYNACK replies with ACK segment which may contain data

38

Transport Layer 3-75

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Closing a connection

client closes socketclientSocketclose()

Step 1 client end system sends TCP FIN control segment to server

Step 2 server receives FIN replies with ACK Closes connection sends FIN

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-76

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Step 3 client receives FIN replies with ACK

Enters ldquotimed waitrdquo - will respond with ACK to received FINs

Step 4 server receives ACK Connection closed

Note with small modification can handle simultaneous FINs

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

closing

closing

closed

tim

ed w

ait

closed

39

Transport Layer 3-77

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-78

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

40

Transport Layer 3-79

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestioninformally ldquotoo many sources sending too much data too fast for network to handlerdquodifferent from flow controlmanifestations

lost packets (buffer overflow at routers)long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-80

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receiversone router infinite buffers no retransmission

large delays when congestedmaximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

41

Transport Layer 3-81

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of lost packet

finite shared output link buffers

Host A λin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-82

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2always (goodput)

ldquoperfectrdquo retransmission only when loss

retransmission of delayed (not lost) packet makes larger (than perfect case) for same

λin

λout=

λin

λoutgtλ

inλout

ldquocostsrdquo of congestionmore work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquounneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

R2

R2λin

λ out

b

R2

R2λin

λ out

a

R2

R2λin

λ out

c

R4

R3

42

Transport Layer 3-83

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3four sendersmultihop pathstimeoutretransmit

λin

Q what happens as and increase λ

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

Another ldquocostrdquo of congestionwhen packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

λou

t

43

Transport Layer 3-85

Approaches towards congestion control

End-end congestion controlno explicit feedback from networkcongestion inferred from end-system observed loss delayapproach taken by TCP

Network-assisted congestion controlrouters provide feedback to end systems

single bit indicating congestion (SNA DECbit TCPIP ECN ATM)explicit rate sender should send at

Two broad approaches towards congestion control

Transport Layer 3-86

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rateldquoelastic servicerdquoif senderrsquos path ldquounderloadedrdquo

sender should use available bandwidth

if senderrsquos path congested sender throttled to minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cellssent by sender interspersed with data cellsbits in RM cell set by switches (ldquonetwork-assistedrdquo)

NI bit no increase in rate (mild congestion)CI bit congestion indication

RM cells returned to sender by receiver with bits intact

44

Transport Layer 3-87

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cellcongested switch may lower ER value in cellsenderrsquo send rate thus minimum supportable rate on path

EFCI bit in data cells set to 1 in congested switchif data cell preceding RM cell has EFCI set sender sets CI bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-88

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

45

Transport Layer 3-89

TCP congestion control additive increase multiplicative decrease

8 Kbytes

16 Kbytes

24 Kbytes

time

congestionwindow

Approach increase transmission rate (window size) probing for usable bandwidth until loss occurs

additive increase increase CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT until loss detectedmultiplicative decrease cut CongWin in half after loss

timecong

estio

n w

indo

w s

ize

Saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-90

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

le CongWin

Roughly

CongWin is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestionloss event = timeout or 3 duplicate acksTCP sender reduces rate (CongWin) after loss event

three mechanismsAIMDslow startconservative after timeout events

rate = CongWinRTT Bytessec

46

Transport Layer 3-91

TCP Slow Start

When connection begins CongWin = 1 MSS

Example MSS = 500 bytes amp RTT = 200 msecinitial rate = 20 kbps

available bandwidth may be gtgt MSSRTT

desirable to quickly ramp up to respectable rate

When connection begins increase rate exponentially fast until first loss event

Transport Layer 3-92

TCP Slow Start (more)

When connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event

double CongWin every RTTdone by incrementing CongWin for every ACK received

Summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

one segment

RTT

Host B

time

two segments

four segments

47

Transport Layer 3-93

RefinementQ When should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A When CongWin gets to 12 of its value before timeout

ImplementationVariable Threshold At loss event Threshold is set to 12 of CongWin just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-94

Refinement inferring loss

After 3 dup ACKsCongWin is cut in halfwindow then grows linearly

But after timeout eventCongWin instead set to 1 MSS window then grows exponentiallyto a threshold then grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments

timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquocongestion scenario

Philosophy

48

Transport Layer 3-95

Summary TCP Congestion Control

When CongWin is below Threshold sender in slow-start phase window grows exponentially

When CongWin is above Threshold sender is in congestion-avoidance phase window grows linearly

When a triple duplicate ACK occurs Threshold set to CongWin2 and CongWin set to Threshold

When timeout occurs Threshold set to CongWin2and CongWin is set to 1 MSS

Transport Layer 3-96

TCP sender congestion control

SS or CA

SS or CA

SS or CA

CongestionAvoidance (CA)

Slow Start (SS)

State

CongWin and Threshold not changed

Increment duplicate ACK count for segment being acked

Duplicate ACK

Enter slow startThreshold = CongWin2 CongWin = 1 MSSSet state to ldquoSlow Startrdquo

Timeout

Fast recovery implementing multiplicative decrease CongWin will not drop below 1 MSS

Threshold = CongWin2 CongWin = ThresholdSet state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

Loss event detected by triple duplicate ACK

Additive increase resulting in increase of CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT

CongWin = CongWin+MSS (MSSCongWin)

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

Resulting in a doubling of CongWin every RTT

CongWin = CongWin + MSS If (CongWin gt Threshold)

set state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

CommentaryTCP Sender Action Event

49

Transport Layer 3-97

TCP throughput

Whatrsquos the average throughout of TCP as a function of window size and RTT

Ignore slow start

Let W be the window size when loss occursWhen window is W throughput is WRTTJust after loss window drops to W2 throughput to W2RTT Average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Futures

Example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 GbpsthroughputRequires window size W = 83333 in-flight segmentsThroughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 WowNew versions of TCP for high-speed needed

LRTTMSSsdot221

50

Transport Layer 3-99

Fairness goal if K TCP sessions share same bottleneck link of bandwidth R each should have average rate of RK

TCP connection 1

bottleneckrouter

capacity R

TCP connection 2

TCP Fairness

Transport Layer 3-100

Why is TCP fairTwo competing sessions

Additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increasesmultiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

Conn

ecti

on 2

thr

ough

put

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

51

Transport Layer 3-101

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP

Multimedia apps often do not use TCP

do not want rate throttled by congestion control

Instead use UDPpump audiovideo at constant rate tolerate packet loss

Research area TCP friendly

Fairness and parallel TCP connectionsnothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hostsWeb browsers do this Example link of rate R supporting 9 cnctions

new app asks for 1 TCP gets rate R10new app asks for 11 TCPs gets R2

Transport Layer 3-102

Delay modeling

Q How long does it take to receive an object from a Web server after sending a request

Ignoring congestion delay is influenced byTCP connection establishmentdata transmission delayslow start

Notation assumptionsAssume one link between client and server of rate RS MSS (bits)O object size (bits)no retransmissions (no loss no corruption)

Window sizeFirst assume fixed congestion window W segmentsThen dynamic window

modeling slow start

52

Transport Layer 3-103

Fixed congestion window (1)

First caseWSR gt RTT + SR ACK for

first segment in window returns before windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR

Transport Layer 3-104

Fixed congestion window (2)

Second caseWSR lt RTT + SR wait for ACK after sending windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR+ (K-1)[SR + RTT - WSR]

53

Transport Layer 3-105

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (1)

Now suppose window grows according to slow start

Will show that the delay for one object is

RS

RSRTTP

RORTTLatency P )12(2 minusminus⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ +++=

where P is the number of times TCP idles at server

1min minus= KQP

- where Q is the number of times the server idlesif the object were of infinite size

- and K is the number of windows that cover the object

Transport Layer 3-106

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (2)

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Examplebull OS = 15 segmentsbull K = 4 windowsbull Q = 2bull P = minK-1Q = 2

Server idles P=2 times

Delay componentsbull 2 RTT for connection estab and requestbull OR to transmit objectbull time server idles due to slow start

Server idles P = minK-1Q times

54

Transport Layer 3-107

TCP Delay Modeling (3)

RS

RSRTTPRTT

RO

RSRTT

RSRTT

RO

idleTimeRTTRO

P

kP

k

P

pp

)12(][2

]2[2

2delay

1

1

1

minusminus+++=

minus+++=

++=

minus

=

=

sum

sum

th window after the timeidle 2 1 kRSRTT

RS k =⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ minus+

+minus

ementacknowledg receivesserver until

segment send tostartsserver whenfrom time=+ RTTRS

window kth the transmit totime2 1 =minus

RSk

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Transport Layer 3-108

TCP Delay Modeling (4)

⎥⎥⎤

⎢⎢⎡ +=

+ge=

geminus=

ge+++=

ge+++=minus

minus

)1(log

)1(logmin

12min

222min222min

2

2

110

110

SO

SOkk

SOk

SOkOSSSkK

k

k

k

L

L

Calculation of Q number of idles for infinite-size objectis similar (see HW)

Recall K = number of windows that cover object

How do we calculate K

55

Transport Layer 3-109

HTTP ModelingAssume Web page consists of

1 base HTML page (of size O bits)M images (each of size O bits)

Non-persistent HTTP M+1 TCP connections in seriesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (M+1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Persistent HTTP2 RTT to request and receive base HTML file1 RTT to request and receive M imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + 3RTT + sum of idle times

Non-persistent HTTP with X parallel connectionsSuppose MX integer1 TCP connection for base fileMX sets of parallel connections for imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (MX + 1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Transport Layer 3-110

02468

101214161820

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT = 100 msec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For low bandwidth connection amp response time dominated by transmission timePersistent connections only give minor improvement over parallelconnections

56

Transport Layer 3-111

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT =1 sec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For larger RTT response time dominated by TCP establishment amp slow start delays Persistent connections now give important improvement particularly in high delaybullbandwidth networks

Transport Layer 3-112

Chapter 3 Summaryprinciples behind transport layer services

multiplexing demultiplexingreliable data transferflow controlcongestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet

UDPTCP

Nextleaving the network ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)into the network ldquocorerdquo

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23

Transport Layer 3-45

GBN sender extended FSM

Wait start_timerudt_send(sndpkt[base])udt_send(sndpkt[base+1])hellipudt_send(sndpkt[nextseqnum-1])

timeout

rdt_send(data)

if (nextseqnum lt base+N) sndpkt[nextseqnum] = make_pkt(nextseqnumdatachksum)udt_send(sndpkt[nextseqnum])if (base == nextseqnum)

start_timernextseqnum++

elserefuse_data(data)

base = getacknum(rcvpkt)+1If (base == nextseqnum)

stop_timerelsestart_timer

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

base=1nextseqnum=1

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Λ

Transport Layer 3-46

GBN receiver extended FSM

ACK-only always send ACK for correctly-received pkt with highest in-order seq

may generate duplicate ACKsneed only remember expectedseqnum

out-of-order pkt discard (donrsquot buffer) -gt no receiver bufferingRe-ACK pkt with highest in-order seq

Wait

udt_send(sndpkt)default

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)ampamp notcurrupt(rcvpkt)ampamp hasseqnum(rcvpktexpectedseqnum)

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(expectedseqnumACKchksum)udt_send(sndpkt)expectedseqnum++

expectedseqnum=1sndpkt = make_pkt(expectedseqnumACKchksum)

Λ

24

Transport Layer 3-47

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-48

Selective Repeat

receiver individually acknowledges all correctly received pkts

buffers pkts as needed for eventual in-order delivery to upper layer

sender only resends pkts for which ACK not receivedsender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender windowN consecutive seq rsquosagain limits seq s of sent unACKed pkts

25

Transport Layer 3-49

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-50

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in window send pkt

timeout(n)resend pkt n restart timer

ACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as receivedif n smallest unACKed pkt advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n)out-of-order bufferin-order deliver (also deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)

otherwiseignore

receiver

26

Transport Layer 3-51

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenariosincorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

27

Transport Layer 3-53

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-54

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex databi-directional data flow in same connectionMSS maximum segment size

connection-orientedhandshaking (exchange of control msgs) initrsquos sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlledsender will not overwhelm receiver

point-to-pointone sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte steam

no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelinedTCP congestion and flow control set window size

send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

28

Transport Layer 3-55

TCP segment structure

source port dest port

32 bits

applicationdata

(variable length)

sequence numberacknowledgement number

Receive windowUrg data pnterchecksum

FSRPAUheadlen

notused

Options (variable length)

URG urgent data (generally not used)

ACK ACK valid

PSH push data now(generally not used)

RST SYN FINconnection estab(setup teardown

commands)

bytes rcvr willingto accept

countingby bytes of data(not segments)

Internetchecksum

(as in UDP)

Transport Layer 3-56

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquoof first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKsseq of next byte expected from other sidecumulative ACK

Q how receiver handles out-of-order segments

A TCP spec doesnrsquot say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Seq=42 ACK=79 data = lsquoCrsquo

Seq=79 ACK=43 data = lsquoCrsquo

Seq=43 ACK=80

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

29

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout valuelonger than RTT

but RTT variestoo short premature timeout

unnecessary retransmissions

too long slow reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTTSampleRTT measured time from segment transmission until ACK receipt

ignore retransmissionsSampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo

average several recent measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-58

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- α)EstimatedRTT + αSampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving averageinfluence of past sample decreases exponentially fasttypical value α = 0125

30

Transport Layer 3-59

Example RTT estimationRTT gaiacsumassedu to fantasiaeurecomfr

100

150

200

250

300

350

1 8 15 22 29 36 43 50 57 64 71 78 85 92 99 106

time (seconnds)

RTT

(mill

iseco

nds)

SampleRTT Estimated RTT

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeoutEstimtedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin

first estimate of how much SampleRTT deviates from EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

DevRTT = (1-β)DevRTT +β|SampleRTT-EstimatedRTT|

(typically β = 025)

Then set timeout interval

31

Transport Layer 3-61

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-62

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable servicePipelined segmentsCumulative acksTCP uses single retransmission timer

Retransmissions are triggered by

timeout eventsduplicate acks

Initially consider simplified TCP sender

ignore duplicate acksignore flow control congestion control

32

Transport Layer 3-63

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app

Create segment with seq seq is byte-stream number of first data byte in segmentstart timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unackedsegment)expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeoutretransmit segment that caused timeoutrestart timer

Ack rcvdIf acknowledges previously unackedsegments

update what is known to be ackedstart timer if there are outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-64

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNumif (timer currently not running)

start timerpass segment to IP NextSeqNum = NextSeqNum + length(data)

event timer timeoutretransmit not-yet-acknowledged segment with

smallest sequence numberstart timer

event ACK received with ACK field value of y if (y gt SendBase)

SendBase = yif (there are currently not-yet-acknowledged segments)

start timer

end of loop forever

Commentbull SendBase-1 last cumulatively ackrsquoed byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

33

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

Seq=100 20 bytes data

ACK=100

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=120

Seq=92 8 bytes data

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

ACK=120

Host A

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

Sendbase= 100

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

Seq=100 20 bytes data

ACK=120

time

SendBase= 120

34

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP ACK generation [RFC 1122 RFC 2581]

Event at Receiver

Arrival of in-order segment withexpected seq All data up toexpected seq already ACKed

Arrival of in-order segment withexpected seq One other segment has ACK pending

Arrival of out-of-order segmenthigher-than-expect seq Gap detected

Arrival of segment that partially or completely fills gap

TCP Receiver action

Delayed ACK Wait up to 500msfor next segment If no next segmentsend ACK

Immediately send single cumulative ACK ACKing both in-order segments

Immediately send duplicate ACK indicating seq of next expected byte

Immediate send ACK provided thatsegment startsat lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-68

Fast Retransmit

Time-out period often relatively long

long delay before resending lost packet

Detect lost segments via duplicate ACKs

Sender often sends many segments back-to-backIf segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

If sender receives 3 ACKsfor the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost

fast retransmit resend segment before timer expires

35

Transport Layer 3-69

event ACK received with ACK field value of y if (y gt SendBase)

SendBase = yif (there are currently not-yet-acknowledged segments)

start timer

else increment count of dup ACKs received for yif (count of dup ACKs received for y = 3)

resend segment with sequence number y

Fast retransmit algorithm

a duplicate ACK for already ACKed segment

fast retransmit

Transport Layer 3-70

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

36

Transport Layer 3-71

TCP Flow Control

receive side of TCP connection has a receive buffer

speed-matching service matching the send rate to the receiving apprsquos drain rate

app process may be slow at reading from buffer

sender wonrsquot overflowreceiverrsquos buffer by

transmitting too muchtoo fast

flow control

Transport Layer 3-72

TCP Flow control how it works

(Suppose TCP receiver discards out-of-order segments)spare room in buffer

= RcvWindow= RcvBuffer-[LastByteRcvd -

LastByteRead]

Rcvr advertises spare room by including value of RcvWindow in segmentsSender limits unACKeddata to RcvWindow

guarantees receive buffer doesnrsquot overflow

37

Transport Layer 3-73

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-74

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segmentsinitialize TCP variables

seq sbuffers flow control info (eg RcvWindow)

client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshake

Step 1 client host sends TCP SYN segment to server

specifies initial seq no data

Step 2 server host receives SYN replies with SYNACK segment

server allocates buffersspecifies server initial seq

Step 3 client receives SYNACK replies with ACK segment which may contain data

38

Transport Layer 3-75

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Closing a connection

client closes socketclientSocketclose()

Step 1 client end system sends TCP FIN control segment to server

Step 2 server receives FIN replies with ACK Closes connection sends FIN

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-76

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Step 3 client receives FIN replies with ACK

Enters ldquotimed waitrdquo - will respond with ACK to received FINs

Step 4 server receives ACK Connection closed

Note with small modification can handle simultaneous FINs

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

closing

closing

closed

tim

ed w

ait

closed

39

Transport Layer 3-77

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-78

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

40

Transport Layer 3-79

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestioninformally ldquotoo many sources sending too much data too fast for network to handlerdquodifferent from flow controlmanifestations

lost packets (buffer overflow at routers)long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-80

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receiversone router infinite buffers no retransmission

large delays when congestedmaximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

41

Transport Layer 3-81

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of lost packet

finite shared output link buffers

Host A λin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-82

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2always (goodput)

ldquoperfectrdquo retransmission only when loss

retransmission of delayed (not lost) packet makes larger (than perfect case) for same

λin

λout=

λin

λoutgtλ

inλout

ldquocostsrdquo of congestionmore work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquounneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

R2

R2λin

λ out

b

R2

R2λin

λ out

a

R2

R2λin

λ out

c

R4

R3

42

Transport Layer 3-83

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3four sendersmultihop pathstimeoutretransmit

λin

Q what happens as and increase λ

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

Another ldquocostrdquo of congestionwhen packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

λou

t

43

Transport Layer 3-85

Approaches towards congestion control

End-end congestion controlno explicit feedback from networkcongestion inferred from end-system observed loss delayapproach taken by TCP

Network-assisted congestion controlrouters provide feedback to end systems

single bit indicating congestion (SNA DECbit TCPIP ECN ATM)explicit rate sender should send at

Two broad approaches towards congestion control

Transport Layer 3-86

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rateldquoelastic servicerdquoif senderrsquos path ldquounderloadedrdquo

sender should use available bandwidth

if senderrsquos path congested sender throttled to minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cellssent by sender interspersed with data cellsbits in RM cell set by switches (ldquonetwork-assistedrdquo)

NI bit no increase in rate (mild congestion)CI bit congestion indication

RM cells returned to sender by receiver with bits intact

44

Transport Layer 3-87

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cellcongested switch may lower ER value in cellsenderrsquo send rate thus minimum supportable rate on path

EFCI bit in data cells set to 1 in congested switchif data cell preceding RM cell has EFCI set sender sets CI bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-88

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

45

Transport Layer 3-89

TCP congestion control additive increase multiplicative decrease

8 Kbytes

16 Kbytes

24 Kbytes

time

congestionwindow

Approach increase transmission rate (window size) probing for usable bandwidth until loss occurs

additive increase increase CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT until loss detectedmultiplicative decrease cut CongWin in half after loss

timecong

estio

n w

indo

w s

ize

Saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-90

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

le CongWin

Roughly

CongWin is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestionloss event = timeout or 3 duplicate acksTCP sender reduces rate (CongWin) after loss event

three mechanismsAIMDslow startconservative after timeout events

rate = CongWinRTT Bytessec

46

Transport Layer 3-91

TCP Slow Start

When connection begins CongWin = 1 MSS

Example MSS = 500 bytes amp RTT = 200 msecinitial rate = 20 kbps

available bandwidth may be gtgt MSSRTT

desirable to quickly ramp up to respectable rate

When connection begins increase rate exponentially fast until first loss event

Transport Layer 3-92

TCP Slow Start (more)

When connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event

double CongWin every RTTdone by incrementing CongWin for every ACK received

Summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

one segment

RTT

Host B

time

two segments

four segments

47

Transport Layer 3-93

RefinementQ When should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A When CongWin gets to 12 of its value before timeout

ImplementationVariable Threshold At loss event Threshold is set to 12 of CongWin just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-94

Refinement inferring loss

After 3 dup ACKsCongWin is cut in halfwindow then grows linearly

But after timeout eventCongWin instead set to 1 MSS window then grows exponentiallyto a threshold then grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments

timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquocongestion scenario

Philosophy

48

Transport Layer 3-95

Summary TCP Congestion Control

When CongWin is below Threshold sender in slow-start phase window grows exponentially

When CongWin is above Threshold sender is in congestion-avoidance phase window grows linearly

When a triple duplicate ACK occurs Threshold set to CongWin2 and CongWin set to Threshold

When timeout occurs Threshold set to CongWin2and CongWin is set to 1 MSS

Transport Layer 3-96

TCP sender congestion control

SS or CA

SS or CA

SS or CA

CongestionAvoidance (CA)

Slow Start (SS)

State

CongWin and Threshold not changed

Increment duplicate ACK count for segment being acked

Duplicate ACK

Enter slow startThreshold = CongWin2 CongWin = 1 MSSSet state to ldquoSlow Startrdquo

Timeout

Fast recovery implementing multiplicative decrease CongWin will not drop below 1 MSS

Threshold = CongWin2 CongWin = ThresholdSet state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

Loss event detected by triple duplicate ACK

Additive increase resulting in increase of CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT

CongWin = CongWin+MSS (MSSCongWin)

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

Resulting in a doubling of CongWin every RTT

CongWin = CongWin + MSS If (CongWin gt Threshold)

set state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

CommentaryTCP Sender Action Event

49

Transport Layer 3-97

TCP throughput

Whatrsquos the average throughout of TCP as a function of window size and RTT

Ignore slow start

Let W be the window size when loss occursWhen window is W throughput is WRTTJust after loss window drops to W2 throughput to W2RTT Average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Futures

Example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 GbpsthroughputRequires window size W = 83333 in-flight segmentsThroughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 WowNew versions of TCP for high-speed needed

LRTTMSSsdot221

50

Transport Layer 3-99

Fairness goal if K TCP sessions share same bottleneck link of bandwidth R each should have average rate of RK

TCP connection 1

bottleneckrouter

capacity R

TCP connection 2

TCP Fairness

Transport Layer 3-100

Why is TCP fairTwo competing sessions

Additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increasesmultiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

Conn

ecti

on 2

thr

ough

put

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

51

Transport Layer 3-101

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP

Multimedia apps often do not use TCP

do not want rate throttled by congestion control

Instead use UDPpump audiovideo at constant rate tolerate packet loss

Research area TCP friendly

Fairness and parallel TCP connectionsnothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hostsWeb browsers do this Example link of rate R supporting 9 cnctions

new app asks for 1 TCP gets rate R10new app asks for 11 TCPs gets R2

Transport Layer 3-102

Delay modeling

Q How long does it take to receive an object from a Web server after sending a request

Ignoring congestion delay is influenced byTCP connection establishmentdata transmission delayslow start

Notation assumptionsAssume one link between client and server of rate RS MSS (bits)O object size (bits)no retransmissions (no loss no corruption)

Window sizeFirst assume fixed congestion window W segmentsThen dynamic window

modeling slow start

52

Transport Layer 3-103

Fixed congestion window (1)

First caseWSR gt RTT + SR ACK for

first segment in window returns before windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR

Transport Layer 3-104

Fixed congestion window (2)

Second caseWSR lt RTT + SR wait for ACK after sending windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR+ (K-1)[SR + RTT - WSR]

53

Transport Layer 3-105

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (1)

Now suppose window grows according to slow start

Will show that the delay for one object is

RS

RSRTTP

RORTTLatency P )12(2 minusminus⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ +++=

where P is the number of times TCP idles at server

1min minus= KQP

- where Q is the number of times the server idlesif the object were of infinite size

- and K is the number of windows that cover the object

Transport Layer 3-106

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (2)

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Examplebull OS = 15 segmentsbull K = 4 windowsbull Q = 2bull P = minK-1Q = 2

Server idles P=2 times

Delay componentsbull 2 RTT for connection estab and requestbull OR to transmit objectbull time server idles due to slow start

Server idles P = minK-1Q times

54

Transport Layer 3-107

TCP Delay Modeling (3)

RS

RSRTTPRTT

RO

RSRTT

RSRTT

RO

idleTimeRTTRO

P

kP

k

P

pp

)12(][2

]2[2

2delay

1

1

1

minusminus+++=

minus+++=

++=

minus

=

=

sum

sum

th window after the timeidle 2 1 kRSRTT

RS k =⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ minus+

+minus

ementacknowledg receivesserver until

segment send tostartsserver whenfrom time=+ RTTRS

window kth the transmit totime2 1 =minus

RSk

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Transport Layer 3-108

TCP Delay Modeling (4)

⎥⎥⎤

⎢⎢⎡ +=

+ge=

geminus=

ge+++=

ge+++=minus

minus

)1(log

)1(logmin

12min

222min222min

2

2

110

110

SO

SOkk

SOk

SOkOSSSkK

k

k

k

L

L

Calculation of Q number of idles for infinite-size objectis similar (see HW)

Recall K = number of windows that cover object

How do we calculate K

55

Transport Layer 3-109

HTTP ModelingAssume Web page consists of

1 base HTML page (of size O bits)M images (each of size O bits)

Non-persistent HTTP M+1 TCP connections in seriesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (M+1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Persistent HTTP2 RTT to request and receive base HTML file1 RTT to request and receive M imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + 3RTT + sum of idle times

Non-persistent HTTP with X parallel connectionsSuppose MX integer1 TCP connection for base fileMX sets of parallel connections for imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (MX + 1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Transport Layer 3-110

02468

101214161820

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT = 100 msec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For low bandwidth connection amp response time dominated by transmission timePersistent connections only give minor improvement over parallelconnections

56

Transport Layer 3-111

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT =1 sec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For larger RTT response time dominated by TCP establishment amp slow start delays Persistent connections now give important improvement particularly in high delaybullbandwidth networks

Transport Layer 3-112

Chapter 3 Summaryprinciples behind transport layer services

multiplexing demultiplexingreliable data transferflow controlcongestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet

UDPTCP

Nextleaving the network ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)into the network ldquocorerdquo

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24

Transport Layer 3-47

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-48

Selective Repeat

receiver individually acknowledges all correctly received pkts

buffers pkts as needed for eventual in-order delivery to upper layer

sender only resends pkts for which ACK not receivedsender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender windowN consecutive seq rsquosagain limits seq s of sent unACKed pkts

25

Transport Layer 3-49

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-50

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in window send pkt

timeout(n)resend pkt n restart timer

ACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as receivedif n smallest unACKed pkt advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n)out-of-order bufferin-order deliver (also deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)

otherwiseignore

receiver

26

Transport Layer 3-51

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenariosincorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

27

Transport Layer 3-53

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-54

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex databi-directional data flow in same connectionMSS maximum segment size

connection-orientedhandshaking (exchange of control msgs) initrsquos sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlledsender will not overwhelm receiver

point-to-pointone sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte steam

no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelinedTCP congestion and flow control set window size

send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

28

Transport Layer 3-55

TCP segment structure

source port dest port

32 bits

applicationdata

(variable length)

sequence numberacknowledgement number

Receive windowUrg data pnterchecksum

FSRPAUheadlen

notused

Options (variable length)

URG urgent data (generally not used)

ACK ACK valid

PSH push data now(generally not used)

RST SYN FINconnection estab(setup teardown

commands)

bytes rcvr willingto accept

countingby bytes of data(not segments)

Internetchecksum

(as in UDP)

Transport Layer 3-56

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquoof first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKsseq of next byte expected from other sidecumulative ACK

Q how receiver handles out-of-order segments

A TCP spec doesnrsquot say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Seq=42 ACK=79 data = lsquoCrsquo

Seq=79 ACK=43 data = lsquoCrsquo

Seq=43 ACK=80

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

29

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout valuelonger than RTT

but RTT variestoo short premature timeout

unnecessary retransmissions

too long slow reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTTSampleRTT measured time from segment transmission until ACK receipt

ignore retransmissionsSampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo

average several recent measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-58

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- α)EstimatedRTT + αSampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving averageinfluence of past sample decreases exponentially fasttypical value α = 0125

30

Transport Layer 3-59

Example RTT estimationRTT gaiacsumassedu to fantasiaeurecomfr

100

150

200

250

300

350

1 8 15 22 29 36 43 50 57 64 71 78 85 92 99 106

time (seconnds)

RTT

(mill

iseco

nds)

SampleRTT Estimated RTT

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeoutEstimtedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin

first estimate of how much SampleRTT deviates from EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

DevRTT = (1-β)DevRTT +β|SampleRTT-EstimatedRTT|

(typically β = 025)

Then set timeout interval

31

Transport Layer 3-61

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-62

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable servicePipelined segmentsCumulative acksTCP uses single retransmission timer

Retransmissions are triggered by

timeout eventsduplicate acks

Initially consider simplified TCP sender

ignore duplicate acksignore flow control congestion control

32

Transport Layer 3-63

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app

Create segment with seq seq is byte-stream number of first data byte in segmentstart timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unackedsegment)expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeoutretransmit segment that caused timeoutrestart timer

Ack rcvdIf acknowledges previously unackedsegments

update what is known to be ackedstart timer if there are outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-64

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNumif (timer currently not running)

start timerpass segment to IP NextSeqNum = NextSeqNum + length(data)

event timer timeoutretransmit not-yet-acknowledged segment with

smallest sequence numberstart timer

event ACK received with ACK field value of y if (y gt SendBase)

SendBase = yif (there are currently not-yet-acknowledged segments)

start timer

end of loop forever

Commentbull SendBase-1 last cumulatively ackrsquoed byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

33

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

Seq=100 20 bytes data

ACK=100

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=120

Seq=92 8 bytes data

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

ACK=120

Host A

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

Sendbase= 100

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

Seq=100 20 bytes data

ACK=120

time

SendBase= 120

34

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP ACK generation [RFC 1122 RFC 2581]

Event at Receiver

Arrival of in-order segment withexpected seq All data up toexpected seq already ACKed

Arrival of in-order segment withexpected seq One other segment has ACK pending

Arrival of out-of-order segmenthigher-than-expect seq Gap detected

Arrival of segment that partially or completely fills gap

TCP Receiver action

Delayed ACK Wait up to 500msfor next segment If no next segmentsend ACK

Immediately send single cumulative ACK ACKing both in-order segments

Immediately send duplicate ACK indicating seq of next expected byte

Immediate send ACK provided thatsegment startsat lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-68

Fast Retransmit

Time-out period often relatively long

long delay before resending lost packet

Detect lost segments via duplicate ACKs

Sender often sends many segments back-to-backIf segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

If sender receives 3 ACKsfor the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost

fast retransmit resend segment before timer expires

35

Transport Layer 3-69

event ACK received with ACK field value of y if (y gt SendBase)

SendBase = yif (there are currently not-yet-acknowledged segments)

start timer

else increment count of dup ACKs received for yif (count of dup ACKs received for y = 3)

resend segment with sequence number y

Fast retransmit algorithm

a duplicate ACK for already ACKed segment

fast retransmit

Transport Layer 3-70

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

36

Transport Layer 3-71

TCP Flow Control

receive side of TCP connection has a receive buffer

speed-matching service matching the send rate to the receiving apprsquos drain rate

app process may be slow at reading from buffer

sender wonrsquot overflowreceiverrsquos buffer by

transmitting too muchtoo fast

flow control

Transport Layer 3-72

TCP Flow control how it works

(Suppose TCP receiver discards out-of-order segments)spare room in buffer

= RcvWindow= RcvBuffer-[LastByteRcvd -

LastByteRead]

Rcvr advertises spare room by including value of RcvWindow in segmentsSender limits unACKeddata to RcvWindow

guarantees receive buffer doesnrsquot overflow

37

Transport Layer 3-73

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-74

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segmentsinitialize TCP variables

seq sbuffers flow control info (eg RcvWindow)

client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshake

Step 1 client host sends TCP SYN segment to server

specifies initial seq no data

Step 2 server host receives SYN replies with SYNACK segment

server allocates buffersspecifies server initial seq

Step 3 client receives SYNACK replies with ACK segment which may contain data

38

Transport Layer 3-75

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Closing a connection

client closes socketclientSocketclose()

Step 1 client end system sends TCP FIN control segment to server

Step 2 server receives FIN replies with ACK Closes connection sends FIN

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-76

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Step 3 client receives FIN replies with ACK

Enters ldquotimed waitrdquo - will respond with ACK to received FINs

Step 4 server receives ACK Connection closed

Note with small modification can handle simultaneous FINs

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

closing

closing

closed

tim

ed w

ait

closed

39

Transport Layer 3-77

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-78

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

40

Transport Layer 3-79

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestioninformally ldquotoo many sources sending too much data too fast for network to handlerdquodifferent from flow controlmanifestations

lost packets (buffer overflow at routers)long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-80

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receiversone router infinite buffers no retransmission

large delays when congestedmaximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

41

Transport Layer 3-81

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of lost packet

finite shared output link buffers

Host A λin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-82

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2always (goodput)

ldquoperfectrdquo retransmission only when loss

retransmission of delayed (not lost) packet makes larger (than perfect case) for same

λin

λout=

λin

λoutgtλ

inλout

ldquocostsrdquo of congestionmore work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquounneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

R2

R2λin

λ out

b

R2

R2λin

λ out

a

R2

R2λin

λ out

c

R4

R3

42

Transport Layer 3-83

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3four sendersmultihop pathstimeoutretransmit

λin

Q what happens as and increase λ

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

Another ldquocostrdquo of congestionwhen packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

λou

t

43

Transport Layer 3-85

Approaches towards congestion control

End-end congestion controlno explicit feedback from networkcongestion inferred from end-system observed loss delayapproach taken by TCP

Network-assisted congestion controlrouters provide feedback to end systems

single bit indicating congestion (SNA DECbit TCPIP ECN ATM)explicit rate sender should send at

Two broad approaches towards congestion control

Transport Layer 3-86

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rateldquoelastic servicerdquoif senderrsquos path ldquounderloadedrdquo

sender should use available bandwidth

if senderrsquos path congested sender throttled to minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cellssent by sender interspersed with data cellsbits in RM cell set by switches (ldquonetwork-assistedrdquo)

NI bit no increase in rate (mild congestion)CI bit congestion indication

RM cells returned to sender by receiver with bits intact

44

Transport Layer 3-87

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cellcongested switch may lower ER value in cellsenderrsquo send rate thus minimum supportable rate on path

EFCI bit in data cells set to 1 in congested switchif data cell preceding RM cell has EFCI set sender sets CI bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-88

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

45

Transport Layer 3-89

TCP congestion control additive increase multiplicative decrease

8 Kbytes

16 Kbytes

24 Kbytes

time

congestionwindow

Approach increase transmission rate (window size) probing for usable bandwidth until loss occurs

additive increase increase CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT until loss detectedmultiplicative decrease cut CongWin in half after loss

timecong

estio

n w

indo

w s

ize

Saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-90

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

le CongWin

Roughly

CongWin is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestionloss event = timeout or 3 duplicate acksTCP sender reduces rate (CongWin) after loss event

three mechanismsAIMDslow startconservative after timeout events

rate = CongWinRTT Bytessec

46

Transport Layer 3-91

TCP Slow Start

When connection begins CongWin = 1 MSS

Example MSS = 500 bytes amp RTT = 200 msecinitial rate = 20 kbps

available bandwidth may be gtgt MSSRTT

desirable to quickly ramp up to respectable rate

When connection begins increase rate exponentially fast until first loss event

Transport Layer 3-92

TCP Slow Start (more)

When connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event

double CongWin every RTTdone by incrementing CongWin for every ACK received

Summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

one segment

RTT

Host B

time

two segments

four segments

47

Transport Layer 3-93

RefinementQ When should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A When CongWin gets to 12 of its value before timeout

ImplementationVariable Threshold At loss event Threshold is set to 12 of CongWin just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-94

Refinement inferring loss

After 3 dup ACKsCongWin is cut in halfwindow then grows linearly

But after timeout eventCongWin instead set to 1 MSS window then grows exponentiallyto a threshold then grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments

timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquocongestion scenario

Philosophy

48

Transport Layer 3-95

Summary TCP Congestion Control

When CongWin is below Threshold sender in slow-start phase window grows exponentially

When CongWin is above Threshold sender is in congestion-avoidance phase window grows linearly

When a triple duplicate ACK occurs Threshold set to CongWin2 and CongWin set to Threshold

When timeout occurs Threshold set to CongWin2and CongWin is set to 1 MSS

Transport Layer 3-96

TCP sender congestion control

SS or CA

SS or CA

SS or CA

CongestionAvoidance (CA)

Slow Start (SS)

State

CongWin and Threshold not changed

Increment duplicate ACK count for segment being acked

Duplicate ACK

Enter slow startThreshold = CongWin2 CongWin = 1 MSSSet state to ldquoSlow Startrdquo

Timeout

Fast recovery implementing multiplicative decrease CongWin will not drop below 1 MSS

Threshold = CongWin2 CongWin = ThresholdSet state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

Loss event detected by triple duplicate ACK

Additive increase resulting in increase of CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT

CongWin = CongWin+MSS (MSSCongWin)

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

Resulting in a doubling of CongWin every RTT

CongWin = CongWin + MSS If (CongWin gt Threshold)

set state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

CommentaryTCP Sender Action Event

49

Transport Layer 3-97

TCP throughput

Whatrsquos the average throughout of TCP as a function of window size and RTT

Ignore slow start

Let W be the window size when loss occursWhen window is W throughput is WRTTJust after loss window drops to W2 throughput to W2RTT Average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Futures

Example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 GbpsthroughputRequires window size W = 83333 in-flight segmentsThroughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 WowNew versions of TCP for high-speed needed

LRTTMSSsdot221

50

Transport Layer 3-99

Fairness goal if K TCP sessions share same bottleneck link of bandwidth R each should have average rate of RK

TCP connection 1

bottleneckrouter

capacity R

TCP connection 2

TCP Fairness

Transport Layer 3-100

Why is TCP fairTwo competing sessions

Additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increasesmultiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

Conn

ecti

on 2

thr

ough

put

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

51

Transport Layer 3-101

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP

Multimedia apps often do not use TCP

do not want rate throttled by congestion control

Instead use UDPpump audiovideo at constant rate tolerate packet loss

Research area TCP friendly

Fairness and parallel TCP connectionsnothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hostsWeb browsers do this Example link of rate R supporting 9 cnctions

new app asks for 1 TCP gets rate R10new app asks for 11 TCPs gets R2

Transport Layer 3-102

Delay modeling

Q How long does it take to receive an object from a Web server after sending a request

Ignoring congestion delay is influenced byTCP connection establishmentdata transmission delayslow start

Notation assumptionsAssume one link between client and server of rate RS MSS (bits)O object size (bits)no retransmissions (no loss no corruption)

Window sizeFirst assume fixed congestion window W segmentsThen dynamic window

modeling slow start

52

Transport Layer 3-103

Fixed congestion window (1)

First caseWSR gt RTT + SR ACK for

first segment in window returns before windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR

Transport Layer 3-104

Fixed congestion window (2)

Second caseWSR lt RTT + SR wait for ACK after sending windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR+ (K-1)[SR + RTT - WSR]

53

Transport Layer 3-105

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (1)

Now suppose window grows according to slow start

Will show that the delay for one object is

RS

RSRTTP

RORTTLatency P )12(2 minusminus⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ +++=

where P is the number of times TCP idles at server

1min minus= KQP

- where Q is the number of times the server idlesif the object were of infinite size

- and K is the number of windows that cover the object

Transport Layer 3-106

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (2)

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Examplebull OS = 15 segmentsbull K = 4 windowsbull Q = 2bull P = minK-1Q = 2

Server idles P=2 times

Delay componentsbull 2 RTT for connection estab and requestbull OR to transmit objectbull time server idles due to slow start

Server idles P = minK-1Q times

54

Transport Layer 3-107

TCP Delay Modeling (3)

RS

RSRTTPRTT

RO

RSRTT

RSRTT

RO

idleTimeRTTRO

P

kP

k

P

pp

)12(][2

]2[2

2delay

1

1

1

minusminus+++=

minus+++=

++=

minus

=

=

sum

sum

th window after the timeidle 2 1 kRSRTT

RS k =⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ minus+

+minus

ementacknowledg receivesserver until

segment send tostartsserver whenfrom time=+ RTTRS

window kth the transmit totime2 1 =minus

RSk

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Transport Layer 3-108

TCP Delay Modeling (4)

⎥⎥⎤

⎢⎢⎡ +=

+ge=

geminus=

ge+++=

ge+++=minus

minus

)1(log

)1(logmin

12min

222min222min

2

2

110

110

SO

SOkk

SOk

SOkOSSSkK

k

k

k

L

L

Calculation of Q number of idles for infinite-size objectis similar (see HW)

Recall K = number of windows that cover object

How do we calculate K

55

Transport Layer 3-109

HTTP ModelingAssume Web page consists of

1 base HTML page (of size O bits)M images (each of size O bits)

Non-persistent HTTP M+1 TCP connections in seriesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (M+1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Persistent HTTP2 RTT to request and receive base HTML file1 RTT to request and receive M imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + 3RTT + sum of idle times

Non-persistent HTTP with X parallel connectionsSuppose MX integer1 TCP connection for base fileMX sets of parallel connections for imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (MX + 1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Transport Layer 3-110

02468

101214161820

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT = 100 msec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For low bandwidth connection amp response time dominated by transmission timePersistent connections only give minor improvement over parallelconnections

56

Transport Layer 3-111

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT =1 sec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For larger RTT response time dominated by TCP establishment amp slow start delays Persistent connections now give important improvement particularly in high delaybullbandwidth networks

Transport Layer 3-112

Chapter 3 Summaryprinciples behind transport layer services

multiplexing demultiplexingreliable data transferflow controlcongestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet

UDPTCP

Nextleaving the network ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)into the network ldquocorerdquo

Page 25: Chapter 3: Transport Layerpeople.ee.duke.edu/~krish/ECE156/Chapter3.pdf · Transport Layer 3-4 Transport vs. network layer network layer: logical communication between hosts transport

25

Transport Layer 3-49

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-50

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in window send pkt

timeout(n)resend pkt n restart timer

ACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as receivedif n smallest unACKed pkt advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n)out-of-order bufferin-order deliver (also deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)

otherwiseignore

receiver

26

Transport Layer 3-51

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenariosincorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

27

Transport Layer 3-53

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-54

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex databi-directional data flow in same connectionMSS maximum segment size

connection-orientedhandshaking (exchange of control msgs) initrsquos sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlledsender will not overwhelm receiver

point-to-pointone sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte steam

no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelinedTCP congestion and flow control set window size

send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

28

Transport Layer 3-55

TCP segment structure

source port dest port

32 bits

applicationdata

(variable length)

sequence numberacknowledgement number

Receive windowUrg data pnterchecksum

FSRPAUheadlen

notused

Options (variable length)

URG urgent data (generally not used)

ACK ACK valid

PSH push data now(generally not used)

RST SYN FINconnection estab(setup teardown

commands)

bytes rcvr willingto accept

countingby bytes of data(not segments)

Internetchecksum

(as in UDP)

Transport Layer 3-56

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquoof first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKsseq of next byte expected from other sidecumulative ACK

Q how receiver handles out-of-order segments

A TCP spec doesnrsquot say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Seq=42 ACK=79 data = lsquoCrsquo

Seq=79 ACK=43 data = lsquoCrsquo

Seq=43 ACK=80

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

29

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout valuelonger than RTT

but RTT variestoo short premature timeout

unnecessary retransmissions

too long slow reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTTSampleRTT measured time from segment transmission until ACK receipt

ignore retransmissionsSampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo

average several recent measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-58

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- α)EstimatedRTT + αSampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving averageinfluence of past sample decreases exponentially fasttypical value α = 0125

30

Transport Layer 3-59

Example RTT estimationRTT gaiacsumassedu to fantasiaeurecomfr

100

150

200

250

300

350

1 8 15 22 29 36 43 50 57 64 71 78 85 92 99 106

time (seconnds)

RTT

(mill

iseco

nds)

SampleRTT Estimated RTT

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeoutEstimtedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin

first estimate of how much SampleRTT deviates from EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

DevRTT = (1-β)DevRTT +β|SampleRTT-EstimatedRTT|

(typically β = 025)

Then set timeout interval

31

Transport Layer 3-61

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-62

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable servicePipelined segmentsCumulative acksTCP uses single retransmission timer

Retransmissions are triggered by

timeout eventsduplicate acks

Initially consider simplified TCP sender

ignore duplicate acksignore flow control congestion control

32

Transport Layer 3-63

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app

Create segment with seq seq is byte-stream number of first data byte in segmentstart timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unackedsegment)expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeoutretransmit segment that caused timeoutrestart timer

Ack rcvdIf acknowledges previously unackedsegments

update what is known to be ackedstart timer if there are outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-64

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNumif (timer currently not running)

start timerpass segment to IP NextSeqNum = NextSeqNum + length(data)

event timer timeoutretransmit not-yet-acknowledged segment with

smallest sequence numberstart timer

event ACK received with ACK field value of y if (y gt SendBase)

SendBase = yif (there are currently not-yet-acknowledged segments)

start timer

end of loop forever

Commentbull SendBase-1 last cumulatively ackrsquoed byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

33

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

Seq=100 20 bytes data

ACK=100

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=120

Seq=92 8 bytes data

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

ACK=120

Host A

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

Sendbase= 100

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

Seq=100 20 bytes data

ACK=120

time

SendBase= 120

34

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP ACK generation [RFC 1122 RFC 2581]

Event at Receiver

Arrival of in-order segment withexpected seq All data up toexpected seq already ACKed

Arrival of in-order segment withexpected seq One other segment has ACK pending

Arrival of out-of-order segmenthigher-than-expect seq Gap detected

Arrival of segment that partially or completely fills gap

TCP Receiver action

Delayed ACK Wait up to 500msfor next segment If no next segmentsend ACK

Immediately send single cumulative ACK ACKing both in-order segments

Immediately send duplicate ACK indicating seq of next expected byte

Immediate send ACK provided thatsegment startsat lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-68

Fast Retransmit

Time-out period often relatively long

long delay before resending lost packet

Detect lost segments via duplicate ACKs

Sender often sends many segments back-to-backIf segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

If sender receives 3 ACKsfor the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost

fast retransmit resend segment before timer expires

35

Transport Layer 3-69

event ACK received with ACK field value of y if (y gt SendBase)

SendBase = yif (there are currently not-yet-acknowledged segments)

start timer

else increment count of dup ACKs received for yif (count of dup ACKs received for y = 3)

resend segment with sequence number y

Fast retransmit algorithm

a duplicate ACK for already ACKed segment

fast retransmit

Transport Layer 3-70

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

36

Transport Layer 3-71

TCP Flow Control

receive side of TCP connection has a receive buffer

speed-matching service matching the send rate to the receiving apprsquos drain rate

app process may be slow at reading from buffer

sender wonrsquot overflowreceiverrsquos buffer by

transmitting too muchtoo fast

flow control

Transport Layer 3-72

TCP Flow control how it works

(Suppose TCP receiver discards out-of-order segments)spare room in buffer

= RcvWindow= RcvBuffer-[LastByteRcvd -

LastByteRead]

Rcvr advertises spare room by including value of RcvWindow in segmentsSender limits unACKeddata to RcvWindow

guarantees receive buffer doesnrsquot overflow

37

Transport Layer 3-73

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-74

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segmentsinitialize TCP variables

seq sbuffers flow control info (eg RcvWindow)

client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshake

Step 1 client host sends TCP SYN segment to server

specifies initial seq no data

Step 2 server host receives SYN replies with SYNACK segment

server allocates buffersspecifies server initial seq

Step 3 client receives SYNACK replies with ACK segment which may contain data

38

Transport Layer 3-75

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Closing a connection

client closes socketclientSocketclose()

Step 1 client end system sends TCP FIN control segment to server

Step 2 server receives FIN replies with ACK Closes connection sends FIN

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-76

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Step 3 client receives FIN replies with ACK

Enters ldquotimed waitrdquo - will respond with ACK to received FINs

Step 4 server receives ACK Connection closed

Note with small modification can handle simultaneous FINs

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

closing

closing

closed

tim

ed w

ait

closed

39

Transport Layer 3-77

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-78

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

40

Transport Layer 3-79

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestioninformally ldquotoo many sources sending too much data too fast for network to handlerdquodifferent from flow controlmanifestations

lost packets (buffer overflow at routers)long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-80

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receiversone router infinite buffers no retransmission

large delays when congestedmaximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

41

Transport Layer 3-81

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of lost packet

finite shared output link buffers

Host A λin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-82

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2always (goodput)

ldquoperfectrdquo retransmission only when loss

retransmission of delayed (not lost) packet makes larger (than perfect case) for same

λin

λout=

λin

λoutgtλ

inλout

ldquocostsrdquo of congestionmore work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquounneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

R2

R2λin

λ out

b

R2

R2λin

λ out

a

R2

R2λin

λ out

c

R4

R3

42

Transport Layer 3-83

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3four sendersmultihop pathstimeoutretransmit

λin

Q what happens as and increase λ

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

Another ldquocostrdquo of congestionwhen packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

λou

t

43

Transport Layer 3-85

Approaches towards congestion control

End-end congestion controlno explicit feedback from networkcongestion inferred from end-system observed loss delayapproach taken by TCP

Network-assisted congestion controlrouters provide feedback to end systems

single bit indicating congestion (SNA DECbit TCPIP ECN ATM)explicit rate sender should send at

Two broad approaches towards congestion control

Transport Layer 3-86

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rateldquoelastic servicerdquoif senderrsquos path ldquounderloadedrdquo

sender should use available bandwidth

if senderrsquos path congested sender throttled to minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cellssent by sender interspersed with data cellsbits in RM cell set by switches (ldquonetwork-assistedrdquo)

NI bit no increase in rate (mild congestion)CI bit congestion indication

RM cells returned to sender by receiver with bits intact

44

Transport Layer 3-87

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cellcongested switch may lower ER value in cellsenderrsquo send rate thus minimum supportable rate on path

EFCI bit in data cells set to 1 in congested switchif data cell preceding RM cell has EFCI set sender sets CI bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-88

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

45

Transport Layer 3-89

TCP congestion control additive increase multiplicative decrease

8 Kbytes

16 Kbytes

24 Kbytes

time

congestionwindow

Approach increase transmission rate (window size) probing for usable bandwidth until loss occurs

additive increase increase CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT until loss detectedmultiplicative decrease cut CongWin in half after loss

timecong

estio

n w

indo

w s

ize

Saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-90

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

le CongWin

Roughly

CongWin is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestionloss event = timeout or 3 duplicate acksTCP sender reduces rate (CongWin) after loss event

three mechanismsAIMDslow startconservative after timeout events

rate = CongWinRTT Bytessec

46

Transport Layer 3-91

TCP Slow Start

When connection begins CongWin = 1 MSS

Example MSS = 500 bytes amp RTT = 200 msecinitial rate = 20 kbps

available bandwidth may be gtgt MSSRTT

desirable to quickly ramp up to respectable rate

When connection begins increase rate exponentially fast until first loss event

Transport Layer 3-92

TCP Slow Start (more)

When connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event

double CongWin every RTTdone by incrementing CongWin for every ACK received

Summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

one segment

RTT

Host B

time

two segments

four segments

47

Transport Layer 3-93

RefinementQ When should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A When CongWin gets to 12 of its value before timeout

ImplementationVariable Threshold At loss event Threshold is set to 12 of CongWin just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-94

Refinement inferring loss

After 3 dup ACKsCongWin is cut in halfwindow then grows linearly

But after timeout eventCongWin instead set to 1 MSS window then grows exponentiallyto a threshold then grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments

timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquocongestion scenario

Philosophy

48

Transport Layer 3-95

Summary TCP Congestion Control

When CongWin is below Threshold sender in slow-start phase window grows exponentially

When CongWin is above Threshold sender is in congestion-avoidance phase window grows linearly

When a triple duplicate ACK occurs Threshold set to CongWin2 and CongWin set to Threshold

When timeout occurs Threshold set to CongWin2and CongWin is set to 1 MSS

Transport Layer 3-96

TCP sender congestion control

SS or CA

SS or CA

SS or CA

CongestionAvoidance (CA)

Slow Start (SS)

State

CongWin and Threshold not changed

Increment duplicate ACK count for segment being acked

Duplicate ACK

Enter slow startThreshold = CongWin2 CongWin = 1 MSSSet state to ldquoSlow Startrdquo

Timeout

Fast recovery implementing multiplicative decrease CongWin will not drop below 1 MSS

Threshold = CongWin2 CongWin = ThresholdSet state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

Loss event detected by triple duplicate ACK

Additive increase resulting in increase of CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT

CongWin = CongWin+MSS (MSSCongWin)

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

Resulting in a doubling of CongWin every RTT

CongWin = CongWin + MSS If (CongWin gt Threshold)

set state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

CommentaryTCP Sender Action Event

49

Transport Layer 3-97

TCP throughput

Whatrsquos the average throughout of TCP as a function of window size and RTT

Ignore slow start

Let W be the window size when loss occursWhen window is W throughput is WRTTJust after loss window drops to W2 throughput to W2RTT Average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Futures

Example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 GbpsthroughputRequires window size W = 83333 in-flight segmentsThroughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 WowNew versions of TCP for high-speed needed

LRTTMSSsdot221

50

Transport Layer 3-99

Fairness goal if K TCP sessions share same bottleneck link of bandwidth R each should have average rate of RK

TCP connection 1

bottleneckrouter

capacity R

TCP connection 2

TCP Fairness

Transport Layer 3-100

Why is TCP fairTwo competing sessions

Additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increasesmultiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

Conn

ecti

on 2

thr

ough

put

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

51

Transport Layer 3-101

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP

Multimedia apps often do not use TCP

do not want rate throttled by congestion control

Instead use UDPpump audiovideo at constant rate tolerate packet loss

Research area TCP friendly

Fairness and parallel TCP connectionsnothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hostsWeb browsers do this Example link of rate R supporting 9 cnctions

new app asks for 1 TCP gets rate R10new app asks for 11 TCPs gets R2

Transport Layer 3-102

Delay modeling

Q How long does it take to receive an object from a Web server after sending a request

Ignoring congestion delay is influenced byTCP connection establishmentdata transmission delayslow start

Notation assumptionsAssume one link between client and server of rate RS MSS (bits)O object size (bits)no retransmissions (no loss no corruption)

Window sizeFirst assume fixed congestion window W segmentsThen dynamic window

modeling slow start

52

Transport Layer 3-103

Fixed congestion window (1)

First caseWSR gt RTT + SR ACK for

first segment in window returns before windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR

Transport Layer 3-104

Fixed congestion window (2)

Second caseWSR lt RTT + SR wait for ACK after sending windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR+ (K-1)[SR + RTT - WSR]

53

Transport Layer 3-105

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (1)

Now suppose window grows according to slow start

Will show that the delay for one object is

RS

RSRTTP

RORTTLatency P )12(2 minusminus⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ +++=

where P is the number of times TCP idles at server

1min minus= KQP

- where Q is the number of times the server idlesif the object were of infinite size

- and K is the number of windows that cover the object

Transport Layer 3-106

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (2)

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Examplebull OS = 15 segmentsbull K = 4 windowsbull Q = 2bull P = minK-1Q = 2

Server idles P=2 times

Delay componentsbull 2 RTT for connection estab and requestbull OR to transmit objectbull time server idles due to slow start

Server idles P = minK-1Q times

54

Transport Layer 3-107

TCP Delay Modeling (3)

RS

RSRTTPRTT

RO

RSRTT

RSRTT

RO

idleTimeRTTRO

P

kP

k

P

pp

)12(][2

]2[2

2delay

1

1

1

minusminus+++=

minus+++=

++=

minus

=

=

sum

sum

th window after the timeidle 2 1 kRSRTT

RS k =⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ minus+

+minus

ementacknowledg receivesserver until

segment send tostartsserver whenfrom time=+ RTTRS

window kth the transmit totime2 1 =minus

RSk

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Transport Layer 3-108

TCP Delay Modeling (4)

⎥⎥⎤

⎢⎢⎡ +=

+ge=

geminus=

ge+++=

ge+++=minus

minus

)1(log

)1(logmin

12min

222min222min

2

2

110

110

SO

SOkk

SOk

SOkOSSSkK

k

k

k

L

L

Calculation of Q number of idles for infinite-size objectis similar (see HW)

Recall K = number of windows that cover object

How do we calculate K

55

Transport Layer 3-109

HTTP ModelingAssume Web page consists of

1 base HTML page (of size O bits)M images (each of size O bits)

Non-persistent HTTP M+1 TCP connections in seriesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (M+1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Persistent HTTP2 RTT to request and receive base HTML file1 RTT to request and receive M imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + 3RTT + sum of idle times

Non-persistent HTTP with X parallel connectionsSuppose MX integer1 TCP connection for base fileMX sets of parallel connections for imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (MX + 1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Transport Layer 3-110

02468

101214161820

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT = 100 msec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For low bandwidth connection amp response time dominated by transmission timePersistent connections only give minor improvement over parallelconnections

56

Transport Layer 3-111

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT =1 sec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For larger RTT response time dominated by TCP establishment amp slow start delays Persistent connections now give important improvement particularly in high delaybullbandwidth networks

Transport Layer 3-112

Chapter 3 Summaryprinciples behind transport layer services

multiplexing demultiplexingreliable data transferflow controlcongestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet

UDPTCP

Nextleaving the network ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)into the network ldquocorerdquo

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26

Transport Layer 3-51

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenariosincorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

27

Transport Layer 3-53

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-54

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex databi-directional data flow in same connectionMSS maximum segment size

connection-orientedhandshaking (exchange of control msgs) initrsquos sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlledsender will not overwhelm receiver

point-to-pointone sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte steam

no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelinedTCP congestion and flow control set window size

send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

28

Transport Layer 3-55

TCP segment structure

source port dest port

32 bits

applicationdata

(variable length)

sequence numberacknowledgement number

Receive windowUrg data pnterchecksum

FSRPAUheadlen

notused

Options (variable length)

URG urgent data (generally not used)

ACK ACK valid

PSH push data now(generally not used)

RST SYN FINconnection estab(setup teardown

commands)

bytes rcvr willingto accept

countingby bytes of data(not segments)

Internetchecksum

(as in UDP)

Transport Layer 3-56

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquoof first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKsseq of next byte expected from other sidecumulative ACK

Q how receiver handles out-of-order segments

A TCP spec doesnrsquot say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Seq=42 ACK=79 data = lsquoCrsquo

Seq=79 ACK=43 data = lsquoCrsquo

Seq=43 ACK=80

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

29

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout valuelonger than RTT

but RTT variestoo short premature timeout

unnecessary retransmissions

too long slow reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTTSampleRTT measured time from segment transmission until ACK receipt

ignore retransmissionsSampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo

average several recent measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-58

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- α)EstimatedRTT + αSampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving averageinfluence of past sample decreases exponentially fasttypical value α = 0125

30

Transport Layer 3-59

Example RTT estimationRTT gaiacsumassedu to fantasiaeurecomfr

100

150

200

250

300

350

1 8 15 22 29 36 43 50 57 64 71 78 85 92 99 106

time (seconnds)

RTT

(mill

iseco

nds)

SampleRTT Estimated RTT

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeoutEstimtedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin

first estimate of how much SampleRTT deviates from EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

DevRTT = (1-β)DevRTT +β|SampleRTT-EstimatedRTT|

(typically β = 025)

Then set timeout interval

31

Transport Layer 3-61

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-62

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable servicePipelined segmentsCumulative acksTCP uses single retransmission timer

Retransmissions are triggered by

timeout eventsduplicate acks

Initially consider simplified TCP sender

ignore duplicate acksignore flow control congestion control

32

Transport Layer 3-63

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app

Create segment with seq seq is byte-stream number of first data byte in segmentstart timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unackedsegment)expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeoutretransmit segment that caused timeoutrestart timer

Ack rcvdIf acknowledges previously unackedsegments

update what is known to be ackedstart timer if there are outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-64

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNumif (timer currently not running)

start timerpass segment to IP NextSeqNum = NextSeqNum + length(data)

event timer timeoutretransmit not-yet-acknowledged segment with

smallest sequence numberstart timer

event ACK received with ACK field value of y if (y gt SendBase)

SendBase = yif (there are currently not-yet-acknowledged segments)

start timer

end of loop forever

Commentbull SendBase-1 last cumulatively ackrsquoed byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

33

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

Seq=100 20 bytes data

ACK=100

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=120

Seq=92 8 bytes data

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

ACK=120

Host A

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

Sendbase= 100

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

Seq=100 20 bytes data

ACK=120

time

SendBase= 120

34

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP ACK generation [RFC 1122 RFC 2581]

Event at Receiver

Arrival of in-order segment withexpected seq All data up toexpected seq already ACKed

Arrival of in-order segment withexpected seq One other segment has ACK pending

Arrival of out-of-order segmenthigher-than-expect seq Gap detected

Arrival of segment that partially or completely fills gap

TCP Receiver action

Delayed ACK Wait up to 500msfor next segment If no next segmentsend ACK

Immediately send single cumulative ACK ACKing both in-order segments

Immediately send duplicate ACK indicating seq of next expected byte

Immediate send ACK provided thatsegment startsat lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-68

Fast Retransmit

Time-out period often relatively long

long delay before resending lost packet

Detect lost segments via duplicate ACKs

Sender often sends many segments back-to-backIf segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

If sender receives 3 ACKsfor the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost

fast retransmit resend segment before timer expires

35

Transport Layer 3-69

event ACK received with ACK field value of y if (y gt SendBase)

SendBase = yif (there are currently not-yet-acknowledged segments)

start timer

else increment count of dup ACKs received for yif (count of dup ACKs received for y = 3)

resend segment with sequence number y

Fast retransmit algorithm

a duplicate ACK for already ACKed segment

fast retransmit

Transport Layer 3-70

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

36

Transport Layer 3-71

TCP Flow Control

receive side of TCP connection has a receive buffer

speed-matching service matching the send rate to the receiving apprsquos drain rate

app process may be slow at reading from buffer

sender wonrsquot overflowreceiverrsquos buffer by

transmitting too muchtoo fast

flow control

Transport Layer 3-72

TCP Flow control how it works

(Suppose TCP receiver discards out-of-order segments)spare room in buffer

= RcvWindow= RcvBuffer-[LastByteRcvd -

LastByteRead]

Rcvr advertises spare room by including value of RcvWindow in segmentsSender limits unACKeddata to RcvWindow

guarantees receive buffer doesnrsquot overflow

37

Transport Layer 3-73

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-74

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segmentsinitialize TCP variables

seq sbuffers flow control info (eg RcvWindow)

client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshake

Step 1 client host sends TCP SYN segment to server

specifies initial seq no data

Step 2 server host receives SYN replies with SYNACK segment

server allocates buffersspecifies server initial seq

Step 3 client receives SYNACK replies with ACK segment which may contain data

38

Transport Layer 3-75

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Closing a connection

client closes socketclientSocketclose()

Step 1 client end system sends TCP FIN control segment to server

Step 2 server receives FIN replies with ACK Closes connection sends FIN

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-76

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Step 3 client receives FIN replies with ACK

Enters ldquotimed waitrdquo - will respond with ACK to received FINs

Step 4 server receives ACK Connection closed

Note with small modification can handle simultaneous FINs

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

closing

closing

closed

tim

ed w

ait

closed

39

Transport Layer 3-77

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-78

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

40

Transport Layer 3-79

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestioninformally ldquotoo many sources sending too much data too fast for network to handlerdquodifferent from flow controlmanifestations

lost packets (buffer overflow at routers)long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-80

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receiversone router infinite buffers no retransmission

large delays when congestedmaximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

41

Transport Layer 3-81

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of lost packet

finite shared output link buffers

Host A λin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-82

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2always (goodput)

ldquoperfectrdquo retransmission only when loss

retransmission of delayed (not lost) packet makes larger (than perfect case) for same

λin

λout=

λin

λoutgtλ

inλout

ldquocostsrdquo of congestionmore work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquounneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

R2

R2λin

λ out

b

R2

R2λin

λ out

a

R2

R2λin

λ out

c

R4

R3

42

Transport Layer 3-83

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3four sendersmultihop pathstimeoutretransmit

λin

Q what happens as and increase λ

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

Another ldquocostrdquo of congestionwhen packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

λou

t

43

Transport Layer 3-85

Approaches towards congestion control

End-end congestion controlno explicit feedback from networkcongestion inferred from end-system observed loss delayapproach taken by TCP

Network-assisted congestion controlrouters provide feedback to end systems

single bit indicating congestion (SNA DECbit TCPIP ECN ATM)explicit rate sender should send at

Two broad approaches towards congestion control

Transport Layer 3-86

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rateldquoelastic servicerdquoif senderrsquos path ldquounderloadedrdquo

sender should use available bandwidth

if senderrsquos path congested sender throttled to minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cellssent by sender interspersed with data cellsbits in RM cell set by switches (ldquonetwork-assistedrdquo)

NI bit no increase in rate (mild congestion)CI bit congestion indication

RM cells returned to sender by receiver with bits intact

44

Transport Layer 3-87

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cellcongested switch may lower ER value in cellsenderrsquo send rate thus minimum supportable rate on path

EFCI bit in data cells set to 1 in congested switchif data cell preceding RM cell has EFCI set sender sets CI bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-88

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

45

Transport Layer 3-89

TCP congestion control additive increase multiplicative decrease

8 Kbytes

16 Kbytes

24 Kbytes

time

congestionwindow

Approach increase transmission rate (window size) probing for usable bandwidth until loss occurs

additive increase increase CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT until loss detectedmultiplicative decrease cut CongWin in half after loss

timecong

estio

n w

indo

w s

ize

Saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-90

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

le CongWin

Roughly

CongWin is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestionloss event = timeout or 3 duplicate acksTCP sender reduces rate (CongWin) after loss event

three mechanismsAIMDslow startconservative after timeout events

rate = CongWinRTT Bytessec

46

Transport Layer 3-91

TCP Slow Start

When connection begins CongWin = 1 MSS

Example MSS = 500 bytes amp RTT = 200 msecinitial rate = 20 kbps

available bandwidth may be gtgt MSSRTT

desirable to quickly ramp up to respectable rate

When connection begins increase rate exponentially fast until first loss event

Transport Layer 3-92

TCP Slow Start (more)

When connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event

double CongWin every RTTdone by incrementing CongWin for every ACK received

Summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

one segment

RTT

Host B

time

two segments

four segments

47

Transport Layer 3-93

RefinementQ When should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A When CongWin gets to 12 of its value before timeout

ImplementationVariable Threshold At loss event Threshold is set to 12 of CongWin just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-94

Refinement inferring loss

After 3 dup ACKsCongWin is cut in halfwindow then grows linearly

But after timeout eventCongWin instead set to 1 MSS window then grows exponentiallyto a threshold then grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments

timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquocongestion scenario

Philosophy

48

Transport Layer 3-95

Summary TCP Congestion Control

When CongWin is below Threshold sender in slow-start phase window grows exponentially

When CongWin is above Threshold sender is in congestion-avoidance phase window grows linearly

When a triple duplicate ACK occurs Threshold set to CongWin2 and CongWin set to Threshold

When timeout occurs Threshold set to CongWin2and CongWin is set to 1 MSS

Transport Layer 3-96

TCP sender congestion control

SS or CA

SS or CA

SS or CA

CongestionAvoidance (CA)

Slow Start (SS)

State

CongWin and Threshold not changed

Increment duplicate ACK count for segment being acked

Duplicate ACK

Enter slow startThreshold = CongWin2 CongWin = 1 MSSSet state to ldquoSlow Startrdquo

Timeout

Fast recovery implementing multiplicative decrease CongWin will not drop below 1 MSS

Threshold = CongWin2 CongWin = ThresholdSet state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

Loss event detected by triple duplicate ACK

Additive increase resulting in increase of CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT

CongWin = CongWin+MSS (MSSCongWin)

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

Resulting in a doubling of CongWin every RTT

CongWin = CongWin + MSS If (CongWin gt Threshold)

set state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

CommentaryTCP Sender Action Event

49

Transport Layer 3-97

TCP throughput

Whatrsquos the average throughout of TCP as a function of window size and RTT

Ignore slow start

Let W be the window size when loss occursWhen window is W throughput is WRTTJust after loss window drops to W2 throughput to W2RTT Average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Futures

Example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 GbpsthroughputRequires window size W = 83333 in-flight segmentsThroughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 WowNew versions of TCP for high-speed needed

LRTTMSSsdot221

50

Transport Layer 3-99

Fairness goal if K TCP sessions share same bottleneck link of bandwidth R each should have average rate of RK

TCP connection 1

bottleneckrouter

capacity R

TCP connection 2

TCP Fairness

Transport Layer 3-100

Why is TCP fairTwo competing sessions

Additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increasesmultiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

Conn

ecti

on 2

thr

ough

put

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

51

Transport Layer 3-101

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP

Multimedia apps often do not use TCP

do not want rate throttled by congestion control

Instead use UDPpump audiovideo at constant rate tolerate packet loss

Research area TCP friendly

Fairness and parallel TCP connectionsnothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hostsWeb browsers do this Example link of rate R supporting 9 cnctions

new app asks for 1 TCP gets rate R10new app asks for 11 TCPs gets R2

Transport Layer 3-102

Delay modeling

Q How long does it take to receive an object from a Web server after sending a request

Ignoring congestion delay is influenced byTCP connection establishmentdata transmission delayslow start

Notation assumptionsAssume one link between client and server of rate RS MSS (bits)O object size (bits)no retransmissions (no loss no corruption)

Window sizeFirst assume fixed congestion window W segmentsThen dynamic window

modeling slow start

52

Transport Layer 3-103

Fixed congestion window (1)

First caseWSR gt RTT + SR ACK for

first segment in window returns before windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR

Transport Layer 3-104

Fixed congestion window (2)

Second caseWSR lt RTT + SR wait for ACK after sending windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR+ (K-1)[SR + RTT - WSR]

53

Transport Layer 3-105

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (1)

Now suppose window grows according to slow start

Will show that the delay for one object is

RS

RSRTTP

RORTTLatency P )12(2 minusminus⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ +++=

where P is the number of times TCP idles at server

1min minus= KQP

- where Q is the number of times the server idlesif the object were of infinite size

- and K is the number of windows that cover the object

Transport Layer 3-106

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (2)

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Examplebull OS = 15 segmentsbull K = 4 windowsbull Q = 2bull P = minK-1Q = 2

Server idles P=2 times

Delay componentsbull 2 RTT for connection estab and requestbull OR to transmit objectbull time server idles due to slow start

Server idles P = minK-1Q times

54

Transport Layer 3-107

TCP Delay Modeling (3)

RS

RSRTTPRTT

RO

RSRTT

RSRTT

RO

idleTimeRTTRO

P

kP

k

P

pp

)12(][2

]2[2

2delay

1

1

1

minusminus+++=

minus+++=

++=

minus

=

=

sum

sum

th window after the timeidle 2 1 kRSRTT

RS k =⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ minus+

+minus

ementacknowledg receivesserver until

segment send tostartsserver whenfrom time=+ RTTRS

window kth the transmit totime2 1 =minus

RSk

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Transport Layer 3-108

TCP Delay Modeling (4)

⎥⎥⎤

⎢⎢⎡ +=

+ge=

geminus=

ge+++=

ge+++=minus

minus

)1(log

)1(logmin

12min

222min222min

2

2

110

110

SO

SOkk

SOk

SOkOSSSkK

k

k

k

L

L

Calculation of Q number of idles for infinite-size objectis similar (see HW)

Recall K = number of windows that cover object

How do we calculate K

55

Transport Layer 3-109

HTTP ModelingAssume Web page consists of

1 base HTML page (of size O bits)M images (each of size O bits)

Non-persistent HTTP M+1 TCP connections in seriesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (M+1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Persistent HTTP2 RTT to request and receive base HTML file1 RTT to request and receive M imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + 3RTT + sum of idle times

Non-persistent HTTP with X parallel connectionsSuppose MX integer1 TCP connection for base fileMX sets of parallel connections for imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (MX + 1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Transport Layer 3-110

02468

101214161820

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT = 100 msec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For low bandwidth connection amp response time dominated by transmission timePersistent connections only give minor improvement over parallelconnections

56

Transport Layer 3-111

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT =1 sec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For larger RTT response time dominated by TCP establishment amp slow start delays Persistent connections now give important improvement particularly in high delaybullbandwidth networks

Transport Layer 3-112

Chapter 3 Summaryprinciples behind transport layer services

multiplexing demultiplexingreliable data transferflow controlcongestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet

UDPTCP

Nextleaving the network ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)into the network ldquocorerdquo

Page 27: Chapter 3: Transport Layerpeople.ee.duke.edu/~krish/ECE156/Chapter3.pdf · Transport Layer 3-4 Transport vs. network layer network layer: logical communication between hosts transport

27

Transport Layer 3-53

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-54

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex databi-directional data flow in same connectionMSS maximum segment size

connection-orientedhandshaking (exchange of control msgs) initrsquos sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlledsender will not overwhelm receiver

point-to-pointone sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte steam

no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelinedTCP congestion and flow control set window size

send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

28

Transport Layer 3-55

TCP segment structure

source port dest port

32 bits

applicationdata

(variable length)

sequence numberacknowledgement number

Receive windowUrg data pnterchecksum

FSRPAUheadlen

notused

Options (variable length)

URG urgent data (generally not used)

ACK ACK valid

PSH push data now(generally not used)

RST SYN FINconnection estab(setup teardown

commands)

bytes rcvr willingto accept

countingby bytes of data(not segments)

Internetchecksum

(as in UDP)

Transport Layer 3-56

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquoof first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKsseq of next byte expected from other sidecumulative ACK

Q how receiver handles out-of-order segments

A TCP spec doesnrsquot say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Seq=42 ACK=79 data = lsquoCrsquo

Seq=79 ACK=43 data = lsquoCrsquo

Seq=43 ACK=80

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

29

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout valuelonger than RTT

but RTT variestoo short premature timeout

unnecessary retransmissions

too long slow reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTTSampleRTT measured time from segment transmission until ACK receipt

ignore retransmissionsSampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo

average several recent measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-58

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- α)EstimatedRTT + αSampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving averageinfluence of past sample decreases exponentially fasttypical value α = 0125

30

Transport Layer 3-59

Example RTT estimationRTT gaiacsumassedu to fantasiaeurecomfr

100

150

200

250

300

350

1 8 15 22 29 36 43 50 57 64 71 78 85 92 99 106

time (seconnds)

RTT

(mill

iseco

nds)

SampleRTT Estimated RTT

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeoutEstimtedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin

first estimate of how much SampleRTT deviates from EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

DevRTT = (1-β)DevRTT +β|SampleRTT-EstimatedRTT|

(typically β = 025)

Then set timeout interval

31

Transport Layer 3-61

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-62

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable servicePipelined segmentsCumulative acksTCP uses single retransmission timer

Retransmissions are triggered by

timeout eventsduplicate acks

Initially consider simplified TCP sender

ignore duplicate acksignore flow control congestion control

32

Transport Layer 3-63

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app

Create segment with seq seq is byte-stream number of first data byte in segmentstart timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unackedsegment)expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeoutretransmit segment that caused timeoutrestart timer

Ack rcvdIf acknowledges previously unackedsegments

update what is known to be ackedstart timer if there are outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-64

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNumif (timer currently not running)

start timerpass segment to IP NextSeqNum = NextSeqNum + length(data)

event timer timeoutretransmit not-yet-acknowledged segment with

smallest sequence numberstart timer

event ACK received with ACK field value of y if (y gt SendBase)

SendBase = yif (there are currently not-yet-acknowledged segments)

start timer

end of loop forever

Commentbull SendBase-1 last cumulatively ackrsquoed byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

33

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

Seq=100 20 bytes data

ACK=100

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=120

Seq=92 8 bytes data

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

ACK=120

Host A

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

Sendbase= 100

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

Seq=100 20 bytes data

ACK=120

time

SendBase= 120

34

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP ACK generation [RFC 1122 RFC 2581]

Event at Receiver

Arrival of in-order segment withexpected seq All data up toexpected seq already ACKed

Arrival of in-order segment withexpected seq One other segment has ACK pending

Arrival of out-of-order segmenthigher-than-expect seq Gap detected

Arrival of segment that partially or completely fills gap

TCP Receiver action

Delayed ACK Wait up to 500msfor next segment If no next segmentsend ACK

Immediately send single cumulative ACK ACKing both in-order segments

Immediately send duplicate ACK indicating seq of next expected byte

Immediate send ACK provided thatsegment startsat lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-68

Fast Retransmit

Time-out period often relatively long

long delay before resending lost packet

Detect lost segments via duplicate ACKs

Sender often sends many segments back-to-backIf segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

If sender receives 3 ACKsfor the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost

fast retransmit resend segment before timer expires

35

Transport Layer 3-69

event ACK received with ACK field value of y if (y gt SendBase)

SendBase = yif (there are currently not-yet-acknowledged segments)

start timer

else increment count of dup ACKs received for yif (count of dup ACKs received for y = 3)

resend segment with sequence number y

Fast retransmit algorithm

a duplicate ACK for already ACKed segment

fast retransmit

Transport Layer 3-70

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

36

Transport Layer 3-71

TCP Flow Control

receive side of TCP connection has a receive buffer

speed-matching service matching the send rate to the receiving apprsquos drain rate

app process may be slow at reading from buffer

sender wonrsquot overflowreceiverrsquos buffer by

transmitting too muchtoo fast

flow control

Transport Layer 3-72

TCP Flow control how it works

(Suppose TCP receiver discards out-of-order segments)spare room in buffer

= RcvWindow= RcvBuffer-[LastByteRcvd -

LastByteRead]

Rcvr advertises spare room by including value of RcvWindow in segmentsSender limits unACKeddata to RcvWindow

guarantees receive buffer doesnrsquot overflow

37

Transport Layer 3-73

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-74

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segmentsinitialize TCP variables

seq sbuffers flow control info (eg RcvWindow)

client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshake

Step 1 client host sends TCP SYN segment to server

specifies initial seq no data

Step 2 server host receives SYN replies with SYNACK segment

server allocates buffersspecifies server initial seq

Step 3 client receives SYNACK replies with ACK segment which may contain data

38

Transport Layer 3-75

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Closing a connection

client closes socketclientSocketclose()

Step 1 client end system sends TCP FIN control segment to server

Step 2 server receives FIN replies with ACK Closes connection sends FIN

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-76

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Step 3 client receives FIN replies with ACK

Enters ldquotimed waitrdquo - will respond with ACK to received FINs

Step 4 server receives ACK Connection closed

Note with small modification can handle simultaneous FINs

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

closing

closing

closed

tim

ed w

ait

closed

39

Transport Layer 3-77

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-78

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

40

Transport Layer 3-79

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestioninformally ldquotoo many sources sending too much data too fast for network to handlerdquodifferent from flow controlmanifestations

lost packets (buffer overflow at routers)long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-80

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receiversone router infinite buffers no retransmission

large delays when congestedmaximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

41

Transport Layer 3-81

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of lost packet

finite shared output link buffers

Host A λin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-82

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2always (goodput)

ldquoperfectrdquo retransmission only when loss

retransmission of delayed (not lost) packet makes larger (than perfect case) for same

λin

λout=

λin

λoutgtλ

inλout

ldquocostsrdquo of congestionmore work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquounneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

R2

R2λin

λ out

b

R2

R2λin

λ out

a

R2

R2λin

λ out

c

R4

R3

42

Transport Layer 3-83

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3four sendersmultihop pathstimeoutretransmit

λin

Q what happens as and increase λ

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

Another ldquocostrdquo of congestionwhen packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

λou

t

43

Transport Layer 3-85

Approaches towards congestion control

End-end congestion controlno explicit feedback from networkcongestion inferred from end-system observed loss delayapproach taken by TCP

Network-assisted congestion controlrouters provide feedback to end systems

single bit indicating congestion (SNA DECbit TCPIP ECN ATM)explicit rate sender should send at

Two broad approaches towards congestion control

Transport Layer 3-86

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rateldquoelastic servicerdquoif senderrsquos path ldquounderloadedrdquo

sender should use available bandwidth

if senderrsquos path congested sender throttled to minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cellssent by sender interspersed with data cellsbits in RM cell set by switches (ldquonetwork-assistedrdquo)

NI bit no increase in rate (mild congestion)CI bit congestion indication

RM cells returned to sender by receiver with bits intact

44

Transport Layer 3-87

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cellcongested switch may lower ER value in cellsenderrsquo send rate thus minimum supportable rate on path

EFCI bit in data cells set to 1 in congested switchif data cell preceding RM cell has EFCI set sender sets CI bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-88

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

45

Transport Layer 3-89

TCP congestion control additive increase multiplicative decrease

8 Kbytes

16 Kbytes

24 Kbytes

time

congestionwindow

Approach increase transmission rate (window size) probing for usable bandwidth until loss occurs

additive increase increase CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT until loss detectedmultiplicative decrease cut CongWin in half after loss

timecong

estio

n w

indo

w s

ize

Saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-90

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

le CongWin

Roughly

CongWin is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestionloss event = timeout or 3 duplicate acksTCP sender reduces rate (CongWin) after loss event

three mechanismsAIMDslow startconservative after timeout events

rate = CongWinRTT Bytessec

46

Transport Layer 3-91

TCP Slow Start

When connection begins CongWin = 1 MSS

Example MSS = 500 bytes amp RTT = 200 msecinitial rate = 20 kbps

available bandwidth may be gtgt MSSRTT

desirable to quickly ramp up to respectable rate

When connection begins increase rate exponentially fast until first loss event

Transport Layer 3-92

TCP Slow Start (more)

When connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event

double CongWin every RTTdone by incrementing CongWin for every ACK received

Summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

one segment

RTT

Host B

time

two segments

four segments

47

Transport Layer 3-93

RefinementQ When should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A When CongWin gets to 12 of its value before timeout

ImplementationVariable Threshold At loss event Threshold is set to 12 of CongWin just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-94

Refinement inferring loss

After 3 dup ACKsCongWin is cut in halfwindow then grows linearly

But after timeout eventCongWin instead set to 1 MSS window then grows exponentiallyto a threshold then grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments

timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquocongestion scenario

Philosophy

48

Transport Layer 3-95

Summary TCP Congestion Control

When CongWin is below Threshold sender in slow-start phase window grows exponentially

When CongWin is above Threshold sender is in congestion-avoidance phase window grows linearly

When a triple duplicate ACK occurs Threshold set to CongWin2 and CongWin set to Threshold

When timeout occurs Threshold set to CongWin2and CongWin is set to 1 MSS

Transport Layer 3-96

TCP sender congestion control

SS or CA

SS or CA

SS or CA

CongestionAvoidance (CA)

Slow Start (SS)

State

CongWin and Threshold not changed

Increment duplicate ACK count for segment being acked

Duplicate ACK

Enter slow startThreshold = CongWin2 CongWin = 1 MSSSet state to ldquoSlow Startrdquo

Timeout

Fast recovery implementing multiplicative decrease CongWin will not drop below 1 MSS

Threshold = CongWin2 CongWin = ThresholdSet state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

Loss event detected by triple duplicate ACK

Additive increase resulting in increase of CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT

CongWin = CongWin+MSS (MSSCongWin)

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

Resulting in a doubling of CongWin every RTT

CongWin = CongWin + MSS If (CongWin gt Threshold)

set state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

CommentaryTCP Sender Action Event

49

Transport Layer 3-97

TCP throughput

Whatrsquos the average throughout of TCP as a function of window size and RTT

Ignore slow start

Let W be the window size when loss occursWhen window is W throughput is WRTTJust after loss window drops to W2 throughput to W2RTT Average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Futures

Example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 GbpsthroughputRequires window size W = 83333 in-flight segmentsThroughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 WowNew versions of TCP for high-speed needed

LRTTMSSsdot221

50

Transport Layer 3-99

Fairness goal if K TCP sessions share same bottleneck link of bandwidth R each should have average rate of RK

TCP connection 1

bottleneckrouter

capacity R

TCP connection 2

TCP Fairness

Transport Layer 3-100

Why is TCP fairTwo competing sessions

Additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increasesmultiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

Conn

ecti

on 2

thr

ough

put

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

51

Transport Layer 3-101

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP

Multimedia apps often do not use TCP

do not want rate throttled by congestion control

Instead use UDPpump audiovideo at constant rate tolerate packet loss

Research area TCP friendly

Fairness and parallel TCP connectionsnothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hostsWeb browsers do this Example link of rate R supporting 9 cnctions

new app asks for 1 TCP gets rate R10new app asks for 11 TCPs gets R2

Transport Layer 3-102

Delay modeling

Q How long does it take to receive an object from a Web server after sending a request

Ignoring congestion delay is influenced byTCP connection establishmentdata transmission delayslow start

Notation assumptionsAssume one link between client and server of rate RS MSS (bits)O object size (bits)no retransmissions (no loss no corruption)

Window sizeFirst assume fixed congestion window W segmentsThen dynamic window

modeling slow start

52

Transport Layer 3-103

Fixed congestion window (1)

First caseWSR gt RTT + SR ACK for

first segment in window returns before windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR

Transport Layer 3-104

Fixed congestion window (2)

Second caseWSR lt RTT + SR wait for ACK after sending windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR+ (K-1)[SR + RTT - WSR]

53

Transport Layer 3-105

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (1)

Now suppose window grows according to slow start

Will show that the delay for one object is

RS

RSRTTP

RORTTLatency P )12(2 minusminus⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ +++=

where P is the number of times TCP idles at server

1min minus= KQP

- where Q is the number of times the server idlesif the object were of infinite size

- and K is the number of windows that cover the object

Transport Layer 3-106

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (2)

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Examplebull OS = 15 segmentsbull K = 4 windowsbull Q = 2bull P = minK-1Q = 2

Server idles P=2 times

Delay componentsbull 2 RTT for connection estab and requestbull OR to transmit objectbull time server idles due to slow start

Server idles P = minK-1Q times

54

Transport Layer 3-107

TCP Delay Modeling (3)

RS

RSRTTPRTT

RO

RSRTT

RSRTT

RO

idleTimeRTTRO

P

kP

k

P

pp

)12(][2

]2[2

2delay

1

1

1

minusminus+++=

minus+++=

++=

minus

=

=

sum

sum

th window after the timeidle 2 1 kRSRTT

RS k =⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ minus+

+minus

ementacknowledg receivesserver until

segment send tostartsserver whenfrom time=+ RTTRS

window kth the transmit totime2 1 =minus

RSk

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Transport Layer 3-108

TCP Delay Modeling (4)

⎥⎥⎤

⎢⎢⎡ +=

+ge=

geminus=

ge+++=

ge+++=minus

minus

)1(log

)1(logmin

12min

222min222min

2

2

110

110

SO

SOkk

SOk

SOkOSSSkK

k

k

k

L

L

Calculation of Q number of idles for infinite-size objectis similar (see HW)

Recall K = number of windows that cover object

How do we calculate K

55

Transport Layer 3-109

HTTP ModelingAssume Web page consists of

1 base HTML page (of size O bits)M images (each of size O bits)

Non-persistent HTTP M+1 TCP connections in seriesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (M+1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Persistent HTTP2 RTT to request and receive base HTML file1 RTT to request and receive M imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + 3RTT + sum of idle times

Non-persistent HTTP with X parallel connectionsSuppose MX integer1 TCP connection for base fileMX sets of parallel connections for imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (MX + 1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Transport Layer 3-110

02468

101214161820

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT = 100 msec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For low bandwidth connection amp response time dominated by transmission timePersistent connections only give minor improvement over parallelconnections

56

Transport Layer 3-111

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT =1 sec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For larger RTT response time dominated by TCP establishment amp slow start delays Persistent connections now give important improvement particularly in high delaybullbandwidth networks

Transport Layer 3-112

Chapter 3 Summaryprinciples behind transport layer services

multiplexing demultiplexingreliable data transferflow controlcongestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet

UDPTCP

Nextleaving the network ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)into the network ldquocorerdquo

Page 28: Chapter 3: Transport Layerpeople.ee.duke.edu/~krish/ECE156/Chapter3.pdf · Transport Layer 3-4 Transport vs. network layer network layer: logical communication between hosts transport

28

Transport Layer 3-55

TCP segment structure

source port dest port

32 bits

applicationdata

(variable length)

sequence numberacknowledgement number

Receive windowUrg data pnterchecksum

FSRPAUheadlen

notused

Options (variable length)

URG urgent data (generally not used)

ACK ACK valid

PSH push data now(generally not used)

RST SYN FINconnection estab(setup teardown

commands)

bytes rcvr willingto accept

countingby bytes of data(not segments)

Internetchecksum

(as in UDP)

Transport Layer 3-56

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquoof first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKsseq of next byte expected from other sidecumulative ACK

Q how receiver handles out-of-order segments

A TCP spec doesnrsquot say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Seq=42 ACK=79 data = lsquoCrsquo

Seq=79 ACK=43 data = lsquoCrsquo

Seq=43 ACK=80

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

29

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout valuelonger than RTT

but RTT variestoo short premature timeout

unnecessary retransmissions

too long slow reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTTSampleRTT measured time from segment transmission until ACK receipt

ignore retransmissionsSampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo

average several recent measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-58

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- α)EstimatedRTT + αSampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving averageinfluence of past sample decreases exponentially fasttypical value α = 0125

30

Transport Layer 3-59

Example RTT estimationRTT gaiacsumassedu to fantasiaeurecomfr

100

150

200

250

300

350

1 8 15 22 29 36 43 50 57 64 71 78 85 92 99 106

time (seconnds)

RTT

(mill

iseco

nds)

SampleRTT Estimated RTT

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeoutEstimtedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin

first estimate of how much SampleRTT deviates from EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

DevRTT = (1-β)DevRTT +β|SampleRTT-EstimatedRTT|

(typically β = 025)

Then set timeout interval

31

Transport Layer 3-61

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-62

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable servicePipelined segmentsCumulative acksTCP uses single retransmission timer

Retransmissions are triggered by

timeout eventsduplicate acks

Initially consider simplified TCP sender

ignore duplicate acksignore flow control congestion control

32

Transport Layer 3-63

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app

Create segment with seq seq is byte-stream number of first data byte in segmentstart timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unackedsegment)expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeoutretransmit segment that caused timeoutrestart timer

Ack rcvdIf acknowledges previously unackedsegments

update what is known to be ackedstart timer if there are outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-64

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNumif (timer currently not running)

start timerpass segment to IP NextSeqNum = NextSeqNum + length(data)

event timer timeoutretransmit not-yet-acknowledged segment with

smallest sequence numberstart timer

event ACK received with ACK field value of y if (y gt SendBase)

SendBase = yif (there are currently not-yet-acknowledged segments)

start timer

end of loop forever

Commentbull SendBase-1 last cumulatively ackrsquoed byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

33

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

Seq=100 20 bytes data

ACK=100

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=120

Seq=92 8 bytes data

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

ACK=120

Host A

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

Sendbase= 100

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

Seq=100 20 bytes data

ACK=120

time

SendBase= 120

34

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP ACK generation [RFC 1122 RFC 2581]

Event at Receiver

Arrival of in-order segment withexpected seq All data up toexpected seq already ACKed

Arrival of in-order segment withexpected seq One other segment has ACK pending

Arrival of out-of-order segmenthigher-than-expect seq Gap detected

Arrival of segment that partially or completely fills gap

TCP Receiver action

Delayed ACK Wait up to 500msfor next segment If no next segmentsend ACK

Immediately send single cumulative ACK ACKing both in-order segments

Immediately send duplicate ACK indicating seq of next expected byte

Immediate send ACK provided thatsegment startsat lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-68

Fast Retransmit

Time-out period often relatively long

long delay before resending lost packet

Detect lost segments via duplicate ACKs

Sender often sends many segments back-to-backIf segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

If sender receives 3 ACKsfor the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost

fast retransmit resend segment before timer expires

35

Transport Layer 3-69

event ACK received with ACK field value of y if (y gt SendBase)

SendBase = yif (there are currently not-yet-acknowledged segments)

start timer

else increment count of dup ACKs received for yif (count of dup ACKs received for y = 3)

resend segment with sequence number y

Fast retransmit algorithm

a duplicate ACK for already ACKed segment

fast retransmit

Transport Layer 3-70

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

36

Transport Layer 3-71

TCP Flow Control

receive side of TCP connection has a receive buffer

speed-matching service matching the send rate to the receiving apprsquos drain rate

app process may be slow at reading from buffer

sender wonrsquot overflowreceiverrsquos buffer by

transmitting too muchtoo fast

flow control

Transport Layer 3-72

TCP Flow control how it works

(Suppose TCP receiver discards out-of-order segments)spare room in buffer

= RcvWindow= RcvBuffer-[LastByteRcvd -

LastByteRead]

Rcvr advertises spare room by including value of RcvWindow in segmentsSender limits unACKeddata to RcvWindow

guarantees receive buffer doesnrsquot overflow

37

Transport Layer 3-73

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-74

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segmentsinitialize TCP variables

seq sbuffers flow control info (eg RcvWindow)

client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshake

Step 1 client host sends TCP SYN segment to server

specifies initial seq no data

Step 2 server host receives SYN replies with SYNACK segment

server allocates buffersspecifies server initial seq

Step 3 client receives SYNACK replies with ACK segment which may contain data

38

Transport Layer 3-75

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Closing a connection

client closes socketclientSocketclose()

Step 1 client end system sends TCP FIN control segment to server

Step 2 server receives FIN replies with ACK Closes connection sends FIN

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-76

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Step 3 client receives FIN replies with ACK

Enters ldquotimed waitrdquo - will respond with ACK to received FINs

Step 4 server receives ACK Connection closed

Note with small modification can handle simultaneous FINs

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

closing

closing

closed

tim

ed w

ait

closed

39

Transport Layer 3-77

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-78

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

40

Transport Layer 3-79

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestioninformally ldquotoo many sources sending too much data too fast for network to handlerdquodifferent from flow controlmanifestations

lost packets (buffer overflow at routers)long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-80

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receiversone router infinite buffers no retransmission

large delays when congestedmaximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

41

Transport Layer 3-81

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of lost packet

finite shared output link buffers

Host A λin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-82

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2always (goodput)

ldquoperfectrdquo retransmission only when loss

retransmission of delayed (not lost) packet makes larger (than perfect case) for same

λin

λout=

λin

λoutgtλ

inλout

ldquocostsrdquo of congestionmore work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquounneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

R2

R2λin

λ out

b

R2

R2λin

λ out

a

R2

R2λin

λ out

c

R4

R3

42

Transport Layer 3-83

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3four sendersmultihop pathstimeoutretransmit

λin

Q what happens as and increase λ

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

Another ldquocostrdquo of congestionwhen packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

λou

t

43

Transport Layer 3-85

Approaches towards congestion control

End-end congestion controlno explicit feedback from networkcongestion inferred from end-system observed loss delayapproach taken by TCP

Network-assisted congestion controlrouters provide feedback to end systems

single bit indicating congestion (SNA DECbit TCPIP ECN ATM)explicit rate sender should send at

Two broad approaches towards congestion control

Transport Layer 3-86

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rateldquoelastic servicerdquoif senderrsquos path ldquounderloadedrdquo

sender should use available bandwidth

if senderrsquos path congested sender throttled to minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cellssent by sender interspersed with data cellsbits in RM cell set by switches (ldquonetwork-assistedrdquo)

NI bit no increase in rate (mild congestion)CI bit congestion indication

RM cells returned to sender by receiver with bits intact

44

Transport Layer 3-87

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cellcongested switch may lower ER value in cellsenderrsquo send rate thus minimum supportable rate on path

EFCI bit in data cells set to 1 in congested switchif data cell preceding RM cell has EFCI set sender sets CI bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-88

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

45

Transport Layer 3-89

TCP congestion control additive increase multiplicative decrease

8 Kbytes

16 Kbytes

24 Kbytes

time

congestionwindow

Approach increase transmission rate (window size) probing for usable bandwidth until loss occurs

additive increase increase CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT until loss detectedmultiplicative decrease cut CongWin in half after loss

timecong

estio

n w

indo

w s

ize

Saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-90

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

le CongWin

Roughly

CongWin is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestionloss event = timeout or 3 duplicate acksTCP sender reduces rate (CongWin) after loss event

three mechanismsAIMDslow startconservative after timeout events

rate = CongWinRTT Bytessec

46

Transport Layer 3-91

TCP Slow Start

When connection begins CongWin = 1 MSS

Example MSS = 500 bytes amp RTT = 200 msecinitial rate = 20 kbps

available bandwidth may be gtgt MSSRTT

desirable to quickly ramp up to respectable rate

When connection begins increase rate exponentially fast until first loss event

Transport Layer 3-92

TCP Slow Start (more)

When connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event

double CongWin every RTTdone by incrementing CongWin for every ACK received

Summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

one segment

RTT

Host B

time

two segments

four segments

47

Transport Layer 3-93

RefinementQ When should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A When CongWin gets to 12 of its value before timeout

ImplementationVariable Threshold At loss event Threshold is set to 12 of CongWin just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-94

Refinement inferring loss

After 3 dup ACKsCongWin is cut in halfwindow then grows linearly

But after timeout eventCongWin instead set to 1 MSS window then grows exponentiallyto a threshold then grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments

timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquocongestion scenario

Philosophy

48

Transport Layer 3-95

Summary TCP Congestion Control

When CongWin is below Threshold sender in slow-start phase window grows exponentially

When CongWin is above Threshold sender is in congestion-avoidance phase window grows linearly

When a triple duplicate ACK occurs Threshold set to CongWin2 and CongWin set to Threshold

When timeout occurs Threshold set to CongWin2and CongWin is set to 1 MSS

Transport Layer 3-96

TCP sender congestion control

SS or CA

SS or CA

SS or CA

CongestionAvoidance (CA)

Slow Start (SS)

State

CongWin and Threshold not changed

Increment duplicate ACK count for segment being acked

Duplicate ACK

Enter slow startThreshold = CongWin2 CongWin = 1 MSSSet state to ldquoSlow Startrdquo

Timeout

Fast recovery implementing multiplicative decrease CongWin will not drop below 1 MSS

Threshold = CongWin2 CongWin = ThresholdSet state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

Loss event detected by triple duplicate ACK

Additive increase resulting in increase of CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT

CongWin = CongWin+MSS (MSSCongWin)

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

Resulting in a doubling of CongWin every RTT

CongWin = CongWin + MSS If (CongWin gt Threshold)

set state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

CommentaryTCP Sender Action Event

49

Transport Layer 3-97

TCP throughput

Whatrsquos the average throughout of TCP as a function of window size and RTT

Ignore slow start

Let W be the window size when loss occursWhen window is W throughput is WRTTJust after loss window drops to W2 throughput to W2RTT Average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Futures

Example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 GbpsthroughputRequires window size W = 83333 in-flight segmentsThroughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 WowNew versions of TCP for high-speed needed

LRTTMSSsdot221

50

Transport Layer 3-99

Fairness goal if K TCP sessions share same bottleneck link of bandwidth R each should have average rate of RK

TCP connection 1

bottleneckrouter

capacity R

TCP connection 2

TCP Fairness

Transport Layer 3-100

Why is TCP fairTwo competing sessions

Additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increasesmultiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

Conn

ecti

on 2

thr

ough

put

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

51

Transport Layer 3-101

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP

Multimedia apps often do not use TCP

do not want rate throttled by congestion control

Instead use UDPpump audiovideo at constant rate tolerate packet loss

Research area TCP friendly

Fairness and parallel TCP connectionsnothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hostsWeb browsers do this Example link of rate R supporting 9 cnctions

new app asks for 1 TCP gets rate R10new app asks for 11 TCPs gets R2

Transport Layer 3-102

Delay modeling

Q How long does it take to receive an object from a Web server after sending a request

Ignoring congestion delay is influenced byTCP connection establishmentdata transmission delayslow start

Notation assumptionsAssume one link between client and server of rate RS MSS (bits)O object size (bits)no retransmissions (no loss no corruption)

Window sizeFirst assume fixed congestion window W segmentsThen dynamic window

modeling slow start

52

Transport Layer 3-103

Fixed congestion window (1)

First caseWSR gt RTT + SR ACK for

first segment in window returns before windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR

Transport Layer 3-104

Fixed congestion window (2)

Second caseWSR lt RTT + SR wait for ACK after sending windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR+ (K-1)[SR + RTT - WSR]

53

Transport Layer 3-105

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (1)

Now suppose window grows according to slow start

Will show that the delay for one object is

RS

RSRTTP

RORTTLatency P )12(2 minusminus⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ +++=

where P is the number of times TCP idles at server

1min minus= KQP

- where Q is the number of times the server idlesif the object were of infinite size

- and K is the number of windows that cover the object

Transport Layer 3-106

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (2)

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Examplebull OS = 15 segmentsbull K = 4 windowsbull Q = 2bull P = minK-1Q = 2

Server idles P=2 times

Delay componentsbull 2 RTT for connection estab and requestbull OR to transmit objectbull time server idles due to slow start

Server idles P = minK-1Q times

54

Transport Layer 3-107

TCP Delay Modeling (3)

RS

RSRTTPRTT

RO

RSRTT

RSRTT

RO

idleTimeRTTRO

P

kP

k

P

pp

)12(][2

]2[2

2delay

1

1

1

minusminus+++=

minus+++=

++=

minus

=

=

sum

sum

th window after the timeidle 2 1 kRSRTT

RS k =⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ minus+

+minus

ementacknowledg receivesserver until

segment send tostartsserver whenfrom time=+ RTTRS

window kth the transmit totime2 1 =minus

RSk

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Transport Layer 3-108

TCP Delay Modeling (4)

⎥⎥⎤

⎢⎢⎡ +=

+ge=

geminus=

ge+++=

ge+++=minus

minus

)1(log

)1(logmin

12min

222min222min

2

2

110

110

SO

SOkk

SOk

SOkOSSSkK

k

k

k

L

L

Calculation of Q number of idles for infinite-size objectis similar (see HW)

Recall K = number of windows that cover object

How do we calculate K

55

Transport Layer 3-109

HTTP ModelingAssume Web page consists of

1 base HTML page (of size O bits)M images (each of size O bits)

Non-persistent HTTP M+1 TCP connections in seriesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (M+1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Persistent HTTP2 RTT to request and receive base HTML file1 RTT to request and receive M imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + 3RTT + sum of idle times

Non-persistent HTTP with X parallel connectionsSuppose MX integer1 TCP connection for base fileMX sets of parallel connections for imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (MX + 1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Transport Layer 3-110

02468

101214161820

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT = 100 msec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For low bandwidth connection amp response time dominated by transmission timePersistent connections only give minor improvement over parallelconnections

56

Transport Layer 3-111

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT =1 sec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For larger RTT response time dominated by TCP establishment amp slow start delays Persistent connections now give important improvement particularly in high delaybullbandwidth networks

Transport Layer 3-112

Chapter 3 Summaryprinciples behind transport layer services

multiplexing demultiplexingreliable data transferflow controlcongestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet

UDPTCP

Nextleaving the network ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)into the network ldquocorerdquo

Page 29: Chapter 3: Transport Layerpeople.ee.duke.edu/~krish/ECE156/Chapter3.pdf · Transport Layer 3-4 Transport vs. network layer network layer: logical communication between hosts transport

29

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout valuelonger than RTT

but RTT variestoo short premature timeout

unnecessary retransmissions

too long slow reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTTSampleRTT measured time from segment transmission until ACK receipt

ignore retransmissionsSampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo

average several recent measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-58

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- α)EstimatedRTT + αSampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving averageinfluence of past sample decreases exponentially fasttypical value α = 0125

30

Transport Layer 3-59

Example RTT estimationRTT gaiacsumassedu to fantasiaeurecomfr

100

150

200

250

300

350

1 8 15 22 29 36 43 50 57 64 71 78 85 92 99 106

time (seconnds)

RTT

(mill

iseco

nds)

SampleRTT Estimated RTT

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeoutEstimtedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin

first estimate of how much SampleRTT deviates from EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

DevRTT = (1-β)DevRTT +β|SampleRTT-EstimatedRTT|

(typically β = 025)

Then set timeout interval

31

Transport Layer 3-61

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-62

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable servicePipelined segmentsCumulative acksTCP uses single retransmission timer

Retransmissions are triggered by

timeout eventsduplicate acks

Initially consider simplified TCP sender

ignore duplicate acksignore flow control congestion control

32

Transport Layer 3-63

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app

Create segment with seq seq is byte-stream number of first data byte in segmentstart timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unackedsegment)expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeoutretransmit segment that caused timeoutrestart timer

Ack rcvdIf acknowledges previously unackedsegments

update what is known to be ackedstart timer if there are outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-64

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNumif (timer currently not running)

start timerpass segment to IP NextSeqNum = NextSeqNum + length(data)

event timer timeoutretransmit not-yet-acknowledged segment with

smallest sequence numberstart timer

event ACK received with ACK field value of y if (y gt SendBase)

SendBase = yif (there are currently not-yet-acknowledged segments)

start timer

end of loop forever

Commentbull SendBase-1 last cumulatively ackrsquoed byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

33

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

Seq=100 20 bytes data

ACK=100

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=120

Seq=92 8 bytes data

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

ACK=120

Host A

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

Sendbase= 100

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

Seq=100 20 bytes data

ACK=120

time

SendBase= 120

34

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP ACK generation [RFC 1122 RFC 2581]

Event at Receiver

Arrival of in-order segment withexpected seq All data up toexpected seq already ACKed

Arrival of in-order segment withexpected seq One other segment has ACK pending

Arrival of out-of-order segmenthigher-than-expect seq Gap detected

Arrival of segment that partially or completely fills gap

TCP Receiver action

Delayed ACK Wait up to 500msfor next segment If no next segmentsend ACK

Immediately send single cumulative ACK ACKing both in-order segments

Immediately send duplicate ACK indicating seq of next expected byte

Immediate send ACK provided thatsegment startsat lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-68

Fast Retransmit

Time-out period often relatively long

long delay before resending lost packet

Detect lost segments via duplicate ACKs

Sender often sends many segments back-to-backIf segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

If sender receives 3 ACKsfor the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost

fast retransmit resend segment before timer expires

35

Transport Layer 3-69

event ACK received with ACK field value of y if (y gt SendBase)

SendBase = yif (there are currently not-yet-acknowledged segments)

start timer

else increment count of dup ACKs received for yif (count of dup ACKs received for y = 3)

resend segment with sequence number y

Fast retransmit algorithm

a duplicate ACK for already ACKed segment

fast retransmit

Transport Layer 3-70

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

36

Transport Layer 3-71

TCP Flow Control

receive side of TCP connection has a receive buffer

speed-matching service matching the send rate to the receiving apprsquos drain rate

app process may be slow at reading from buffer

sender wonrsquot overflowreceiverrsquos buffer by

transmitting too muchtoo fast

flow control

Transport Layer 3-72

TCP Flow control how it works

(Suppose TCP receiver discards out-of-order segments)spare room in buffer

= RcvWindow= RcvBuffer-[LastByteRcvd -

LastByteRead]

Rcvr advertises spare room by including value of RcvWindow in segmentsSender limits unACKeddata to RcvWindow

guarantees receive buffer doesnrsquot overflow

37

Transport Layer 3-73

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-74

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segmentsinitialize TCP variables

seq sbuffers flow control info (eg RcvWindow)

client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshake

Step 1 client host sends TCP SYN segment to server

specifies initial seq no data

Step 2 server host receives SYN replies with SYNACK segment

server allocates buffersspecifies server initial seq

Step 3 client receives SYNACK replies with ACK segment which may contain data

38

Transport Layer 3-75

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Closing a connection

client closes socketclientSocketclose()

Step 1 client end system sends TCP FIN control segment to server

Step 2 server receives FIN replies with ACK Closes connection sends FIN

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-76

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Step 3 client receives FIN replies with ACK

Enters ldquotimed waitrdquo - will respond with ACK to received FINs

Step 4 server receives ACK Connection closed

Note with small modification can handle simultaneous FINs

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

closing

closing

closed

tim

ed w

ait

closed

39

Transport Layer 3-77

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-78

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

40

Transport Layer 3-79

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestioninformally ldquotoo many sources sending too much data too fast for network to handlerdquodifferent from flow controlmanifestations

lost packets (buffer overflow at routers)long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-80

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receiversone router infinite buffers no retransmission

large delays when congestedmaximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

41

Transport Layer 3-81

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of lost packet

finite shared output link buffers

Host A λin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-82

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2always (goodput)

ldquoperfectrdquo retransmission only when loss

retransmission of delayed (not lost) packet makes larger (than perfect case) for same

λin

λout=

λin

λoutgtλ

inλout

ldquocostsrdquo of congestionmore work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquounneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

R2

R2λin

λ out

b

R2

R2λin

λ out

a

R2

R2λin

λ out

c

R4

R3

42

Transport Layer 3-83

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3four sendersmultihop pathstimeoutretransmit

λin

Q what happens as and increase λ

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

Another ldquocostrdquo of congestionwhen packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

λou

t

43

Transport Layer 3-85

Approaches towards congestion control

End-end congestion controlno explicit feedback from networkcongestion inferred from end-system observed loss delayapproach taken by TCP

Network-assisted congestion controlrouters provide feedback to end systems

single bit indicating congestion (SNA DECbit TCPIP ECN ATM)explicit rate sender should send at

Two broad approaches towards congestion control

Transport Layer 3-86

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rateldquoelastic servicerdquoif senderrsquos path ldquounderloadedrdquo

sender should use available bandwidth

if senderrsquos path congested sender throttled to minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cellssent by sender interspersed with data cellsbits in RM cell set by switches (ldquonetwork-assistedrdquo)

NI bit no increase in rate (mild congestion)CI bit congestion indication

RM cells returned to sender by receiver with bits intact

44

Transport Layer 3-87

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cellcongested switch may lower ER value in cellsenderrsquo send rate thus minimum supportable rate on path

EFCI bit in data cells set to 1 in congested switchif data cell preceding RM cell has EFCI set sender sets CI bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-88

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

45

Transport Layer 3-89

TCP congestion control additive increase multiplicative decrease

8 Kbytes

16 Kbytes

24 Kbytes

time

congestionwindow

Approach increase transmission rate (window size) probing for usable bandwidth until loss occurs

additive increase increase CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT until loss detectedmultiplicative decrease cut CongWin in half after loss

timecong

estio

n w

indo

w s

ize

Saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-90

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

le CongWin

Roughly

CongWin is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestionloss event = timeout or 3 duplicate acksTCP sender reduces rate (CongWin) after loss event

three mechanismsAIMDslow startconservative after timeout events

rate = CongWinRTT Bytessec

46

Transport Layer 3-91

TCP Slow Start

When connection begins CongWin = 1 MSS

Example MSS = 500 bytes amp RTT = 200 msecinitial rate = 20 kbps

available bandwidth may be gtgt MSSRTT

desirable to quickly ramp up to respectable rate

When connection begins increase rate exponentially fast until first loss event

Transport Layer 3-92

TCP Slow Start (more)

When connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event

double CongWin every RTTdone by incrementing CongWin for every ACK received

Summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

one segment

RTT

Host B

time

two segments

four segments

47

Transport Layer 3-93

RefinementQ When should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A When CongWin gets to 12 of its value before timeout

ImplementationVariable Threshold At loss event Threshold is set to 12 of CongWin just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-94

Refinement inferring loss

After 3 dup ACKsCongWin is cut in halfwindow then grows linearly

But after timeout eventCongWin instead set to 1 MSS window then grows exponentiallyto a threshold then grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments

timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquocongestion scenario

Philosophy

48

Transport Layer 3-95

Summary TCP Congestion Control

When CongWin is below Threshold sender in slow-start phase window grows exponentially

When CongWin is above Threshold sender is in congestion-avoidance phase window grows linearly

When a triple duplicate ACK occurs Threshold set to CongWin2 and CongWin set to Threshold

When timeout occurs Threshold set to CongWin2and CongWin is set to 1 MSS

Transport Layer 3-96

TCP sender congestion control

SS or CA

SS or CA

SS or CA

CongestionAvoidance (CA)

Slow Start (SS)

State

CongWin and Threshold not changed

Increment duplicate ACK count for segment being acked

Duplicate ACK

Enter slow startThreshold = CongWin2 CongWin = 1 MSSSet state to ldquoSlow Startrdquo

Timeout

Fast recovery implementing multiplicative decrease CongWin will not drop below 1 MSS

Threshold = CongWin2 CongWin = ThresholdSet state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

Loss event detected by triple duplicate ACK

Additive increase resulting in increase of CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT

CongWin = CongWin+MSS (MSSCongWin)

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

Resulting in a doubling of CongWin every RTT

CongWin = CongWin + MSS If (CongWin gt Threshold)

set state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

CommentaryTCP Sender Action Event

49

Transport Layer 3-97

TCP throughput

Whatrsquos the average throughout of TCP as a function of window size and RTT

Ignore slow start

Let W be the window size when loss occursWhen window is W throughput is WRTTJust after loss window drops to W2 throughput to W2RTT Average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Futures

Example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 GbpsthroughputRequires window size W = 83333 in-flight segmentsThroughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 WowNew versions of TCP for high-speed needed

LRTTMSSsdot221

50

Transport Layer 3-99

Fairness goal if K TCP sessions share same bottleneck link of bandwidth R each should have average rate of RK

TCP connection 1

bottleneckrouter

capacity R

TCP connection 2

TCP Fairness

Transport Layer 3-100

Why is TCP fairTwo competing sessions

Additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increasesmultiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

Conn

ecti

on 2

thr

ough

put

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

51

Transport Layer 3-101

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP

Multimedia apps often do not use TCP

do not want rate throttled by congestion control

Instead use UDPpump audiovideo at constant rate tolerate packet loss

Research area TCP friendly

Fairness and parallel TCP connectionsnothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hostsWeb browsers do this Example link of rate R supporting 9 cnctions

new app asks for 1 TCP gets rate R10new app asks for 11 TCPs gets R2

Transport Layer 3-102

Delay modeling

Q How long does it take to receive an object from a Web server after sending a request

Ignoring congestion delay is influenced byTCP connection establishmentdata transmission delayslow start

Notation assumptionsAssume one link between client and server of rate RS MSS (bits)O object size (bits)no retransmissions (no loss no corruption)

Window sizeFirst assume fixed congestion window W segmentsThen dynamic window

modeling slow start

52

Transport Layer 3-103

Fixed congestion window (1)

First caseWSR gt RTT + SR ACK for

first segment in window returns before windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR

Transport Layer 3-104

Fixed congestion window (2)

Second caseWSR lt RTT + SR wait for ACK after sending windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR+ (K-1)[SR + RTT - WSR]

53

Transport Layer 3-105

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (1)

Now suppose window grows according to slow start

Will show that the delay for one object is

RS

RSRTTP

RORTTLatency P )12(2 minusminus⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ +++=

where P is the number of times TCP idles at server

1min minus= KQP

- where Q is the number of times the server idlesif the object were of infinite size

- and K is the number of windows that cover the object

Transport Layer 3-106

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (2)

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Examplebull OS = 15 segmentsbull K = 4 windowsbull Q = 2bull P = minK-1Q = 2

Server idles P=2 times

Delay componentsbull 2 RTT for connection estab and requestbull OR to transmit objectbull time server idles due to slow start

Server idles P = minK-1Q times

54

Transport Layer 3-107

TCP Delay Modeling (3)

RS

RSRTTPRTT

RO

RSRTT

RSRTT

RO

idleTimeRTTRO

P

kP

k

P

pp

)12(][2

]2[2

2delay

1

1

1

minusminus+++=

minus+++=

++=

minus

=

=

sum

sum

th window after the timeidle 2 1 kRSRTT

RS k =⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ minus+

+minus

ementacknowledg receivesserver until

segment send tostartsserver whenfrom time=+ RTTRS

window kth the transmit totime2 1 =minus

RSk

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Transport Layer 3-108

TCP Delay Modeling (4)

⎥⎥⎤

⎢⎢⎡ +=

+ge=

geminus=

ge+++=

ge+++=minus

minus

)1(log

)1(logmin

12min

222min222min

2

2

110

110

SO

SOkk

SOk

SOkOSSSkK

k

k

k

L

L

Calculation of Q number of idles for infinite-size objectis similar (see HW)

Recall K = number of windows that cover object

How do we calculate K

55

Transport Layer 3-109

HTTP ModelingAssume Web page consists of

1 base HTML page (of size O bits)M images (each of size O bits)

Non-persistent HTTP M+1 TCP connections in seriesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (M+1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Persistent HTTP2 RTT to request and receive base HTML file1 RTT to request and receive M imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + 3RTT + sum of idle times

Non-persistent HTTP with X parallel connectionsSuppose MX integer1 TCP connection for base fileMX sets of parallel connections for imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (MX + 1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Transport Layer 3-110

02468

101214161820

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT = 100 msec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For low bandwidth connection amp response time dominated by transmission timePersistent connections only give minor improvement over parallelconnections

56

Transport Layer 3-111

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT =1 sec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For larger RTT response time dominated by TCP establishment amp slow start delays Persistent connections now give important improvement particularly in high delaybullbandwidth networks

Transport Layer 3-112

Chapter 3 Summaryprinciples behind transport layer services

multiplexing demultiplexingreliable data transferflow controlcongestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet

UDPTCP

Nextleaving the network ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)into the network ldquocorerdquo

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30

Transport Layer 3-59

Example RTT estimationRTT gaiacsumassedu to fantasiaeurecomfr

100

150

200

250

300

350

1 8 15 22 29 36 43 50 57 64 71 78 85 92 99 106

time (seconnds)

RTT

(mill

iseco

nds)

SampleRTT Estimated RTT

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeoutEstimtedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin

first estimate of how much SampleRTT deviates from EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

DevRTT = (1-β)DevRTT +β|SampleRTT-EstimatedRTT|

(typically β = 025)

Then set timeout interval

31

Transport Layer 3-61

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-62

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable servicePipelined segmentsCumulative acksTCP uses single retransmission timer

Retransmissions are triggered by

timeout eventsduplicate acks

Initially consider simplified TCP sender

ignore duplicate acksignore flow control congestion control

32

Transport Layer 3-63

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app

Create segment with seq seq is byte-stream number of first data byte in segmentstart timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unackedsegment)expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeoutretransmit segment that caused timeoutrestart timer

Ack rcvdIf acknowledges previously unackedsegments

update what is known to be ackedstart timer if there are outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-64

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNumif (timer currently not running)

start timerpass segment to IP NextSeqNum = NextSeqNum + length(data)

event timer timeoutretransmit not-yet-acknowledged segment with

smallest sequence numberstart timer

event ACK received with ACK field value of y if (y gt SendBase)

SendBase = yif (there are currently not-yet-acknowledged segments)

start timer

end of loop forever

Commentbull SendBase-1 last cumulatively ackrsquoed byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

33

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

Seq=100 20 bytes data

ACK=100

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=120

Seq=92 8 bytes data

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

ACK=120

Host A

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

Sendbase= 100

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

Seq=100 20 bytes data

ACK=120

time

SendBase= 120

34

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP ACK generation [RFC 1122 RFC 2581]

Event at Receiver

Arrival of in-order segment withexpected seq All data up toexpected seq already ACKed

Arrival of in-order segment withexpected seq One other segment has ACK pending

Arrival of out-of-order segmenthigher-than-expect seq Gap detected

Arrival of segment that partially or completely fills gap

TCP Receiver action

Delayed ACK Wait up to 500msfor next segment If no next segmentsend ACK

Immediately send single cumulative ACK ACKing both in-order segments

Immediately send duplicate ACK indicating seq of next expected byte

Immediate send ACK provided thatsegment startsat lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-68

Fast Retransmit

Time-out period often relatively long

long delay before resending lost packet

Detect lost segments via duplicate ACKs

Sender often sends many segments back-to-backIf segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

If sender receives 3 ACKsfor the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost

fast retransmit resend segment before timer expires

35

Transport Layer 3-69

event ACK received with ACK field value of y if (y gt SendBase)

SendBase = yif (there are currently not-yet-acknowledged segments)

start timer

else increment count of dup ACKs received for yif (count of dup ACKs received for y = 3)

resend segment with sequence number y

Fast retransmit algorithm

a duplicate ACK for already ACKed segment

fast retransmit

Transport Layer 3-70

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

36

Transport Layer 3-71

TCP Flow Control

receive side of TCP connection has a receive buffer

speed-matching service matching the send rate to the receiving apprsquos drain rate

app process may be slow at reading from buffer

sender wonrsquot overflowreceiverrsquos buffer by

transmitting too muchtoo fast

flow control

Transport Layer 3-72

TCP Flow control how it works

(Suppose TCP receiver discards out-of-order segments)spare room in buffer

= RcvWindow= RcvBuffer-[LastByteRcvd -

LastByteRead]

Rcvr advertises spare room by including value of RcvWindow in segmentsSender limits unACKeddata to RcvWindow

guarantees receive buffer doesnrsquot overflow

37

Transport Layer 3-73

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-74

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segmentsinitialize TCP variables

seq sbuffers flow control info (eg RcvWindow)

client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshake

Step 1 client host sends TCP SYN segment to server

specifies initial seq no data

Step 2 server host receives SYN replies with SYNACK segment

server allocates buffersspecifies server initial seq

Step 3 client receives SYNACK replies with ACK segment which may contain data

38

Transport Layer 3-75

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Closing a connection

client closes socketclientSocketclose()

Step 1 client end system sends TCP FIN control segment to server

Step 2 server receives FIN replies with ACK Closes connection sends FIN

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-76

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Step 3 client receives FIN replies with ACK

Enters ldquotimed waitrdquo - will respond with ACK to received FINs

Step 4 server receives ACK Connection closed

Note with small modification can handle simultaneous FINs

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

closing

closing

closed

tim

ed w

ait

closed

39

Transport Layer 3-77

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-78

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

40

Transport Layer 3-79

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestioninformally ldquotoo many sources sending too much data too fast for network to handlerdquodifferent from flow controlmanifestations

lost packets (buffer overflow at routers)long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-80

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receiversone router infinite buffers no retransmission

large delays when congestedmaximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

41

Transport Layer 3-81

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of lost packet

finite shared output link buffers

Host A λin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-82

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2always (goodput)

ldquoperfectrdquo retransmission only when loss

retransmission of delayed (not lost) packet makes larger (than perfect case) for same

λin

λout=

λin

λoutgtλ

inλout

ldquocostsrdquo of congestionmore work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquounneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

R2

R2λin

λ out

b

R2

R2λin

λ out

a

R2

R2λin

λ out

c

R4

R3

42

Transport Layer 3-83

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3four sendersmultihop pathstimeoutretransmit

λin

Q what happens as and increase λ

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

Another ldquocostrdquo of congestionwhen packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

λou

t

43

Transport Layer 3-85

Approaches towards congestion control

End-end congestion controlno explicit feedback from networkcongestion inferred from end-system observed loss delayapproach taken by TCP

Network-assisted congestion controlrouters provide feedback to end systems

single bit indicating congestion (SNA DECbit TCPIP ECN ATM)explicit rate sender should send at

Two broad approaches towards congestion control

Transport Layer 3-86

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rateldquoelastic servicerdquoif senderrsquos path ldquounderloadedrdquo

sender should use available bandwidth

if senderrsquos path congested sender throttled to minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cellssent by sender interspersed with data cellsbits in RM cell set by switches (ldquonetwork-assistedrdquo)

NI bit no increase in rate (mild congestion)CI bit congestion indication

RM cells returned to sender by receiver with bits intact

44

Transport Layer 3-87

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cellcongested switch may lower ER value in cellsenderrsquo send rate thus minimum supportable rate on path

EFCI bit in data cells set to 1 in congested switchif data cell preceding RM cell has EFCI set sender sets CI bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-88

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

45

Transport Layer 3-89

TCP congestion control additive increase multiplicative decrease

8 Kbytes

16 Kbytes

24 Kbytes

time

congestionwindow

Approach increase transmission rate (window size) probing for usable bandwidth until loss occurs

additive increase increase CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT until loss detectedmultiplicative decrease cut CongWin in half after loss

timecong

estio

n w

indo

w s

ize

Saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-90

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

le CongWin

Roughly

CongWin is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestionloss event = timeout or 3 duplicate acksTCP sender reduces rate (CongWin) after loss event

three mechanismsAIMDslow startconservative after timeout events

rate = CongWinRTT Bytessec

46

Transport Layer 3-91

TCP Slow Start

When connection begins CongWin = 1 MSS

Example MSS = 500 bytes amp RTT = 200 msecinitial rate = 20 kbps

available bandwidth may be gtgt MSSRTT

desirable to quickly ramp up to respectable rate

When connection begins increase rate exponentially fast until first loss event

Transport Layer 3-92

TCP Slow Start (more)

When connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event

double CongWin every RTTdone by incrementing CongWin for every ACK received

Summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

one segment

RTT

Host B

time

two segments

four segments

47

Transport Layer 3-93

RefinementQ When should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A When CongWin gets to 12 of its value before timeout

ImplementationVariable Threshold At loss event Threshold is set to 12 of CongWin just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-94

Refinement inferring loss

After 3 dup ACKsCongWin is cut in halfwindow then grows linearly

But after timeout eventCongWin instead set to 1 MSS window then grows exponentiallyto a threshold then grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments

timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquocongestion scenario

Philosophy

48

Transport Layer 3-95

Summary TCP Congestion Control

When CongWin is below Threshold sender in slow-start phase window grows exponentially

When CongWin is above Threshold sender is in congestion-avoidance phase window grows linearly

When a triple duplicate ACK occurs Threshold set to CongWin2 and CongWin set to Threshold

When timeout occurs Threshold set to CongWin2and CongWin is set to 1 MSS

Transport Layer 3-96

TCP sender congestion control

SS or CA

SS or CA

SS or CA

CongestionAvoidance (CA)

Slow Start (SS)

State

CongWin and Threshold not changed

Increment duplicate ACK count for segment being acked

Duplicate ACK

Enter slow startThreshold = CongWin2 CongWin = 1 MSSSet state to ldquoSlow Startrdquo

Timeout

Fast recovery implementing multiplicative decrease CongWin will not drop below 1 MSS

Threshold = CongWin2 CongWin = ThresholdSet state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

Loss event detected by triple duplicate ACK

Additive increase resulting in increase of CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT

CongWin = CongWin+MSS (MSSCongWin)

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

Resulting in a doubling of CongWin every RTT

CongWin = CongWin + MSS If (CongWin gt Threshold)

set state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

CommentaryTCP Sender Action Event

49

Transport Layer 3-97

TCP throughput

Whatrsquos the average throughout of TCP as a function of window size and RTT

Ignore slow start

Let W be the window size when loss occursWhen window is W throughput is WRTTJust after loss window drops to W2 throughput to W2RTT Average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Futures

Example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 GbpsthroughputRequires window size W = 83333 in-flight segmentsThroughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 WowNew versions of TCP for high-speed needed

LRTTMSSsdot221

50

Transport Layer 3-99

Fairness goal if K TCP sessions share same bottleneck link of bandwidth R each should have average rate of RK

TCP connection 1

bottleneckrouter

capacity R

TCP connection 2

TCP Fairness

Transport Layer 3-100

Why is TCP fairTwo competing sessions

Additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increasesmultiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

Conn

ecti

on 2

thr

ough

put

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

51

Transport Layer 3-101

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP

Multimedia apps often do not use TCP

do not want rate throttled by congestion control

Instead use UDPpump audiovideo at constant rate tolerate packet loss

Research area TCP friendly

Fairness and parallel TCP connectionsnothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hostsWeb browsers do this Example link of rate R supporting 9 cnctions

new app asks for 1 TCP gets rate R10new app asks for 11 TCPs gets R2

Transport Layer 3-102

Delay modeling

Q How long does it take to receive an object from a Web server after sending a request

Ignoring congestion delay is influenced byTCP connection establishmentdata transmission delayslow start

Notation assumptionsAssume one link between client and server of rate RS MSS (bits)O object size (bits)no retransmissions (no loss no corruption)

Window sizeFirst assume fixed congestion window W segmentsThen dynamic window

modeling slow start

52

Transport Layer 3-103

Fixed congestion window (1)

First caseWSR gt RTT + SR ACK for

first segment in window returns before windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR

Transport Layer 3-104

Fixed congestion window (2)

Second caseWSR lt RTT + SR wait for ACK after sending windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR+ (K-1)[SR + RTT - WSR]

53

Transport Layer 3-105

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (1)

Now suppose window grows according to slow start

Will show that the delay for one object is

RS

RSRTTP

RORTTLatency P )12(2 minusminus⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ +++=

where P is the number of times TCP idles at server

1min minus= KQP

- where Q is the number of times the server idlesif the object were of infinite size

- and K is the number of windows that cover the object

Transport Layer 3-106

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (2)

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Examplebull OS = 15 segmentsbull K = 4 windowsbull Q = 2bull P = minK-1Q = 2

Server idles P=2 times

Delay componentsbull 2 RTT for connection estab and requestbull OR to transmit objectbull time server idles due to slow start

Server idles P = minK-1Q times

54

Transport Layer 3-107

TCP Delay Modeling (3)

RS

RSRTTPRTT

RO

RSRTT

RSRTT

RO

idleTimeRTTRO

P

kP

k

P

pp

)12(][2

]2[2

2delay

1

1

1

minusminus+++=

minus+++=

++=

minus

=

=

sum

sum

th window after the timeidle 2 1 kRSRTT

RS k =⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ minus+

+minus

ementacknowledg receivesserver until

segment send tostartsserver whenfrom time=+ RTTRS

window kth the transmit totime2 1 =minus

RSk

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Transport Layer 3-108

TCP Delay Modeling (4)

⎥⎥⎤

⎢⎢⎡ +=

+ge=

geminus=

ge+++=

ge+++=minus

minus

)1(log

)1(logmin

12min

222min222min

2

2

110

110

SO

SOkk

SOk

SOkOSSSkK

k

k

k

L

L

Calculation of Q number of idles for infinite-size objectis similar (see HW)

Recall K = number of windows that cover object

How do we calculate K

55

Transport Layer 3-109

HTTP ModelingAssume Web page consists of

1 base HTML page (of size O bits)M images (each of size O bits)

Non-persistent HTTP M+1 TCP connections in seriesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (M+1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Persistent HTTP2 RTT to request and receive base HTML file1 RTT to request and receive M imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + 3RTT + sum of idle times

Non-persistent HTTP with X parallel connectionsSuppose MX integer1 TCP connection for base fileMX sets of parallel connections for imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (MX + 1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Transport Layer 3-110

02468

101214161820

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT = 100 msec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For low bandwidth connection amp response time dominated by transmission timePersistent connections only give minor improvement over parallelconnections

56

Transport Layer 3-111

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT =1 sec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For larger RTT response time dominated by TCP establishment amp slow start delays Persistent connections now give important improvement particularly in high delaybullbandwidth networks

Transport Layer 3-112

Chapter 3 Summaryprinciples behind transport layer services

multiplexing demultiplexingreliable data transferflow controlcongestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet

UDPTCP

Nextleaving the network ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)into the network ldquocorerdquo

Page 31: Chapter 3: Transport Layerpeople.ee.duke.edu/~krish/ECE156/Chapter3.pdf · Transport Layer 3-4 Transport vs. network layer network layer: logical communication between hosts transport

31

Transport Layer 3-61

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-62

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable servicePipelined segmentsCumulative acksTCP uses single retransmission timer

Retransmissions are triggered by

timeout eventsduplicate acks

Initially consider simplified TCP sender

ignore duplicate acksignore flow control congestion control

32

Transport Layer 3-63

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app

Create segment with seq seq is byte-stream number of first data byte in segmentstart timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unackedsegment)expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeoutretransmit segment that caused timeoutrestart timer

Ack rcvdIf acknowledges previously unackedsegments

update what is known to be ackedstart timer if there are outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-64

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNumif (timer currently not running)

start timerpass segment to IP NextSeqNum = NextSeqNum + length(data)

event timer timeoutretransmit not-yet-acknowledged segment with

smallest sequence numberstart timer

event ACK received with ACK field value of y if (y gt SendBase)

SendBase = yif (there are currently not-yet-acknowledged segments)

start timer

end of loop forever

Commentbull SendBase-1 last cumulatively ackrsquoed byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

33

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

Seq=100 20 bytes data

ACK=100

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=120

Seq=92 8 bytes data

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

ACK=120

Host A

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

Sendbase= 100

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

Seq=100 20 bytes data

ACK=120

time

SendBase= 120

34

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP ACK generation [RFC 1122 RFC 2581]

Event at Receiver

Arrival of in-order segment withexpected seq All data up toexpected seq already ACKed

Arrival of in-order segment withexpected seq One other segment has ACK pending

Arrival of out-of-order segmenthigher-than-expect seq Gap detected

Arrival of segment that partially or completely fills gap

TCP Receiver action

Delayed ACK Wait up to 500msfor next segment If no next segmentsend ACK

Immediately send single cumulative ACK ACKing both in-order segments

Immediately send duplicate ACK indicating seq of next expected byte

Immediate send ACK provided thatsegment startsat lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-68

Fast Retransmit

Time-out period often relatively long

long delay before resending lost packet

Detect lost segments via duplicate ACKs

Sender often sends many segments back-to-backIf segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

If sender receives 3 ACKsfor the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost

fast retransmit resend segment before timer expires

35

Transport Layer 3-69

event ACK received with ACK field value of y if (y gt SendBase)

SendBase = yif (there are currently not-yet-acknowledged segments)

start timer

else increment count of dup ACKs received for yif (count of dup ACKs received for y = 3)

resend segment with sequence number y

Fast retransmit algorithm

a duplicate ACK for already ACKed segment

fast retransmit

Transport Layer 3-70

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

36

Transport Layer 3-71

TCP Flow Control

receive side of TCP connection has a receive buffer

speed-matching service matching the send rate to the receiving apprsquos drain rate

app process may be slow at reading from buffer

sender wonrsquot overflowreceiverrsquos buffer by

transmitting too muchtoo fast

flow control

Transport Layer 3-72

TCP Flow control how it works

(Suppose TCP receiver discards out-of-order segments)spare room in buffer

= RcvWindow= RcvBuffer-[LastByteRcvd -

LastByteRead]

Rcvr advertises spare room by including value of RcvWindow in segmentsSender limits unACKeddata to RcvWindow

guarantees receive buffer doesnrsquot overflow

37

Transport Layer 3-73

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-74

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segmentsinitialize TCP variables

seq sbuffers flow control info (eg RcvWindow)

client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshake

Step 1 client host sends TCP SYN segment to server

specifies initial seq no data

Step 2 server host receives SYN replies with SYNACK segment

server allocates buffersspecifies server initial seq

Step 3 client receives SYNACK replies with ACK segment which may contain data

38

Transport Layer 3-75

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Closing a connection

client closes socketclientSocketclose()

Step 1 client end system sends TCP FIN control segment to server

Step 2 server receives FIN replies with ACK Closes connection sends FIN

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-76

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Step 3 client receives FIN replies with ACK

Enters ldquotimed waitrdquo - will respond with ACK to received FINs

Step 4 server receives ACK Connection closed

Note with small modification can handle simultaneous FINs

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

closing

closing

closed

tim

ed w

ait

closed

39

Transport Layer 3-77

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-78

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

40

Transport Layer 3-79

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestioninformally ldquotoo many sources sending too much data too fast for network to handlerdquodifferent from flow controlmanifestations

lost packets (buffer overflow at routers)long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-80

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receiversone router infinite buffers no retransmission

large delays when congestedmaximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

41

Transport Layer 3-81

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of lost packet

finite shared output link buffers

Host A λin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-82

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2always (goodput)

ldquoperfectrdquo retransmission only when loss

retransmission of delayed (not lost) packet makes larger (than perfect case) for same

λin

λout=

λin

λoutgtλ

inλout

ldquocostsrdquo of congestionmore work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquounneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

R2

R2λin

λ out

b

R2

R2λin

λ out

a

R2

R2λin

λ out

c

R4

R3

42

Transport Layer 3-83

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3four sendersmultihop pathstimeoutretransmit

λin

Q what happens as and increase λ

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

Another ldquocostrdquo of congestionwhen packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

λou

t

43

Transport Layer 3-85

Approaches towards congestion control

End-end congestion controlno explicit feedback from networkcongestion inferred from end-system observed loss delayapproach taken by TCP

Network-assisted congestion controlrouters provide feedback to end systems

single bit indicating congestion (SNA DECbit TCPIP ECN ATM)explicit rate sender should send at

Two broad approaches towards congestion control

Transport Layer 3-86

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rateldquoelastic servicerdquoif senderrsquos path ldquounderloadedrdquo

sender should use available bandwidth

if senderrsquos path congested sender throttled to minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cellssent by sender interspersed with data cellsbits in RM cell set by switches (ldquonetwork-assistedrdquo)

NI bit no increase in rate (mild congestion)CI bit congestion indication

RM cells returned to sender by receiver with bits intact

44

Transport Layer 3-87

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cellcongested switch may lower ER value in cellsenderrsquo send rate thus minimum supportable rate on path

EFCI bit in data cells set to 1 in congested switchif data cell preceding RM cell has EFCI set sender sets CI bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-88

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

45

Transport Layer 3-89

TCP congestion control additive increase multiplicative decrease

8 Kbytes

16 Kbytes

24 Kbytes

time

congestionwindow

Approach increase transmission rate (window size) probing for usable bandwidth until loss occurs

additive increase increase CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT until loss detectedmultiplicative decrease cut CongWin in half after loss

timecong

estio

n w

indo

w s

ize

Saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-90

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

le CongWin

Roughly

CongWin is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestionloss event = timeout or 3 duplicate acksTCP sender reduces rate (CongWin) after loss event

three mechanismsAIMDslow startconservative after timeout events

rate = CongWinRTT Bytessec

46

Transport Layer 3-91

TCP Slow Start

When connection begins CongWin = 1 MSS

Example MSS = 500 bytes amp RTT = 200 msecinitial rate = 20 kbps

available bandwidth may be gtgt MSSRTT

desirable to quickly ramp up to respectable rate

When connection begins increase rate exponentially fast until first loss event

Transport Layer 3-92

TCP Slow Start (more)

When connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event

double CongWin every RTTdone by incrementing CongWin for every ACK received

Summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

one segment

RTT

Host B

time

two segments

four segments

47

Transport Layer 3-93

RefinementQ When should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A When CongWin gets to 12 of its value before timeout

ImplementationVariable Threshold At loss event Threshold is set to 12 of CongWin just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-94

Refinement inferring loss

After 3 dup ACKsCongWin is cut in halfwindow then grows linearly

But after timeout eventCongWin instead set to 1 MSS window then grows exponentiallyto a threshold then grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments

timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquocongestion scenario

Philosophy

48

Transport Layer 3-95

Summary TCP Congestion Control

When CongWin is below Threshold sender in slow-start phase window grows exponentially

When CongWin is above Threshold sender is in congestion-avoidance phase window grows linearly

When a triple duplicate ACK occurs Threshold set to CongWin2 and CongWin set to Threshold

When timeout occurs Threshold set to CongWin2and CongWin is set to 1 MSS

Transport Layer 3-96

TCP sender congestion control

SS or CA

SS or CA

SS or CA

CongestionAvoidance (CA)

Slow Start (SS)

State

CongWin and Threshold not changed

Increment duplicate ACK count for segment being acked

Duplicate ACK

Enter slow startThreshold = CongWin2 CongWin = 1 MSSSet state to ldquoSlow Startrdquo

Timeout

Fast recovery implementing multiplicative decrease CongWin will not drop below 1 MSS

Threshold = CongWin2 CongWin = ThresholdSet state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

Loss event detected by triple duplicate ACK

Additive increase resulting in increase of CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT

CongWin = CongWin+MSS (MSSCongWin)

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

Resulting in a doubling of CongWin every RTT

CongWin = CongWin + MSS If (CongWin gt Threshold)

set state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

CommentaryTCP Sender Action Event

49

Transport Layer 3-97

TCP throughput

Whatrsquos the average throughout of TCP as a function of window size and RTT

Ignore slow start

Let W be the window size when loss occursWhen window is W throughput is WRTTJust after loss window drops to W2 throughput to W2RTT Average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Futures

Example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 GbpsthroughputRequires window size W = 83333 in-flight segmentsThroughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 WowNew versions of TCP for high-speed needed

LRTTMSSsdot221

50

Transport Layer 3-99

Fairness goal if K TCP sessions share same bottleneck link of bandwidth R each should have average rate of RK

TCP connection 1

bottleneckrouter

capacity R

TCP connection 2

TCP Fairness

Transport Layer 3-100

Why is TCP fairTwo competing sessions

Additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increasesmultiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

Conn

ecti

on 2

thr

ough

put

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

51

Transport Layer 3-101

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP

Multimedia apps often do not use TCP

do not want rate throttled by congestion control

Instead use UDPpump audiovideo at constant rate tolerate packet loss

Research area TCP friendly

Fairness and parallel TCP connectionsnothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hostsWeb browsers do this Example link of rate R supporting 9 cnctions

new app asks for 1 TCP gets rate R10new app asks for 11 TCPs gets R2

Transport Layer 3-102

Delay modeling

Q How long does it take to receive an object from a Web server after sending a request

Ignoring congestion delay is influenced byTCP connection establishmentdata transmission delayslow start

Notation assumptionsAssume one link between client and server of rate RS MSS (bits)O object size (bits)no retransmissions (no loss no corruption)

Window sizeFirst assume fixed congestion window W segmentsThen dynamic window

modeling slow start

52

Transport Layer 3-103

Fixed congestion window (1)

First caseWSR gt RTT + SR ACK for

first segment in window returns before windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR

Transport Layer 3-104

Fixed congestion window (2)

Second caseWSR lt RTT + SR wait for ACK after sending windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR+ (K-1)[SR + RTT - WSR]

53

Transport Layer 3-105

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (1)

Now suppose window grows according to slow start

Will show that the delay for one object is

RS

RSRTTP

RORTTLatency P )12(2 minusminus⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ +++=

where P is the number of times TCP idles at server

1min minus= KQP

- where Q is the number of times the server idlesif the object were of infinite size

- and K is the number of windows that cover the object

Transport Layer 3-106

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (2)

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Examplebull OS = 15 segmentsbull K = 4 windowsbull Q = 2bull P = minK-1Q = 2

Server idles P=2 times

Delay componentsbull 2 RTT for connection estab and requestbull OR to transmit objectbull time server idles due to slow start

Server idles P = minK-1Q times

54

Transport Layer 3-107

TCP Delay Modeling (3)

RS

RSRTTPRTT

RO

RSRTT

RSRTT

RO

idleTimeRTTRO

P

kP

k

P

pp

)12(][2

]2[2

2delay

1

1

1

minusminus+++=

minus+++=

++=

minus

=

=

sum

sum

th window after the timeidle 2 1 kRSRTT

RS k =⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ minus+

+minus

ementacknowledg receivesserver until

segment send tostartsserver whenfrom time=+ RTTRS

window kth the transmit totime2 1 =minus

RSk

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Transport Layer 3-108

TCP Delay Modeling (4)

⎥⎥⎤

⎢⎢⎡ +=

+ge=

geminus=

ge+++=

ge+++=minus

minus

)1(log

)1(logmin

12min

222min222min

2

2

110

110

SO

SOkk

SOk

SOkOSSSkK

k

k

k

L

L

Calculation of Q number of idles for infinite-size objectis similar (see HW)

Recall K = number of windows that cover object

How do we calculate K

55

Transport Layer 3-109

HTTP ModelingAssume Web page consists of

1 base HTML page (of size O bits)M images (each of size O bits)

Non-persistent HTTP M+1 TCP connections in seriesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (M+1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Persistent HTTP2 RTT to request and receive base HTML file1 RTT to request and receive M imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + 3RTT + sum of idle times

Non-persistent HTTP with X parallel connectionsSuppose MX integer1 TCP connection for base fileMX sets of parallel connections for imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (MX + 1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Transport Layer 3-110

02468

101214161820

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT = 100 msec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For low bandwidth connection amp response time dominated by transmission timePersistent connections only give minor improvement over parallelconnections

56

Transport Layer 3-111

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT =1 sec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For larger RTT response time dominated by TCP establishment amp slow start delays Persistent connections now give important improvement particularly in high delaybullbandwidth networks

Transport Layer 3-112

Chapter 3 Summaryprinciples behind transport layer services

multiplexing demultiplexingreliable data transferflow controlcongestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet

UDPTCP

Nextleaving the network ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)into the network ldquocorerdquo

Page 32: Chapter 3: Transport Layerpeople.ee.duke.edu/~krish/ECE156/Chapter3.pdf · Transport Layer 3-4 Transport vs. network layer network layer: logical communication between hosts transport

32

Transport Layer 3-63

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app

Create segment with seq seq is byte-stream number of first data byte in segmentstart timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unackedsegment)expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeoutretransmit segment that caused timeoutrestart timer

Ack rcvdIf acknowledges previously unackedsegments

update what is known to be ackedstart timer if there are outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-64

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNumif (timer currently not running)

start timerpass segment to IP NextSeqNum = NextSeqNum + length(data)

event timer timeoutretransmit not-yet-acknowledged segment with

smallest sequence numberstart timer

event ACK received with ACK field value of y if (y gt SendBase)

SendBase = yif (there are currently not-yet-acknowledged segments)

start timer

end of loop forever

Commentbull SendBase-1 last cumulatively ackrsquoed byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

33

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

Seq=100 20 bytes data

ACK=100

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=120

Seq=92 8 bytes data

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

ACK=120

Host A

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

Sendbase= 100

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

Seq=100 20 bytes data

ACK=120

time

SendBase= 120

34

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP ACK generation [RFC 1122 RFC 2581]

Event at Receiver

Arrival of in-order segment withexpected seq All data up toexpected seq already ACKed

Arrival of in-order segment withexpected seq One other segment has ACK pending

Arrival of out-of-order segmenthigher-than-expect seq Gap detected

Arrival of segment that partially or completely fills gap

TCP Receiver action

Delayed ACK Wait up to 500msfor next segment If no next segmentsend ACK

Immediately send single cumulative ACK ACKing both in-order segments

Immediately send duplicate ACK indicating seq of next expected byte

Immediate send ACK provided thatsegment startsat lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-68

Fast Retransmit

Time-out period often relatively long

long delay before resending lost packet

Detect lost segments via duplicate ACKs

Sender often sends many segments back-to-backIf segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

If sender receives 3 ACKsfor the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost

fast retransmit resend segment before timer expires

35

Transport Layer 3-69

event ACK received with ACK field value of y if (y gt SendBase)

SendBase = yif (there are currently not-yet-acknowledged segments)

start timer

else increment count of dup ACKs received for yif (count of dup ACKs received for y = 3)

resend segment with sequence number y

Fast retransmit algorithm

a duplicate ACK for already ACKed segment

fast retransmit

Transport Layer 3-70

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

36

Transport Layer 3-71

TCP Flow Control

receive side of TCP connection has a receive buffer

speed-matching service matching the send rate to the receiving apprsquos drain rate

app process may be slow at reading from buffer

sender wonrsquot overflowreceiverrsquos buffer by

transmitting too muchtoo fast

flow control

Transport Layer 3-72

TCP Flow control how it works

(Suppose TCP receiver discards out-of-order segments)spare room in buffer

= RcvWindow= RcvBuffer-[LastByteRcvd -

LastByteRead]

Rcvr advertises spare room by including value of RcvWindow in segmentsSender limits unACKeddata to RcvWindow

guarantees receive buffer doesnrsquot overflow

37

Transport Layer 3-73

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-74

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segmentsinitialize TCP variables

seq sbuffers flow control info (eg RcvWindow)

client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshake

Step 1 client host sends TCP SYN segment to server

specifies initial seq no data

Step 2 server host receives SYN replies with SYNACK segment

server allocates buffersspecifies server initial seq

Step 3 client receives SYNACK replies with ACK segment which may contain data

38

Transport Layer 3-75

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Closing a connection

client closes socketclientSocketclose()

Step 1 client end system sends TCP FIN control segment to server

Step 2 server receives FIN replies with ACK Closes connection sends FIN

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-76

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Step 3 client receives FIN replies with ACK

Enters ldquotimed waitrdquo - will respond with ACK to received FINs

Step 4 server receives ACK Connection closed

Note with small modification can handle simultaneous FINs

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

closing

closing

closed

tim

ed w

ait

closed

39

Transport Layer 3-77

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-78

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

40

Transport Layer 3-79

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestioninformally ldquotoo many sources sending too much data too fast for network to handlerdquodifferent from flow controlmanifestations

lost packets (buffer overflow at routers)long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-80

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receiversone router infinite buffers no retransmission

large delays when congestedmaximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

41

Transport Layer 3-81

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of lost packet

finite shared output link buffers

Host A λin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-82

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2always (goodput)

ldquoperfectrdquo retransmission only when loss

retransmission of delayed (not lost) packet makes larger (than perfect case) for same

λin

λout=

λin

λoutgtλ

inλout

ldquocostsrdquo of congestionmore work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquounneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

R2

R2λin

λ out

b

R2

R2λin

λ out

a

R2

R2λin

λ out

c

R4

R3

42

Transport Layer 3-83

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3four sendersmultihop pathstimeoutretransmit

λin

Q what happens as and increase λ

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

Another ldquocostrdquo of congestionwhen packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

λou

t

43

Transport Layer 3-85

Approaches towards congestion control

End-end congestion controlno explicit feedback from networkcongestion inferred from end-system observed loss delayapproach taken by TCP

Network-assisted congestion controlrouters provide feedback to end systems

single bit indicating congestion (SNA DECbit TCPIP ECN ATM)explicit rate sender should send at

Two broad approaches towards congestion control

Transport Layer 3-86

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rateldquoelastic servicerdquoif senderrsquos path ldquounderloadedrdquo

sender should use available bandwidth

if senderrsquos path congested sender throttled to minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cellssent by sender interspersed with data cellsbits in RM cell set by switches (ldquonetwork-assistedrdquo)

NI bit no increase in rate (mild congestion)CI bit congestion indication

RM cells returned to sender by receiver with bits intact

44

Transport Layer 3-87

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cellcongested switch may lower ER value in cellsenderrsquo send rate thus minimum supportable rate on path

EFCI bit in data cells set to 1 in congested switchif data cell preceding RM cell has EFCI set sender sets CI bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-88

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

45

Transport Layer 3-89

TCP congestion control additive increase multiplicative decrease

8 Kbytes

16 Kbytes

24 Kbytes

time

congestionwindow

Approach increase transmission rate (window size) probing for usable bandwidth until loss occurs

additive increase increase CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT until loss detectedmultiplicative decrease cut CongWin in half after loss

timecong

estio

n w

indo

w s

ize

Saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-90

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

le CongWin

Roughly

CongWin is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestionloss event = timeout or 3 duplicate acksTCP sender reduces rate (CongWin) after loss event

three mechanismsAIMDslow startconservative after timeout events

rate = CongWinRTT Bytessec

46

Transport Layer 3-91

TCP Slow Start

When connection begins CongWin = 1 MSS

Example MSS = 500 bytes amp RTT = 200 msecinitial rate = 20 kbps

available bandwidth may be gtgt MSSRTT

desirable to quickly ramp up to respectable rate

When connection begins increase rate exponentially fast until first loss event

Transport Layer 3-92

TCP Slow Start (more)

When connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event

double CongWin every RTTdone by incrementing CongWin for every ACK received

Summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

one segment

RTT

Host B

time

two segments

four segments

47

Transport Layer 3-93

RefinementQ When should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A When CongWin gets to 12 of its value before timeout

ImplementationVariable Threshold At loss event Threshold is set to 12 of CongWin just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-94

Refinement inferring loss

After 3 dup ACKsCongWin is cut in halfwindow then grows linearly

But after timeout eventCongWin instead set to 1 MSS window then grows exponentiallyto a threshold then grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments

timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquocongestion scenario

Philosophy

48

Transport Layer 3-95

Summary TCP Congestion Control

When CongWin is below Threshold sender in slow-start phase window grows exponentially

When CongWin is above Threshold sender is in congestion-avoidance phase window grows linearly

When a triple duplicate ACK occurs Threshold set to CongWin2 and CongWin set to Threshold

When timeout occurs Threshold set to CongWin2and CongWin is set to 1 MSS

Transport Layer 3-96

TCP sender congestion control

SS or CA

SS or CA

SS or CA

CongestionAvoidance (CA)

Slow Start (SS)

State

CongWin and Threshold not changed

Increment duplicate ACK count for segment being acked

Duplicate ACK

Enter slow startThreshold = CongWin2 CongWin = 1 MSSSet state to ldquoSlow Startrdquo

Timeout

Fast recovery implementing multiplicative decrease CongWin will not drop below 1 MSS

Threshold = CongWin2 CongWin = ThresholdSet state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

Loss event detected by triple duplicate ACK

Additive increase resulting in increase of CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT

CongWin = CongWin+MSS (MSSCongWin)

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

Resulting in a doubling of CongWin every RTT

CongWin = CongWin + MSS If (CongWin gt Threshold)

set state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

CommentaryTCP Sender Action Event

49

Transport Layer 3-97

TCP throughput

Whatrsquos the average throughout of TCP as a function of window size and RTT

Ignore slow start

Let W be the window size when loss occursWhen window is W throughput is WRTTJust after loss window drops to W2 throughput to W2RTT Average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Futures

Example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 GbpsthroughputRequires window size W = 83333 in-flight segmentsThroughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 WowNew versions of TCP for high-speed needed

LRTTMSSsdot221

50

Transport Layer 3-99

Fairness goal if K TCP sessions share same bottleneck link of bandwidth R each should have average rate of RK

TCP connection 1

bottleneckrouter

capacity R

TCP connection 2

TCP Fairness

Transport Layer 3-100

Why is TCP fairTwo competing sessions

Additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increasesmultiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

Conn

ecti

on 2

thr

ough

put

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

51

Transport Layer 3-101

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP

Multimedia apps often do not use TCP

do not want rate throttled by congestion control

Instead use UDPpump audiovideo at constant rate tolerate packet loss

Research area TCP friendly

Fairness and parallel TCP connectionsnothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hostsWeb browsers do this Example link of rate R supporting 9 cnctions

new app asks for 1 TCP gets rate R10new app asks for 11 TCPs gets R2

Transport Layer 3-102

Delay modeling

Q How long does it take to receive an object from a Web server after sending a request

Ignoring congestion delay is influenced byTCP connection establishmentdata transmission delayslow start

Notation assumptionsAssume one link between client and server of rate RS MSS (bits)O object size (bits)no retransmissions (no loss no corruption)

Window sizeFirst assume fixed congestion window W segmentsThen dynamic window

modeling slow start

52

Transport Layer 3-103

Fixed congestion window (1)

First caseWSR gt RTT + SR ACK for

first segment in window returns before windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR

Transport Layer 3-104

Fixed congestion window (2)

Second caseWSR lt RTT + SR wait for ACK after sending windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR+ (K-1)[SR + RTT - WSR]

53

Transport Layer 3-105

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (1)

Now suppose window grows according to slow start

Will show that the delay for one object is

RS

RSRTTP

RORTTLatency P )12(2 minusminus⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ +++=

where P is the number of times TCP idles at server

1min minus= KQP

- where Q is the number of times the server idlesif the object were of infinite size

- and K is the number of windows that cover the object

Transport Layer 3-106

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (2)

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Examplebull OS = 15 segmentsbull K = 4 windowsbull Q = 2bull P = minK-1Q = 2

Server idles P=2 times

Delay componentsbull 2 RTT for connection estab and requestbull OR to transmit objectbull time server idles due to slow start

Server idles P = minK-1Q times

54

Transport Layer 3-107

TCP Delay Modeling (3)

RS

RSRTTPRTT

RO

RSRTT

RSRTT

RO

idleTimeRTTRO

P

kP

k

P

pp

)12(][2

]2[2

2delay

1

1

1

minusminus+++=

minus+++=

++=

minus

=

=

sum

sum

th window after the timeidle 2 1 kRSRTT

RS k =⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ minus+

+minus

ementacknowledg receivesserver until

segment send tostartsserver whenfrom time=+ RTTRS

window kth the transmit totime2 1 =minus

RSk

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Transport Layer 3-108

TCP Delay Modeling (4)

⎥⎥⎤

⎢⎢⎡ +=

+ge=

geminus=

ge+++=

ge+++=minus

minus

)1(log

)1(logmin

12min

222min222min

2

2

110

110

SO

SOkk

SOk

SOkOSSSkK

k

k

k

L

L

Calculation of Q number of idles for infinite-size objectis similar (see HW)

Recall K = number of windows that cover object

How do we calculate K

55

Transport Layer 3-109

HTTP ModelingAssume Web page consists of

1 base HTML page (of size O bits)M images (each of size O bits)

Non-persistent HTTP M+1 TCP connections in seriesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (M+1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Persistent HTTP2 RTT to request and receive base HTML file1 RTT to request and receive M imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + 3RTT + sum of idle times

Non-persistent HTTP with X parallel connectionsSuppose MX integer1 TCP connection for base fileMX sets of parallel connections for imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (MX + 1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Transport Layer 3-110

02468

101214161820

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT = 100 msec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For low bandwidth connection amp response time dominated by transmission timePersistent connections only give minor improvement over parallelconnections

56

Transport Layer 3-111

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT =1 sec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For larger RTT response time dominated by TCP establishment amp slow start delays Persistent connections now give important improvement particularly in high delaybullbandwidth networks

Transport Layer 3-112

Chapter 3 Summaryprinciples behind transport layer services

multiplexing demultiplexingreliable data transferflow controlcongestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet

UDPTCP

Nextleaving the network ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)into the network ldquocorerdquo

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33

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

Seq=100 20 bytes data

ACK=100

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=120

Seq=92 8 bytes data

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

ACK=120

Host A

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

Sendbase= 100

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

Seq=92 8 bytes data

ACK=100

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

Seq=100 20 bytes data

ACK=120

time

SendBase= 120

34

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP ACK generation [RFC 1122 RFC 2581]

Event at Receiver

Arrival of in-order segment withexpected seq All data up toexpected seq already ACKed

Arrival of in-order segment withexpected seq One other segment has ACK pending

Arrival of out-of-order segmenthigher-than-expect seq Gap detected

Arrival of segment that partially or completely fills gap

TCP Receiver action

Delayed ACK Wait up to 500msfor next segment If no next segmentsend ACK

Immediately send single cumulative ACK ACKing both in-order segments

Immediately send duplicate ACK indicating seq of next expected byte

Immediate send ACK provided thatsegment startsat lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-68

Fast Retransmit

Time-out period often relatively long

long delay before resending lost packet

Detect lost segments via duplicate ACKs

Sender often sends many segments back-to-backIf segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

If sender receives 3 ACKsfor the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost

fast retransmit resend segment before timer expires

35

Transport Layer 3-69

event ACK received with ACK field value of y if (y gt SendBase)

SendBase = yif (there are currently not-yet-acknowledged segments)

start timer

else increment count of dup ACKs received for yif (count of dup ACKs received for y = 3)

resend segment with sequence number y

Fast retransmit algorithm

a duplicate ACK for already ACKed segment

fast retransmit

Transport Layer 3-70

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

36

Transport Layer 3-71

TCP Flow Control

receive side of TCP connection has a receive buffer

speed-matching service matching the send rate to the receiving apprsquos drain rate

app process may be slow at reading from buffer

sender wonrsquot overflowreceiverrsquos buffer by

transmitting too muchtoo fast

flow control

Transport Layer 3-72

TCP Flow control how it works

(Suppose TCP receiver discards out-of-order segments)spare room in buffer

= RcvWindow= RcvBuffer-[LastByteRcvd -

LastByteRead]

Rcvr advertises spare room by including value of RcvWindow in segmentsSender limits unACKeddata to RcvWindow

guarantees receive buffer doesnrsquot overflow

37

Transport Layer 3-73

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-74

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segmentsinitialize TCP variables

seq sbuffers flow control info (eg RcvWindow)

client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshake

Step 1 client host sends TCP SYN segment to server

specifies initial seq no data

Step 2 server host receives SYN replies with SYNACK segment

server allocates buffersspecifies server initial seq

Step 3 client receives SYNACK replies with ACK segment which may contain data

38

Transport Layer 3-75

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Closing a connection

client closes socketclientSocketclose()

Step 1 client end system sends TCP FIN control segment to server

Step 2 server receives FIN replies with ACK Closes connection sends FIN

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-76

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Step 3 client receives FIN replies with ACK

Enters ldquotimed waitrdquo - will respond with ACK to received FINs

Step 4 server receives ACK Connection closed

Note with small modification can handle simultaneous FINs

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

closing

closing

closed

tim

ed w

ait

closed

39

Transport Layer 3-77

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-78

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

40

Transport Layer 3-79

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestioninformally ldquotoo many sources sending too much data too fast for network to handlerdquodifferent from flow controlmanifestations

lost packets (buffer overflow at routers)long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-80

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receiversone router infinite buffers no retransmission

large delays when congestedmaximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

41

Transport Layer 3-81

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of lost packet

finite shared output link buffers

Host A λin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-82

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2always (goodput)

ldquoperfectrdquo retransmission only when loss

retransmission of delayed (not lost) packet makes larger (than perfect case) for same

λin

λout=

λin

λoutgtλ

inλout

ldquocostsrdquo of congestionmore work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquounneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

R2

R2λin

λ out

b

R2

R2λin

λ out

a

R2

R2λin

λ out

c

R4

R3

42

Transport Layer 3-83

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3four sendersmultihop pathstimeoutretransmit

λin

Q what happens as and increase λ

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

Another ldquocostrdquo of congestionwhen packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

λou

t

43

Transport Layer 3-85

Approaches towards congestion control

End-end congestion controlno explicit feedback from networkcongestion inferred from end-system observed loss delayapproach taken by TCP

Network-assisted congestion controlrouters provide feedback to end systems

single bit indicating congestion (SNA DECbit TCPIP ECN ATM)explicit rate sender should send at

Two broad approaches towards congestion control

Transport Layer 3-86

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rateldquoelastic servicerdquoif senderrsquos path ldquounderloadedrdquo

sender should use available bandwidth

if senderrsquos path congested sender throttled to minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cellssent by sender interspersed with data cellsbits in RM cell set by switches (ldquonetwork-assistedrdquo)

NI bit no increase in rate (mild congestion)CI bit congestion indication

RM cells returned to sender by receiver with bits intact

44

Transport Layer 3-87

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cellcongested switch may lower ER value in cellsenderrsquo send rate thus minimum supportable rate on path

EFCI bit in data cells set to 1 in congested switchif data cell preceding RM cell has EFCI set sender sets CI bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-88

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

45

Transport Layer 3-89

TCP congestion control additive increase multiplicative decrease

8 Kbytes

16 Kbytes

24 Kbytes

time

congestionwindow

Approach increase transmission rate (window size) probing for usable bandwidth until loss occurs

additive increase increase CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT until loss detectedmultiplicative decrease cut CongWin in half after loss

timecong

estio

n w

indo

w s

ize

Saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-90

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

le CongWin

Roughly

CongWin is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestionloss event = timeout or 3 duplicate acksTCP sender reduces rate (CongWin) after loss event

three mechanismsAIMDslow startconservative after timeout events

rate = CongWinRTT Bytessec

46

Transport Layer 3-91

TCP Slow Start

When connection begins CongWin = 1 MSS

Example MSS = 500 bytes amp RTT = 200 msecinitial rate = 20 kbps

available bandwidth may be gtgt MSSRTT

desirable to quickly ramp up to respectable rate

When connection begins increase rate exponentially fast until first loss event

Transport Layer 3-92

TCP Slow Start (more)

When connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event

double CongWin every RTTdone by incrementing CongWin for every ACK received

Summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

one segment

RTT

Host B

time

two segments

four segments

47

Transport Layer 3-93

RefinementQ When should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A When CongWin gets to 12 of its value before timeout

ImplementationVariable Threshold At loss event Threshold is set to 12 of CongWin just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-94

Refinement inferring loss

After 3 dup ACKsCongWin is cut in halfwindow then grows linearly

But after timeout eventCongWin instead set to 1 MSS window then grows exponentiallyto a threshold then grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments

timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquocongestion scenario

Philosophy

48

Transport Layer 3-95

Summary TCP Congestion Control

When CongWin is below Threshold sender in slow-start phase window grows exponentially

When CongWin is above Threshold sender is in congestion-avoidance phase window grows linearly

When a triple duplicate ACK occurs Threshold set to CongWin2 and CongWin set to Threshold

When timeout occurs Threshold set to CongWin2and CongWin is set to 1 MSS

Transport Layer 3-96

TCP sender congestion control

SS or CA

SS or CA

SS or CA

CongestionAvoidance (CA)

Slow Start (SS)

State

CongWin and Threshold not changed

Increment duplicate ACK count for segment being acked

Duplicate ACK

Enter slow startThreshold = CongWin2 CongWin = 1 MSSSet state to ldquoSlow Startrdquo

Timeout

Fast recovery implementing multiplicative decrease CongWin will not drop below 1 MSS

Threshold = CongWin2 CongWin = ThresholdSet state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

Loss event detected by triple duplicate ACK

Additive increase resulting in increase of CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT

CongWin = CongWin+MSS (MSSCongWin)

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

Resulting in a doubling of CongWin every RTT

CongWin = CongWin + MSS If (CongWin gt Threshold)

set state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

CommentaryTCP Sender Action Event

49

Transport Layer 3-97

TCP throughput

Whatrsquos the average throughout of TCP as a function of window size and RTT

Ignore slow start

Let W be the window size when loss occursWhen window is W throughput is WRTTJust after loss window drops to W2 throughput to W2RTT Average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Futures

Example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 GbpsthroughputRequires window size W = 83333 in-flight segmentsThroughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 WowNew versions of TCP for high-speed needed

LRTTMSSsdot221

50

Transport Layer 3-99

Fairness goal if K TCP sessions share same bottleneck link of bandwidth R each should have average rate of RK

TCP connection 1

bottleneckrouter

capacity R

TCP connection 2

TCP Fairness

Transport Layer 3-100

Why is TCP fairTwo competing sessions

Additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increasesmultiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

Conn

ecti

on 2

thr

ough

put

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

51

Transport Layer 3-101

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP

Multimedia apps often do not use TCP

do not want rate throttled by congestion control

Instead use UDPpump audiovideo at constant rate tolerate packet loss

Research area TCP friendly

Fairness and parallel TCP connectionsnothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hostsWeb browsers do this Example link of rate R supporting 9 cnctions

new app asks for 1 TCP gets rate R10new app asks for 11 TCPs gets R2

Transport Layer 3-102

Delay modeling

Q How long does it take to receive an object from a Web server after sending a request

Ignoring congestion delay is influenced byTCP connection establishmentdata transmission delayslow start

Notation assumptionsAssume one link between client and server of rate RS MSS (bits)O object size (bits)no retransmissions (no loss no corruption)

Window sizeFirst assume fixed congestion window W segmentsThen dynamic window

modeling slow start

52

Transport Layer 3-103

Fixed congestion window (1)

First caseWSR gt RTT + SR ACK for

first segment in window returns before windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR

Transport Layer 3-104

Fixed congestion window (2)

Second caseWSR lt RTT + SR wait for ACK after sending windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR+ (K-1)[SR + RTT - WSR]

53

Transport Layer 3-105

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (1)

Now suppose window grows according to slow start

Will show that the delay for one object is

RS

RSRTTP

RORTTLatency P )12(2 minusminus⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ +++=

where P is the number of times TCP idles at server

1min minus= KQP

- where Q is the number of times the server idlesif the object were of infinite size

- and K is the number of windows that cover the object

Transport Layer 3-106

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (2)

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Examplebull OS = 15 segmentsbull K = 4 windowsbull Q = 2bull P = minK-1Q = 2

Server idles P=2 times

Delay componentsbull 2 RTT for connection estab and requestbull OR to transmit objectbull time server idles due to slow start

Server idles P = minK-1Q times

54

Transport Layer 3-107

TCP Delay Modeling (3)

RS

RSRTTPRTT

RO

RSRTT

RSRTT

RO

idleTimeRTTRO

P

kP

k

P

pp

)12(][2

]2[2

2delay

1

1

1

minusminus+++=

minus+++=

++=

minus

=

=

sum

sum

th window after the timeidle 2 1 kRSRTT

RS k =⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ minus+

+minus

ementacknowledg receivesserver until

segment send tostartsserver whenfrom time=+ RTTRS

window kth the transmit totime2 1 =minus

RSk

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Transport Layer 3-108

TCP Delay Modeling (4)

⎥⎥⎤

⎢⎢⎡ +=

+ge=

geminus=

ge+++=

ge+++=minus

minus

)1(log

)1(logmin

12min

222min222min

2

2

110

110

SO

SOkk

SOk

SOkOSSSkK

k

k

k

L

L

Calculation of Q number of idles for infinite-size objectis similar (see HW)

Recall K = number of windows that cover object

How do we calculate K

55

Transport Layer 3-109

HTTP ModelingAssume Web page consists of

1 base HTML page (of size O bits)M images (each of size O bits)

Non-persistent HTTP M+1 TCP connections in seriesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (M+1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Persistent HTTP2 RTT to request and receive base HTML file1 RTT to request and receive M imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + 3RTT + sum of idle times

Non-persistent HTTP with X parallel connectionsSuppose MX integer1 TCP connection for base fileMX sets of parallel connections for imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (MX + 1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Transport Layer 3-110

02468

101214161820

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT = 100 msec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For low bandwidth connection amp response time dominated by transmission timePersistent connections only give minor improvement over parallelconnections

56

Transport Layer 3-111

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT =1 sec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For larger RTT response time dominated by TCP establishment amp slow start delays Persistent connections now give important improvement particularly in high delaybullbandwidth networks

Transport Layer 3-112

Chapter 3 Summaryprinciples behind transport layer services

multiplexing demultiplexingreliable data transferflow controlcongestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet

UDPTCP

Nextleaving the network ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)into the network ldquocorerdquo

Page 34: Chapter 3: Transport Layerpeople.ee.duke.edu/~krish/ECE156/Chapter3.pdf · Transport Layer 3-4 Transport vs. network layer network layer: logical communication between hosts transport

34

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP ACK generation [RFC 1122 RFC 2581]

Event at Receiver

Arrival of in-order segment withexpected seq All data up toexpected seq already ACKed

Arrival of in-order segment withexpected seq One other segment has ACK pending

Arrival of out-of-order segmenthigher-than-expect seq Gap detected

Arrival of segment that partially or completely fills gap

TCP Receiver action

Delayed ACK Wait up to 500msfor next segment If no next segmentsend ACK

Immediately send single cumulative ACK ACKing both in-order segments

Immediately send duplicate ACK indicating seq of next expected byte

Immediate send ACK provided thatsegment startsat lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-68

Fast Retransmit

Time-out period often relatively long

long delay before resending lost packet

Detect lost segments via duplicate ACKs

Sender often sends many segments back-to-backIf segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

If sender receives 3 ACKsfor the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost

fast retransmit resend segment before timer expires

35

Transport Layer 3-69

event ACK received with ACK field value of y if (y gt SendBase)

SendBase = yif (there are currently not-yet-acknowledged segments)

start timer

else increment count of dup ACKs received for yif (count of dup ACKs received for y = 3)

resend segment with sequence number y

Fast retransmit algorithm

a duplicate ACK for already ACKed segment

fast retransmit

Transport Layer 3-70

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

36

Transport Layer 3-71

TCP Flow Control

receive side of TCP connection has a receive buffer

speed-matching service matching the send rate to the receiving apprsquos drain rate

app process may be slow at reading from buffer

sender wonrsquot overflowreceiverrsquos buffer by

transmitting too muchtoo fast

flow control

Transport Layer 3-72

TCP Flow control how it works

(Suppose TCP receiver discards out-of-order segments)spare room in buffer

= RcvWindow= RcvBuffer-[LastByteRcvd -

LastByteRead]

Rcvr advertises spare room by including value of RcvWindow in segmentsSender limits unACKeddata to RcvWindow

guarantees receive buffer doesnrsquot overflow

37

Transport Layer 3-73

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-74

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segmentsinitialize TCP variables

seq sbuffers flow control info (eg RcvWindow)

client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshake

Step 1 client host sends TCP SYN segment to server

specifies initial seq no data

Step 2 server host receives SYN replies with SYNACK segment

server allocates buffersspecifies server initial seq

Step 3 client receives SYNACK replies with ACK segment which may contain data

38

Transport Layer 3-75

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Closing a connection

client closes socketclientSocketclose()

Step 1 client end system sends TCP FIN control segment to server

Step 2 server receives FIN replies with ACK Closes connection sends FIN

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-76

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Step 3 client receives FIN replies with ACK

Enters ldquotimed waitrdquo - will respond with ACK to received FINs

Step 4 server receives ACK Connection closed

Note with small modification can handle simultaneous FINs

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

closing

closing

closed

tim

ed w

ait

closed

39

Transport Layer 3-77

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-78

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

40

Transport Layer 3-79

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestioninformally ldquotoo many sources sending too much data too fast for network to handlerdquodifferent from flow controlmanifestations

lost packets (buffer overflow at routers)long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-80

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receiversone router infinite buffers no retransmission

large delays when congestedmaximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

41

Transport Layer 3-81

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of lost packet

finite shared output link buffers

Host A λin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-82

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2always (goodput)

ldquoperfectrdquo retransmission only when loss

retransmission of delayed (not lost) packet makes larger (than perfect case) for same

λin

λout=

λin

λoutgtλ

inλout

ldquocostsrdquo of congestionmore work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquounneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

R2

R2λin

λ out

b

R2

R2λin

λ out

a

R2

R2λin

λ out

c

R4

R3

42

Transport Layer 3-83

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3four sendersmultihop pathstimeoutretransmit

λin

Q what happens as and increase λ

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

Another ldquocostrdquo of congestionwhen packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

λou

t

43

Transport Layer 3-85

Approaches towards congestion control

End-end congestion controlno explicit feedback from networkcongestion inferred from end-system observed loss delayapproach taken by TCP

Network-assisted congestion controlrouters provide feedback to end systems

single bit indicating congestion (SNA DECbit TCPIP ECN ATM)explicit rate sender should send at

Two broad approaches towards congestion control

Transport Layer 3-86

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rateldquoelastic servicerdquoif senderrsquos path ldquounderloadedrdquo

sender should use available bandwidth

if senderrsquos path congested sender throttled to minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cellssent by sender interspersed with data cellsbits in RM cell set by switches (ldquonetwork-assistedrdquo)

NI bit no increase in rate (mild congestion)CI bit congestion indication

RM cells returned to sender by receiver with bits intact

44

Transport Layer 3-87

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cellcongested switch may lower ER value in cellsenderrsquo send rate thus minimum supportable rate on path

EFCI bit in data cells set to 1 in congested switchif data cell preceding RM cell has EFCI set sender sets CI bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-88

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

45

Transport Layer 3-89

TCP congestion control additive increase multiplicative decrease

8 Kbytes

16 Kbytes

24 Kbytes

time

congestionwindow

Approach increase transmission rate (window size) probing for usable bandwidth until loss occurs

additive increase increase CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT until loss detectedmultiplicative decrease cut CongWin in half after loss

timecong

estio

n w

indo

w s

ize

Saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-90

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

le CongWin

Roughly

CongWin is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestionloss event = timeout or 3 duplicate acksTCP sender reduces rate (CongWin) after loss event

three mechanismsAIMDslow startconservative after timeout events

rate = CongWinRTT Bytessec

46

Transport Layer 3-91

TCP Slow Start

When connection begins CongWin = 1 MSS

Example MSS = 500 bytes amp RTT = 200 msecinitial rate = 20 kbps

available bandwidth may be gtgt MSSRTT

desirable to quickly ramp up to respectable rate

When connection begins increase rate exponentially fast until first loss event

Transport Layer 3-92

TCP Slow Start (more)

When connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event

double CongWin every RTTdone by incrementing CongWin for every ACK received

Summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

one segment

RTT

Host B

time

two segments

four segments

47

Transport Layer 3-93

RefinementQ When should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A When CongWin gets to 12 of its value before timeout

ImplementationVariable Threshold At loss event Threshold is set to 12 of CongWin just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-94

Refinement inferring loss

After 3 dup ACKsCongWin is cut in halfwindow then grows linearly

But after timeout eventCongWin instead set to 1 MSS window then grows exponentiallyto a threshold then grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments

timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquocongestion scenario

Philosophy

48

Transport Layer 3-95

Summary TCP Congestion Control

When CongWin is below Threshold sender in slow-start phase window grows exponentially

When CongWin is above Threshold sender is in congestion-avoidance phase window grows linearly

When a triple duplicate ACK occurs Threshold set to CongWin2 and CongWin set to Threshold

When timeout occurs Threshold set to CongWin2and CongWin is set to 1 MSS

Transport Layer 3-96

TCP sender congestion control

SS or CA

SS or CA

SS or CA

CongestionAvoidance (CA)

Slow Start (SS)

State

CongWin and Threshold not changed

Increment duplicate ACK count for segment being acked

Duplicate ACK

Enter slow startThreshold = CongWin2 CongWin = 1 MSSSet state to ldquoSlow Startrdquo

Timeout

Fast recovery implementing multiplicative decrease CongWin will not drop below 1 MSS

Threshold = CongWin2 CongWin = ThresholdSet state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

Loss event detected by triple duplicate ACK

Additive increase resulting in increase of CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT

CongWin = CongWin+MSS (MSSCongWin)

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

Resulting in a doubling of CongWin every RTT

CongWin = CongWin + MSS If (CongWin gt Threshold)

set state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

CommentaryTCP Sender Action Event

49

Transport Layer 3-97

TCP throughput

Whatrsquos the average throughout of TCP as a function of window size and RTT

Ignore slow start

Let W be the window size when loss occursWhen window is W throughput is WRTTJust after loss window drops to W2 throughput to W2RTT Average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Futures

Example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 GbpsthroughputRequires window size W = 83333 in-flight segmentsThroughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 WowNew versions of TCP for high-speed needed

LRTTMSSsdot221

50

Transport Layer 3-99

Fairness goal if K TCP sessions share same bottleneck link of bandwidth R each should have average rate of RK

TCP connection 1

bottleneckrouter

capacity R

TCP connection 2

TCP Fairness

Transport Layer 3-100

Why is TCP fairTwo competing sessions

Additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increasesmultiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

Conn

ecti

on 2

thr

ough

put

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

51

Transport Layer 3-101

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP

Multimedia apps often do not use TCP

do not want rate throttled by congestion control

Instead use UDPpump audiovideo at constant rate tolerate packet loss

Research area TCP friendly

Fairness and parallel TCP connectionsnothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hostsWeb browsers do this Example link of rate R supporting 9 cnctions

new app asks for 1 TCP gets rate R10new app asks for 11 TCPs gets R2

Transport Layer 3-102

Delay modeling

Q How long does it take to receive an object from a Web server after sending a request

Ignoring congestion delay is influenced byTCP connection establishmentdata transmission delayslow start

Notation assumptionsAssume one link between client and server of rate RS MSS (bits)O object size (bits)no retransmissions (no loss no corruption)

Window sizeFirst assume fixed congestion window W segmentsThen dynamic window

modeling slow start

52

Transport Layer 3-103

Fixed congestion window (1)

First caseWSR gt RTT + SR ACK for

first segment in window returns before windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR

Transport Layer 3-104

Fixed congestion window (2)

Second caseWSR lt RTT + SR wait for ACK after sending windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR+ (K-1)[SR + RTT - WSR]

53

Transport Layer 3-105

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (1)

Now suppose window grows according to slow start

Will show that the delay for one object is

RS

RSRTTP

RORTTLatency P )12(2 minusminus⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ +++=

where P is the number of times TCP idles at server

1min minus= KQP

- where Q is the number of times the server idlesif the object were of infinite size

- and K is the number of windows that cover the object

Transport Layer 3-106

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (2)

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Examplebull OS = 15 segmentsbull K = 4 windowsbull Q = 2bull P = minK-1Q = 2

Server idles P=2 times

Delay componentsbull 2 RTT for connection estab and requestbull OR to transmit objectbull time server idles due to slow start

Server idles P = minK-1Q times

54

Transport Layer 3-107

TCP Delay Modeling (3)

RS

RSRTTPRTT

RO

RSRTT

RSRTT

RO

idleTimeRTTRO

P

kP

k

P

pp

)12(][2

]2[2

2delay

1

1

1

minusminus+++=

minus+++=

++=

minus

=

=

sum

sum

th window after the timeidle 2 1 kRSRTT

RS k =⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ minus+

+minus

ementacknowledg receivesserver until

segment send tostartsserver whenfrom time=+ RTTRS

window kth the transmit totime2 1 =minus

RSk

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Transport Layer 3-108

TCP Delay Modeling (4)

⎥⎥⎤

⎢⎢⎡ +=

+ge=

geminus=

ge+++=

ge+++=minus

minus

)1(log

)1(logmin

12min

222min222min

2

2

110

110

SO

SOkk

SOk

SOkOSSSkK

k

k

k

L

L

Calculation of Q number of idles for infinite-size objectis similar (see HW)

Recall K = number of windows that cover object

How do we calculate K

55

Transport Layer 3-109

HTTP ModelingAssume Web page consists of

1 base HTML page (of size O bits)M images (each of size O bits)

Non-persistent HTTP M+1 TCP connections in seriesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (M+1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Persistent HTTP2 RTT to request and receive base HTML file1 RTT to request and receive M imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + 3RTT + sum of idle times

Non-persistent HTTP with X parallel connectionsSuppose MX integer1 TCP connection for base fileMX sets of parallel connections for imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (MX + 1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Transport Layer 3-110

02468

101214161820

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT = 100 msec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For low bandwidth connection amp response time dominated by transmission timePersistent connections only give minor improvement over parallelconnections

56

Transport Layer 3-111

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT =1 sec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For larger RTT response time dominated by TCP establishment amp slow start delays Persistent connections now give important improvement particularly in high delaybullbandwidth networks

Transport Layer 3-112

Chapter 3 Summaryprinciples behind transport layer services

multiplexing demultiplexingreliable data transferflow controlcongestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet

UDPTCP

Nextleaving the network ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)into the network ldquocorerdquo

Page 35: Chapter 3: Transport Layerpeople.ee.duke.edu/~krish/ECE156/Chapter3.pdf · Transport Layer 3-4 Transport vs. network layer network layer: logical communication between hosts transport

35

Transport Layer 3-69

event ACK received with ACK field value of y if (y gt SendBase)

SendBase = yif (there are currently not-yet-acknowledged segments)

start timer

else increment count of dup ACKs received for yif (count of dup ACKs received for y = 3)

resend segment with sequence number y

Fast retransmit algorithm

a duplicate ACK for already ACKed segment

fast retransmit

Transport Layer 3-70

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

36

Transport Layer 3-71

TCP Flow Control

receive side of TCP connection has a receive buffer

speed-matching service matching the send rate to the receiving apprsquos drain rate

app process may be slow at reading from buffer

sender wonrsquot overflowreceiverrsquos buffer by

transmitting too muchtoo fast

flow control

Transport Layer 3-72

TCP Flow control how it works

(Suppose TCP receiver discards out-of-order segments)spare room in buffer

= RcvWindow= RcvBuffer-[LastByteRcvd -

LastByteRead]

Rcvr advertises spare room by including value of RcvWindow in segmentsSender limits unACKeddata to RcvWindow

guarantees receive buffer doesnrsquot overflow

37

Transport Layer 3-73

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-74

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segmentsinitialize TCP variables

seq sbuffers flow control info (eg RcvWindow)

client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshake

Step 1 client host sends TCP SYN segment to server

specifies initial seq no data

Step 2 server host receives SYN replies with SYNACK segment

server allocates buffersspecifies server initial seq

Step 3 client receives SYNACK replies with ACK segment which may contain data

38

Transport Layer 3-75

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Closing a connection

client closes socketclientSocketclose()

Step 1 client end system sends TCP FIN control segment to server

Step 2 server receives FIN replies with ACK Closes connection sends FIN

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-76

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Step 3 client receives FIN replies with ACK

Enters ldquotimed waitrdquo - will respond with ACK to received FINs

Step 4 server receives ACK Connection closed

Note with small modification can handle simultaneous FINs

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

closing

closing

closed

tim

ed w

ait

closed

39

Transport Layer 3-77

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-78

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

40

Transport Layer 3-79

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestioninformally ldquotoo many sources sending too much data too fast for network to handlerdquodifferent from flow controlmanifestations

lost packets (buffer overflow at routers)long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-80

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receiversone router infinite buffers no retransmission

large delays when congestedmaximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

41

Transport Layer 3-81

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of lost packet

finite shared output link buffers

Host A λin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-82

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2always (goodput)

ldquoperfectrdquo retransmission only when loss

retransmission of delayed (not lost) packet makes larger (than perfect case) for same

λin

λout=

λin

λoutgtλ

inλout

ldquocostsrdquo of congestionmore work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquounneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

R2

R2λin

λ out

b

R2

R2λin

λ out

a

R2

R2λin

λ out

c

R4

R3

42

Transport Layer 3-83

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3four sendersmultihop pathstimeoutretransmit

λin

Q what happens as and increase λ

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

Another ldquocostrdquo of congestionwhen packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

λou

t

43

Transport Layer 3-85

Approaches towards congestion control

End-end congestion controlno explicit feedback from networkcongestion inferred from end-system observed loss delayapproach taken by TCP

Network-assisted congestion controlrouters provide feedback to end systems

single bit indicating congestion (SNA DECbit TCPIP ECN ATM)explicit rate sender should send at

Two broad approaches towards congestion control

Transport Layer 3-86

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rateldquoelastic servicerdquoif senderrsquos path ldquounderloadedrdquo

sender should use available bandwidth

if senderrsquos path congested sender throttled to minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cellssent by sender interspersed with data cellsbits in RM cell set by switches (ldquonetwork-assistedrdquo)

NI bit no increase in rate (mild congestion)CI bit congestion indication

RM cells returned to sender by receiver with bits intact

44

Transport Layer 3-87

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cellcongested switch may lower ER value in cellsenderrsquo send rate thus minimum supportable rate on path

EFCI bit in data cells set to 1 in congested switchif data cell preceding RM cell has EFCI set sender sets CI bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-88

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

45

Transport Layer 3-89

TCP congestion control additive increase multiplicative decrease

8 Kbytes

16 Kbytes

24 Kbytes

time

congestionwindow

Approach increase transmission rate (window size) probing for usable bandwidth until loss occurs

additive increase increase CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT until loss detectedmultiplicative decrease cut CongWin in half after loss

timecong

estio

n w

indo

w s

ize

Saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-90

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

le CongWin

Roughly

CongWin is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestionloss event = timeout or 3 duplicate acksTCP sender reduces rate (CongWin) after loss event

three mechanismsAIMDslow startconservative after timeout events

rate = CongWinRTT Bytessec

46

Transport Layer 3-91

TCP Slow Start

When connection begins CongWin = 1 MSS

Example MSS = 500 bytes amp RTT = 200 msecinitial rate = 20 kbps

available bandwidth may be gtgt MSSRTT

desirable to quickly ramp up to respectable rate

When connection begins increase rate exponentially fast until first loss event

Transport Layer 3-92

TCP Slow Start (more)

When connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event

double CongWin every RTTdone by incrementing CongWin for every ACK received

Summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

one segment

RTT

Host B

time

two segments

four segments

47

Transport Layer 3-93

RefinementQ When should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A When CongWin gets to 12 of its value before timeout

ImplementationVariable Threshold At loss event Threshold is set to 12 of CongWin just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-94

Refinement inferring loss

After 3 dup ACKsCongWin is cut in halfwindow then grows linearly

But after timeout eventCongWin instead set to 1 MSS window then grows exponentiallyto a threshold then grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments

timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquocongestion scenario

Philosophy

48

Transport Layer 3-95

Summary TCP Congestion Control

When CongWin is below Threshold sender in slow-start phase window grows exponentially

When CongWin is above Threshold sender is in congestion-avoidance phase window grows linearly

When a triple duplicate ACK occurs Threshold set to CongWin2 and CongWin set to Threshold

When timeout occurs Threshold set to CongWin2and CongWin is set to 1 MSS

Transport Layer 3-96

TCP sender congestion control

SS or CA

SS or CA

SS or CA

CongestionAvoidance (CA)

Slow Start (SS)

State

CongWin and Threshold not changed

Increment duplicate ACK count for segment being acked

Duplicate ACK

Enter slow startThreshold = CongWin2 CongWin = 1 MSSSet state to ldquoSlow Startrdquo

Timeout

Fast recovery implementing multiplicative decrease CongWin will not drop below 1 MSS

Threshold = CongWin2 CongWin = ThresholdSet state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

Loss event detected by triple duplicate ACK

Additive increase resulting in increase of CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT

CongWin = CongWin+MSS (MSSCongWin)

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

Resulting in a doubling of CongWin every RTT

CongWin = CongWin + MSS If (CongWin gt Threshold)

set state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

CommentaryTCP Sender Action Event

49

Transport Layer 3-97

TCP throughput

Whatrsquos the average throughout of TCP as a function of window size and RTT

Ignore slow start

Let W be the window size when loss occursWhen window is W throughput is WRTTJust after loss window drops to W2 throughput to W2RTT Average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Futures

Example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 GbpsthroughputRequires window size W = 83333 in-flight segmentsThroughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 WowNew versions of TCP for high-speed needed

LRTTMSSsdot221

50

Transport Layer 3-99

Fairness goal if K TCP sessions share same bottleneck link of bandwidth R each should have average rate of RK

TCP connection 1

bottleneckrouter

capacity R

TCP connection 2

TCP Fairness

Transport Layer 3-100

Why is TCP fairTwo competing sessions

Additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increasesmultiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

Conn

ecti

on 2

thr

ough

put

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

51

Transport Layer 3-101

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP

Multimedia apps often do not use TCP

do not want rate throttled by congestion control

Instead use UDPpump audiovideo at constant rate tolerate packet loss

Research area TCP friendly

Fairness and parallel TCP connectionsnothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hostsWeb browsers do this Example link of rate R supporting 9 cnctions

new app asks for 1 TCP gets rate R10new app asks for 11 TCPs gets R2

Transport Layer 3-102

Delay modeling

Q How long does it take to receive an object from a Web server after sending a request

Ignoring congestion delay is influenced byTCP connection establishmentdata transmission delayslow start

Notation assumptionsAssume one link between client and server of rate RS MSS (bits)O object size (bits)no retransmissions (no loss no corruption)

Window sizeFirst assume fixed congestion window W segmentsThen dynamic window

modeling slow start

52

Transport Layer 3-103

Fixed congestion window (1)

First caseWSR gt RTT + SR ACK for

first segment in window returns before windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR

Transport Layer 3-104

Fixed congestion window (2)

Second caseWSR lt RTT + SR wait for ACK after sending windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR+ (K-1)[SR + RTT - WSR]

53

Transport Layer 3-105

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (1)

Now suppose window grows according to slow start

Will show that the delay for one object is

RS

RSRTTP

RORTTLatency P )12(2 minusminus⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ +++=

where P is the number of times TCP idles at server

1min minus= KQP

- where Q is the number of times the server idlesif the object were of infinite size

- and K is the number of windows that cover the object

Transport Layer 3-106

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (2)

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Examplebull OS = 15 segmentsbull K = 4 windowsbull Q = 2bull P = minK-1Q = 2

Server idles P=2 times

Delay componentsbull 2 RTT for connection estab and requestbull OR to transmit objectbull time server idles due to slow start

Server idles P = minK-1Q times

54

Transport Layer 3-107

TCP Delay Modeling (3)

RS

RSRTTPRTT

RO

RSRTT

RSRTT

RO

idleTimeRTTRO

P

kP

k

P

pp

)12(][2

]2[2

2delay

1

1

1

minusminus+++=

minus+++=

++=

minus

=

=

sum

sum

th window after the timeidle 2 1 kRSRTT

RS k =⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ minus+

+minus

ementacknowledg receivesserver until

segment send tostartsserver whenfrom time=+ RTTRS

window kth the transmit totime2 1 =minus

RSk

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Transport Layer 3-108

TCP Delay Modeling (4)

⎥⎥⎤

⎢⎢⎡ +=

+ge=

geminus=

ge+++=

ge+++=minus

minus

)1(log

)1(logmin

12min

222min222min

2

2

110

110

SO

SOkk

SOk

SOkOSSSkK

k

k

k

L

L

Calculation of Q number of idles for infinite-size objectis similar (see HW)

Recall K = number of windows that cover object

How do we calculate K

55

Transport Layer 3-109

HTTP ModelingAssume Web page consists of

1 base HTML page (of size O bits)M images (each of size O bits)

Non-persistent HTTP M+1 TCP connections in seriesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (M+1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Persistent HTTP2 RTT to request and receive base HTML file1 RTT to request and receive M imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + 3RTT + sum of idle times

Non-persistent HTTP with X parallel connectionsSuppose MX integer1 TCP connection for base fileMX sets of parallel connections for imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (MX + 1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Transport Layer 3-110

02468

101214161820

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT = 100 msec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For low bandwidth connection amp response time dominated by transmission timePersistent connections only give minor improvement over parallelconnections

56

Transport Layer 3-111

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT =1 sec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For larger RTT response time dominated by TCP establishment amp slow start delays Persistent connections now give important improvement particularly in high delaybullbandwidth networks

Transport Layer 3-112

Chapter 3 Summaryprinciples behind transport layer services

multiplexing demultiplexingreliable data transferflow controlcongestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet

UDPTCP

Nextleaving the network ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)into the network ldquocorerdquo

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36

Transport Layer 3-71

TCP Flow Control

receive side of TCP connection has a receive buffer

speed-matching service matching the send rate to the receiving apprsquos drain rate

app process may be slow at reading from buffer

sender wonrsquot overflowreceiverrsquos buffer by

transmitting too muchtoo fast

flow control

Transport Layer 3-72

TCP Flow control how it works

(Suppose TCP receiver discards out-of-order segments)spare room in buffer

= RcvWindow= RcvBuffer-[LastByteRcvd -

LastByteRead]

Rcvr advertises spare room by including value of RcvWindow in segmentsSender limits unACKeddata to RcvWindow

guarantees receive buffer doesnrsquot overflow

37

Transport Layer 3-73

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-74

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segmentsinitialize TCP variables

seq sbuffers flow control info (eg RcvWindow)

client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshake

Step 1 client host sends TCP SYN segment to server

specifies initial seq no data

Step 2 server host receives SYN replies with SYNACK segment

server allocates buffersspecifies server initial seq

Step 3 client receives SYNACK replies with ACK segment which may contain data

38

Transport Layer 3-75

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Closing a connection

client closes socketclientSocketclose()

Step 1 client end system sends TCP FIN control segment to server

Step 2 server receives FIN replies with ACK Closes connection sends FIN

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-76

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Step 3 client receives FIN replies with ACK

Enters ldquotimed waitrdquo - will respond with ACK to received FINs

Step 4 server receives ACK Connection closed

Note with small modification can handle simultaneous FINs

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

closing

closing

closed

tim

ed w

ait

closed

39

Transport Layer 3-77

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-78

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

40

Transport Layer 3-79

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestioninformally ldquotoo many sources sending too much data too fast for network to handlerdquodifferent from flow controlmanifestations

lost packets (buffer overflow at routers)long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-80

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receiversone router infinite buffers no retransmission

large delays when congestedmaximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

41

Transport Layer 3-81

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of lost packet

finite shared output link buffers

Host A λin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-82

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2always (goodput)

ldquoperfectrdquo retransmission only when loss

retransmission of delayed (not lost) packet makes larger (than perfect case) for same

λin

λout=

λin

λoutgtλ

inλout

ldquocostsrdquo of congestionmore work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquounneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

R2

R2λin

λ out

b

R2

R2λin

λ out

a

R2

R2λin

λ out

c

R4

R3

42

Transport Layer 3-83

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3four sendersmultihop pathstimeoutretransmit

λin

Q what happens as and increase λ

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

Another ldquocostrdquo of congestionwhen packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

λou

t

43

Transport Layer 3-85

Approaches towards congestion control

End-end congestion controlno explicit feedback from networkcongestion inferred from end-system observed loss delayapproach taken by TCP

Network-assisted congestion controlrouters provide feedback to end systems

single bit indicating congestion (SNA DECbit TCPIP ECN ATM)explicit rate sender should send at

Two broad approaches towards congestion control

Transport Layer 3-86

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rateldquoelastic servicerdquoif senderrsquos path ldquounderloadedrdquo

sender should use available bandwidth

if senderrsquos path congested sender throttled to minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cellssent by sender interspersed with data cellsbits in RM cell set by switches (ldquonetwork-assistedrdquo)

NI bit no increase in rate (mild congestion)CI bit congestion indication

RM cells returned to sender by receiver with bits intact

44

Transport Layer 3-87

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cellcongested switch may lower ER value in cellsenderrsquo send rate thus minimum supportable rate on path

EFCI bit in data cells set to 1 in congested switchif data cell preceding RM cell has EFCI set sender sets CI bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-88

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

45

Transport Layer 3-89

TCP congestion control additive increase multiplicative decrease

8 Kbytes

16 Kbytes

24 Kbytes

time

congestionwindow

Approach increase transmission rate (window size) probing for usable bandwidth until loss occurs

additive increase increase CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT until loss detectedmultiplicative decrease cut CongWin in half after loss

timecong

estio

n w

indo

w s

ize

Saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-90

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

le CongWin

Roughly

CongWin is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestionloss event = timeout or 3 duplicate acksTCP sender reduces rate (CongWin) after loss event

three mechanismsAIMDslow startconservative after timeout events

rate = CongWinRTT Bytessec

46

Transport Layer 3-91

TCP Slow Start

When connection begins CongWin = 1 MSS

Example MSS = 500 bytes amp RTT = 200 msecinitial rate = 20 kbps

available bandwidth may be gtgt MSSRTT

desirable to quickly ramp up to respectable rate

When connection begins increase rate exponentially fast until first loss event

Transport Layer 3-92

TCP Slow Start (more)

When connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event

double CongWin every RTTdone by incrementing CongWin for every ACK received

Summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

one segment

RTT

Host B

time

two segments

four segments

47

Transport Layer 3-93

RefinementQ When should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A When CongWin gets to 12 of its value before timeout

ImplementationVariable Threshold At loss event Threshold is set to 12 of CongWin just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-94

Refinement inferring loss

After 3 dup ACKsCongWin is cut in halfwindow then grows linearly

But after timeout eventCongWin instead set to 1 MSS window then grows exponentiallyto a threshold then grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments

timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquocongestion scenario

Philosophy

48

Transport Layer 3-95

Summary TCP Congestion Control

When CongWin is below Threshold sender in slow-start phase window grows exponentially

When CongWin is above Threshold sender is in congestion-avoidance phase window grows linearly

When a triple duplicate ACK occurs Threshold set to CongWin2 and CongWin set to Threshold

When timeout occurs Threshold set to CongWin2and CongWin is set to 1 MSS

Transport Layer 3-96

TCP sender congestion control

SS or CA

SS or CA

SS or CA

CongestionAvoidance (CA)

Slow Start (SS)

State

CongWin and Threshold not changed

Increment duplicate ACK count for segment being acked

Duplicate ACK

Enter slow startThreshold = CongWin2 CongWin = 1 MSSSet state to ldquoSlow Startrdquo

Timeout

Fast recovery implementing multiplicative decrease CongWin will not drop below 1 MSS

Threshold = CongWin2 CongWin = ThresholdSet state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

Loss event detected by triple duplicate ACK

Additive increase resulting in increase of CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT

CongWin = CongWin+MSS (MSSCongWin)

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

Resulting in a doubling of CongWin every RTT

CongWin = CongWin + MSS If (CongWin gt Threshold)

set state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

CommentaryTCP Sender Action Event

49

Transport Layer 3-97

TCP throughput

Whatrsquos the average throughout of TCP as a function of window size and RTT

Ignore slow start

Let W be the window size when loss occursWhen window is W throughput is WRTTJust after loss window drops to W2 throughput to W2RTT Average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Futures

Example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 GbpsthroughputRequires window size W = 83333 in-flight segmentsThroughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 WowNew versions of TCP for high-speed needed

LRTTMSSsdot221

50

Transport Layer 3-99

Fairness goal if K TCP sessions share same bottleneck link of bandwidth R each should have average rate of RK

TCP connection 1

bottleneckrouter

capacity R

TCP connection 2

TCP Fairness

Transport Layer 3-100

Why is TCP fairTwo competing sessions

Additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increasesmultiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

Conn

ecti

on 2

thr

ough

put

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

51

Transport Layer 3-101

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP

Multimedia apps often do not use TCP

do not want rate throttled by congestion control

Instead use UDPpump audiovideo at constant rate tolerate packet loss

Research area TCP friendly

Fairness and parallel TCP connectionsnothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hostsWeb browsers do this Example link of rate R supporting 9 cnctions

new app asks for 1 TCP gets rate R10new app asks for 11 TCPs gets R2

Transport Layer 3-102

Delay modeling

Q How long does it take to receive an object from a Web server after sending a request

Ignoring congestion delay is influenced byTCP connection establishmentdata transmission delayslow start

Notation assumptionsAssume one link between client and server of rate RS MSS (bits)O object size (bits)no retransmissions (no loss no corruption)

Window sizeFirst assume fixed congestion window W segmentsThen dynamic window

modeling slow start

52

Transport Layer 3-103

Fixed congestion window (1)

First caseWSR gt RTT + SR ACK for

first segment in window returns before windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR

Transport Layer 3-104

Fixed congestion window (2)

Second caseWSR lt RTT + SR wait for ACK after sending windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR+ (K-1)[SR + RTT - WSR]

53

Transport Layer 3-105

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (1)

Now suppose window grows according to slow start

Will show that the delay for one object is

RS

RSRTTP

RORTTLatency P )12(2 minusminus⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ +++=

where P is the number of times TCP idles at server

1min minus= KQP

- where Q is the number of times the server idlesif the object were of infinite size

- and K is the number of windows that cover the object

Transport Layer 3-106

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (2)

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Examplebull OS = 15 segmentsbull K = 4 windowsbull Q = 2bull P = minK-1Q = 2

Server idles P=2 times

Delay componentsbull 2 RTT for connection estab and requestbull OR to transmit objectbull time server idles due to slow start

Server idles P = minK-1Q times

54

Transport Layer 3-107

TCP Delay Modeling (3)

RS

RSRTTPRTT

RO

RSRTT

RSRTT

RO

idleTimeRTTRO

P

kP

k

P

pp

)12(][2

]2[2

2delay

1

1

1

minusminus+++=

minus+++=

++=

minus

=

=

sum

sum

th window after the timeidle 2 1 kRSRTT

RS k =⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ minus+

+minus

ementacknowledg receivesserver until

segment send tostartsserver whenfrom time=+ RTTRS

window kth the transmit totime2 1 =minus

RSk

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Transport Layer 3-108

TCP Delay Modeling (4)

⎥⎥⎤

⎢⎢⎡ +=

+ge=

geminus=

ge+++=

ge+++=minus

minus

)1(log

)1(logmin

12min

222min222min

2

2

110

110

SO

SOkk

SOk

SOkOSSSkK

k

k

k

L

L

Calculation of Q number of idles for infinite-size objectis similar (see HW)

Recall K = number of windows that cover object

How do we calculate K

55

Transport Layer 3-109

HTTP ModelingAssume Web page consists of

1 base HTML page (of size O bits)M images (each of size O bits)

Non-persistent HTTP M+1 TCP connections in seriesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (M+1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Persistent HTTP2 RTT to request and receive base HTML file1 RTT to request and receive M imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + 3RTT + sum of idle times

Non-persistent HTTP with X parallel connectionsSuppose MX integer1 TCP connection for base fileMX sets of parallel connections for imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (MX + 1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Transport Layer 3-110

02468

101214161820

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT = 100 msec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For low bandwidth connection amp response time dominated by transmission timePersistent connections only give minor improvement over parallelconnections

56

Transport Layer 3-111

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT =1 sec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For larger RTT response time dominated by TCP establishment amp slow start delays Persistent connections now give important improvement particularly in high delaybullbandwidth networks

Transport Layer 3-112

Chapter 3 Summaryprinciples behind transport layer services

multiplexing demultiplexingreliable data transferflow controlcongestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet

UDPTCP

Nextleaving the network ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)into the network ldquocorerdquo

Page 37: Chapter 3: Transport Layerpeople.ee.duke.edu/~krish/ECE156/Chapter3.pdf · Transport Layer 3-4 Transport vs. network layer network layer: logical communication between hosts transport

37

Transport Layer 3-73

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-74

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segmentsinitialize TCP variables

seq sbuffers flow control info (eg RcvWindow)

client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshake

Step 1 client host sends TCP SYN segment to server

specifies initial seq no data

Step 2 server host receives SYN replies with SYNACK segment

server allocates buffersspecifies server initial seq

Step 3 client receives SYNACK replies with ACK segment which may contain data

38

Transport Layer 3-75

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Closing a connection

client closes socketclientSocketclose()

Step 1 client end system sends TCP FIN control segment to server

Step 2 server receives FIN replies with ACK Closes connection sends FIN

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-76

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Step 3 client receives FIN replies with ACK

Enters ldquotimed waitrdquo - will respond with ACK to received FINs

Step 4 server receives ACK Connection closed

Note with small modification can handle simultaneous FINs

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

closing

closing

closed

tim

ed w

ait

closed

39

Transport Layer 3-77

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-78

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

40

Transport Layer 3-79

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestioninformally ldquotoo many sources sending too much data too fast for network to handlerdquodifferent from flow controlmanifestations

lost packets (buffer overflow at routers)long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-80

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receiversone router infinite buffers no retransmission

large delays when congestedmaximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

41

Transport Layer 3-81

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of lost packet

finite shared output link buffers

Host A λin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-82

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2always (goodput)

ldquoperfectrdquo retransmission only when loss

retransmission of delayed (not lost) packet makes larger (than perfect case) for same

λin

λout=

λin

λoutgtλ

inλout

ldquocostsrdquo of congestionmore work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquounneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

R2

R2λin

λ out

b

R2

R2λin

λ out

a

R2

R2λin

λ out

c

R4

R3

42

Transport Layer 3-83

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3four sendersmultihop pathstimeoutretransmit

λin

Q what happens as and increase λ

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

Another ldquocostrdquo of congestionwhen packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

λou

t

43

Transport Layer 3-85

Approaches towards congestion control

End-end congestion controlno explicit feedback from networkcongestion inferred from end-system observed loss delayapproach taken by TCP

Network-assisted congestion controlrouters provide feedback to end systems

single bit indicating congestion (SNA DECbit TCPIP ECN ATM)explicit rate sender should send at

Two broad approaches towards congestion control

Transport Layer 3-86

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rateldquoelastic servicerdquoif senderrsquos path ldquounderloadedrdquo

sender should use available bandwidth

if senderrsquos path congested sender throttled to minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cellssent by sender interspersed with data cellsbits in RM cell set by switches (ldquonetwork-assistedrdquo)

NI bit no increase in rate (mild congestion)CI bit congestion indication

RM cells returned to sender by receiver with bits intact

44

Transport Layer 3-87

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cellcongested switch may lower ER value in cellsenderrsquo send rate thus minimum supportable rate on path

EFCI bit in data cells set to 1 in congested switchif data cell preceding RM cell has EFCI set sender sets CI bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-88

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

45

Transport Layer 3-89

TCP congestion control additive increase multiplicative decrease

8 Kbytes

16 Kbytes

24 Kbytes

time

congestionwindow

Approach increase transmission rate (window size) probing for usable bandwidth until loss occurs

additive increase increase CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT until loss detectedmultiplicative decrease cut CongWin in half after loss

timecong

estio

n w

indo

w s

ize

Saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-90

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

le CongWin

Roughly

CongWin is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestionloss event = timeout or 3 duplicate acksTCP sender reduces rate (CongWin) after loss event

three mechanismsAIMDslow startconservative after timeout events

rate = CongWinRTT Bytessec

46

Transport Layer 3-91

TCP Slow Start

When connection begins CongWin = 1 MSS

Example MSS = 500 bytes amp RTT = 200 msecinitial rate = 20 kbps

available bandwidth may be gtgt MSSRTT

desirable to quickly ramp up to respectable rate

When connection begins increase rate exponentially fast until first loss event

Transport Layer 3-92

TCP Slow Start (more)

When connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event

double CongWin every RTTdone by incrementing CongWin for every ACK received

Summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

one segment

RTT

Host B

time

two segments

four segments

47

Transport Layer 3-93

RefinementQ When should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A When CongWin gets to 12 of its value before timeout

ImplementationVariable Threshold At loss event Threshold is set to 12 of CongWin just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-94

Refinement inferring loss

After 3 dup ACKsCongWin is cut in halfwindow then grows linearly

But after timeout eventCongWin instead set to 1 MSS window then grows exponentiallyto a threshold then grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments

timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquocongestion scenario

Philosophy

48

Transport Layer 3-95

Summary TCP Congestion Control

When CongWin is below Threshold sender in slow-start phase window grows exponentially

When CongWin is above Threshold sender is in congestion-avoidance phase window grows linearly

When a triple duplicate ACK occurs Threshold set to CongWin2 and CongWin set to Threshold

When timeout occurs Threshold set to CongWin2and CongWin is set to 1 MSS

Transport Layer 3-96

TCP sender congestion control

SS or CA

SS or CA

SS or CA

CongestionAvoidance (CA)

Slow Start (SS)

State

CongWin and Threshold not changed

Increment duplicate ACK count for segment being acked

Duplicate ACK

Enter slow startThreshold = CongWin2 CongWin = 1 MSSSet state to ldquoSlow Startrdquo

Timeout

Fast recovery implementing multiplicative decrease CongWin will not drop below 1 MSS

Threshold = CongWin2 CongWin = ThresholdSet state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

Loss event detected by triple duplicate ACK

Additive increase resulting in increase of CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT

CongWin = CongWin+MSS (MSSCongWin)

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

Resulting in a doubling of CongWin every RTT

CongWin = CongWin + MSS If (CongWin gt Threshold)

set state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

CommentaryTCP Sender Action Event

49

Transport Layer 3-97

TCP throughput

Whatrsquos the average throughout of TCP as a function of window size and RTT

Ignore slow start

Let W be the window size when loss occursWhen window is W throughput is WRTTJust after loss window drops to W2 throughput to W2RTT Average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Futures

Example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 GbpsthroughputRequires window size W = 83333 in-flight segmentsThroughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 WowNew versions of TCP for high-speed needed

LRTTMSSsdot221

50

Transport Layer 3-99

Fairness goal if K TCP sessions share same bottleneck link of bandwidth R each should have average rate of RK

TCP connection 1

bottleneckrouter

capacity R

TCP connection 2

TCP Fairness

Transport Layer 3-100

Why is TCP fairTwo competing sessions

Additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increasesmultiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

Conn

ecti

on 2

thr

ough

put

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

51

Transport Layer 3-101

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP

Multimedia apps often do not use TCP

do not want rate throttled by congestion control

Instead use UDPpump audiovideo at constant rate tolerate packet loss

Research area TCP friendly

Fairness and parallel TCP connectionsnothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hostsWeb browsers do this Example link of rate R supporting 9 cnctions

new app asks for 1 TCP gets rate R10new app asks for 11 TCPs gets R2

Transport Layer 3-102

Delay modeling

Q How long does it take to receive an object from a Web server after sending a request

Ignoring congestion delay is influenced byTCP connection establishmentdata transmission delayslow start

Notation assumptionsAssume one link between client and server of rate RS MSS (bits)O object size (bits)no retransmissions (no loss no corruption)

Window sizeFirst assume fixed congestion window W segmentsThen dynamic window

modeling slow start

52

Transport Layer 3-103

Fixed congestion window (1)

First caseWSR gt RTT + SR ACK for

first segment in window returns before windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR

Transport Layer 3-104

Fixed congestion window (2)

Second caseWSR lt RTT + SR wait for ACK after sending windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR+ (K-1)[SR + RTT - WSR]

53

Transport Layer 3-105

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (1)

Now suppose window grows according to slow start

Will show that the delay for one object is

RS

RSRTTP

RORTTLatency P )12(2 minusminus⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ +++=

where P is the number of times TCP idles at server

1min minus= KQP

- where Q is the number of times the server idlesif the object were of infinite size

- and K is the number of windows that cover the object

Transport Layer 3-106

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (2)

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Examplebull OS = 15 segmentsbull K = 4 windowsbull Q = 2bull P = minK-1Q = 2

Server idles P=2 times

Delay componentsbull 2 RTT for connection estab and requestbull OR to transmit objectbull time server idles due to slow start

Server idles P = minK-1Q times

54

Transport Layer 3-107

TCP Delay Modeling (3)

RS

RSRTTPRTT

RO

RSRTT

RSRTT

RO

idleTimeRTTRO

P

kP

k

P

pp

)12(][2

]2[2

2delay

1

1

1

minusminus+++=

minus+++=

++=

minus

=

=

sum

sum

th window after the timeidle 2 1 kRSRTT

RS k =⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ minus+

+minus

ementacknowledg receivesserver until

segment send tostartsserver whenfrom time=+ RTTRS

window kth the transmit totime2 1 =minus

RSk

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Transport Layer 3-108

TCP Delay Modeling (4)

⎥⎥⎤

⎢⎢⎡ +=

+ge=

geminus=

ge+++=

ge+++=minus

minus

)1(log

)1(logmin

12min

222min222min

2

2

110

110

SO

SOkk

SOk

SOkOSSSkK

k

k

k

L

L

Calculation of Q number of idles for infinite-size objectis similar (see HW)

Recall K = number of windows that cover object

How do we calculate K

55

Transport Layer 3-109

HTTP ModelingAssume Web page consists of

1 base HTML page (of size O bits)M images (each of size O bits)

Non-persistent HTTP M+1 TCP connections in seriesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (M+1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Persistent HTTP2 RTT to request and receive base HTML file1 RTT to request and receive M imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + 3RTT + sum of idle times

Non-persistent HTTP with X parallel connectionsSuppose MX integer1 TCP connection for base fileMX sets of parallel connections for imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (MX + 1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Transport Layer 3-110

02468

101214161820

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT = 100 msec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For low bandwidth connection amp response time dominated by transmission timePersistent connections only give minor improvement over parallelconnections

56

Transport Layer 3-111

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT =1 sec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For larger RTT response time dominated by TCP establishment amp slow start delays Persistent connections now give important improvement particularly in high delaybullbandwidth networks

Transport Layer 3-112

Chapter 3 Summaryprinciples behind transport layer services

multiplexing demultiplexingreliable data transferflow controlcongestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet

UDPTCP

Nextleaving the network ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)into the network ldquocorerdquo

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38

Transport Layer 3-75

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Closing a connection

client closes socketclientSocketclose()

Step 1 client end system sends TCP FIN control segment to server

Step 2 server receives FIN replies with ACK Closes connection sends FIN

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-76

TCP Connection Management (cont)

Step 3 client receives FIN replies with ACK

Enters ldquotimed waitrdquo - will respond with ACK to received FINs

Step 4 server receives ACK Connection closed

Note with small modification can handle simultaneous FINs

client

FIN

server

ACK

ACK

FIN

closing

closing

closed

tim

ed w

ait

closed

39

Transport Layer 3-77

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-78

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

40

Transport Layer 3-79

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestioninformally ldquotoo many sources sending too much data too fast for network to handlerdquodifferent from flow controlmanifestations

lost packets (buffer overflow at routers)long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-80

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receiversone router infinite buffers no retransmission

large delays when congestedmaximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

41

Transport Layer 3-81

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of lost packet

finite shared output link buffers

Host A λin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-82

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2always (goodput)

ldquoperfectrdquo retransmission only when loss

retransmission of delayed (not lost) packet makes larger (than perfect case) for same

λin

λout=

λin

λoutgtλ

inλout

ldquocostsrdquo of congestionmore work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquounneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

R2

R2λin

λ out

b

R2

R2λin

λ out

a

R2

R2λin

λ out

c

R4

R3

42

Transport Layer 3-83

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3four sendersmultihop pathstimeoutretransmit

λin

Q what happens as and increase λ

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

Another ldquocostrdquo of congestionwhen packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

λou

t

43

Transport Layer 3-85

Approaches towards congestion control

End-end congestion controlno explicit feedback from networkcongestion inferred from end-system observed loss delayapproach taken by TCP

Network-assisted congestion controlrouters provide feedback to end systems

single bit indicating congestion (SNA DECbit TCPIP ECN ATM)explicit rate sender should send at

Two broad approaches towards congestion control

Transport Layer 3-86

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rateldquoelastic servicerdquoif senderrsquos path ldquounderloadedrdquo

sender should use available bandwidth

if senderrsquos path congested sender throttled to minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cellssent by sender interspersed with data cellsbits in RM cell set by switches (ldquonetwork-assistedrdquo)

NI bit no increase in rate (mild congestion)CI bit congestion indication

RM cells returned to sender by receiver with bits intact

44

Transport Layer 3-87

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cellcongested switch may lower ER value in cellsenderrsquo send rate thus minimum supportable rate on path

EFCI bit in data cells set to 1 in congested switchif data cell preceding RM cell has EFCI set sender sets CI bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-88

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

45

Transport Layer 3-89

TCP congestion control additive increase multiplicative decrease

8 Kbytes

16 Kbytes

24 Kbytes

time

congestionwindow

Approach increase transmission rate (window size) probing for usable bandwidth until loss occurs

additive increase increase CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT until loss detectedmultiplicative decrease cut CongWin in half after loss

timecong

estio

n w

indo

w s

ize

Saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-90

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

le CongWin

Roughly

CongWin is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestionloss event = timeout or 3 duplicate acksTCP sender reduces rate (CongWin) after loss event

three mechanismsAIMDslow startconservative after timeout events

rate = CongWinRTT Bytessec

46

Transport Layer 3-91

TCP Slow Start

When connection begins CongWin = 1 MSS

Example MSS = 500 bytes amp RTT = 200 msecinitial rate = 20 kbps

available bandwidth may be gtgt MSSRTT

desirable to quickly ramp up to respectable rate

When connection begins increase rate exponentially fast until first loss event

Transport Layer 3-92

TCP Slow Start (more)

When connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event

double CongWin every RTTdone by incrementing CongWin for every ACK received

Summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

one segment

RTT

Host B

time

two segments

four segments

47

Transport Layer 3-93

RefinementQ When should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A When CongWin gets to 12 of its value before timeout

ImplementationVariable Threshold At loss event Threshold is set to 12 of CongWin just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-94

Refinement inferring loss

After 3 dup ACKsCongWin is cut in halfwindow then grows linearly

But after timeout eventCongWin instead set to 1 MSS window then grows exponentiallyto a threshold then grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments

timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquocongestion scenario

Philosophy

48

Transport Layer 3-95

Summary TCP Congestion Control

When CongWin is below Threshold sender in slow-start phase window grows exponentially

When CongWin is above Threshold sender is in congestion-avoidance phase window grows linearly

When a triple duplicate ACK occurs Threshold set to CongWin2 and CongWin set to Threshold

When timeout occurs Threshold set to CongWin2and CongWin is set to 1 MSS

Transport Layer 3-96

TCP sender congestion control

SS or CA

SS or CA

SS or CA

CongestionAvoidance (CA)

Slow Start (SS)

State

CongWin and Threshold not changed

Increment duplicate ACK count for segment being acked

Duplicate ACK

Enter slow startThreshold = CongWin2 CongWin = 1 MSSSet state to ldquoSlow Startrdquo

Timeout

Fast recovery implementing multiplicative decrease CongWin will not drop below 1 MSS

Threshold = CongWin2 CongWin = ThresholdSet state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

Loss event detected by triple duplicate ACK

Additive increase resulting in increase of CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT

CongWin = CongWin+MSS (MSSCongWin)

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

Resulting in a doubling of CongWin every RTT

CongWin = CongWin + MSS If (CongWin gt Threshold)

set state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

CommentaryTCP Sender Action Event

49

Transport Layer 3-97

TCP throughput

Whatrsquos the average throughout of TCP as a function of window size and RTT

Ignore slow start

Let W be the window size when loss occursWhen window is W throughput is WRTTJust after loss window drops to W2 throughput to W2RTT Average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Futures

Example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 GbpsthroughputRequires window size W = 83333 in-flight segmentsThroughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 WowNew versions of TCP for high-speed needed

LRTTMSSsdot221

50

Transport Layer 3-99

Fairness goal if K TCP sessions share same bottleneck link of bandwidth R each should have average rate of RK

TCP connection 1

bottleneckrouter

capacity R

TCP connection 2

TCP Fairness

Transport Layer 3-100

Why is TCP fairTwo competing sessions

Additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increasesmultiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

Conn

ecti

on 2

thr

ough

put

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

51

Transport Layer 3-101

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP

Multimedia apps often do not use TCP

do not want rate throttled by congestion control

Instead use UDPpump audiovideo at constant rate tolerate packet loss

Research area TCP friendly

Fairness and parallel TCP connectionsnothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hostsWeb browsers do this Example link of rate R supporting 9 cnctions

new app asks for 1 TCP gets rate R10new app asks for 11 TCPs gets R2

Transport Layer 3-102

Delay modeling

Q How long does it take to receive an object from a Web server after sending a request

Ignoring congestion delay is influenced byTCP connection establishmentdata transmission delayslow start

Notation assumptionsAssume one link between client and server of rate RS MSS (bits)O object size (bits)no retransmissions (no loss no corruption)

Window sizeFirst assume fixed congestion window W segmentsThen dynamic window

modeling slow start

52

Transport Layer 3-103

Fixed congestion window (1)

First caseWSR gt RTT + SR ACK for

first segment in window returns before windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR

Transport Layer 3-104

Fixed congestion window (2)

Second caseWSR lt RTT + SR wait for ACK after sending windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR+ (K-1)[SR + RTT - WSR]

53

Transport Layer 3-105

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (1)

Now suppose window grows according to slow start

Will show that the delay for one object is

RS

RSRTTP

RORTTLatency P )12(2 minusminus⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ +++=

where P is the number of times TCP idles at server

1min minus= KQP

- where Q is the number of times the server idlesif the object were of infinite size

- and K is the number of windows that cover the object

Transport Layer 3-106

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (2)

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Examplebull OS = 15 segmentsbull K = 4 windowsbull Q = 2bull P = minK-1Q = 2

Server idles P=2 times

Delay componentsbull 2 RTT for connection estab and requestbull OR to transmit objectbull time server idles due to slow start

Server idles P = minK-1Q times

54

Transport Layer 3-107

TCP Delay Modeling (3)

RS

RSRTTPRTT

RO

RSRTT

RSRTT

RO

idleTimeRTTRO

P

kP

k

P

pp

)12(][2

]2[2

2delay

1

1

1

minusminus+++=

minus+++=

++=

minus

=

=

sum

sum

th window after the timeidle 2 1 kRSRTT

RS k =⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ minus+

+minus

ementacknowledg receivesserver until

segment send tostartsserver whenfrom time=+ RTTRS

window kth the transmit totime2 1 =minus

RSk

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Transport Layer 3-108

TCP Delay Modeling (4)

⎥⎥⎤

⎢⎢⎡ +=

+ge=

geminus=

ge+++=

ge+++=minus

minus

)1(log

)1(logmin

12min

222min222min

2

2

110

110

SO

SOkk

SOk

SOkOSSSkK

k

k

k

L

L

Calculation of Q number of idles for infinite-size objectis similar (see HW)

Recall K = number of windows that cover object

How do we calculate K

55

Transport Layer 3-109

HTTP ModelingAssume Web page consists of

1 base HTML page (of size O bits)M images (each of size O bits)

Non-persistent HTTP M+1 TCP connections in seriesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (M+1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Persistent HTTP2 RTT to request and receive base HTML file1 RTT to request and receive M imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + 3RTT + sum of idle times

Non-persistent HTTP with X parallel connectionsSuppose MX integer1 TCP connection for base fileMX sets of parallel connections for imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (MX + 1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Transport Layer 3-110

02468

101214161820

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT = 100 msec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For low bandwidth connection amp response time dominated by transmission timePersistent connections only give minor improvement over parallelconnections

56

Transport Layer 3-111

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT =1 sec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For larger RTT response time dominated by TCP establishment amp slow start delays Persistent connections now give important improvement particularly in high delaybullbandwidth networks

Transport Layer 3-112

Chapter 3 Summaryprinciples behind transport layer services

multiplexing demultiplexingreliable data transferflow controlcongestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet

UDPTCP

Nextleaving the network ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)into the network ldquocorerdquo

Page 39: Chapter 3: Transport Layerpeople.ee.duke.edu/~krish/ECE156/Chapter3.pdf · Transport Layer 3-4 Transport vs. network layer network layer: logical communication between hosts transport

39

Transport Layer 3-77

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-78

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

40

Transport Layer 3-79

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestioninformally ldquotoo many sources sending too much data too fast for network to handlerdquodifferent from flow controlmanifestations

lost packets (buffer overflow at routers)long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-80

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receiversone router infinite buffers no retransmission

large delays when congestedmaximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

41

Transport Layer 3-81

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of lost packet

finite shared output link buffers

Host A λin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-82

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2always (goodput)

ldquoperfectrdquo retransmission only when loss

retransmission of delayed (not lost) packet makes larger (than perfect case) for same

λin

λout=

λin

λoutgtλ

inλout

ldquocostsrdquo of congestionmore work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquounneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

R2

R2λin

λ out

b

R2

R2λin

λ out

a

R2

R2λin

λ out

c

R4

R3

42

Transport Layer 3-83

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3four sendersmultihop pathstimeoutretransmit

λin

Q what happens as and increase λ

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

Another ldquocostrdquo of congestionwhen packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

λou

t

43

Transport Layer 3-85

Approaches towards congestion control

End-end congestion controlno explicit feedback from networkcongestion inferred from end-system observed loss delayapproach taken by TCP

Network-assisted congestion controlrouters provide feedback to end systems

single bit indicating congestion (SNA DECbit TCPIP ECN ATM)explicit rate sender should send at

Two broad approaches towards congestion control

Transport Layer 3-86

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rateldquoelastic servicerdquoif senderrsquos path ldquounderloadedrdquo

sender should use available bandwidth

if senderrsquos path congested sender throttled to minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cellssent by sender interspersed with data cellsbits in RM cell set by switches (ldquonetwork-assistedrdquo)

NI bit no increase in rate (mild congestion)CI bit congestion indication

RM cells returned to sender by receiver with bits intact

44

Transport Layer 3-87

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cellcongested switch may lower ER value in cellsenderrsquo send rate thus minimum supportable rate on path

EFCI bit in data cells set to 1 in congested switchif data cell preceding RM cell has EFCI set sender sets CI bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-88

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

45

Transport Layer 3-89

TCP congestion control additive increase multiplicative decrease

8 Kbytes

16 Kbytes

24 Kbytes

time

congestionwindow

Approach increase transmission rate (window size) probing for usable bandwidth until loss occurs

additive increase increase CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT until loss detectedmultiplicative decrease cut CongWin in half after loss

timecong

estio

n w

indo

w s

ize

Saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-90

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

le CongWin

Roughly

CongWin is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestionloss event = timeout or 3 duplicate acksTCP sender reduces rate (CongWin) after loss event

three mechanismsAIMDslow startconservative after timeout events

rate = CongWinRTT Bytessec

46

Transport Layer 3-91

TCP Slow Start

When connection begins CongWin = 1 MSS

Example MSS = 500 bytes amp RTT = 200 msecinitial rate = 20 kbps

available bandwidth may be gtgt MSSRTT

desirable to quickly ramp up to respectable rate

When connection begins increase rate exponentially fast until first loss event

Transport Layer 3-92

TCP Slow Start (more)

When connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event

double CongWin every RTTdone by incrementing CongWin for every ACK received

Summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

one segment

RTT

Host B

time

two segments

four segments

47

Transport Layer 3-93

RefinementQ When should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A When CongWin gets to 12 of its value before timeout

ImplementationVariable Threshold At loss event Threshold is set to 12 of CongWin just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-94

Refinement inferring loss

After 3 dup ACKsCongWin is cut in halfwindow then grows linearly

But after timeout eventCongWin instead set to 1 MSS window then grows exponentiallyto a threshold then grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments

timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquocongestion scenario

Philosophy

48

Transport Layer 3-95

Summary TCP Congestion Control

When CongWin is below Threshold sender in slow-start phase window grows exponentially

When CongWin is above Threshold sender is in congestion-avoidance phase window grows linearly

When a triple duplicate ACK occurs Threshold set to CongWin2 and CongWin set to Threshold

When timeout occurs Threshold set to CongWin2and CongWin is set to 1 MSS

Transport Layer 3-96

TCP sender congestion control

SS or CA

SS or CA

SS or CA

CongestionAvoidance (CA)

Slow Start (SS)

State

CongWin and Threshold not changed

Increment duplicate ACK count for segment being acked

Duplicate ACK

Enter slow startThreshold = CongWin2 CongWin = 1 MSSSet state to ldquoSlow Startrdquo

Timeout

Fast recovery implementing multiplicative decrease CongWin will not drop below 1 MSS

Threshold = CongWin2 CongWin = ThresholdSet state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

Loss event detected by triple duplicate ACK

Additive increase resulting in increase of CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT

CongWin = CongWin+MSS (MSSCongWin)

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

Resulting in a doubling of CongWin every RTT

CongWin = CongWin + MSS If (CongWin gt Threshold)

set state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

CommentaryTCP Sender Action Event

49

Transport Layer 3-97

TCP throughput

Whatrsquos the average throughout of TCP as a function of window size and RTT

Ignore slow start

Let W be the window size when loss occursWhen window is W throughput is WRTTJust after loss window drops to W2 throughput to W2RTT Average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Futures

Example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 GbpsthroughputRequires window size W = 83333 in-flight segmentsThroughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 WowNew versions of TCP for high-speed needed

LRTTMSSsdot221

50

Transport Layer 3-99

Fairness goal if K TCP sessions share same bottleneck link of bandwidth R each should have average rate of RK

TCP connection 1

bottleneckrouter

capacity R

TCP connection 2

TCP Fairness

Transport Layer 3-100

Why is TCP fairTwo competing sessions

Additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increasesmultiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

Conn

ecti

on 2

thr

ough

put

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

51

Transport Layer 3-101

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP

Multimedia apps often do not use TCP

do not want rate throttled by congestion control

Instead use UDPpump audiovideo at constant rate tolerate packet loss

Research area TCP friendly

Fairness and parallel TCP connectionsnothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hostsWeb browsers do this Example link of rate R supporting 9 cnctions

new app asks for 1 TCP gets rate R10new app asks for 11 TCPs gets R2

Transport Layer 3-102

Delay modeling

Q How long does it take to receive an object from a Web server after sending a request

Ignoring congestion delay is influenced byTCP connection establishmentdata transmission delayslow start

Notation assumptionsAssume one link between client and server of rate RS MSS (bits)O object size (bits)no retransmissions (no loss no corruption)

Window sizeFirst assume fixed congestion window W segmentsThen dynamic window

modeling slow start

52

Transport Layer 3-103

Fixed congestion window (1)

First caseWSR gt RTT + SR ACK for

first segment in window returns before windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR

Transport Layer 3-104

Fixed congestion window (2)

Second caseWSR lt RTT + SR wait for ACK after sending windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR+ (K-1)[SR + RTT - WSR]

53

Transport Layer 3-105

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (1)

Now suppose window grows according to slow start

Will show that the delay for one object is

RS

RSRTTP

RORTTLatency P )12(2 minusminus⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ +++=

where P is the number of times TCP idles at server

1min minus= KQP

- where Q is the number of times the server idlesif the object were of infinite size

- and K is the number of windows that cover the object

Transport Layer 3-106

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (2)

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Examplebull OS = 15 segmentsbull K = 4 windowsbull Q = 2bull P = minK-1Q = 2

Server idles P=2 times

Delay componentsbull 2 RTT for connection estab and requestbull OR to transmit objectbull time server idles due to slow start

Server idles P = minK-1Q times

54

Transport Layer 3-107

TCP Delay Modeling (3)

RS

RSRTTPRTT

RO

RSRTT

RSRTT

RO

idleTimeRTTRO

P

kP

k

P

pp

)12(][2

]2[2

2delay

1

1

1

minusminus+++=

minus+++=

++=

minus

=

=

sum

sum

th window after the timeidle 2 1 kRSRTT

RS k =⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ minus+

+minus

ementacknowledg receivesserver until

segment send tostartsserver whenfrom time=+ RTTRS

window kth the transmit totime2 1 =minus

RSk

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Transport Layer 3-108

TCP Delay Modeling (4)

⎥⎥⎤

⎢⎢⎡ +=

+ge=

geminus=

ge+++=

ge+++=minus

minus

)1(log

)1(logmin

12min

222min222min

2

2

110

110

SO

SOkk

SOk

SOkOSSSkK

k

k

k

L

L

Calculation of Q number of idles for infinite-size objectis similar (see HW)

Recall K = number of windows that cover object

How do we calculate K

55

Transport Layer 3-109

HTTP ModelingAssume Web page consists of

1 base HTML page (of size O bits)M images (each of size O bits)

Non-persistent HTTP M+1 TCP connections in seriesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (M+1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Persistent HTTP2 RTT to request and receive base HTML file1 RTT to request and receive M imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + 3RTT + sum of idle times

Non-persistent HTTP with X parallel connectionsSuppose MX integer1 TCP connection for base fileMX sets of parallel connections for imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (MX + 1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Transport Layer 3-110

02468

101214161820

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT = 100 msec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For low bandwidth connection amp response time dominated by transmission timePersistent connections only give minor improvement over parallelconnections

56

Transport Layer 3-111

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT =1 sec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For larger RTT response time dominated by TCP establishment amp slow start delays Persistent connections now give important improvement particularly in high delaybullbandwidth networks

Transport Layer 3-112

Chapter 3 Summaryprinciples behind transport layer services

multiplexing demultiplexingreliable data transferflow controlcongestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet

UDPTCP

Nextleaving the network ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)into the network ldquocorerdquo

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40

Transport Layer 3-79

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestioninformally ldquotoo many sources sending too much data too fast for network to handlerdquodifferent from flow controlmanifestations

lost packets (buffer overflow at routers)long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-80

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receiversone router infinite buffers no retransmission

large delays when congestedmaximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

41

Transport Layer 3-81

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of lost packet

finite shared output link buffers

Host A λin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-82

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2always (goodput)

ldquoperfectrdquo retransmission only when loss

retransmission of delayed (not lost) packet makes larger (than perfect case) for same

λin

λout=

λin

λoutgtλ

inλout

ldquocostsrdquo of congestionmore work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquounneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

R2

R2λin

λ out

b

R2

R2λin

λ out

a

R2

R2λin

λ out

c

R4

R3

42

Transport Layer 3-83

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3four sendersmultihop pathstimeoutretransmit

λin

Q what happens as and increase λ

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

Another ldquocostrdquo of congestionwhen packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

λou

t

43

Transport Layer 3-85

Approaches towards congestion control

End-end congestion controlno explicit feedback from networkcongestion inferred from end-system observed loss delayapproach taken by TCP

Network-assisted congestion controlrouters provide feedback to end systems

single bit indicating congestion (SNA DECbit TCPIP ECN ATM)explicit rate sender should send at

Two broad approaches towards congestion control

Transport Layer 3-86

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rateldquoelastic servicerdquoif senderrsquos path ldquounderloadedrdquo

sender should use available bandwidth

if senderrsquos path congested sender throttled to minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cellssent by sender interspersed with data cellsbits in RM cell set by switches (ldquonetwork-assistedrdquo)

NI bit no increase in rate (mild congestion)CI bit congestion indication

RM cells returned to sender by receiver with bits intact

44

Transport Layer 3-87

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cellcongested switch may lower ER value in cellsenderrsquo send rate thus minimum supportable rate on path

EFCI bit in data cells set to 1 in congested switchif data cell preceding RM cell has EFCI set sender sets CI bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-88

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

45

Transport Layer 3-89

TCP congestion control additive increase multiplicative decrease

8 Kbytes

16 Kbytes

24 Kbytes

time

congestionwindow

Approach increase transmission rate (window size) probing for usable bandwidth until loss occurs

additive increase increase CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT until loss detectedmultiplicative decrease cut CongWin in half after loss

timecong

estio

n w

indo

w s

ize

Saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-90

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

le CongWin

Roughly

CongWin is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestionloss event = timeout or 3 duplicate acksTCP sender reduces rate (CongWin) after loss event

three mechanismsAIMDslow startconservative after timeout events

rate = CongWinRTT Bytessec

46

Transport Layer 3-91

TCP Slow Start

When connection begins CongWin = 1 MSS

Example MSS = 500 bytes amp RTT = 200 msecinitial rate = 20 kbps

available bandwidth may be gtgt MSSRTT

desirable to quickly ramp up to respectable rate

When connection begins increase rate exponentially fast until first loss event

Transport Layer 3-92

TCP Slow Start (more)

When connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event

double CongWin every RTTdone by incrementing CongWin for every ACK received

Summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

one segment

RTT

Host B

time

two segments

four segments

47

Transport Layer 3-93

RefinementQ When should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A When CongWin gets to 12 of its value before timeout

ImplementationVariable Threshold At loss event Threshold is set to 12 of CongWin just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-94

Refinement inferring loss

After 3 dup ACKsCongWin is cut in halfwindow then grows linearly

But after timeout eventCongWin instead set to 1 MSS window then grows exponentiallyto a threshold then grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments

timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquocongestion scenario

Philosophy

48

Transport Layer 3-95

Summary TCP Congestion Control

When CongWin is below Threshold sender in slow-start phase window grows exponentially

When CongWin is above Threshold sender is in congestion-avoidance phase window grows linearly

When a triple duplicate ACK occurs Threshold set to CongWin2 and CongWin set to Threshold

When timeout occurs Threshold set to CongWin2and CongWin is set to 1 MSS

Transport Layer 3-96

TCP sender congestion control

SS or CA

SS or CA

SS or CA

CongestionAvoidance (CA)

Slow Start (SS)

State

CongWin and Threshold not changed

Increment duplicate ACK count for segment being acked

Duplicate ACK

Enter slow startThreshold = CongWin2 CongWin = 1 MSSSet state to ldquoSlow Startrdquo

Timeout

Fast recovery implementing multiplicative decrease CongWin will not drop below 1 MSS

Threshold = CongWin2 CongWin = ThresholdSet state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

Loss event detected by triple duplicate ACK

Additive increase resulting in increase of CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT

CongWin = CongWin+MSS (MSSCongWin)

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

Resulting in a doubling of CongWin every RTT

CongWin = CongWin + MSS If (CongWin gt Threshold)

set state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

CommentaryTCP Sender Action Event

49

Transport Layer 3-97

TCP throughput

Whatrsquos the average throughout of TCP as a function of window size and RTT

Ignore slow start

Let W be the window size when loss occursWhen window is W throughput is WRTTJust after loss window drops to W2 throughput to W2RTT Average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Futures

Example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 GbpsthroughputRequires window size W = 83333 in-flight segmentsThroughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 WowNew versions of TCP for high-speed needed

LRTTMSSsdot221

50

Transport Layer 3-99

Fairness goal if K TCP sessions share same bottleneck link of bandwidth R each should have average rate of RK

TCP connection 1

bottleneckrouter

capacity R

TCP connection 2

TCP Fairness

Transport Layer 3-100

Why is TCP fairTwo competing sessions

Additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increasesmultiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

Conn

ecti

on 2

thr

ough

put

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

51

Transport Layer 3-101

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP

Multimedia apps often do not use TCP

do not want rate throttled by congestion control

Instead use UDPpump audiovideo at constant rate tolerate packet loss

Research area TCP friendly

Fairness and parallel TCP connectionsnothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hostsWeb browsers do this Example link of rate R supporting 9 cnctions

new app asks for 1 TCP gets rate R10new app asks for 11 TCPs gets R2

Transport Layer 3-102

Delay modeling

Q How long does it take to receive an object from a Web server after sending a request

Ignoring congestion delay is influenced byTCP connection establishmentdata transmission delayslow start

Notation assumptionsAssume one link between client and server of rate RS MSS (bits)O object size (bits)no retransmissions (no loss no corruption)

Window sizeFirst assume fixed congestion window W segmentsThen dynamic window

modeling slow start

52

Transport Layer 3-103

Fixed congestion window (1)

First caseWSR gt RTT + SR ACK for

first segment in window returns before windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR

Transport Layer 3-104

Fixed congestion window (2)

Second caseWSR lt RTT + SR wait for ACK after sending windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR+ (K-1)[SR + RTT - WSR]

53

Transport Layer 3-105

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (1)

Now suppose window grows according to slow start

Will show that the delay for one object is

RS

RSRTTP

RORTTLatency P )12(2 minusminus⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ +++=

where P is the number of times TCP idles at server

1min minus= KQP

- where Q is the number of times the server idlesif the object were of infinite size

- and K is the number of windows that cover the object

Transport Layer 3-106

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (2)

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Examplebull OS = 15 segmentsbull K = 4 windowsbull Q = 2bull P = minK-1Q = 2

Server idles P=2 times

Delay componentsbull 2 RTT for connection estab and requestbull OR to transmit objectbull time server idles due to slow start

Server idles P = minK-1Q times

54

Transport Layer 3-107

TCP Delay Modeling (3)

RS

RSRTTPRTT

RO

RSRTT

RSRTT

RO

idleTimeRTTRO

P

kP

k

P

pp

)12(][2

]2[2

2delay

1

1

1

minusminus+++=

minus+++=

++=

minus

=

=

sum

sum

th window after the timeidle 2 1 kRSRTT

RS k =⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ minus+

+minus

ementacknowledg receivesserver until

segment send tostartsserver whenfrom time=+ RTTRS

window kth the transmit totime2 1 =minus

RSk

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Transport Layer 3-108

TCP Delay Modeling (4)

⎥⎥⎤

⎢⎢⎡ +=

+ge=

geminus=

ge+++=

ge+++=minus

minus

)1(log

)1(logmin

12min

222min222min

2

2

110

110

SO

SOkk

SOk

SOkOSSSkK

k

k

k

L

L

Calculation of Q number of idles for infinite-size objectis similar (see HW)

Recall K = number of windows that cover object

How do we calculate K

55

Transport Layer 3-109

HTTP ModelingAssume Web page consists of

1 base HTML page (of size O bits)M images (each of size O bits)

Non-persistent HTTP M+1 TCP connections in seriesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (M+1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Persistent HTTP2 RTT to request and receive base HTML file1 RTT to request and receive M imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + 3RTT + sum of idle times

Non-persistent HTTP with X parallel connectionsSuppose MX integer1 TCP connection for base fileMX sets of parallel connections for imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (MX + 1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Transport Layer 3-110

02468

101214161820

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT = 100 msec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For low bandwidth connection amp response time dominated by transmission timePersistent connections only give minor improvement over parallelconnections

56

Transport Layer 3-111

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT =1 sec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For larger RTT response time dominated by TCP establishment amp slow start delays Persistent connections now give important improvement particularly in high delaybullbandwidth networks

Transport Layer 3-112

Chapter 3 Summaryprinciples behind transport layer services

multiplexing demultiplexingreliable data transferflow controlcongestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet

UDPTCP

Nextleaving the network ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)into the network ldquocorerdquo

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41

Transport Layer 3-81

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of lost packet

finite shared output link buffers

Host A λin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-82

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2always (goodput)

ldquoperfectrdquo retransmission only when loss

retransmission of delayed (not lost) packet makes larger (than perfect case) for same

λin

λout=

λin

λoutgtλ

inλout

ldquocostsrdquo of congestionmore work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquounneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

R2

R2λin

λ out

b

R2

R2λin

λ out

a

R2

R2λin

λ out

c

R4

R3

42

Transport Layer 3-83

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3four sendersmultihop pathstimeoutretransmit

λin

Q what happens as and increase λ

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

Another ldquocostrdquo of congestionwhen packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

λou

t

43

Transport Layer 3-85

Approaches towards congestion control

End-end congestion controlno explicit feedback from networkcongestion inferred from end-system observed loss delayapproach taken by TCP

Network-assisted congestion controlrouters provide feedback to end systems

single bit indicating congestion (SNA DECbit TCPIP ECN ATM)explicit rate sender should send at

Two broad approaches towards congestion control

Transport Layer 3-86

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rateldquoelastic servicerdquoif senderrsquos path ldquounderloadedrdquo

sender should use available bandwidth

if senderrsquos path congested sender throttled to minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cellssent by sender interspersed with data cellsbits in RM cell set by switches (ldquonetwork-assistedrdquo)

NI bit no increase in rate (mild congestion)CI bit congestion indication

RM cells returned to sender by receiver with bits intact

44

Transport Layer 3-87

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cellcongested switch may lower ER value in cellsenderrsquo send rate thus minimum supportable rate on path

EFCI bit in data cells set to 1 in congested switchif data cell preceding RM cell has EFCI set sender sets CI bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-88

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

45

Transport Layer 3-89

TCP congestion control additive increase multiplicative decrease

8 Kbytes

16 Kbytes

24 Kbytes

time

congestionwindow

Approach increase transmission rate (window size) probing for usable bandwidth until loss occurs

additive increase increase CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT until loss detectedmultiplicative decrease cut CongWin in half after loss

timecong

estio

n w

indo

w s

ize

Saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-90

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

le CongWin

Roughly

CongWin is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestionloss event = timeout or 3 duplicate acksTCP sender reduces rate (CongWin) after loss event

three mechanismsAIMDslow startconservative after timeout events

rate = CongWinRTT Bytessec

46

Transport Layer 3-91

TCP Slow Start

When connection begins CongWin = 1 MSS

Example MSS = 500 bytes amp RTT = 200 msecinitial rate = 20 kbps

available bandwidth may be gtgt MSSRTT

desirable to quickly ramp up to respectable rate

When connection begins increase rate exponentially fast until first loss event

Transport Layer 3-92

TCP Slow Start (more)

When connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event

double CongWin every RTTdone by incrementing CongWin for every ACK received

Summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

one segment

RTT

Host B

time

two segments

four segments

47

Transport Layer 3-93

RefinementQ When should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A When CongWin gets to 12 of its value before timeout

ImplementationVariable Threshold At loss event Threshold is set to 12 of CongWin just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-94

Refinement inferring loss

After 3 dup ACKsCongWin is cut in halfwindow then grows linearly

But after timeout eventCongWin instead set to 1 MSS window then grows exponentiallyto a threshold then grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments

timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquocongestion scenario

Philosophy

48

Transport Layer 3-95

Summary TCP Congestion Control

When CongWin is below Threshold sender in slow-start phase window grows exponentially

When CongWin is above Threshold sender is in congestion-avoidance phase window grows linearly

When a triple duplicate ACK occurs Threshold set to CongWin2 and CongWin set to Threshold

When timeout occurs Threshold set to CongWin2and CongWin is set to 1 MSS

Transport Layer 3-96

TCP sender congestion control

SS or CA

SS or CA

SS or CA

CongestionAvoidance (CA)

Slow Start (SS)

State

CongWin and Threshold not changed

Increment duplicate ACK count for segment being acked

Duplicate ACK

Enter slow startThreshold = CongWin2 CongWin = 1 MSSSet state to ldquoSlow Startrdquo

Timeout

Fast recovery implementing multiplicative decrease CongWin will not drop below 1 MSS

Threshold = CongWin2 CongWin = ThresholdSet state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

Loss event detected by triple duplicate ACK

Additive increase resulting in increase of CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT

CongWin = CongWin+MSS (MSSCongWin)

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

Resulting in a doubling of CongWin every RTT

CongWin = CongWin + MSS If (CongWin gt Threshold)

set state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

CommentaryTCP Sender Action Event

49

Transport Layer 3-97

TCP throughput

Whatrsquos the average throughout of TCP as a function of window size and RTT

Ignore slow start

Let W be the window size when loss occursWhen window is W throughput is WRTTJust after loss window drops to W2 throughput to W2RTT Average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Futures

Example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 GbpsthroughputRequires window size W = 83333 in-flight segmentsThroughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 WowNew versions of TCP for high-speed needed

LRTTMSSsdot221

50

Transport Layer 3-99

Fairness goal if K TCP sessions share same bottleneck link of bandwidth R each should have average rate of RK

TCP connection 1

bottleneckrouter

capacity R

TCP connection 2

TCP Fairness

Transport Layer 3-100

Why is TCP fairTwo competing sessions

Additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increasesmultiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

Conn

ecti

on 2

thr

ough

put

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

51

Transport Layer 3-101

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP

Multimedia apps often do not use TCP

do not want rate throttled by congestion control

Instead use UDPpump audiovideo at constant rate tolerate packet loss

Research area TCP friendly

Fairness and parallel TCP connectionsnothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hostsWeb browsers do this Example link of rate R supporting 9 cnctions

new app asks for 1 TCP gets rate R10new app asks for 11 TCPs gets R2

Transport Layer 3-102

Delay modeling

Q How long does it take to receive an object from a Web server after sending a request

Ignoring congestion delay is influenced byTCP connection establishmentdata transmission delayslow start

Notation assumptionsAssume one link between client and server of rate RS MSS (bits)O object size (bits)no retransmissions (no loss no corruption)

Window sizeFirst assume fixed congestion window W segmentsThen dynamic window

modeling slow start

52

Transport Layer 3-103

Fixed congestion window (1)

First caseWSR gt RTT + SR ACK for

first segment in window returns before windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR

Transport Layer 3-104

Fixed congestion window (2)

Second caseWSR lt RTT + SR wait for ACK after sending windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR+ (K-1)[SR + RTT - WSR]

53

Transport Layer 3-105

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (1)

Now suppose window grows according to slow start

Will show that the delay for one object is

RS

RSRTTP

RORTTLatency P )12(2 minusminus⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ +++=

where P is the number of times TCP idles at server

1min minus= KQP

- where Q is the number of times the server idlesif the object were of infinite size

- and K is the number of windows that cover the object

Transport Layer 3-106

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (2)

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Examplebull OS = 15 segmentsbull K = 4 windowsbull Q = 2bull P = minK-1Q = 2

Server idles P=2 times

Delay componentsbull 2 RTT for connection estab and requestbull OR to transmit objectbull time server idles due to slow start

Server idles P = minK-1Q times

54

Transport Layer 3-107

TCP Delay Modeling (3)

RS

RSRTTPRTT

RO

RSRTT

RSRTT

RO

idleTimeRTTRO

P

kP

k

P

pp

)12(][2

]2[2

2delay

1

1

1

minusminus+++=

minus+++=

++=

minus

=

=

sum

sum

th window after the timeidle 2 1 kRSRTT

RS k =⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ minus+

+minus

ementacknowledg receivesserver until

segment send tostartsserver whenfrom time=+ RTTRS

window kth the transmit totime2 1 =minus

RSk

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Transport Layer 3-108

TCP Delay Modeling (4)

⎥⎥⎤

⎢⎢⎡ +=

+ge=

geminus=

ge+++=

ge+++=minus

minus

)1(log

)1(logmin

12min

222min222min

2

2

110

110

SO

SOkk

SOk

SOkOSSSkK

k

k

k

L

L

Calculation of Q number of idles for infinite-size objectis similar (see HW)

Recall K = number of windows that cover object

How do we calculate K

55

Transport Layer 3-109

HTTP ModelingAssume Web page consists of

1 base HTML page (of size O bits)M images (each of size O bits)

Non-persistent HTTP M+1 TCP connections in seriesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (M+1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Persistent HTTP2 RTT to request and receive base HTML file1 RTT to request and receive M imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + 3RTT + sum of idle times

Non-persistent HTTP with X parallel connectionsSuppose MX integer1 TCP connection for base fileMX sets of parallel connections for imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (MX + 1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Transport Layer 3-110

02468

101214161820

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT = 100 msec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For low bandwidth connection amp response time dominated by transmission timePersistent connections only give minor improvement over parallelconnections

56

Transport Layer 3-111

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT =1 sec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For larger RTT response time dominated by TCP establishment amp slow start delays Persistent connections now give important improvement particularly in high delaybullbandwidth networks

Transport Layer 3-112

Chapter 3 Summaryprinciples behind transport layer services

multiplexing demultiplexingreliable data transferflow controlcongestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet

UDPTCP

Nextleaving the network ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)into the network ldquocorerdquo

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42

Transport Layer 3-83

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3four sendersmultihop pathstimeoutretransmit

λin

Q what happens as and increase λ

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Aλin original data

Host B

λout

λin original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

Another ldquocostrdquo of congestionwhen packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

λou

t

43

Transport Layer 3-85

Approaches towards congestion control

End-end congestion controlno explicit feedback from networkcongestion inferred from end-system observed loss delayapproach taken by TCP

Network-assisted congestion controlrouters provide feedback to end systems

single bit indicating congestion (SNA DECbit TCPIP ECN ATM)explicit rate sender should send at

Two broad approaches towards congestion control

Transport Layer 3-86

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rateldquoelastic servicerdquoif senderrsquos path ldquounderloadedrdquo

sender should use available bandwidth

if senderrsquos path congested sender throttled to minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cellssent by sender interspersed with data cellsbits in RM cell set by switches (ldquonetwork-assistedrdquo)

NI bit no increase in rate (mild congestion)CI bit congestion indication

RM cells returned to sender by receiver with bits intact

44

Transport Layer 3-87

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cellcongested switch may lower ER value in cellsenderrsquo send rate thus minimum supportable rate on path

EFCI bit in data cells set to 1 in congested switchif data cell preceding RM cell has EFCI set sender sets CI bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-88

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

45

Transport Layer 3-89

TCP congestion control additive increase multiplicative decrease

8 Kbytes

16 Kbytes

24 Kbytes

time

congestionwindow

Approach increase transmission rate (window size) probing for usable bandwidth until loss occurs

additive increase increase CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT until loss detectedmultiplicative decrease cut CongWin in half after loss

timecong

estio

n w

indo

w s

ize

Saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-90

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

le CongWin

Roughly

CongWin is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestionloss event = timeout or 3 duplicate acksTCP sender reduces rate (CongWin) after loss event

three mechanismsAIMDslow startconservative after timeout events

rate = CongWinRTT Bytessec

46

Transport Layer 3-91

TCP Slow Start

When connection begins CongWin = 1 MSS

Example MSS = 500 bytes amp RTT = 200 msecinitial rate = 20 kbps

available bandwidth may be gtgt MSSRTT

desirable to quickly ramp up to respectable rate

When connection begins increase rate exponentially fast until first loss event

Transport Layer 3-92

TCP Slow Start (more)

When connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event

double CongWin every RTTdone by incrementing CongWin for every ACK received

Summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

one segment

RTT

Host B

time

two segments

four segments

47

Transport Layer 3-93

RefinementQ When should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A When CongWin gets to 12 of its value before timeout

ImplementationVariable Threshold At loss event Threshold is set to 12 of CongWin just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-94

Refinement inferring loss

After 3 dup ACKsCongWin is cut in halfwindow then grows linearly

But after timeout eventCongWin instead set to 1 MSS window then grows exponentiallyto a threshold then grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments

timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquocongestion scenario

Philosophy

48

Transport Layer 3-95

Summary TCP Congestion Control

When CongWin is below Threshold sender in slow-start phase window grows exponentially

When CongWin is above Threshold sender is in congestion-avoidance phase window grows linearly

When a triple duplicate ACK occurs Threshold set to CongWin2 and CongWin set to Threshold

When timeout occurs Threshold set to CongWin2and CongWin is set to 1 MSS

Transport Layer 3-96

TCP sender congestion control

SS or CA

SS or CA

SS or CA

CongestionAvoidance (CA)

Slow Start (SS)

State

CongWin and Threshold not changed

Increment duplicate ACK count for segment being acked

Duplicate ACK

Enter slow startThreshold = CongWin2 CongWin = 1 MSSSet state to ldquoSlow Startrdquo

Timeout

Fast recovery implementing multiplicative decrease CongWin will not drop below 1 MSS

Threshold = CongWin2 CongWin = ThresholdSet state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

Loss event detected by triple duplicate ACK

Additive increase resulting in increase of CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT

CongWin = CongWin+MSS (MSSCongWin)

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

Resulting in a doubling of CongWin every RTT

CongWin = CongWin + MSS If (CongWin gt Threshold)

set state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

CommentaryTCP Sender Action Event

49

Transport Layer 3-97

TCP throughput

Whatrsquos the average throughout of TCP as a function of window size and RTT

Ignore slow start

Let W be the window size when loss occursWhen window is W throughput is WRTTJust after loss window drops to W2 throughput to W2RTT Average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Futures

Example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 GbpsthroughputRequires window size W = 83333 in-flight segmentsThroughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 WowNew versions of TCP for high-speed needed

LRTTMSSsdot221

50

Transport Layer 3-99

Fairness goal if K TCP sessions share same bottleneck link of bandwidth R each should have average rate of RK

TCP connection 1

bottleneckrouter

capacity R

TCP connection 2

TCP Fairness

Transport Layer 3-100

Why is TCP fairTwo competing sessions

Additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increasesmultiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

Conn

ecti

on 2

thr

ough

put

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

51

Transport Layer 3-101

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP

Multimedia apps often do not use TCP

do not want rate throttled by congestion control

Instead use UDPpump audiovideo at constant rate tolerate packet loss

Research area TCP friendly

Fairness and parallel TCP connectionsnothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hostsWeb browsers do this Example link of rate R supporting 9 cnctions

new app asks for 1 TCP gets rate R10new app asks for 11 TCPs gets R2

Transport Layer 3-102

Delay modeling

Q How long does it take to receive an object from a Web server after sending a request

Ignoring congestion delay is influenced byTCP connection establishmentdata transmission delayslow start

Notation assumptionsAssume one link between client and server of rate RS MSS (bits)O object size (bits)no retransmissions (no loss no corruption)

Window sizeFirst assume fixed congestion window W segmentsThen dynamic window

modeling slow start

52

Transport Layer 3-103

Fixed congestion window (1)

First caseWSR gt RTT + SR ACK for

first segment in window returns before windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR

Transport Layer 3-104

Fixed congestion window (2)

Second caseWSR lt RTT + SR wait for ACK after sending windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR+ (K-1)[SR + RTT - WSR]

53

Transport Layer 3-105

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (1)

Now suppose window grows according to slow start

Will show that the delay for one object is

RS

RSRTTP

RORTTLatency P )12(2 minusminus⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ +++=

where P is the number of times TCP idles at server

1min minus= KQP

- where Q is the number of times the server idlesif the object were of infinite size

- and K is the number of windows that cover the object

Transport Layer 3-106

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (2)

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Examplebull OS = 15 segmentsbull K = 4 windowsbull Q = 2bull P = minK-1Q = 2

Server idles P=2 times

Delay componentsbull 2 RTT for connection estab and requestbull OR to transmit objectbull time server idles due to slow start

Server idles P = minK-1Q times

54

Transport Layer 3-107

TCP Delay Modeling (3)

RS

RSRTTPRTT

RO

RSRTT

RSRTT

RO

idleTimeRTTRO

P

kP

k

P

pp

)12(][2

]2[2

2delay

1

1

1

minusminus+++=

minus+++=

++=

minus

=

=

sum

sum

th window after the timeidle 2 1 kRSRTT

RS k =⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ minus+

+minus

ementacknowledg receivesserver until

segment send tostartsserver whenfrom time=+ RTTRS

window kth the transmit totime2 1 =minus

RSk

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Transport Layer 3-108

TCP Delay Modeling (4)

⎥⎥⎤

⎢⎢⎡ +=

+ge=

geminus=

ge+++=

ge+++=minus

minus

)1(log

)1(logmin

12min

222min222min

2

2

110

110

SO

SOkk

SOk

SOkOSSSkK

k

k

k

L

L

Calculation of Q number of idles for infinite-size objectis similar (see HW)

Recall K = number of windows that cover object

How do we calculate K

55

Transport Layer 3-109

HTTP ModelingAssume Web page consists of

1 base HTML page (of size O bits)M images (each of size O bits)

Non-persistent HTTP M+1 TCP connections in seriesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (M+1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Persistent HTTP2 RTT to request and receive base HTML file1 RTT to request and receive M imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + 3RTT + sum of idle times

Non-persistent HTTP with X parallel connectionsSuppose MX integer1 TCP connection for base fileMX sets of parallel connections for imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (MX + 1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Transport Layer 3-110

02468

101214161820

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT = 100 msec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For low bandwidth connection amp response time dominated by transmission timePersistent connections only give minor improvement over parallelconnections

56

Transport Layer 3-111

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT =1 sec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For larger RTT response time dominated by TCP establishment amp slow start delays Persistent connections now give important improvement particularly in high delaybullbandwidth networks

Transport Layer 3-112

Chapter 3 Summaryprinciples behind transport layer services

multiplexing demultiplexingreliable data transferflow controlcongestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet

UDPTCP

Nextleaving the network ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)into the network ldquocorerdquo

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43

Transport Layer 3-85

Approaches towards congestion control

End-end congestion controlno explicit feedback from networkcongestion inferred from end-system observed loss delayapproach taken by TCP

Network-assisted congestion controlrouters provide feedback to end systems

single bit indicating congestion (SNA DECbit TCPIP ECN ATM)explicit rate sender should send at

Two broad approaches towards congestion control

Transport Layer 3-86

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rateldquoelastic servicerdquoif senderrsquos path ldquounderloadedrdquo

sender should use available bandwidth

if senderrsquos path congested sender throttled to minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cellssent by sender interspersed with data cellsbits in RM cell set by switches (ldquonetwork-assistedrdquo)

NI bit no increase in rate (mild congestion)CI bit congestion indication

RM cells returned to sender by receiver with bits intact

44

Transport Layer 3-87

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cellcongested switch may lower ER value in cellsenderrsquo send rate thus minimum supportable rate on path

EFCI bit in data cells set to 1 in congested switchif data cell preceding RM cell has EFCI set sender sets CI bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-88

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

45

Transport Layer 3-89

TCP congestion control additive increase multiplicative decrease

8 Kbytes

16 Kbytes

24 Kbytes

time

congestionwindow

Approach increase transmission rate (window size) probing for usable bandwidth until loss occurs

additive increase increase CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT until loss detectedmultiplicative decrease cut CongWin in half after loss

timecong

estio

n w

indo

w s

ize

Saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-90

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

le CongWin

Roughly

CongWin is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestionloss event = timeout or 3 duplicate acksTCP sender reduces rate (CongWin) after loss event

three mechanismsAIMDslow startconservative after timeout events

rate = CongWinRTT Bytessec

46

Transport Layer 3-91

TCP Slow Start

When connection begins CongWin = 1 MSS

Example MSS = 500 bytes amp RTT = 200 msecinitial rate = 20 kbps

available bandwidth may be gtgt MSSRTT

desirable to quickly ramp up to respectable rate

When connection begins increase rate exponentially fast until first loss event

Transport Layer 3-92

TCP Slow Start (more)

When connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event

double CongWin every RTTdone by incrementing CongWin for every ACK received

Summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

one segment

RTT

Host B

time

two segments

four segments

47

Transport Layer 3-93

RefinementQ When should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A When CongWin gets to 12 of its value before timeout

ImplementationVariable Threshold At loss event Threshold is set to 12 of CongWin just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-94

Refinement inferring loss

After 3 dup ACKsCongWin is cut in halfwindow then grows linearly

But after timeout eventCongWin instead set to 1 MSS window then grows exponentiallyto a threshold then grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments

timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquocongestion scenario

Philosophy

48

Transport Layer 3-95

Summary TCP Congestion Control

When CongWin is below Threshold sender in slow-start phase window grows exponentially

When CongWin is above Threshold sender is in congestion-avoidance phase window grows linearly

When a triple duplicate ACK occurs Threshold set to CongWin2 and CongWin set to Threshold

When timeout occurs Threshold set to CongWin2and CongWin is set to 1 MSS

Transport Layer 3-96

TCP sender congestion control

SS or CA

SS or CA

SS or CA

CongestionAvoidance (CA)

Slow Start (SS)

State

CongWin and Threshold not changed

Increment duplicate ACK count for segment being acked

Duplicate ACK

Enter slow startThreshold = CongWin2 CongWin = 1 MSSSet state to ldquoSlow Startrdquo

Timeout

Fast recovery implementing multiplicative decrease CongWin will not drop below 1 MSS

Threshold = CongWin2 CongWin = ThresholdSet state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

Loss event detected by triple duplicate ACK

Additive increase resulting in increase of CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT

CongWin = CongWin+MSS (MSSCongWin)

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

Resulting in a doubling of CongWin every RTT

CongWin = CongWin + MSS If (CongWin gt Threshold)

set state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

CommentaryTCP Sender Action Event

49

Transport Layer 3-97

TCP throughput

Whatrsquos the average throughout of TCP as a function of window size and RTT

Ignore slow start

Let W be the window size when loss occursWhen window is W throughput is WRTTJust after loss window drops to W2 throughput to W2RTT Average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Futures

Example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 GbpsthroughputRequires window size W = 83333 in-flight segmentsThroughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 WowNew versions of TCP for high-speed needed

LRTTMSSsdot221

50

Transport Layer 3-99

Fairness goal if K TCP sessions share same bottleneck link of bandwidth R each should have average rate of RK

TCP connection 1

bottleneckrouter

capacity R

TCP connection 2

TCP Fairness

Transport Layer 3-100

Why is TCP fairTwo competing sessions

Additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increasesmultiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

Conn

ecti

on 2

thr

ough

put

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

51

Transport Layer 3-101

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP

Multimedia apps often do not use TCP

do not want rate throttled by congestion control

Instead use UDPpump audiovideo at constant rate tolerate packet loss

Research area TCP friendly

Fairness and parallel TCP connectionsnothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hostsWeb browsers do this Example link of rate R supporting 9 cnctions

new app asks for 1 TCP gets rate R10new app asks for 11 TCPs gets R2

Transport Layer 3-102

Delay modeling

Q How long does it take to receive an object from a Web server after sending a request

Ignoring congestion delay is influenced byTCP connection establishmentdata transmission delayslow start

Notation assumptionsAssume one link between client and server of rate RS MSS (bits)O object size (bits)no retransmissions (no loss no corruption)

Window sizeFirst assume fixed congestion window W segmentsThen dynamic window

modeling slow start

52

Transport Layer 3-103

Fixed congestion window (1)

First caseWSR gt RTT + SR ACK for

first segment in window returns before windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR

Transport Layer 3-104

Fixed congestion window (2)

Second caseWSR lt RTT + SR wait for ACK after sending windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR+ (K-1)[SR + RTT - WSR]

53

Transport Layer 3-105

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (1)

Now suppose window grows according to slow start

Will show that the delay for one object is

RS

RSRTTP

RORTTLatency P )12(2 minusminus⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ +++=

where P is the number of times TCP idles at server

1min minus= KQP

- where Q is the number of times the server idlesif the object were of infinite size

- and K is the number of windows that cover the object

Transport Layer 3-106

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (2)

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Examplebull OS = 15 segmentsbull K = 4 windowsbull Q = 2bull P = minK-1Q = 2

Server idles P=2 times

Delay componentsbull 2 RTT for connection estab and requestbull OR to transmit objectbull time server idles due to slow start

Server idles P = minK-1Q times

54

Transport Layer 3-107

TCP Delay Modeling (3)

RS

RSRTTPRTT

RO

RSRTT

RSRTT

RO

idleTimeRTTRO

P

kP

k

P

pp

)12(][2

]2[2

2delay

1

1

1

minusminus+++=

minus+++=

++=

minus

=

=

sum

sum

th window after the timeidle 2 1 kRSRTT

RS k =⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ minus+

+minus

ementacknowledg receivesserver until

segment send tostartsserver whenfrom time=+ RTTRS

window kth the transmit totime2 1 =minus

RSk

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Transport Layer 3-108

TCP Delay Modeling (4)

⎥⎥⎤

⎢⎢⎡ +=

+ge=

geminus=

ge+++=

ge+++=minus

minus

)1(log

)1(logmin

12min

222min222min

2

2

110

110

SO

SOkk

SOk

SOkOSSSkK

k

k

k

L

L

Calculation of Q number of idles for infinite-size objectis similar (see HW)

Recall K = number of windows that cover object

How do we calculate K

55

Transport Layer 3-109

HTTP ModelingAssume Web page consists of

1 base HTML page (of size O bits)M images (each of size O bits)

Non-persistent HTTP M+1 TCP connections in seriesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (M+1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Persistent HTTP2 RTT to request and receive base HTML file1 RTT to request and receive M imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + 3RTT + sum of idle times

Non-persistent HTTP with X parallel connectionsSuppose MX integer1 TCP connection for base fileMX sets of parallel connections for imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (MX + 1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Transport Layer 3-110

02468

101214161820

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT = 100 msec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For low bandwidth connection amp response time dominated by transmission timePersistent connections only give minor improvement over parallelconnections

56

Transport Layer 3-111

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT =1 sec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For larger RTT response time dominated by TCP establishment amp slow start delays Persistent connections now give important improvement particularly in high delaybullbandwidth networks

Transport Layer 3-112

Chapter 3 Summaryprinciples behind transport layer services

multiplexing demultiplexingreliable data transferflow controlcongestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet

UDPTCP

Nextleaving the network ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)into the network ldquocorerdquo

Page 44: Chapter 3: Transport Layerpeople.ee.duke.edu/~krish/ECE156/Chapter3.pdf · Transport Layer 3-4 Transport vs. network layer network layer: logical communication between hosts transport

44

Transport Layer 3-87

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cellcongested switch may lower ER value in cellsenderrsquo send rate thus minimum supportable rate on path

EFCI bit in data cells set to 1 in congested switchif data cell preceding RM cell has EFCI set sender sets CI bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-88

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing33 Connectionless transport UDP34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP

segment structurereliable data transferflow controlconnection management

36 Principles of congestion control37 TCP congestion control

45

Transport Layer 3-89

TCP congestion control additive increase multiplicative decrease

8 Kbytes

16 Kbytes

24 Kbytes

time

congestionwindow

Approach increase transmission rate (window size) probing for usable bandwidth until loss occurs

additive increase increase CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT until loss detectedmultiplicative decrease cut CongWin in half after loss

timecong

estio

n w

indo

w s

ize

Saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-90

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

le CongWin

Roughly

CongWin is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestionloss event = timeout or 3 duplicate acksTCP sender reduces rate (CongWin) after loss event

three mechanismsAIMDslow startconservative after timeout events

rate = CongWinRTT Bytessec

46

Transport Layer 3-91

TCP Slow Start

When connection begins CongWin = 1 MSS

Example MSS = 500 bytes amp RTT = 200 msecinitial rate = 20 kbps

available bandwidth may be gtgt MSSRTT

desirable to quickly ramp up to respectable rate

When connection begins increase rate exponentially fast until first loss event

Transport Layer 3-92

TCP Slow Start (more)

When connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event

double CongWin every RTTdone by incrementing CongWin for every ACK received

Summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

one segment

RTT

Host B

time

two segments

four segments

47

Transport Layer 3-93

RefinementQ When should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A When CongWin gets to 12 of its value before timeout

ImplementationVariable Threshold At loss event Threshold is set to 12 of CongWin just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-94

Refinement inferring loss

After 3 dup ACKsCongWin is cut in halfwindow then grows linearly

But after timeout eventCongWin instead set to 1 MSS window then grows exponentiallyto a threshold then grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments

timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquocongestion scenario

Philosophy

48

Transport Layer 3-95

Summary TCP Congestion Control

When CongWin is below Threshold sender in slow-start phase window grows exponentially

When CongWin is above Threshold sender is in congestion-avoidance phase window grows linearly

When a triple duplicate ACK occurs Threshold set to CongWin2 and CongWin set to Threshold

When timeout occurs Threshold set to CongWin2and CongWin is set to 1 MSS

Transport Layer 3-96

TCP sender congestion control

SS or CA

SS or CA

SS or CA

CongestionAvoidance (CA)

Slow Start (SS)

State

CongWin and Threshold not changed

Increment duplicate ACK count for segment being acked

Duplicate ACK

Enter slow startThreshold = CongWin2 CongWin = 1 MSSSet state to ldquoSlow Startrdquo

Timeout

Fast recovery implementing multiplicative decrease CongWin will not drop below 1 MSS

Threshold = CongWin2 CongWin = ThresholdSet state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

Loss event detected by triple duplicate ACK

Additive increase resulting in increase of CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT

CongWin = CongWin+MSS (MSSCongWin)

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

Resulting in a doubling of CongWin every RTT

CongWin = CongWin + MSS If (CongWin gt Threshold)

set state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

CommentaryTCP Sender Action Event

49

Transport Layer 3-97

TCP throughput

Whatrsquos the average throughout of TCP as a function of window size and RTT

Ignore slow start

Let W be the window size when loss occursWhen window is W throughput is WRTTJust after loss window drops to W2 throughput to W2RTT Average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Futures

Example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 GbpsthroughputRequires window size W = 83333 in-flight segmentsThroughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 WowNew versions of TCP for high-speed needed

LRTTMSSsdot221

50

Transport Layer 3-99

Fairness goal if K TCP sessions share same bottleneck link of bandwidth R each should have average rate of RK

TCP connection 1

bottleneckrouter

capacity R

TCP connection 2

TCP Fairness

Transport Layer 3-100

Why is TCP fairTwo competing sessions

Additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increasesmultiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

Conn

ecti

on 2

thr

ough

put

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

51

Transport Layer 3-101

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP

Multimedia apps often do not use TCP

do not want rate throttled by congestion control

Instead use UDPpump audiovideo at constant rate tolerate packet loss

Research area TCP friendly

Fairness and parallel TCP connectionsnothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hostsWeb browsers do this Example link of rate R supporting 9 cnctions

new app asks for 1 TCP gets rate R10new app asks for 11 TCPs gets R2

Transport Layer 3-102

Delay modeling

Q How long does it take to receive an object from a Web server after sending a request

Ignoring congestion delay is influenced byTCP connection establishmentdata transmission delayslow start

Notation assumptionsAssume one link between client and server of rate RS MSS (bits)O object size (bits)no retransmissions (no loss no corruption)

Window sizeFirst assume fixed congestion window W segmentsThen dynamic window

modeling slow start

52

Transport Layer 3-103

Fixed congestion window (1)

First caseWSR gt RTT + SR ACK for

first segment in window returns before windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR

Transport Layer 3-104

Fixed congestion window (2)

Second caseWSR lt RTT + SR wait for ACK after sending windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR+ (K-1)[SR + RTT - WSR]

53

Transport Layer 3-105

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (1)

Now suppose window grows according to slow start

Will show that the delay for one object is

RS

RSRTTP

RORTTLatency P )12(2 minusminus⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ +++=

where P is the number of times TCP idles at server

1min minus= KQP

- where Q is the number of times the server idlesif the object were of infinite size

- and K is the number of windows that cover the object

Transport Layer 3-106

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (2)

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Examplebull OS = 15 segmentsbull K = 4 windowsbull Q = 2bull P = minK-1Q = 2

Server idles P=2 times

Delay componentsbull 2 RTT for connection estab and requestbull OR to transmit objectbull time server idles due to slow start

Server idles P = minK-1Q times

54

Transport Layer 3-107

TCP Delay Modeling (3)

RS

RSRTTPRTT

RO

RSRTT

RSRTT

RO

idleTimeRTTRO

P

kP

k

P

pp

)12(][2

]2[2

2delay

1

1

1

minusminus+++=

minus+++=

++=

minus

=

=

sum

sum

th window after the timeidle 2 1 kRSRTT

RS k =⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ minus+

+minus

ementacknowledg receivesserver until

segment send tostartsserver whenfrom time=+ RTTRS

window kth the transmit totime2 1 =minus

RSk

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Transport Layer 3-108

TCP Delay Modeling (4)

⎥⎥⎤

⎢⎢⎡ +=

+ge=

geminus=

ge+++=

ge+++=minus

minus

)1(log

)1(logmin

12min

222min222min

2

2

110

110

SO

SOkk

SOk

SOkOSSSkK

k

k

k

L

L

Calculation of Q number of idles for infinite-size objectis similar (see HW)

Recall K = number of windows that cover object

How do we calculate K

55

Transport Layer 3-109

HTTP ModelingAssume Web page consists of

1 base HTML page (of size O bits)M images (each of size O bits)

Non-persistent HTTP M+1 TCP connections in seriesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (M+1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Persistent HTTP2 RTT to request and receive base HTML file1 RTT to request and receive M imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + 3RTT + sum of idle times

Non-persistent HTTP with X parallel connectionsSuppose MX integer1 TCP connection for base fileMX sets of parallel connections for imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (MX + 1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Transport Layer 3-110

02468

101214161820

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT = 100 msec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For low bandwidth connection amp response time dominated by transmission timePersistent connections only give minor improvement over parallelconnections

56

Transport Layer 3-111

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT =1 sec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For larger RTT response time dominated by TCP establishment amp slow start delays Persistent connections now give important improvement particularly in high delaybullbandwidth networks

Transport Layer 3-112

Chapter 3 Summaryprinciples behind transport layer services

multiplexing demultiplexingreliable data transferflow controlcongestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet

UDPTCP

Nextleaving the network ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)into the network ldquocorerdquo

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45

Transport Layer 3-89

TCP congestion control additive increase multiplicative decrease

8 Kbytes

16 Kbytes

24 Kbytes

time

congestionwindow

Approach increase transmission rate (window size) probing for usable bandwidth until loss occurs

additive increase increase CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT until loss detectedmultiplicative decrease cut CongWin in half after loss

timecong

estio

n w

indo

w s

ize

Saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-90

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

le CongWin

Roughly

CongWin is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestionloss event = timeout or 3 duplicate acksTCP sender reduces rate (CongWin) after loss event

three mechanismsAIMDslow startconservative after timeout events

rate = CongWinRTT Bytessec

46

Transport Layer 3-91

TCP Slow Start

When connection begins CongWin = 1 MSS

Example MSS = 500 bytes amp RTT = 200 msecinitial rate = 20 kbps

available bandwidth may be gtgt MSSRTT

desirable to quickly ramp up to respectable rate

When connection begins increase rate exponentially fast until first loss event

Transport Layer 3-92

TCP Slow Start (more)

When connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event

double CongWin every RTTdone by incrementing CongWin for every ACK received

Summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

one segment

RTT

Host B

time

two segments

four segments

47

Transport Layer 3-93

RefinementQ When should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A When CongWin gets to 12 of its value before timeout

ImplementationVariable Threshold At loss event Threshold is set to 12 of CongWin just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-94

Refinement inferring loss

After 3 dup ACKsCongWin is cut in halfwindow then grows linearly

But after timeout eventCongWin instead set to 1 MSS window then grows exponentiallyto a threshold then grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments

timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquocongestion scenario

Philosophy

48

Transport Layer 3-95

Summary TCP Congestion Control

When CongWin is below Threshold sender in slow-start phase window grows exponentially

When CongWin is above Threshold sender is in congestion-avoidance phase window grows linearly

When a triple duplicate ACK occurs Threshold set to CongWin2 and CongWin set to Threshold

When timeout occurs Threshold set to CongWin2and CongWin is set to 1 MSS

Transport Layer 3-96

TCP sender congestion control

SS or CA

SS or CA

SS or CA

CongestionAvoidance (CA)

Slow Start (SS)

State

CongWin and Threshold not changed

Increment duplicate ACK count for segment being acked

Duplicate ACK

Enter slow startThreshold = CongWin2 CongWin = 1 MSSSet state to ldquoSlow Startrdquo

Timeout

Fast recovery implementing multiplicative decrease CongWin will not drop below 1 MSS

Threshold = CongWin2 CongWin = ThresholdSet state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

Loss event detected by triple duplicate ACK

Additive increase resulting in increase of CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT

CongWin = CongWin+MSS (MSSCongWin)

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

Resulting in a doubling of CongWin every RTT

CongWin = CongWin + MSS If (CongWin gt Threshold)

set state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

CommentaryTCP Sender Action Event

49

Transport Layer 3-97

TCP throughput

Whatrsquos the average throughout of TCP as a function of window size and RTT

Ignore slow start

Let W be the window size when loss occursWhen window is W throughput is WRTTJust after loss window drops to W2 throughput to W2RTT Average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Futures

Example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 GbpsthroughputRequires window size W = 83333 in-flight segmentsThroughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 WowNew versions of TCP for high-speed needed

LRTTMSSsdot221

50

Transport Layer 3-99

Fairness goal if K TCP sessions share same bottleneck link of bandwidth R each should have average rate of RK

TCP connection 1

bottleneckrouter

capacity R

TCP connection 2

TCP Fairness

Transport Layer 3-100

Why is TCP fairTwo competing sessions

Additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increasesmultiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

Conn

ecti

on 2

thr

ough

put

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

51

Transport Layer 3-101

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP

Multimedia apps often do not use TCP

do not want rate throttled by congestion control

Instead use UDPpump audiovideo at constant rate tolerate packet loss

Research area TCP friendly

Fairness and parallel TCP connectionsnothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hostsWeb browsers do this Example link of rate R supporting 9 cnctions

new app asks for 1 TCP gets rate R10new app asks for 11 TCPs gets R2

Transport Layer 3-102

Delay modeling

Q How long does it take to receive an object from a Web server after sending a request

Ignoring congestion delay is influenced byTCP connection establishmentdata transmission delayslow start

Notation assumptionsAssume one link between client and server of rate RS MSS (bits)O object size (bits)no retransmissions (no loss no corruption)

Window sizeFirst assume fixed congestion window W segmentsThen dynamic window

modeling slow start

52

Transport Layer 3-103

Fixed congestion window (1)

First caseWSR gt RTT + SR ACK for

first segment in window returns before windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR

Transport Layer 3-104

Fixed congestion window (2)

Second caseWSR lt RTT + SR wait for ACK after sending windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR+ (K-1)[SR + RTT - WSR]

53

Transport Layer 3-105

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (1)

Now suppose window grows according to slow start

Will show that the delay for one object is

RS

RSRTTP

RORTTLatency P )12(2 minusminus⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ +++=

where P is the number of times TCP idles at server

1min minus= KQP

- where Q is the number of times the server idlesif the object were of infinite size

- and K is the number of windows that cover the object

Transport Layer 3-106

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (2)

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Examplebull OS = 15 segmentsbull K = 4 windowsbull Q = 2bull P = minK-1Q = 2

Server idles P=2 times

Delay componentsbull 2 RTT for connection estab and requestbull OR to transmit objectbull time server idles due to slow start

Server idles P = minK-1Q times

54

Transport Layer 3-107

TCP Delay Modeling (3)

RS

RSRTTPRTT

RO

RSRTT

RSRTT

RO

idleTimeRTTRO

P

kP

k

P

pp

)12(][2

]2[2

2delay

1

1

1

minusminus+++=

minus+++=

++=

minus

=

=

sum

sum

th window after the timeidle 2 1 kRSRTT

RS k =⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ minus+

+minus

ementacknowledg receivesserver until

segment send tostartsserver whenfrom time=+ RTTRS

window kth the transmit totime2 1 =minus

RSk

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Transport Layer 3-108

TCP Delay Modeling (4)

⎥⎥⎤

⎢⎢⎡ +=

+ge=

geminus=

ge+++=

ge+++=minus

minus

)1(log

)1(logmin

12min

222min222min

2

2

110

110

SO

SOkk

SOk

SOkOSSSkK

k

k

k

L

L

Calculation of Q number of idles for infinite-size objectis similar (see HW)

Recall K = number of windows that cover object

How do we calculate K

55

Transport Layer 3-109

HTTP ModelingAssume Web page consists of

1 base HTML page (of size O bits)M images (each of size O bits)

Non-persistent HTTP M+1 TCP connections in seriesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (M+1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Persistent HTTP2 RTT to request and receive base HTML file1 RTT to request and receive M imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + 3RTT + sum of idle times

Non-persistent HTTP with X parallel connectionsSuppose MX integer1 TCP connection for base fileMX sets of parallel connections for imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (MX + 1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Transport Layer 3-110

02468

101214161820

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT = 100 msec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For low bandwidth connection amp response time dominated by transmission timePersistent connections only give minor improvement over parallelconnections

56

Transport Layer 3-111

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT =1 sec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For larger RTT response time dominated by TCP establishment amp slow start delays Persistent connections now give important improvement particularly in high delaybullbandwidth networks

Transport Layer 3-112

Chapter 3 Summaryprinciples behind transport layer services

multiplexing demultiplexingreliable data transferflow controlcongestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet

UDPTCP

Nextleaving the network ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)into the network ldquocorerdquo

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46

Transport Layer 3-91

TCP Slow Start

When connection begins CongWin = 1 MSS

Example MSS = 500 bytes amp RTT = 200 msecinitial rate = 20 kbps

available bandwidth may be gtgt MSSRTT

desirable to quickly ramp up to respectable rate

When connection begins increase rate exponentially fast until first loss event

Transport Layer 3-92

TCP Slow Start (more)

When connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event

double CongWin every RTTdone by incrementing CongWin for every ACK received

Summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

one segment

RTT

Host B

time

two segments

four segments

47

Transport Layer 3-93

RefinementQ When should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A When CongWin gets to 12 of its value before timeout

ImplementationVariable Threshold At loss event Threshold is set to 12 of CongWin just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-94

Refinement inferring loss

After 3 dup ACKsCongWin is cut in halfwindow then grows linearly

But after timeout eventCongWin instead set to 1 MSS window then grows exponentiallyto a threshold then grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments

timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquocongestion scenario

Philosophy

48

Transport Layer 3-95

Summary TCP Congestion Control

When CongWin is below Threshold sender in slow-start phase window grows exponentially

When CongWin is above Threshold sender is in congestion-avoidance phase window grows linearly

When a triple duplicate ACK occurs Threshold set to CongWin2 and CongWin set to Threshold

When timeout occurs Threshold set to CongWin2and CongWin is set to 1 MSS

Transport Layer 3-96

TCP sender congestion control

SS or CA

SS or CA

SS or CA

CongestionAvoidance (CA)

Slow Start (SS)

State

CongWin and Threshold not changed

Increment duplicate ACK count for segment being acked

Duplicate ACK

Enter slow startThreshold = CongWin2 CongWin = 1 MSSSet state to ldquoSlow Startrdquo

Timeout

Fast recovery implementing multiplicative decrease CongWin will not drop below 1 MSS

Threshold = CongWin2 CongWin = ThresholdSet state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

Loss event detected by triple duplicate ACK

Additive increase resulting in increase of CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT

CongWin = CongWin+MSS (MSSCongWin)

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

Resulting in a doubling of CongWin every RTT

CongWin = CongWin + MSS If (CongWin gt Threshold)

set state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

CommentaryTCP Sender Action Event

49

Transport Layer 3-97

TCP throughput

Whatrsquos the average throughout of TCP as a function of window size and RTT

Ignore slow start

Let W be the window size when loss occursWhen window is W throughput is WRTTJust after loss window drops to W2 throughput to W2RTT Average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Futures

Example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 GbpsthroughputRequires window size W = 83333 in-flight segmentsThroughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 WowNew versions of TCP for high-speed needed

LRTTMSSsdot221

50

Transport Layer 3-99

Fairness goal if K TCP sessions share same bottleneck link of bandwidth R each should have average rate of RK

TCP connection 1

bottleneckrouter

capacity R

TCP connection 2

TCP Fairness

Transport Layer 3-100

Why is TCP fairTwo competing sessions

Additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increasesmultiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

Conn

ecti

on 2

thr

ough

put

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

51

Transport Layer 3-101

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP

Multimedia apps often do not use TCP

do not want rate throttled by congestion control

Instead use UDPpump audiovideo at constant rate tolerate packet loss

Research area TCP friendly

Fairness and parallel TCP connectionsnothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hostsWeb browsers do this Example link of rate R supporting 9 cnctions

new app asks for 1 TCP gets rate R10new app asks for 11 TCPs gets R2

Transport Layer 3-102

Delay modeling

Q How long does it take to receive an object from a Web server after sending a request

Ignoring congestion delay is influenced byTCP connection establishmentdata transmission delayslow start

Notation assumptionsAssume one link between client and server of rate RS MSS (bits)O object size (bits)no retransmissions (no loss no corruption)

Window sizeFirst assume fixed congestion window W segmentsThen dynamic window

modeling slow start

52

Transport Layer 3-103

Fixed congestion window (1)

First caseWSR gt RTT + SR ACK for

first segment in window returns before windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR

Transport Layer 3-104

Fixed congestion window (2)

Second caseWSR lt RTT + SR wait for ACK after sending windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR+ (K-1)[SR + RTT - WSR]

53

Transport Layer 3-105

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (1)

Now suppose window grows according to slow start

Will show that the delay for one object is

RS

RSRTTP

RORTTLatency P )12(2 minusminus⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ +++=

where P is the number of times TCP idles at server

1min minus= KQP

- where Q is the number of times the server idlesif the object were of infinite size

- and K is the number of windows that cover the object

Transport Layer 3-106

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (2)

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Examplebull OS = 15 segmentsbull K = 4 windowsbull Q = 2bull P = minK-1Q = 2

Server idles P=2 times

Delay componentsbull 2 RTT for connection estab and requestbull OR to transmit objectbull time server idles due to slow start

Server idles P = minK-1Q times

54

Transport Layer 3-107

TCP Delay Modeling (3)

RS

RSRTTPRTT

RO

RSRTT

RSRTT

RO

idleTimeRTTRO

P

kP

k

P

pp

)12(][2

]2[2

2delay

1

1

1

minusminus+++=

minus+++=

++=

minus

=

=

sum

sum

th window after the timeidle 2 1 kRSRTT

RS k =⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ minus+

+minus

ementacknowledg receivesserver until

segment send tostartsserver whenfrom time=+ RTTRS

window kth the transmit totime2 1 =minus

RSk

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Transport Layer 3-108

TCP Delay Modeling (4)

⎥⎥⎤

⎢⎢⎡ +=

+ge=

geminus=

ge+++=

ge+++=minus

minus

)1(log

)1(logmin

12min

222min222min

2

2

110

110

SO

SOkk

SOk

SOkOSSSkK

k

k

k

L

L

Calculation of Q number of idles for infinite-size objectis similar (see HW)

Recall K = number of windows that cover object

How do we calculate K

55

Transport Layer 3-109

HTTP ModelingAssume Web page consists of

1 base HTML page (of size O bits)M images (each of size O bits)

Non-persistent HTTP M+1 TCP connections in seriesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (M+1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Persistent HTTP2 RTT to request and receive base HTML file1 RTT to request and receive M imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + 3RTT + sum of idle times

Non-persistent HTTP with X parallel connectionsSuppose MX integer1 TCP connection for base fileMX sets of parallel connections for imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (MX + 1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Transport Layer 3-110

02468

101214161820

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT = 100 msec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For low bandwidth connection amp response time dominated by transmission timePersistent connections only give minor improvement over parallelconnections

56

Transport Layer 3-111

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT =1 sec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For larger RTT response time dominated by TCP establishment amp slow start delays Persistent connections now give important improvement particularly in high delaybullbandwidth networks

Transport Layer 3-112

Chapter 3 Summaryprinciples behind transport layer services

multiplexing demultiplexingreliable data transferflow controlcongestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet

UDPTCP

Nextleaving the network ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)into the network ldquocorerdquo

Page 47: Chapter 3: Transport Layerpeople.ee.duke.edu/~krish/ECE156/Chapter3.pdf · Transport Layer 3-4 Transport vs. network layer network layer: logical communication between hosts transport

47

Transport Layer 3-93

RefinementQ When should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A When CongWin gets to 12 of its value before timeout

ImplementationVariable Threshold At loss event Threshold is set to 12 of CongWin just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-94

Refinement inferring loss

After 3 dup ACKsCongWin is cut in halfwindow then grows linearly

But after timeout eventCongWin instead set to 1 MSS window then grows exponentiallyto a threshold then grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments

timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquocongestion scenario

Philosophy

48

Transport Layer 3-95

Summary TCP Congestion Control

When CongWin is below Threshold sender in slow-start phase window grows exponentially

When CongWin is above Threshold sender is in congestion-avoidance phase window grows linearly

When a triple duplicate ACK occurs Threshold set to CongWin2 and CongWin set to Threshold

When timeout occurs Threshold set to CongWin2and CongWin is set to 1 MSS

Transport Layer 3-96

TCP sender congestion control

SS or CA

SS or CA

SS or CA

CongestionAvoidance (CA)

Slow Start (SS)

State

CongWin and Threshold not changed

Increment duplicate ACK count for segment being acked

Duplicate ACK

Enter slow startThreshold = CongWin2 CongWin = 1 MSSSet state to ldquoSlow Startrdquo

Timeout

Fast recovery implementing multiplicative decrease CongWin will not drop below 1 MSS

Threshold = CongWin2 CongWin = ThresholdSet state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

Loss event detected by triple duplicate ACK

Additive increase resulting in increase of CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT

CongWin = CongWin+MSS (MSSCongWin)

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

Resulting in a doubling of CongWin every RTT

CongWin = CongWin + MSS If (CongWin gt Threshold)

set state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

CommentaryTCP Sender Action Event

49

Transport Layer 3-97

TCP throughput

Whatrsquos the average throughout of TCP as a function of window size and RTT

Ignore slow start

Let W be the window size when loss occursWhen window is W throughput is WRTTJust after loss window drops to W2 throughput to W2RTT Average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Futures

Example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 GbpsthroughputRequires window size W = 83333 in-flight segmentsThroughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 WowNew versions of TCP for high-speed needed

LRTTMSSsdot221

50

Transport Layer 3-99

Fairness goal if K TCP sessions share same bottleneck link of bandwidth R each should have average rate of RK

TCP connection 1

bottleneckrouter

capacity R

TCP connection 2

TCP Fairness

Transport Layer 3-100

Why is TCP fairTwo competing sessions

Additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increasesmultiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

Conn

ecti

on 2

thr

ough

put

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

51

Transport Layer 3-101

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP

Multimedia apps often do not use TCP

do not want rate throttled by congestion control

Instead use UDPpump audiovideo at constant rate tolerate packet loss

Research area TCP friendly

Fairness and parallel TCP connectionsnothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hostsWeb browsers do this Example link of rate R supporting 9 cnctions

new app asks for 1 TCP gets rate R10new app asks for 11 TCPs gets R2

Transport Layer 3-102

Delay modeling

Q How long does it take to receive an object from a Web server after sending a request

Ignoring congestion delay is influenced byTCP connection establishmentdata transmission delayslow start

Notation assumptionsAssume one link between client and server of rate RS MSS (bits)O object size (bits)no retransmissions (no loss no corruption)

Window sizeFirst assume fixed congestion window W segmentsThen dynamic window

modeling slow start

52

Transport Layer 3-103

Fixed congestion window (1)

First caseWSR gt RTT + SR ACK for

first segment in window returns before windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR

Transport Layer 3-104

Fixed congestion window (2)

Second caseWSR lt RTT + SR wait for ACK after sending windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR+ (K-1)[SR + RTT - WSR]

53

Transport Layer 3-105

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (1)

Now suppose window grows according to slow start

Will show that the delay for one object is

RS

RSRTTP

RORTTLatency P )12(2 minusminus⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ +++=

where P is the number of times TCP idles at server

1min minus= KQP

- where Q is the number of times the server idlesif the object were of infinite size

- and K is the number of windows that cover the object

Transport Layer 3-106

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (2)

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Examplebull OS = 15 segmentsbull K = 4 windowsbull Q = 2bull P = minK-1Q = 2

Server idles P=2 times

Delay componentsbull 2 RTT for connection estab and requestbull OR to transmit objectbull time server idles due to slow start

Server idles P = minK-1Q times

54

Transport Layer 3-107

TCP Delay Modeling (3)

RS

RSRTTPRTT

RO

RSRTT

RSRTT

RO

idleTimeRTTRO

P

kP

k

P

pp

)12(][2

]2[2

2delay

1

1

1

minusminus+++=

minus+++=

++=

minus

=

=

sum

sum

th window after the timeidle 2 1 kRSRTT

RS k =⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ minus+

+minus

ementacknowledg receivesserver until

segment send tostartsserver whenfrom time=+ RTTRS

window kth the transmit totime2 1 =minus

RSk

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Transport Layer 3-108

TCP Delay Modeling (4)

⎥⎥⎤

⎢⎢⎡ +=

+ge=

geminus=

ge+++=

ge+++=minus

minus

)1(log

)1(logmin

12min

222min222min

2

2

110

110

SO

SOkk

SOk

SOkOSSSkK

k

k

k

L

L

Calculation of Q number of idles for infinite-size objectis similar (see HW)

Recall K = number of windows that cover object

How do we calculate K

55

Transport Layer 3-109

HTTP ModelingAssume Web page consists of

1 base HTML page (of size O bits)M images (each of size O bits)

Non-persistent HTTP M+1 TCP connections in seriesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (M+1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Persistent HTTP2 RTT to request and receive base HTML file1 RTT to request and receive M imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + 3RTT + sum of idle times

Non-persistent HTTP with X parallel connectionsSuppose MX integer1 TCP connection for base fileMX sets of parallel connections for imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (MX + 1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Transport Layer 3-110

02468

101214161820

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT = 100 msec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For low bandwidth connection amp response time dominated by transmission timePersistent connections only give minor improvement over parallelconnections

56

Transport Layer 3-111

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT =1 sec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For larger RTT response time dominated by TCP establishment amp slow start delays Persistent connections now give important improvement particularly in high delaybullbandwidth networks

Transport Layer 3-112

Chapter 3 Summaryprinciples behind transport layer services

multiplexing demultiplexingreliable data transferflow controlcongestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet

UDPTCP

Nextleaving the network ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)into the network ldquocorerdquo

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48

Transport Layer 3-95

Summary TCP Congestion Control

When CongWin is below Threshold sender in slow-start phase window grows exponentially

When CongWin is above Threshold sender is in congestion-avoidance phase window grows linearly

When a triple duplicate ACK occurs Threshold set to CongWin2 and CongWin set to Threshold

When timeout occurs Threshold set to CongWin2and CongWin is set to 1 MSS

Transport Layer 3-96

TCP sender congestion control

SS or CA

SS or CA

SS or CA

CongestionAvoidance (CA)

Slow Start (SS)

State

CongWin and Threshold not changed

Increment duplicate ACK count for segment being acked

Duplicate ACK

Enter slow startThreshold = CongWin2 CongWin = 1 MSSSet state to ldquoSlow Startrdquo

Timeout

Fast recovery implementing multiplicative decrease CongWin will not drop below 1 MSS

Threshold = CongWin2 CongWin = ThresholdSet state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

Loss event detected by triple duplicate ACK

Additive increase resulting in increase of CongWin by 1 MSS every RTT

CongWin = CongWin+MSS (MSSCongWin)

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

Resulting in a doubling of CongWin every RTT

CongWin = CongWin + MSS If (CongWin gt Threshold)

set state to ldquoCongestion Avoidancerdquo

ACK receipt for previously unackeddata

CommentaryTCP Sender Action Event

49

Transport Layer 3-97

TCP throughput

Whatrsquos the average throughout of TCP as a function of window size and RTT

Ignore slow start

Let W be the window size when loss occursWhen window is W throughput is WRTTJust after loss window drops to W2 throughput to W2RTT Average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Futures

Example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 GbpsthroughputRequires window size W = 83333 in-flight segmentsThroughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 WowNew versions of TCP for high-speed needed

LRTTMSSsdot221

50

Transport Layer 3-99

Fairness goal if K TCP sessions share same bottleneck link of bandwidth R each should have average rate of RK

TCP connection 1

bottleneckrouter

capacity R

TCP connection 2

TCP Fairness

Transport Layer 3-100

Why is TCP fairTwo competing sessions

Additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increasesmultiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

Conn

ecti

on 2

thr

ough

put

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

51

Transport Layer 3-101

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP

Multimedia apps often do not use TCP

do not want rate throttled by congestion control

Instead use UDPpump audiovideo at constant rate tolerate packet loss

Research area TCP friendly

Fairness and parallel TCP connectionsnothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hostsWeb browsers do this Example link of rate R supporting 9 cnctions

new app asks for 1 TCP gets rate R10new app asks for 11 TCPs gets R2

Transport Layer 3-102

Delay modeling

Q How long does it take to receive an object from a Web server after sending a request

Ignoring congestion delay is influenced byTCP connection establishmentdata transmission delayslow start

Notation assumptionsAssume one link between client and server of rate RS MSS (bits)O object size (bits)no retransmissions (no loss no corruption)

Window sizeFirst assume fixed congestion window W segmentsThen dynamic window

modeling slow start

52

Transport Layer 3-103

Fixed congestion window (1)

First caseWSR gt RTT + SR ACK for

first segment in window returns before windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR

Transport Layer 3-104

Fixed congestion window (2)

Second caseWSR lt RTT + SR wait for ACK after sending windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR+ (K-1)[SR + RTT - WSR]

53

Transport Layer 3-105

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (1)

Now suppose window grows according to slow start

Will show that the delay for one object is

RS

RSRTTP

RORTTLatency P )12(2 minusminus⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ +++=

where P is the number of times TCP idles at server

1min minus= KQP

- where Q is the number of times the server idlesif the object were of infinite size

- and K is the number of windows that cover the object

Transport Layer 3-106

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (2)

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Examplebull OS = 15 segmentsbull K = 4 windowsbull Q = 2bull P = minK-1Q = 2

Server idles P=2 times

Delay componentsbull 2 RTT for connection estab and requestbull OR to transmit objectbull time server idles due to slow start

Server idles P = minK-1Q times

54

Transport Layer 3-107

TCP Delay Modeling (3)

RS

RSRTTPRTT

RO

RSRTT

RSRTT

RO

idleTimeRTTRO

P

kP

k

P

pp

)12(][2

]2[2

2delay

1

1

1

minusminus+++=

minus+++=

++=

minus

=

=

sum

sum

th window after the timeidle 2 1 kRSRTT

RS k =⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ minus+

+minus

ementacknowledg receivesserver until

segment send tostartsserver whenfrom time=+ RTTRS

window kth the transmit totime2 1 =minus

RSk

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Transport Layer 3-108

TCP Delay Modeling (4)

⎥⎥⎤

⎢⎢⎡ +=

+ge=

geminus=

ge+++=

ge+++=minus

minus

)1(log

)1(logmin

12min

222min222min

2

2

110

110

SO

SOkk

SOk

SOkOSSSkK

k

k

k

L

L

Calculation of Q number of idles for infinite-size objectis similar (see HW)

Recall K = number of windows that cover object

How do we calculate K

55

Transport Layer 3-109

HTTP ModelingAssume Web page consists of

1 base HTML page (of size O bits)M images (each of size O bits)

Non-persistent HTTP M+1 TCP connections in seriesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (M+1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Persistent HTTP2 RTT to request and receive base HTML file1 RTT to request and receive M imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + 3RTT + sum of idle times

Non-persistent HTTP with X parallel connectionsSuppose MX integer1 TCP connection for base fileMX sets of parallel connections for imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (MX + 1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Transport Layer 3-110

02468

101214161820

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT = 100 msec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For low bandwidth connection amp response time dominated by transmission timePersistent connections only give minor improvement over parallelconnections

56

Transport Layer 3-111

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT =1 sec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For larger RTT response time dominated by TCP establishment amp slow start delays Persistent connections now give important improvement particularly in high delaybullbandwidth networks

Transport Layer 3-112

Chapter 3 Summaryprinciples behind transport layer services

multiplexing demultiplexingreliable data transferflow controlcongestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet

UDPTCP

Nextleaving the network ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)into the network ldquocorerdquo

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49

Transport Layer 3-97

TCP throughput

Whatrsquos the average throughout of TCP as a function of window size and RTT

Ignore slow start

Let W be the window size when loss occursWhen window is W throughput is WRTTJust after loss window drops to W2 throughput to W2RTT Average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Futures

Example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 GbpsthroughputRequires window size W = 83333 in-flight segmentsThroughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 WowNew versions of TCP for high-speed needed

LRTTMSSsdot221

50

Transport Layer 3-99

Fairness goal if K TCP sessions share same bottleneck link of bandwidth R each should have average rate of RK

TCP connection 1

bottleneckrouter

capacity R

TCP connection 2

TCP Fairness

Transport Layer 3-100

Why is TCP fairTwo competing sessions

Additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increasesmultiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

Conn

ecti

on 2

thr

ough

put

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

51

Transport Layer 3-101

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP

Multimedia apps often do not use TCP

do not want rate throttled by congestion control

Instead use UDPpump audiovideo at constant rate tolerate packet loss

Research area TCP friendly

Fairness and parallel TCP connectionsnothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hostsWeb browsers do this Example link of rate R supporting 9 cnctions

new app asks for 1 TCP gets rate R10new app asks for 11 TCPs gets R2

Transport Layer 3-102

Delay modeling

Q How long does it take to receive an object from a Web server after sending a request

Ignoring congestion delay is influenced byTCP connection establishmentdata transmission delayslow start

Notation assumptionsAssume one link between client and server of rate RS MSS (bits)O object size (bits)no retransmissions (no loss no corruption)

Window sizeFirst assume fixed congestion window W segmentsThen dynamic window

modeling slow start

52

Transport Layer 3-103

Fixed congestion window (1)

First caseWSR gt RTT + SR ACK for

first segment in window returns before windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR

Transport Layer 3-104

Fixed congestion window (2)

Second caseWSR lt RTT + SR wait for ACK after sending windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR+ (K-1)[SR + RTT - WSR]

53

Transport Layer 3-105

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (1)

Now suppose window grows according to slow start

Will show that the delay for one object is

RS

RSRTTP

RORTTLatency P )12(2 minusminus⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ +++=

where P is the number of times TCP idles at server

1min minus= KQP

- where Q is the number of times the server idlesif the object were of infinite size

- and K is the number of windows that cover the object

Transport Layer 3-106

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (2)

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Examplebull OS = 15 segmentsbull K = 4 windowsbull Q = 2bull P = minK-1Q = 2

Server idles P=2 times

Delay componentsbull 2 RTT for connection estab and requestbull OR to transmit objectbull time server idles due to slow start

Server idles P = minK-1Q times

54

Transport Layer 3-107

TCP Delay Modeling (3)

RS

RSRTTPRTT

RO

RSRTT

RSRTT

RO

idleTimeRTTRO

P

kP

k

P

pp

)12(][2

]2[2

2delay

1

1

1

minusminus+++=

minus+++=

++=

minus

=

=

sum

sum

th window after the timeidle 2 1 kRSRTT

RS k =⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ minus+

+minus

ementacknowledg receivesserver until

segment send tostartsserver whenfrom time=+ RTTRS

window kth the transmit totime2 1 =minus

RSk

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Transport Layer 3-108

TCP Delay Modeling (4)

⎥⎥⎤

⎢⎢⎡ +=

+ge=

geminus=

ge+++=

ge+++=minus

minus

)1(log

)1(logmin

12min

222min222min

2

2

110

110

SO

SOkk

SOk

SOkOSSSkK

k

k

k

L

L

Calculation of Q number of idles for infinite-size objectis similar (see HW)

Recall K = number of windows that cover object

How do we calculate K

55

Transport Layer 3-109

HTTP ModelingAssume Web page consists of

1 base HTML page (of size O bits)M images (each of size O bits)

Non-persistent HTTP M+1 TCP connections in seriesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (M+1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Persistent HTTP2 RTT to request and receive base HTML file1 RTT to request and receive M imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + 3RTT + sum of idle times

Non-persistent HTTP with X parallel connectionsSuppose MX integer1 TCP connection for base fileMX sets of parallel connections for imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (MX + 1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Transport Layer 3-110

02468

101214161820

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT = 100 msec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For low bandwidth connection amp response time dominated by transmission timePersistent connections only give minor improvement over parallelconnections

56

Transport Layer 3-111

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT =1 sec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For larger RTT response time dominated by TCP establishment amp slow start delays Persistent connections now give important improvement particularly in high delaybullbandwidth networks

Transport Layer 3-112

Chapter 3 Summaryprinciples behind transport layer services

multiplexing demultiplexingreliable data transferflow controlcongestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet

UDPTCP

Nextleaving the network ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)into the network ldquocorerdquo

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50

Transport Layer 3-99

Fairness goal if K TCP sessions share same bottleneck link of bandwidth R each should have average rate of RK

TCP connection 1

bottleneckrouter

capacity R

TCP connection 2

TCP Fairness

Transport Layer 3-100

Why is TCP fairTwo competing sessions

Additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increasesmultiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

Conn

ecti

on 2

thr

ough

put

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

51

Transport Layer 3-101

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP

Multimedia apps often do not use TCP

do not want rate throttled by congestion control

Instead use UDPpump audiovideo at constant rate tolerate packet loss

Research area TCP friendly

Fairness and parallel TCP connectionsnothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hostsWeb browsers do this Example link of rate R supporting 9 cnctions

new app asks for 1 TCP gets rate R10new app asks for 11 TCPs gets R2

Transport Layer 3-102

Delay modeling

Q How long does it take to receive an object from a Web server after sending a request

Ignoring congestion delay is influenced byTCP connection establishmentdata transmission delayslow start

Notation assumptionsAssume one link between client and server of rate RS MSS (bits)O object size (bits)no retransmissions (no loss no corruption)

Window sizeFirst assume fixed congestion window W segmentsThen dynamic window

modeling slow start

52

Transport Layer 3-103

Fixed congestion window (1)

First caseWSR gt RTT + SR ACK for

first segment in window returns before windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR

Transport Layer 3-104

Fixed congestion window (2)

Second caseWSR lt RTT + SR wait for ACK after sending windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR+ (K-1)[SR + RTT - WSR]

53

Transport Layer 3-105

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (1)

Now suppose window grows according to slow start

Will show that the delay for one object is

RS

RSRTTP

RORTTLatency P )12(2 minusminus⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ +++=

where P is the number of times TCP idles at server

1min minus= KQP

- where Q is the number of times the server idlesif the object were of infinite size

- and K is the number of windows that cover the object

Transport Layer 3-106

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (2)

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Examplebull OS = 15 segmentsbull K = 4 windowsbull Q = 2bull P = minK-1Q = 2

Server idles P=2 times

Delay componentsbull 2 RTT for connection estab and requestbull OR to transmit objectbull time server idles due to slow start

Server idles P = minK-1Q times

54

Transport Layer 3-107

TCP Delay Modeling (3)

RS

RSRTTPRTT

RO

RSRTT

RSRTT

RO

idleTimeRTTRO

P

kP

k

P

pp

)12(][2

]2[2

2delay

1

1

1

minusminus+++=

minus+++=

++=

minus

=

=

sum

sum

th window after the timeidle 2 1 kRSRTT

RS k =⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ minus+

+minus

ementacknowledg receivesserver until

segment send tostartsserver whenfrom time=+ RTTRS

window kth the transmit totime2 1 =minus

RSk

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Transport Layer 3-108

TCP Delay Modeling (4)

⎥⎥⎤

⎢⎢⎡ +=

+ge=

geminus=

ge+++=

ge+++=minus

minus

)1(log

)1(logmin

12min

222min222min

2

2

110

110

SO

SOkk

SOk

SOkOSSSkK

k

k

k

L

L

Calculation of Q number of idles for infinite-size objectis similar (see HW)

Recall K = number of windows that cover object

How do we calculate K

55

Transport Layer 3-109

HTTP ModelingAssume Web page consists of

1 base HTML page (of size O bits)M images (each of size O bits)

Non-persistent HTTP M+1 TCP connections in seriesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (M+1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Persistent HTTP2 RTT to request and receive base HTML file1 RTT to request and receive M imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + 3RTT + sum of idle times

Non-persistent HTTP with X parallel connectionsSuppose MX integer1 TCP connection for base fileMX sets of parallel connections for imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (MX + 1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Transport Layer 3-110

02468

101214161820

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT = 100 msec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For low bandwidth connection amp response time dominated by transmission timePersistent connections only give minor improvement over parallelconnections

56

Transport Layer 3-111

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT =1 sec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For larger RTT response time dominated by TCP establishment amp slow start delays Persistent connections now give important improvement particularly in high delaybullbandwidth networks

Transport Layer 3-112

Chapter 3 Summaryprinciples behind transport layer services

multiplexing demultiplexingreliable data transferflow controlcongestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet

UDPTCP

Nextleaving the network ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)into the network ldquocorerdquo

Page 51: Chapter 3: Transport Layerpeople.ee.duke.edu/~krish/ECE156/Chapter3.pdf · Transport Layer 3-4 Transport vs. network layer network layer: logical communication between hosts transport

51

Transport Layer 3-101

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP

Multimedia apps often do not use TCP

do not want rate throttled by congestion control

Instead use UDPpump audiovideo at constant rate tolerate packet loss

Research area TCP friendly

Fairness and parallel TCP connectionsnothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hostsWeb browsers do this Example link of rate R supporting 9 cnctions

new app asks for 1 TCP gets rate R10new app asks for 11 TCPs gets R2

Transport Layer 3-102

Delay modeling

Q How long does it take to receive an object from a Web server after sending a request

Ignoring congestion delay is influenced byTCP connection establishmentdata transmission delayslow start

Notation assumptionsAssume one link between client and server of rate RS MSS (bits)O object size (bits)no retransmissions (no loss no corruption)

Window sizeFirst assume fixed congestion window W segmentsThen dynamic window

modeling slow start

52

Transport Layer 3-103

Fixed congestion window (1)

First caseWSR gt RTT + SR ACK for

first segment in window returns before windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR

Transport Layer 3-104

Fixed congestion window (2)

Second caseWSR lt RTT + SR wait for ACK after sending windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR+ (K-1)[SR + RTT - WSR]

53

Transport Layer 3-105

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (1)

Now suppose window grows according to slow start

Will show that the delay for one object is

RS

RSRTTP

RORTTLatency P )12(2 minusminus⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ +++=

where P is the number of times TCP idles at server

1min minus= KQP

- where Q is the number of times the server idlesif the object were of infinite size

- and K is the number of windows that cover the object

Transport Layer 3-106

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (2)

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Examplebull OS = 15 segmentsbull K = 4 windowsbull Q = 2bull P = minK-1Q = 2

Server idles P=2 times

Delay componentsbull 2 RTT for connection estab and requestbull OR to transmit objectbull time server idles due to slow start

Server idles P = minK-1Q times

54

Transport Layer 3-107

TCP Delay Modeling (3)

RS

RSRTTPRTT

RO

RSRTT

RSRTT

RO

idleTimeRTTRO

P

kP

k

P

pp

)12(][2

]2[2

2delay

1

1

1

minusminus+++=

minus+++=

++=

minus

=

=

sum

sum

th window after the timeidle 2 1 kRSRTT

RS k =⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ minus+

+minus

ementacknowledg receivesserver until

segment send tostartsserver whenfrom time=+ RTTRS

window kth the transmit totime2 1 =minus

RSk

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Transport Layer 3-108

TCP Delay Modeling (4)

⎥⎥⎤

⎢⎢⎡ +=

+ge=

geminus=

ge+++=

ge+++=minus

minus

)1(log

)1(logmin

12min

222min222min

2

2

110

110

SO

SOkk

SOk

SOkOSSSkK

k

k

k

L

L

Calculation of Q number of idles for infinite-size objectis similar (see HW)

Recall K = number of windows that cover object

How do we calculate K

55

Transport Layer 3-109

HTTP ModelingAssume Web page consists of

1 base HTML page (of size O bits)M images (each of size O bits)

Non-persistent HTTP M+1 TCP connections in seriesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (M+1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Persistent HTTP2 RTT to request and receive base HTML file1 RTT to request and receive M imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + 3RTT + sum of idle times

Non-persistent HTTP with X parallel connectionsSuppose MX integer1 TCP connection for base fileMX sets of parallel connections for imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (MX + 1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Transport Layer 3-110

02468

101214161820

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT = 100 msec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For low bandwidth connection amp response time dominated by transmission timePersistent connections only give minor improvement over parallelconnections

56

Transport Layer 3-111

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT =1 sec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For larger RTT response time dominated by TCP establishment amp slow start delays Persistent connections now give important improvement particularly in high delaybullbandwidth networks

Transport Layer 3-112

Chapter 3 Summaryprinciples behind transport layer services

multiplexing demultiplexingreliable data transferflow controlcongestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet

UDPTCP

Nextleaving the network ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)into the network ldquocorerdquo

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52

Transport Layer 3-103

Fixed congestion window (1)

First caseWSR gt RTT + SR ACK for

first segment in window returns before windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR

Transport Layer 3-104

Fixed congestion window (2)

Second caseWSR lt RTT + SR wait for ACK after sending windowrsquos worth of data sent

delay = 2RTT + OR+ (K-1)[SR + RTT - WSR]

53

Transport Layer 3-105

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (1)

Now suppose window grows according to slow start

Will show that the delay for one object is

RS

RSRTTP

RORTTLatency P )12(2 minusminus⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ +++=

where P is the number of times TCP idles at server

1min minus= KQP

- where Q is the number of times the server idlesif the object were of infinite size

- and K is the number of windows that cover the object

Transport Layer 3-106

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (2)

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Examplebull OS = 15 segmentsbull K = 4 windowsbull Q = 2bull P = minK-1Q = 2

Server idles P=2 times

Delay componentsbull 2 RTT for connection estab and requestbull OR to transmit objectbull time server idles due to slow start

Server idles P = minK-1Q times

54

Transport Layer 3-107

TCP Delay Modeling (3)

RS

RSRTTPRTT

RO

RSRTT

RSRTT

RO

idleTimeRTTRO

P

kP

k

P

pp

)12(][2

]2[2

2delay

1

1

1

minusminus+++=

minus+++=

++=

minus

=

=

sum

sum

th window after the timeidle 2 1 kRSRTT

RS k =⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ minus+

+minus

ementacknowledg receivesserver until

segment send tostartsserver whenfrom time=+ RTTRS

window kth the transmit totime2 1 =minus

RSk

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Transport Layer 3-108

TCP Delay Modeling (4)

⎥⎥⎤

⎢⎢⎡ +=

+ge=

geminus=

ge+++=

ge+++=minus

minus

)1(log

)1(logmin

12min

222min222min

2

2

110

110

SO

SOkk

SOk

SOkOSSSkK

k

k

k

L

L

Calculation of Q number of idles for infinite-size objectis similar (see HW)

Recall K = number of windows that cover object

How do we calculate K

55

Transport Layer 3-109

HTTP ModelingAssume Web page consists of

1 base HTML page (of size O bits)M images (each of size O bits)

Non-persistent HTTP M+1 TCP connections in seriesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (M+1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Persistent HTTP2 RTT to request and receive base HTML file1 RTT to request and receive M imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + 3RTT + sum of idle times

Non-persistent HTTP with X parallel connectionsSuppose MX integer1 TCP connection for base fileMX sets of parallel connections for imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (MX + 1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Transport Layer 3-110

02468

101214161820

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT = 100 msec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For low bandwidth connection amp response time dominated by transmission timePersistent connections only give minor improvement over parallelconnections

56

Transport Layer 3-111

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT =1 sec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For larger RTT response time dominated by TCP establishment amp slow start delays Persistent connections now give important improvement particularly in high delaybullbandwidth networks

Transport Layer 3-112

Chapter 3 Summaryprinciples behind transport layer services

multiplexing demultiplexingreliable data transferflow controlcongestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet

UDPTCP

Nextleaving the network ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)into the network ldquocorerdquo

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53

Transport Layer 3-105

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (1)

Now suppose window grows according to slow start

Will show that the delay for one object is

RS

RSRTTP

RORTTLatency P )12(2 minusminus⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ +++=

where P is the number of times TCP idles at server

1min minus= KQP

- where Q is the number of times the server idlesif the object were of infinite size

- and K is the number of windows that cover the object

Transport Layer 3-106

TCP Delay Modeling Slow Start (2)

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Examplebull OS = 15 segmentsbull K = 4 windowsbull Q = 2bull P = minK-1Q = 2

Server idles P=2 times

Delay componentsbull 2 RTT for connection estab and requestbull OR to transmit objectbull time server idles due to slow start

Server idles P = minK-1Q times

54

Transport Layer 3-107

TCP Delay Modeling (3)

RS

RSRTTPRTT

RO

RSRTT

RSRTT

RO

idleTimeRTTRO

P

kP

k

P

pp

)12(][2

]2[2

2delay

1

1

1

minusminus+++=

minus+++=

++=

minus

=

=

sum

sum

th window after the timeidle 2 1 kRSRTT

RS k =⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ minus+

+minus

ementacknowledg receivesserver until

segment send tostartsserver whenfrom time=+ RTTRS

window kth the transmit totime2 1 =minus

RSk

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Transport Layer 3-108

TCP Delay Modeling (4)

⎥⎥⎤

⎢⎢⎡ +=

+ge=

geminus=

ge+++=

ge+++=minus

minus

)1(log

)1(logmin

12min

222min222min

2

2

110

110

SO

SOkk

SOk

SOkOSSSkK

k

k

k

L

L

Calculation of Q number of idles for infinite-size objectis similar (see HW)

Recall K = number of windows that cover object

How do we calculate K

55

Transport Layer 3-109

HTTP ModelingAssume Web page consists of

1 base HTML page (of size O bits)M images (each of size O bits)

Non-persistent HTTP M+1 TCP connections in seriesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (M+1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Persistent HTTP2 RTT to request and receive base HTML file1 RTT to request and receive M imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + 3RTT + sum of idle times

Non-persistent HTTP with X parallel connectionsSuppose MX integer1 TCP connection for base fileMX sets of parallel connections for imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (MX + 1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Transport Layer 3-110

02468

101214161820

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT = 100 msec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For low bandwidth connection amp response time dominated by transmission timePersistent connections only give minor improvement over parallelconnections

56

Transport Layer 3-111

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT =1 sec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For larger RTT response time dominated by TCP establishment amp slow start delays Persistent connections now give important improvement particularly in high delaybullbandwidth networks

Transport Layer 3-112

Chapter 3 Summaryprinciples behind transport layer services

multiplexing demultiplexingreliable data transferflow controlcongestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet

UDPTCP

Nextleaving the network ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)into the network ldquocorerdquo

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54

Transport Layer 3-107

TCP Delay Modeling (3)

RS

RSRTTPRTT

RO

RSRTT

RSRTT

RO

idleTimeRTTRO

P

kP

k

P

pp

)12(][2

]2[2

2delay

1

1

1

minusminus+++=

minus+++=

++=

minus

=

=

sum

sum

th window after the timeidle 2 1 kRSRTT

RS k =⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ minus+

+minus

ementacknowledg receivesserver until

segment send tostartsserver whenfrom time=+ RTTRS

window kth the transmit totime2 1 =minus

RSk

RTT

initiate TCPconnection

requestobject

first window= SR

second window= 2SR

third window= 4SR

fourth window= 8SR

completetransmissionobject

delivered

time atclient

time atserver

Transport Layer 3-108

TCP Delay Modeling (4)

⎥⎥⎤

⎢⎢⎡ +=

+ge=

geminus=

ge+++=

ge+++=minus

minus

)1(log

)1(logmin

12min

222min222min

2

2

110

110

SO

SOkk

SOk

SOkOSSSkK

k

k

k

L

L

Calculation of Q number of idles for infinite-size objectis similar (see HW)

Recall K = number of windows that cover object

How do we calculate K

55

Transport Layer 3-109

HTTP ModelingAssume Web page consists of

1 base HTML page (of size O bits)M images (each of size O bits)

Non-persistent HTTP M+1 TCP connections in seriesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (M+1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Persistent HTTP2 RTT to request and receive base HTML file1 RTT to request and receive M imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + 3RTT + sum of idle times

Non-persistent HTTP with X parallel connectionsSuppose MX integer1 TCP connection for base fileMX sets of parallel connections for imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (MX + 1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Transport Layer 3-110

02468

101214161820

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT = 100 msec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For low bandwidth connection amp response time dominated by transmission timePersistent connections only give minor improvement over parallelconnections

56

Transport Layer 3-111

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT =1 sec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For larger RTT response time dominated by TCP establishment amp slow start delays Persistent connections now give important improvement particularly in high delaybullbandwidth networks

Transport Layer 3-112

Chapter 3 Summaryprinciples behind transport layer services

multiplexing demultiplexingreliable data transferflow controlcongestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet

UDPTCP

Nextleaving the network ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)into the network ldquocorerdquo

Page 55: Chapter 3: Transport Layerpeople.ee.duke.edu/~krish/ECE156/Chapter3.pdf · Transport Layer 3-4 Transport vs. network layer network layer: logical communication between hosts transport

55

Transport Layer 3-109

HTTP ModelingAssume Web page consists of

1 base HTML page (of size O bits)M images (each of size O bits)

Non-persistent HTTP M+1 TCP connections in seriesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (M+1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Persistent HTTP2 RTT to request and receive base HTML file1 RTT to request and receive M imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + 3RTT + sum of idle times

Non-persistent HTTP with X parallel connectionsSuppose MX integer1 TCP connection for base fileMX sets of parallel connections for imagesResponse time = (M+1)OR + (MX + 1)2RTT + sum of idle times

Transport Layer 3-110

02468

101214161820

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT = 100 msec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For low bandwidth connection amp response time dominated by transmission timePersistent connections only give minor improvement over parallelconnections

56

Transport Layer 3-111

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT =1 sec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For larger RTT response time dominated by TCP establishment amp slow start delays Persistent connections now give important improvement particularly in high delaybullbandwidth networks

Transport Layer 3-112

Chapter 3 Summaryprinciples behind transport layer services

multiplexing demultiplexingreliable data transferflow controlcongestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet

UDPTCP

Nextleaving the network ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)into the network ldquocorerdquo

Page 56: Chapter 3: Transport Layerpeople.ee.duke.edu/~krish/ECE156/Chapter3.pdf · Transport Layer 3-4 Transport vs. network layer network layer: logical communication between hosts transport

56

Transport Layer 3-111

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

28Kbps

100Kbps

1Mbps

10Mbps

non-persistent

persistent

parallel non-persistent

HTTP Response time (in seconds)RTT =1 sec O = 5 Kbytes M=10 and X=5

For larger RTT response time dominated by TCP establishment amp slow start delays Persistent connections now give important improvement particularly in high delaybullbandwidth networks

Transport Layer 3-112

Chapter 3 Summaryprinciples behind transport layer services

multiplexing demultiplexingreliable data transferflow controlcongestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet

UDPTCP

Nextleaving the network ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)into the network ldquocorerdquo