Advanced Transport Protocols

Advanced TransportProtocols......Page 2
Copyright......Page 3
Table of Contents......Page 4
Preface......Page 10
1.1. Evolution of application and network layers......Page 12
1.2. Summary of contributions......Page 14
1.3. Book structure......Page 16
2.1. Introduction......Page 18
2.2.3. Transport layer......Page 20
2.2.4. Transport services......Page 21
2.3.1. Error control......Page 22
2.3.2. Congestion control......Page 25
2.3.3. Summary......Page 30
2.4.1. TCP......Page 31
2.4.3. SCTP......Page 32
2.4.4. DCCP......Page 33
2.5. Summary......Page 34
3.1. Introduction......Page 36
3.2.1. Model-driven architecture......Page 37
3.2.2. Ontology-driven architecture......Page 38
3.3.1. Quality of Service definition......Page 39
3.3.4. Service user......Page 40
3.3.8. QoS parameter......Page 41
3.4.1. Ontology representation......Page 42
3.4.2. X.641 QoS ontology......Page 43
3.4.4. QoS transport mechanisms, functions and protocols......Page 44
3.5.1. TCP semantic description......Page 45
3.5.3. SCTP semantic description......Page 47
3.5.4. DCCP semantic description......Page 49
3.5.5. MPTCP semantic description......Page 51
3.6. Usage of the QoS transport ontology specification......Page 52
3.6.1. QoS transport services characterization......Page 53
3.6.2. Transport components and transport composite characterization......Page 56
3.7. Summary......Page 57
4.1. Introduction......Page 59
4.2. Software engineering process......Page 60
4.2.1. Unified Modeling Language......Page 61
4.2.2. UML 2.4.1-based methodology......Page 62
4.2.3. UML diagrams......Page 65
4.2.4. Summary and additional resources......Page 76
4.3.1. Contextual model of transport functions and mechanisms......Page 78
4.3.2. Analysis of requirements guiding transport functions......Page 79
4.3.4. Design of transport functions and mechanisms......Page 81
4.4. Summary......Page 87
5.1. Introduction......Page 88
5.2. Design of an error control function......Page 89
5.2.1. Behavior specification of the sending side protocol entity......Page 90
5.2.2. Behavior specification of the receiving side protocol entity......Page 92
5.3. Functional validation of the error control function......Page 93
5.3.1. Functional validation using a perfect medium......Page 95
5.3.2. Functional validation using an imperfect medium......Page 97
5.4. A new design of the error control function......Page 102
5.4.1. Functional validation using an imperfect medium......Page 105
5.4.2. More open questions......Page 106
5.5. A model-driven simulation environment......Page 107
5.5.1. Model-driven simulation framework......Page 108
5.5.2. Model-driven network simulator package......Page 109
5.5.3. Lossy medium simulator......Page 110
5.5.4. Delayed medium simulator......Page 111
5.5.5. Bandwidth-limited medium simulator......Page 113
5.6. Chapter summary......Page 115
5.7. Appendix......Page 116
6.1. Introduction......Page 117
6.2. Design of a congestion control function......Page 118
6.2.1. Behavior specification of the sending and receiving side protocol entities......Page 119
6.2.2. The TCP-friendly rate control TFRC specification......Page 122
6.2.3. Detailed TFRC design......Page 125
6.3. Functional validation of the congestion control function......Page 127
6.3.1. Case study 1: continuous stream of messages no time constraints......Page 129
6.3.3. Case study 3: MJPEG video stream......Page 131
6.4. Summary......Page 134
6.5. Appendix......Page 135
7.1. Introduction......Page 136
7.2. Contextual model of a QoS-oriented transport functions......Page 137
7.3. Contextual model of a QoS-oriented error control functions......Page 138
7.3.1. Partially ordered/partially reliable transport services......Page 140
7.4. Contextual model of a QoS-oriented congestion control functions......Page 145
7.4.1. QoS-aware TFRC congestion control......Page 146
7.5. Design of the QoS-oriented error control functions......Page 149
7.5.1. Basis of a fully reliable SACK-based function......Page 150
7.5.2. Design of a partially reliable SACK-based function......Page 151
7.5.3. Design of a partially reliable function......Page 153
7.5.4. Design of a differentiated and partially reliable function......Page 154
7.6. Design of the QoS-oriented congestion control function......Page 155
7.6.1. Basis of a TCP-friendly rate control function......Page 156
7.6.2. Design of a time-constrained and differentiated congestion control function......Page 158
7.7. Summary......Page 160
8.1. Introduction......Page 163
8.2. Communication architecture requirements......Page 165
8.3.1. QoS-oriented architecture......Page 166
8.3.2. Architectural frameworks for communication protocols......Page 167
8.4.1. Design of the fully programmable transport protocol......Page 170
8.5.1. FPTP TD-TFRC mechanism......Page 186
8.5.2. FPTP D-PR and TD-PR mechanisms......Page 187
8.5.3. FPTP TD-TFRC mechanisms......Page 188
8.5.4. Analysis of results......Page 189
8.7. Appendix......Page 190
9.1. Introduction......Page 192
9.2.1. Service-oriented architecture......Page 193
9.2.2. Component-based design......Page 195
9.2.3. Summary......Page 197
9.3.2. Service-component architecture for transport protocols SCATP......Page 198
9.4. FPTP semantic description......Page 199
9.4.1. FPTP individual......Page 200
9.4.2. Service characterization inferences based on components axioms......Page 201
9.5. Summary......Page 203
9.6. Appendix......Page 204
10.1. Introduction......Page 205
10.2. The enhanced transport protocol......Page 206
10.2.1. Adaptive composite communication architecture......Page 207
10.2.2. Behavioral adaptation......Page 209
10.2.3. Structural adaptation......Page 213
10.3. Summary......Page 216
11.1. Introduction......Page 217
11.2. Autonomic computing......Page 218
11.4. Architecture......Page 219
11.4.1. Autonomic elements......Page 220
11.4.2. Autonomic orchestrators......Page 222
11.4.3. Policies......Page 223
11.4.5. Summary......Page 224
11.5.1. Self-managing functionalities......Page 225
11.5.2. Architecture......Page 226
11.5.3. Autonomic orchestrators......Page 228
11.6. Summary......Page 232
11.7. Appendix......Page 233
Conclusions......Page 234
Perspectives......Page 238
Appendix FPTP Implementation and Evaluation......Page 242
Bibliography......Page 271
Index......Page 281