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Transport Layer 3-1 Chapter 3 Transport Layer Computer Networking: A Top Down Approach 5 th edition. Jim Kurose, Keith Ross Addison-Wesley, April 2009. A note on the use of these ppt slides: We’re making these slides freely available to all (faculty, students, readers). They’re in PowerPoint form so you can add, modify, and delete slides (including this one) and slide content to suit your needs. They obviously represent a lot of work on our part. In return for use, we only ask the following: If you use these slides (e.g., in a class) in substantially unaltered form, that you mention their source (after all, we’d like people to use our book!) If you post any slides in substantially unaltered form on a www site, that you note that they are adapted from (or perhaps identical to) our slides, and note our copyright of this material. Thanks and enjoy! JFK/KWR All material copyright 1996-2010 J.F Kurose and K.W. Ross, All Rights Reserved

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Page 1: Chapter 3 Transport Layer - The University of Edinburgh · Transport Layer 3-15 Chapter 3 outline 3.1 Transport-layer services 3.2 Multiplexing and demultiplexing 3.3 Connectionless

Transport Layer 3-1

Chapter 3Transport Layer

Computer Networking A Top Down Approach 5th edition Jim Kurose Keith RossAddison-Wesley April 2009

A note on the use of these ppt slidesWersquore making these slides freely available to all (faculty students readers) Theyrsquore in PowerPoint form so you can add modify and delete slides (including this one) and slide content to suit your needs They obviously represent a lot of work on our part In return for use we only ask the following If you use these slides (eg in a class) in substantially unaltered form that you mention their source (after all wersquod like people to use our book) If you post any slides in substantially unaltered form on a www site that you note that they are adapted from (or perhaps identical to) our slides and note our copyright of this material

Thanks and enjoy JFKKWR

All material copyright 1996-2010JF Kurose and KW Ross All Rights Reserved

Transport Layer 3-2

Chapter 3 Transport LayerOur goals understand principles

behind transport layer services multiplexingdemultipl

exing 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 3-3

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-4

Transport services and protocols provide logical communication

between app processes running on different hosts

transport protocols run in end systems send side breaks app

messages into segments passes to network layer

rcv 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

Transport Layer 3-5

Transport vs network layer

network layer logical communication between hosts

transport layer logical communication between processes relies on enhances

network layer services

Household analogy12 kids sending letters to

12 kids processes = kids app messages = letters

in envelopes hosts = houses transport protocol =

Ann and Bill who demux to in-house siblings

network-layer protocol = postal service

Transport Layer 3-6

Internet transport-layer protocols

reliable in-order delivery (TCP) congestion control flow control connection setup

unreliable unordered delivery UDP no-frills extension of

ldquobest-effortrdquo IP services not available

delay guarantees bandwidth guarantees

applicationtransportnetworkdata linkphysical

networkdata linkphysical

networkdata linkphysical

networkdata linkphysical

networkdata linkphysical

networkdata linkphysical

networkdata linkphysical

applicationtransportnetworkdata linkphysical

Transport Layer 3-7

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-8

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 3-9

How demultiplexing works host receives IP

datagrams each datagram has source

IP address destination IP address

each datagram carries 1 transport-layer segment

each 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

Transport Layer 3-10

Connectionless demultiplexing

recall create sockets with host-local port numbers

DatagramSocket mySocket1 = new DatagramSocket(12534)

DatagramSocket mySocket2 = new DatagramSocket(12535)

recall when creating datagram to send into UDP socket must specify

(dest IP address dest port number)

when host receives UDP segment checks destination port

number in segment directs 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 3-11

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

Transport Layer 3-12

Connection-oriented demux

TCP socket identified by 4-tuple source IP address source port number dest IP address dest 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 3-13

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

Transport Layer 3-14

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 3-15

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-16

UDP User Datagram Protocol [RFC 768]

ldquono frillsrdquo ldquobare bonesrdquo Internet transport protocol

ldquobest effortrdquo service UDP segments may be lost delivered out of order

to app connectionless

no handshaking between UDP sender receiver

each UDP segment handled independently of others

Why is there a UDP no connection

establishment (which can add delay)

simple no connection state at sender receiver

small segment header no congestion control UDP

can blast away as fast as desired

Transport Layer 3-17

UDP more

often used for streaming multimedia apps loss tolerant rate sensitive

other UDP uses DNS SNMP

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

Transport Layer 3-18

UDP checksum

Sender treat segment contents

as sequence of 16-bit integers

checksum addition (1rsquos complement sum) of segment contents

sender puts checksum value into UDP checksum field

Receiver compute checksum of

received segment check if computed checksum

equals checksum field value NO - error detected YES - no error detected

But maybe errors nonetheless More later hellip

Goal detect ldquoerrorsrdquo (eg flipped bits) in transmitted segment

Transport Layer 3-19

Internet Checksum Example Note 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

Transport Layer 3-20

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-21

Principles of Reliable data transfer important in app transport link layers top-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 transfer important in app transport link layers top-10 list of important networking topics

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

Transport Layer 3-23

Principles of Reliable data transfer important in app transport link layers top-10 list of important networking topics

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

Transport Layer 3-24

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 3-25

Reliable data transfer getting startedWersquoll incrementally 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 ldquostaterdquo next state

uniquely determined by next event

eventactions

Transport Layer 3-26

Rdt10 reliable transfer over a reliable channel

underlying channel perfectly reliable no bit errors no loss of packets

separate FSMs for sender receiver sender sends data into underlying channel receiver 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 3-27

Rdt20 channel with bit errors underlying channel may flip bits in packet

checksum to detect bit errors the question how to recover from errors

acknowledgements (ACKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt received OK

negative acknowledgements (NAKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt had errors

sender retransmits pkt on receipt of NAK new mechanisms in rdt20 (beyond rdt10)

error detection receiver feedback control msgs (ACKNAK) rcvr-gtsender

How do humans recover from ldquoerrorsrdquoduring conversation

Transport Layer 3-28

Rdt20 channel with bit errors underlying channel may flip bits in packet

checksum to detect bit errors the question how to recover from errors

acknowledgements (ACKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt received OK

negative acknowledgements (NAKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt had errors

sender retransmits pkt on receipt of NAK new mechanisms in rdt20 (beyond rdt10)

error detection receiver feedback control msgs (ACKNAK) rcvr-gtsender

Transport Layer 3-29

rdt20 FSM specification

Wait for call from above

sndpkt = 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)

Transport Layer 3-30

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)

Transport Layer 3-31

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)

Transport Layer 3-32

rdt20 has a fatal flaw

What happens if ACKNAK corrupted

sender doesnrsquot know what happened at receiver

canrsquot just retransmit possible duplicate

Handling duplicates sender retransmits current

pkt if ACKNAK garbled sender adds sequence

number to each pkt receiver discards (doesnrsquot

deliver up) duplicate pkt

Sender sends one packet then waits for receiver response

stop and wait

Transport Layer 3-33

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

Transport Layer 3-34

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)

Transport Layer 3-35

rdt21 discussion

Sender seq added to pkt two seq rsquos (01) will

suffice Why must check if received

ACKNAK corrupted twice as many states

state must ldquorememberrdquo whether ldquocurrentrdquo pkt has 0 or 1 seq

Receiver must 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 3-36

rdt22 a NAK-free protocol

same functionality as rdt21 using ACKs only instead 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

Transport Layer 3-37

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

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

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK 1 chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

Wait for 0 from below

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

has_seq1(rcvpkt))

udt_send(sndpkt)receiver FSM

fragment

Transport Layer 3-38

rdt30 channels with errors and loss

New assumptionunderlying 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 time

if pkt (or ACK) just delayed (not lost) retransmission will be

duplicate but use of seq rsquos already handles this

receiver must specify seq of pkt being ACKed

requires countdown timer

Transport Layer 3-39

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

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-40

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-41

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-42

Performance of rdt30

rdt30 works but poor performance ex 1 Gbps link 15 ms prop delay 8000 bit packet

U sender utilization ndash fraction of time sender busy sending

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

if RTT=30 msec 1KB pkt every 30 msec -gt 33kBsec thruput over 1 Gbps link

network protocol limits use of physical resources

dsmicrosecon8bps10bits8000

9 RLdtrans

Transport Layer 3-43

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 3-44

Pipelined protocolspipelining sender allows multiple ldquoin-flightrdquo yet-to-

be-acknowledged pkts range of sequence numbers must be increased buffering at sender andor receiver

two generic forms of pipelined protocols go-back-N selective repeat

Transport Layer 3-45

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 =

024 30008

= 00008 3 L R RTT + L R

=

Increase utilizationby a factor of 3

Transport Layer 3-46

Pipelined Protocols

Go-back-N big picture sender can have up to

N unacked packets in pipeline

rcvr only sends cumulative acks doesnrsquot ack packet if

therersquos a gap sender has timer for

only the oldest unacked packet if timer expires

retransmit all unackrsquoed packets

Selective Repeat big pic sender can have up to

N unackrsquoed packets in pipeline

rcvr sends individual ack for each packet

sender maintains timer for each unacked packet when timer expires

retransmit only unackrsquoed packet

Transport Layer 3-47

Go-Back-NSender k-bit seq in pkt header ldquowindowrdquo of up to N consecutive unackrsquoed pkts allowed

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

timer for oldest in-flight pkt (ie send_base) timeout(send_base) retransmit pkt send_base and all in-flight

unacked packets in window with higher seq

Transport Layer 3-48

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)

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

stop_timerelsestart_timer

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

base=1nextseqnum=1

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-49

GBN receiver extended FSM

ACK-only always send ACK for correctly-received pkt with highest in-order seq may generate duplicate ACKs need only remember expectedseqnum

out-of-order pkt discard (donrsquot buffer) -gt no receiver buffering Re-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)

Transport Layer 3-50

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-51

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

received sender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender window N consecutive seq rsquos again limits seq s of sent unACKrsquoed pkts

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-53

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in

window send pkttimeout(n) resend pkt n restart timerACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as received if n smallest unACKed pkt

advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n) out-of-order buffer in-order deliver (also

deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)otherwise ignore

receiver

Transport Layer 3-54

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-55

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3 window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenarios

incorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

Transport Layer 3-56

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex data bi-directional data flow

in same connection MSS maximum segment

size connection-oriented

handshaking (exchange of control msgs) inits sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlled sender will not

overwhelm receiver

point-to-point one sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte stream no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelined TCP congestion and flow

control set window size send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

Transport Layer 3-58

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 3-59

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquo of first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKs seq of next byte

expected from other side

cumulative ACKQ how receiver handles

out-of-order segments A TCP spec doesnrsquot

say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout value

longer than RTT but RTT varies

too short premature timeout unnecessary

retransmissions too long slow

reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTT SampleRTT measured time from

segment transmission until ACK receipt ignore retransmissions

SampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo average several recent

measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-61

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- )EstimatedRTT + SampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving average influence of past sample decreases exponentially fast typical value = 0125

Transport Layer 3-62

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 3-63

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeout EstimatedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin first estimate how much SampleRTT deviates from

EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

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

(typically = 025)

Then set timeout interval

Transport Layer 3-64

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable service

pipelined segments cumulative acks TCP uses single

retransmission timer

retransmissions are triggered by timeout events duplicate acks

initially consider simplified TCP sender ignore duplicate acks ignore flow control

congestion control

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app Create segment with

seq seq is byte-stream

number of first data byte in segment

start timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unacked segment)

expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeout retransmit segment

that caused timeout restart timerAck rcvd If acknowledgement

for previously unacked segments update what is known to

be acked start timer if there are

outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNum if (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 acked byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

Transport Layer 3-68

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

Host A

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 100

Transport Layer 3-69

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

time

SendBase= 120

Transport Layer 3-70

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 starts at lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-71

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-back

if segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

if sender receives 3 ACKs for the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost fast retransmit resend

segment before timer expires

Transport Layer 3-72

Host A

tim

eout

Host B

time

X

Figure 337 Resending a segment after triple duplicate ACK

Transport Layer 3-73

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 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-2

Chapter 3 Transport LayerOur goals understand principles

behind transport layer services multiplexingdemultipl

exing 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 3-3

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-4

Transport services and protocols provide logical communication

between app processes running on different hosts

transport protocols run in end systems send side breaks app

messages into segments passes to network layer

rcv 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

Transport Layer 3-5

Transport vs network layer

network layer logical communication between hosts

transport layer logical communication between processes relies on enhances

network layer services

Household analogy12 kids sending letters to

12 kids processes = kids app messages = letters

in envelopes hosts = houses transport protocol =

Ann and Bill who demux to in-house siblings

network-layer protocol = postal service

Transport Layer 3-6

Internet transport-layer protocols

reliable in-order delivery (TCP) congestion control flow control connection setup

unreliable unordered delivery UDP no-frills extension of

ldquobest-effortrdquo IP services not available

delay guarantees bandwidth guarantees

applicationtransportnetworkdata linkphysical

networkdata linkphysical

networkdata linkphysical

networkdata linkphysical

networkdata linkphysical

networkdata linkphysical

networkdata linkphysical

applicationtransportnetworkdata linkphysical

Transport Layer 3-7

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-8

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 3-9

How demultiplexing works host receives IP

datagrams each datagram has source

IP address destination IP address

each datagram carries 1 transport-layer segment

each 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

Transport Layer 3-10

Connectionless demultiplexing

recall create sockets with host-local port numbers

DatagramSocket mySocket1 = new DatagramSocket(12534)

DatagramSocket mySocket2 = new DatagramSocket(12535)

recall when creating datagram to send into UDP socket must specify

(dest IP address dest port number)

when host receives UDP segment checks destination port

number in segment directs 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 3-11

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

Transport Layer 3-12

Connection-oriented demux

TCP socket identified by 4-tuple source IP address source port number dest IP address dest 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 3-13

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

Transport Layer 3-14

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 3-15

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-16

UDP User Datagram Protocol [RFC 768]

ldquono frillsrdquo ldquobare bonesrdquo Internet transport protocol

ldquobest effortrdquo service UDP segments may be lost delivered out of order

to app connectionless

no handshaking between UDP sender receiver

each UDP segment handled independently of others

Why is there a UDP no connection

establishment (which can add delay)

simple no connection state at sender receiver

small segment header no congestion control UDP

can blast away as fast as desired

Transport Layer 3-17

UDP more

often used for streaming multimedia apps loss tolerant rate sensitive

other UDP uses DNS SNMP

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

Transport Layer 3-18

UDP checksum

Sender treat segment contents

as sequence of 16-bit integers

checksum addition (1rsquos complement sum) of segment contents

sender puts checksum value into UDP checksum field

Receiver compute checksum of

received segment check if computed checksum

equals checksum field value NO - error detected YES - no error detected

But maybe errors nonetheless More later hellip

Goal detect ldquoerrorsrdquo (eg flipped bits) in transmitted segment

Transport Layer 3-19

Internet Checksum Example Note 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

Transport Layer 3-20

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-21

Principles of Reliable data transfer important in app transport link layers top-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 transfer important in app transport link layers top-10 list of important networking topics

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

Transport Layer 3-23

Principles of Reliable data transfer important in app transport link layers top-10 list of important networking topics

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

Transport Layer 3-24

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 3-25

Reliable data transfer getting startedWersquoll incrementally 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 ldquostaterdquo next state

uniquely determined by next event

eventactions

Transport Layer 3-26

Rdt10 reliable transfer over a reliable channel

underlying channel perfectly reliable no bit errors no loss of packets

separate FSMs for sender receiver sender sends data into underlying channel receiver 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 3-27

Rdt20 channel with bit errors underlying channel may flip bits in packet

checksum to detect bit errors the question how to recover from errors

acknowledgements (ACKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt received OK

negative acknowledgements (NAKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt had errors

sender retransmits pkt on receipt of NAK new mechanisms in rdt20 (beyond rdt10)

error detection receiver feedback control msgs (ACKNAK) rcvr-gtsender

How do humans recover from ldquoerrorsrdquoduring conversation

Transport Layer 3-28

Rdt20 channel with bit errors underlying channel may flip bits in packet

checksum to detect bit errors the question how to recover from errors

acknowledgements (ACKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt received OK

negative acknowledgements (NAKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt had errors

sender retransmits pkt on receipt of NAK new mechanisms in rdt20 (beyond rdt10)

error detection receiver feedback control msgs (ACKNAK) rcvr-gtsender

Transport Layer 3-29

rdt20 FSM specification

Wait for call from above

sndpkt = 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)

Transport Layer 3-30

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)

Transport Layer 3-31

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)

Transport Layer 3-32

rdt20 has a fatal flaw

What happens if ACKNAK corrupted

sender doesnrsquot know what happened at receiver

canrsquot just retransmit possible duplicate

Handling duplicates sender retransmits current

pkt if ACKNAK garbled sender adds sequence

number to each pkt receiver discards (doesnrsquot

deliver up) duplicate pkt

Sender sends one packet then waits for receiver response

stop and wait

Transport Layer 3-33

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

Transport Layer 3-34

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)

Transport Layer 3-35

rdt21 discussion

Sender seq added to pkt two seq rsquos (01) will

suffice Why must check if received

ACKNAK corrupted twice as many states

state must ldquorememberrdquo whether ldquocurrentrdquo pkt has 0 or 1 seq

Receiver must 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 3-36

rdt22 a NAK-free protocol

same functionality as rdt21 using ACKs only instead 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

Transport Layer 3-37

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

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

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK 1 chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

Wait for 0 from below

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

has_seq1(rcvpkt))

udt_send(sndpkt)receiver FSM

fragment

Transport Layer 3-38

rdt30 channels with errors and loss

New assumptionunderlying 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 time

if pkt (or ACK) just delayed (not lost) retransmission will be

duplicate but use of seq rsquos already handles this

receiver must specify seq of pkt being ACKed

requires countdown timer

Transport Layer 3-39

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

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-40

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-41

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-42

Performance of rdt30

rdt30 works but poor performance ex 1 Gbps link 15 ms prop delay 8000 bit packet

U sender utilization ndash fraction of time sender busy sending

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

if RTT=30 msec 1KB pkt every 30 msec -gt 33kBsec thruput over 1 Gbps link

network protocol limits use of physical resources

dsmicrosecon8bps10bits8000

9 RLdtrans

Transport Layer 3-43

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 3-44

Pipelined protocolspipelining sender allows multiple ldquoin-flightrdquo yet-to-

be-acknowledged pkts range of sequence numbers must be increased buffering at sender andor receiver

two generic forms of pipelined protocols go-back-N selective repeat

Transport Layer 3-45

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 =

024 30008

= 00008 3 L R RTT + L R

=

Increase utilizationby a factor of 3

Transport Layer 3-46

Pipelined Protocols

Go-back-N big picture sender can have up to

N unacked packets in pipeline

rcvr only sends cumulative acks doesnrsquot ack packet if

therersquos a gap sender has timer for

only the oldest unacked packet if timer expires

retransmit all unackrsquoed packets

Selective Repeat big pic sender can have up to

N unackrsquoed packets in pipeline

rcvr sends individual ack for each packet

sender maintains timer for each unacked packet when timer expires

retransmit only unackrsquoed packet

Transport Layer 3-47

Go-Back-NSender k-bit seq in pkt header ldquowindowrdquo of up to N consecutive unackrsquoed pkts allowed

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

timer for oldest in-flight pkt (ie send_base) timeout(send_base) retransmit pkt send_base and all in-flight

unacked packets in window with higher seq

Transport Layer 3-48

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)

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

stop_timerelsestart_timer

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

base=1nextseqnum=1

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-49

GBN receiver extended FSM

ACK-only always send ACK for correctly-received pkt with highest in-order seq may generate duplicate ACKs need only remember expectedseqnum

out-of-order pkt discard (donrsquot buffer) -gt no receiver buffering Re-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)

Transport Layer 3-50

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-51

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

received sender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender window N consecutive seq rsquos again limits seq s of sent unACKrsquoed pkts

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-53

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in

window send pkttimeout(n) resend pkt n restart timerACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as received if n smallest unACKed pkt

advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n) out-of-order buffer in-order deliver (also

deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)otherwise ignore

receiver

Transport Layer 3-54

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-55

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3 window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenarios

incorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

Transport Layer 3-56

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex data bi-directional data flow

in same connection MSS maximum segment

size connection-oriented

handshaking (exchange of control msgs) inits sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlled sender will not

overwhelm receiver

point-to-point one sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte stream no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelined TCP congestion and flow

control set window size send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

Transport Layer 3-58

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 3-59

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquo of first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKs seq of next byte

expected from other side

cumulative ACKQ how receiver handles

out-of-order segments A TCP spec doesnrsquot

say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout value

longer than RTT but RTT varies

too short premature timeout unnecessary

retransmissions too long slow

reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTT SampleRTT measured time from

segment transmission until ACK receipt ignore retransmissions

SampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo average several recent

measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-61

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- )EstimatedRTT + SampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving average influence of past sample decreases exponentially fast typical value = 0125

Transport Layer 3-62

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 3-63

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeout EstimatedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin first estimate how much SampleRTT deviates from

EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

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

(typically = 025)

Then set timeout interval

Transport Layer 3-64

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable service

pipelined segments cumulative acks TCP uses single

retransmission timer

retransmissions are triggered by timeout events duplicate acks

initially consider simplified TCP sender ignore duplicate acks ignore flow control

congestion control

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app Create segment with

seq seq is byte-stream

number of first data byte in segment

start timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unacked segment)

expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeout retransmit segment

that caused timeout restart timerAck rcvd If acknowledgement

for previously unacked segments update what is known to

be acked start timer if there are

outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNum if (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 acked byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

Transport Layer 3-68

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

Host A

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 100

Transport Layer 3-69

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

time

SendBase= 120

Transport Layer 3-70

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 starts at lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-71

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-back

if segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

if sender receives 3 ACKs for the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost fast retransmit resend

segment before timer expires

Transport Layer 3-72

Host A

tim

eout

Host B

time

X

Figure 337 Resending a segment after triple duplicate ACK

Transport Layer 3-73

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 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-3

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-4

Transport services and protocols provide logical communication

between app processes running on different hosts

transport protocols run in end systems send side breaks app

messages into segments passes to network layer

rcv 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

Transport Layer 3-5

Transport vs network layer

network layer logical communication between hosts

transport layer logical communication between processes relies on enhances

network layer services

Household analogy12 kids sending letters to

12 kids processes = kids app messages = letters

in envelopes hosts = houses transport protocol =

Ann and Bill who demux to in-house siblings

network-layer protocol = postal service

Transport Layer 3-6

Internet transport-layer protocols

reliable in-order delivery (TCP) congestion control flow control connection setup

unreliable unordered delivery UDP no-frills extension of

ldquobest-effortrdquo IP services not available

delay guarantees bandwidth guarantees

applicationtransportnetworkdata linkphysical

networkdata linkphysical

networkdata linkphysical

networkdata linkphysical

networkdata linkphysical

networkdata linkphysical

networkdata linkphysical

applicationtransportnetworkdata linkphysical

Transport Layer 3-7

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-8

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 3-9

How demultiplexing works host receives IP

datagrams each datagram has source

IP address destination IP address

each datagram carries 1 transport-layer segment

each 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

Transport Layer 3-10

Connectionless demultiplexing

recall create sockets with host-local port numbers

DatagramSocket mySocket1 = new DatagramSocket(12534)

DatagramSocket mySocket2 = new DatagramSocket(12535)

recall when creating datagram to send into UDP socket must specify

(dest IP address dest port number)

when host receives UDP segment checks destination port

number in segment directs 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 3-11

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

Transport Layer 3-12

Connection-oriented demux

TCP socket identified by 4-tuple source IP address source port number dest IP address dest 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 3-13

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

Transport Layer 3-14

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 3-15

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-16

UDP User Datagram Protocol [RFC 768]

ldquono frillsrdquo ldquobare bonesrdquo Internet transport protocol

ldquobest effortrdquo service UDP segments may be lost delivered out of order

to app connectionless

no handshaking between UDP sender receiver

each UDP segment handled independently of others

Why is there a UDP no connection

establishment (which can add delay)

simple no connection state at sender receiver

small segment header no congestion control UDP

can blast away as fast as desired

Transport Layer 3-17

UDP more

often used for streaming multimedia apps loss tolerant rate sensitive

other UDP uses DNS SNMP

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

Transport Layer 3-18

UDP checksum

Sender treat segment contents

as sequence of 16-bit integers

checksum addition (1rsquos complement sum) of segment contents

sender puts checksum value into UDP checksum field

Receiver compute checksum of

received segment check if computed checksum

equals checksum field value NO - error detected YES - no error detected

But maybe errors nonetheless More later hellip

Goal detect ldquoerrorsrdquo (eg flipped bits) in transmitted segment

Transport Layer 3-19

Internet Checksum Example Note 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

Transport Layer 3-20

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-21

Principles of Reliable data transfer important in app transport link layers top-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 transfer important in app transport link layers top-10 list of important networking topics

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

Transport Layer 3-23

Principles of Reliable data transfer important in app transport link layers top-10 list of important networking topics

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

Transport Layer 3-24

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 3-25

Reliable data transfer getting startedWersquoll incrementally 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 ldquostaterdquo next state

uniquely determined by next event

eventactions

Transport Layer 3-26

Rdt10 reliable transfer over a reliable channel

underlying channel perfectly reliable no bit errors no loss of packets

separate FSMs for sender receiver sender sends data into underlying channel receiver 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 3-27

Rdt20 channel with bit errors underlying channel may flip bits in packet

checksum to detect bit errors the question how to recover from errors

acknowledgements (ACKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt received OK

negative acknowledgements (NAKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt had errors

sender retransmits pkt on receipt of NAK new mechanisms in rdt20 (beyond rdt10)

error detection receiver feedback control msgs (ACKNAK) rcvr-gtsender

How do humans recover from ldquoerrorsrdquoduring conversation

Transport Layer 3-28

Rdt20 channel with bit errors underlying channel may flip bits in packet

checksum to detect bit errors the question how to recover from errors

acknowledgements (ACKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt received OK

negative acknowledgements (NAKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt had errors

sender retransmits pkt on receipt of NAK new mechanisms in rdt20 (beyond rdt10)

error detection receiver feedback control msgs (ACKNAK) rcvr-gtsender

Transport Layer 3-29

rdt20 FSM specification

Wait for call from above

sndpkt = 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)

Transport Layer 3-30

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)

Transport Layer 3-31

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)

Transport Layer 3-32

rdt20 has a fatal flaw

What happens if ACKNAK corrupted

sender doesnrsquot know what happened at receiver

canrsquot just retransmit possible duplicate

Handling duplicates sender retransmits current

pkt if ACKNAK garbled sender adds sequence

number to each pkt receiver discards (doesnrsquot

deliver up) duplicate pkt

Sender sends one packet then waits for receiver response

stop and wait

Transport Layer 3-33

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

Transport Layer 3-34

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)

Transport Layer 3-35

rdt21 discussion

Sender seq added to pkt two seq rsquos (01) will

suffice Why must check if received

ACKNAK corrupted twice as many states

state must ldquorememberrdquo whether ldquocurrentrdquo pkt has 0 or 1 seq

Receiver must 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 3-36

rdt22 a NAK-free protocol

same functionality as rdt21 using ACKs only instead 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

Transport Layer 3-37

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

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

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK 1 chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

Wait for 0 from below

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

has_seq1(rcvpkt))

udt_send(sndpkt)receiver FSM

fragment

Transport Layer 3-38

rdt30 channels with errors and loss

New assumptionunderlying 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 time

if pkt (or ACK) just delayed (not lost) retransmission will be

duplicate but use of seq rsquos already handles this

receiver must specify seq of pkt being ACKed

requires countdown timer

Transport Layer 3-39

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

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-40

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-41

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-42

Performance of rdt30

rdt30 works but poor performance ex 1 Gbps link 15 ms prop delay 8000 bit packet

U sender utilization ndash fraction of time sender busy sending

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

if RTT=30 msec 1KB pkt every 30 msec -gt 33kBsec thruput over 1 Gbps link

network protocol limits use of physical resources

dsmicrosecon8bps10bits8000

9 RLdtrans

Transport Layer 3-43

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 3-44

Pipelined protocolspipelining sender allows multiple ldquoin-flightrdquo yet-to-

be-acknowledged pkts range of sequence numbers must be increased buffering at sender andor receiver

two generic forms of pipelined protocols go-back-N selective repeat

Transport Layer 3-45

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 =

024 30008

= 00008 3 L R RTT + L R

=

Increase utilizationby a factor of 3

Transport Layer 3-46

Pipelined Protocols

Go-back-N big picture sender can have up to

N unacked packets in pipeline

rcvr only sends cumulative acks doesnrsquot ack packet if

therersquos a gap sender has timer for

only the oldest unacked packet if timer expires

retransmit all unackrsquoed packets

Selective Repeat big pic sender can have up to

N unackrsquoed packets in pipeline

rcvr sends individual ack for each packet

sender maintains timer for each unacked packet when timer expires

retransmit only unackrsquoed packet

Transport Layer 3-47

Go-Back-NSender k-bit seq in pkt header ldquowindowrdquo of up to N consecutive unackrsquoed pkts allowed

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

timer for oldest in-flight pkt (ie send_base) timeout(send_base) retransmit pkt send_base and all in-flight

unacked packets in window with higher seq

Transport Layer 3-48

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)

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

stop_timerelsestart_timer

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

base=1nextseqnum=1

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-49

GBN receiver extended FSM

ACK-only always send ACK for correctly-received pkt with highest in-order seq may generate duplicate ACKs need only remember expectedseqnum

out-of-order pkt discard (donrsquot buffer) -gt no receiver buffering Re-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)

Transport Layer 3-50

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-51

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

received sender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender window N consecutive seq rsquos again limits seq s of sent unACKrsquoed pkts

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-53

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in

window send pkttimeout(n) resend pkt n restart timerACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as received if n smallest unACKed pkt

advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n) out-of-order buffer in-order deliver (also

deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)otherwise ignore

receiver

Transport Layer 3-54

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-55

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3 window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenarios

incorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

Transport Layer 3-56

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex data bi-directional data flow

in same connection MSS maximum segment

size connection-oriented

handshaking (exchange of control msgs) inits sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlled sender will not

overwhelm receiver

point-to-point one sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte stream no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelined TCP congestion and flow

control set window size send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

Transport Layer 3-58

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 3-59

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquo of first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKs seq of next byte

expected from other side

cumulative ACKQ how receiver handles

out-of-order segments A TCP spec doesnrsquot

say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout value

longer than RTT but RTT varies

too short premature timeout unnecessary

retransmissions too long slow

reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTT SampleRTT measured time from

segment transmission until ACK receipt ignore retransmissions

SampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo average several recent

measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-61

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- )EstimatedRTT + SampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving average influence of past sample decreases exponentially fast typical value = 0125

Transport Layer 3-62

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 3-63

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeout EstimatedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin first estimate how much SampleRTT deviates from

EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

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

(typically = 025)

Then set timeout interval

Transport Layer 3-64

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable service

pipelined segments cumulative acks TCP uses single

retransmission timer

retransmissions are triggered by timeout events duplicate acks

initially consider simplified TCP sender ignore duplicate acks ignore flow control

congestion control

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app Create segment with

seq seq is byte-stream

number of first data byte in segment

start timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unacked segment)

expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeout retransmit segment

that caused timeout restart timerAck rcvd If acknowledgement

for previously unacked segments update what is known to

be acked start timer if there are

outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNum if (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 acked byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

Transport Layer 3-68

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

Host A

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 100

Transport Layer 3-69

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

time

SendBase= 120

Transport Layer 3-70

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 starts at lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-71

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-back

if segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

if sender receives 3 ACKs for the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost fast retransmit resend

segment before timer expires

Transport Layer 3-72

Host A

tim

eout

Host B

time

X

Figure 337 Resending a segment after triple duplicate ACK

Transport Layer 3-73

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 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-4

Transport services and protocols provide logical communication

between app processes running on different hosts

transport protocols run in end systems send side breaks app

messages into segments passes to network layer

rcv 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

Transport Layer 3-5

Transport vs network layer

network layer logical communication between hosts

transport layer logical communication between processes relies on enhances

network layer services

Household analogy12 kids sending letters to

12 kids processes = kids app messages = letters

in envelopes hosts = houses transport protocol =

Ann and Bill who demux to in-house siblings

network-layer protocol = postal service

Transport Layer 3-6

Internet transport-layer protocols

reliable in-order delivery (TCP) congestion control flow control connection setup

unreliable unordered delivery UDP no-frills extension of

ldquobest-effortrdquo IP services not available

delay guarantees bandwidth guarantees

applicationtransportnetworkdata linkphysical

networkdata linkphysical

networkdata linkphysical

networkdata linkphysical

networkdata linkphysical

networkdata linkphysical

networkdata linkphysical

applicationtransportnetworkdata linkphysical

Transport Layer 3-7

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-8

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 3-9

How demultiplexing works host receives IP

datagrams each datagram has source

IP address destination IP address

each datagram carries 1 transport-layer segment

each 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

Transport Layer 3-10

Connectionless demultiplexing

recall create sockets with host-local port numbers

DatagramSocket mySocket1 = new DatagramSocket(12534)

DatagramSocket mySocket2 = new DatagramSocket(12535)

recall when creating datagram to send into UDP socket must specify

(dest IP address dest port number)

when host receives UDP segment checks destination port

number in segment directs 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 3-11

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

Transport Layer 3-12

Connection-oriented demux

TCP socket identified by 4-tuple source IP address source port number dest IP address dest 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 3-13

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

Transport Layer 3-14

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 3-15

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-16

UDP User Datagram Protocol [RFC 768]

ldquono frillsrdquo ldquobare bonesrdquo Internet transport protocol

ldquobest effortrdquo service UDP segments may be lost delivered out of order

to app connectionless

no handshaking between UDP sender receiver

each UDP segment handled independently of others

Why is there a UDP no connection

establishment (which can add delay)

simple no connection state at sender receiver

small segment header no congestion control UDP

can blast away as fast as desired

Transport Layer 3-17

UDP more

often used for streaming multimedia apps loss tolerant rate sensitive

other UDP uses DNS SNMP

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

Transport Layer 3-18

UDP checksum

Sender treat segment contents

as sequence of 16-bit integers

checksum addition (1rsquos complement sum) of segment contents

sender puts checksum value into UDP checksum field

Receiver compute checksum of

received segment check if computed checksum

equals checksum field value NO - error detected YES - no error detected

But maybe errors nonetheless More later hellip

Goal detect ldquoerrorsrdquo (eg flipped bits) in transmitted segment

Transport Layer 3-19

Internet Checksum Example Note 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

Transport Layer 3-20

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-21

Principles of Reliable data transfer important in app transport link layers top-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 transfer important in app transport link layers top-10 list of important networking topics

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

Transport Layer 3-23

Principles of Reliable data transfer important in app transport link layers top-10 list of important networking topics

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

Transport Layer 3-24

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 3-25

Reliable data transfer getting startedWersquoll incrementally 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 ldquostaterdquo next state

uniquely determined by next event

eventactions

Transport Layer 3-26

Rdt10 reliable transfer over a reliable channel

underlying channel perfectly reliable no bit errors no loss of packets

separate FSMs for sender receiver sender sends data into underlying channel receiver 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 3-27

Rdt20 channel with bit errors underlying channel may flip bits in packet

checksum to detect bit errors the question how to recover from errors

acknowledgements (ACKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt received OK

negative acknowledgements (NAKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt had errors

sender retransmits pkt on receipt of NAK new mechanisms in rdt20 (beyond rdt10)

error detection receiver feedback control msgs (ACKNAK) rcvr-gtsender

How do humans recover from ldquoerrorsrdquoduring conversation

Transport Layer 3-28

Rdt20 channel with bit errors underlying channel may flip bits in packet

checksum to detect bit errors the question how to recover from errors

acknowledgements (ACKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt received OK

negative acknowledgements (NAKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt had errors

sender retransmits pkt on receipt of NAK new mechanisms in rdt20 (beyond rdt10)

error detection receiver feedback control msgs (ACKNAK) rcvr-gtsender

Transport Layer 3-29

rdt20 FSM specification

Wait for call from above

sndpkt = 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)

Transport Layer 3-30

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)

Transport Layer 3-31

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)

Transport Layer 3-32

rdt20 has a fatal flaw

What happens if ACKNAK corrupted

sender doesnrsquot know what happened at receiver

canrsquot just retransmit possible duplicate

Handling duplicates sender retransmits current

pkt if ACKNAK garbled sender adds sequence

number to each pkt receiver discards (doesnrsquot

deliver up) duplicate pkt

Sender sends one packet then waits for receiver response

stop and wait

Transport Layer 3-33

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

Transport Layer 3-34

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)

Transport Layer 3-35

rdt21 discussion

Sender seq added to pkt two seq rsquos (01) will

suffice Why must check if received

ACKNAK corrupted twice as many states

state must ldquorememberrdquo whether ldquocurrentrdquo pkt has 0 or 1 seq

Receiver must 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 3-36

rdt22 a NAK-free protocol

same functionality as rdt21 using ACKs only instead 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

Transport Layer 3-37

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

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

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK 1 chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

Wait for 0 from below

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

has_seq1(rcvpkt))

udt_send(sndpkt)receiver FSM

fragment

Transport Layer 3-38

rdt30 channels with errors and loss

New assumptionunderlying 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 time

if pkt (or ACK) just delayed (not lost) retransmission will be

duplicate but use of seq rsquos already handles this

receiver must specify seq of pkt being ACKed

requires countdown timer

Transport Layer 3-39

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

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-40

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-41

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-42

Performance of rdt30

rdt30 works but poor performance ex 1 Gbps link 15 ms prop delay 8000 bit packet

U sender utilization ndash fraction of time sender busy sending

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

if RTT=30 msec 1KB pkt every 30 msec -gt 33kBsec thruput over 1 Gbps link

network protocol limits use of physical resources

dsmicrosecon8bps10bits8000

9 RLdtrans

Transport Layer 3-43

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 3-44

Pipelined protocolspipelining sender allows multiple ldquoin-flightrdquo yet-to-

be-acknowledged pkts range of sequence numbers must be increased buffering at sender andor receiver

two generic forms of pipelined protocols go-back-N selective repeat

Transport Layer 3-45

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 =

024 30008

= 00008 3 L R RTT + L R

=

Increase utilizationby a factor of 3

Transport Layer 3-46

Pipelined Protocols

Go-back-N big picture sender can have up to

N unacked packets in pipeline

rcvr only sends cumulative acks doesnrsquot ack packet if

therersquos a gap sender has timer for

only the oldest unacked packet if timer expires

retransmit all unackrsquoed packets

Selective Repeat big pic sender can have up to

N unackrsquoed packets in pipeline

rcvr sends individual ack for each packet

sender maintains timer for each unacked packet when timer expires

retransmit only unackrsquoed packet

Transport Layer 3-47

Go-Back-NSender k-bit seq in pkt header ldquowindowrdquo of up to N consecutive unackrsquoed pkts allowed

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

timer for oldest in-flight pkt (ie send_base) timeout(send_base) retransmit pkt send_base and all in-flight

unacked packets in window with higher seq

Transport Layer 3-48

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)

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

stop_timerelsestart_timer

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

base=1nextseqnum=1

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-49

GBN receiver extended FSM

ACK-only always send ACK for correctly-received pkt with highest in-order seq may generate duplicate ACKs need only remember expectedseqnum

out-of-order pkt discard (donrsquot buffer) -gt no receiver buffering Re-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)

Transport Layer 3-50

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-51

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

received sender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender window N consecutive seq rsquos again limits seq s of sent unACKrsquoed pkts

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-53

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in

window send pkttimeout(n) resend pkt n restart timerACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as received if n smallest unACKed pkt

advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n) out-of-order buffer in-order deliver (also

deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)otherwise ignore

receiver

Transport Layer 3-54

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-55

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3 window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenarios

incorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

Transport Layer 3-56

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex data bi-directional data flow

in same connection MSS maximum segment

size connection-oriented

handshaking (exchange of control msgs) inits sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlled sender will not

overwhelm receiver

point-to-point one sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte stream no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelined TCP congestion and flow

control set window size send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

Transport Layer 3-58

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 3-59

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquo of first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKs seq of next byte

expected from other side

cumulative ACKQ how receiver handles

out-of-order segments A TCP spec doesnrsquot

say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout value

longer than RTT but RTT varies

too short premature timeout unnecessary

retransmissions too long slow

reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTT SampleRTT measured time from

segment transmission until ACK receipt ignore retransmissions

SampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo average several recent

measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-61

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- )EstimatedRTT + SampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving average influence of past sample decreases exponentially fast typical value = 0125

Transport Layer 3-62

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 3-63

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeout EstimatedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin first estimate how much SampleRTT deviates from

EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

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

(typically = 025)

Then set timeout interval

Transport Layer 3-64

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable service

pipelined segments cumulative acks TCP uses single

retransmission timer

retransmissions are triggered by timeout events duplicate acks

initially consider simplified TCP sender ignore duplicate acks ignore flow control

congestion control

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app Create segment with

seq seq is byte-stream

number of first data byte in segment

start timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unacked segment)

expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeout retransmit segment

that caused timeout restart timerAck rcvd If acknowledgement

for previously unacked segments update what is known to

be acked start timer if there are

outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNum if (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 acked byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

Transport Layer 3-68

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

Host A

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 100

Transport Layer 3-69

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

time

SendBase= 120

Transport Layer 3-70

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 starts at lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-71

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-back

if segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

if sender receives 3 ACKs for the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost fast retransmit resend

segment before timer expires

Transport Layer 3-72

Host A

tim

eout

Host B

time

X

Figure 337 Resending a segment after triple duplicate ACK

Transport Layer 3-73

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 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

Page 5: Chapter 3 Transport Layer - The University of Edinburgh · Transport Layer 3-15 Chapter 3 outline 3.1 Transport-layer services 3.2 Multiplexing and demultiplexing 3.3 Connectionless

Transport Layer 3-5

Transport vs network layer

network layer logical communication between hosts

transport layer logical communication between processes relies on enhances

network layer services

Household analogy12 kids sending letters to

12 kids processes = kids app messages = letters

in envelopes hosts = houses transport protocol =

Ann and Bill who demux to in-house siblings

network-layer protocol = postal service

Transport Layer 3-6

Internet transport-layer protocols

reliable in-order delivery (TCP) congestion control flow control connection setup

unreliable unordered delivery UDP no-frills extension of

ldquobest-effortrdquo IP services not available

delay guarantees bandwidth guarantees

applicationtransportnetworkdata linkphysical

networkdata linkphysical

networkdata linkphysical

networkdata linkphysical

networkdata linkphysical

networkdata linkphysical

networkdata linkphysical

applicationtransportnetworkdata linkphysical

Transport Layer 3-7

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-8

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 3-9

How demultiplexing works host receives IP

datagrams each datagram has source

IP address destination IP address

each datagram carries 1 transport-layer segment

each 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

Transport Layer 3-10

Connectionless demultiplexing

recall create sockets with host-local port numbers

DatagramSocket mySocket1 = new DatagramSocket(12534)

DatagramSocket mySocket2 = new DatagramSocket(12535)

recall when creating datagram to send into UDP socket must specify

(dest IP address dest port number)

when host receives UDP segment checks destination port

number in segment directs 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 3-11

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

Transport Layer 3-12

Connection-oriented demux

TCP socket identified by 4-tuple source IP address source port number dest IP address dest 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 3-13

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

Transport Layer 3-14

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 3-15

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-16

UDP User Datagram Protocol [RFC 768]

ldquono frillsrdquo ldquobare bonesrdquo Internet transport protocol

ldquobest effortrdquo service UDP segments may be lost delivered out of order

to app connectionless

no handshaking between UDP sender receiver

each UDP segment handled independently of others

Why is there a UDP no connection

establishment (which can add delay)

simple no connection state at sender receiver

small segment header no congestion control UDP

can blast away as fast as desired

Transport Layer 3-17

UDP more

often used for streaming multimedia apps loss tolerant rate sensitive

other UDP uses DNS SNMP

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

Transport Layer 3-18

UDP checksum

Sender treat segment contents

as sequence of 16-bit integers

checksum addition (1rsquos complement sum) of segment contents

sender puts checksum value into UDP checksum field

Receiver compute checksum of

received segment check if computed checksum

equals checksum field value NO - error detected YES - no error detected

But maybe errors nonetheless More later hellip

Goal detect ldquoerrorsrdquo (eg flipped bits) in transmitted segment

Transport Layer 3-19

Internet Checksum Example Note 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

Transport Layer 3-20

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-21

Principles of Reliable data transfer important in app transport link layers top-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 transfer important in app transport link layers top-10 list of important networking topics

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

Transport Layer 3-23

Principles of Reliable data transfer important in app transport link layers top-10 list of important networking topics

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

Transport Layer 3-24

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 3-25

Reliable data transfer getting startedWersquoll incrementally 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 ldquostaterdquo next state

uniquely determined by next event

eventactions

Transport Layer 3-26

Rdt10 reliable transfer over a reliable channel

underlying channel perfectly reliable no bit errors no loss of packets

separate FSMs for sender receiver sender sends data into underlying channel receiver 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 3-27

Rdt20 channel with bit errors underlying channel may flip bits in packet

checksum to detect bit errors the question how to recover from errors

acknowledgements (ACKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt received OK

negative acknowledgements (NAKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt had errors

sender retransmits pkt on receipt of NAK new mechanisms in rdt20 (beyond rdt10)

error detection receiver feedback control msgs (ACKNAK) rcvr-gtsender

How do humans recover from ldquoerrorsrdquoduring conversation

Transport Layer 3-28

Rdt20 channel with bit errors underlying channel may flip bits in packet

checksum to detect bit errors the question how to recover from errors

acknowledgements (ACKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt received OK

negative acknowledgements (NAKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt had errors

sender retransmits pkt on receipt of NAK new mechanisms in rdt20 (beyond rdt10)

error detection receiver feedback control msgs (ACKNAK) rcvr-gtsender

Transport Layer 3-29

rdt20 FSM specification

Wait for call from above

sndpkt = 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)

Transport Layer 3-30

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)

Transport Layer 3-31

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)

Transport Layer 3-32

rdt20 has a fatal flaw

What happens if ACKNAK corrupted

sender doesnrsquot know what happened at receiver

canrsquot just retransmit possible duplicate

Handling duplicates sender retransmits current

pkt if ACKNAK garbled sender adds sequence

number to each pkt receiver discards (doesnrsquot

deliver up) duplicate pkt

Sender sends one packet then waits for receiver response

stop and wait

Transport Layer 3-33

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

Transport Layer 3-34

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)

Transport Layer 3-35

rdt21 discussion

Sender seq added to pkt two seq rsquos (01) will

suffice Why must check if received

ACKNAK corrupted twice as many states

state must ldquorememberrdquo whether ldquocurrentrdquo pkt has 0 or 1 seq

Receiver must 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 3-36

rdt22 a NAK-free protocol

same functionality as rdt21 using ACKs only instead 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

Transport Layer 3-37

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

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

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK 1 chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

Wait for 0 from below

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

has_seq1(rcvpkt))

udt_send(sndpkt)receiver FSM

fragment

Transport Layer 3-38

rdt30 channels with errors and loss

New assumptionunderlying 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 time

if pkt (or ACK) just delayed (not lost) retransmission will be

duplicate but use of seq rsquos already handles this

receiver must specify seq of pkt being ACKed

requires countdown timer

Transport Layer 3-39

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

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-40

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-41

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-42

Performance of rdt30

rdt30 works but poor performance ex 1 Gbps link 15 ms prop delay 8000 bit packet

U sender utilization ndash fraction of time sender busy sending

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

if RTT=30 msec 1KB pkt every 30 msec -gt 33kBsec thruput over 1 Gbps link

network protocol limits use of physical resources

dsmicrosecon8bps10bits8000

9 RLdtrans

Transport Layer 3-43

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 3-44

Pipelined protocolspipelining sender allows multiple ldquoin-flightrdquo yet-to-

be-acknowledged pkts range of sequence numbers must be increased buffering at sender andor receiver

two generic forms of pipelined protocols go-back-N selective repeat

Transport Layer 3-45

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 =

024 30008

= 00008 3 L R RTT + L R

=

Increase utilizationby a factor of 3

Transport Layer 3-46

Pipelined Protocols

Go-back-N big picture sender can have up to

N unacked packets in pipeline

rcvr only sends cumulative acks doesnrsquot ack packet if

therersquos a gap sender has timer for

only the oldest unacked packet if timer expires

retransmit all unackrsquoed packets

Selective Repeat big pic sender can have up to

N unackrsquoed packets in pipeline

rcvr sends individual ack for each packet

sender maintains timer for each unacked packet when timer expires

retransmit only unackrsquoed packet

Transport Layer 3-47

Go-Back-NSender k-bit seq in pkt header ldquowindowrdquo of up to N consecutive unackrsquoed pkts allowed

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

timer for oldest in-flight pkt (ie send_base) timeout(send_base) retransmit pkt send_base and all in-flight

unacked packets in window with higher seq

Transport Layer 3-48

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)

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

stop_timerelsestart_timer

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

base=1nextseqnum=1

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-49

GBN receiver extended FSM

ACK-only always send ACK for correctly-received pkt with highest in-order seq may generate duplicate ACKs need only remember expectedseqnum

out-of-order pkt discard (donrsquot buffer) -gt no receiver buffering Re-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)

Transport Layer 3-50

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-51

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

received sender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender window N consecutive seq rsquos again limits seq s of sent unACKrsquoed pkts

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-53

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in

window send pkttimeout(n) resend pkt n restart timerACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as received if n smallest unACKed pkt

advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n) out-of-order buffer in-order deliver (also

deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)otherwise ignore

receiver

Transport Layer 3-54

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-55

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3 window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenarios

incorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

Transport Layer 3-56

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex data bi-directional data flow

in same connection MSS maximum segment

size connection-oriented

handshaking (exchange of control msgs) inits sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlled sender will not

overwhelm receiver

point-to-point one sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte stream no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelined TCP congestion and flow

control set window size send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

Transport Layer 3-58

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 3-59

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquo of first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKs seq of next byte

expected from other side

cumulative ACKQ how receiver handles

out-of-order segments A TCP spec doesnrsquot

say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout value

longer than RTT but RTT varies

too short premature timeout unnecessary

retransmissions too long slow

reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTT SampleRTT measured time from

segment transmission until ACK receipt ignore retransmissions

SampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo average several recent

measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-61

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- )EstimatedRTT + SampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving average influence of past sample decreases exponentially fast typical value = 0125

Transport Layer 3-62

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 3-63

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeout EstimatedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin first estimate how much SampleRTT deviates from

EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

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

(typically = 025)

Then set timeout interval

Transport Layer 3-64

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable service

pipelined segments cumulative acks TCP uses single

retransmission timer

retransmissions are triggered by timeout events duplicate acks

initially consider simplified TCP sender ignore duplicate acks ignore flow control

congestion control

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app Create segment with

seq seq is byte-stream

number of first data byte in segment

start timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unacked segment)

expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeout retransmit segment

that caused timeout restart timerAck rcvd If acknowledgement

for previously unacked segments update what is known to

be acked start timer if there are

outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNum if (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 acked byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

Transport Layer 3-68

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

Host A

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 100

Transport Layer 3-69

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

time

SendBase= 120

Transport Layer 3-70

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 starts at lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-71

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-back

if segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

if sender receives 3 ACKs for the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost fast retransmit resend

segment before timer expires

Transport Layer 3-72

Host A

tim

eout

Host B

time

X

Figure 337 Resending a segment after triple duplicate ACK

Transport Layer 3-73

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 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

Page 6: Chapter 3 Transport Layer - The University of Edinburgh · Transport Layer 3-15 Chapter 3 outline 3.1 Transport-layer services 3.2 Multiplexing and demultiplexing 3.3 Connectionless

Transport Layer 3-6

Internet transport-layer protocols

reliable in-order delivery (TCP) congestion control flow control connection setup

unreliable unordered delivery UDP no-frills extension of

ldquobest-effortrdquo IP services not available

delay guarantees bandwidth guarantees

applicationtransportnetworkdata linkphysical

networkdata linkphysical

networkdata linkphysical

networkdata linkphysical

networkdata linkphysical

networkdata linkphysical

networkdata linkphysical

applicationtransportnetworkdata linkphysical

Transport Layer 3-7

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-8

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 3-9

How demultiplexing works host receives IP

datagrams each datagram has source

IP address destination IP address

each datagram carries 1 transport-layer segment

each 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

Transport Layer 3-10

Connectionless demultiplexing

recall create sockets with host-local port numbers

DatagramSocket mySocket1 = new DatagramSocket(12534)

DatagramSocket mySocket2 = new DatagramSocket(12535)

recall when creating datagram to send into UDP socket must specify

(dest IP address dest port number)

when host receives UDP segment checks destination port

number in segment directs 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 3-11

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

Transport Layer 3-12

Connection-oriented demux

TCP socket identified by 4-tuple source IP address source port number dest IP address dest 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 3-13

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

Transport Layer 3-14

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 3-15

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-16

UDP User Datagram Protocol [RFC 768]

ldquono frillsrdquo ldquobare bonesrdquo Internet transport protocol

ldquobest effortrdquo service UDP segments may be lost delivered out of order

to app connectionless

no handshaking between UDP sender receiver

each UDP segment handled independently of others

Why is there a UDP no connection

establishment (which can add delay)

simple no connection state at sender receiver

small segment header no congestion control UDP

can blast away as fast as desired

Transport Layer 3-17

UDP more

often used for streaming multimedia apps loss tolerant rate sensitive

other UDP uses DNS SNMP

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

Transport Layer 3-18

UDP checksum

Sender treat segment contents

as sequence of 16-bit integers

checksum addition (1rsquos complement sum) of segment contents

sender puts checksum value into UDP checksum field

Receiver compute checksum of

received segment check if computed checksum

equals checksum field value NO - error detected YES - no error detected

But maybe errors nonetheless More later hellip

Goal detect ldquoerrorsrdquo (eg flipped bits) in transmitted segment

Transport Layer 3-19

Internet Checksum Example Note 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

Transport Layer 3-20

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-21

Principles of Reliable data transfer important in app transport link layers top-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 transfer important in app transport link layers top-10 list of important networking topics

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

Transport Layer 3-23

Principles of Reliable data transfer important in app transport link layers top-10 list of important networking topics

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

Transport Layer 3-24

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 3-25

Reliable data transfer getting startedWersquoll incrementally 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 ldquostaterdquo next state

uniquely determined by next event

eventactions

Transport Layer 3-26

Rdt10 reliable transfer over a reliable channel

underlying channel perfectly reliable no bit errors no loss of packets

separate FSMs for sender receiver sender sends data into underlying channel receiver 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 3-27

Rdt20 channel with bit errors underlying channel may flip bits in packet

checksum to detect bit errors the question how to recover from errors

acknowledgements (ACKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt received OK

negative acknowledgements (NAKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt had errors

sender retransmits pkt on receipt of NAK new mechanisms in rdt20 (beyond rdt10)

error detection receiver feedback control msgs (ACKNAK) rcvr-gtsender

How do humans recover from ldquoerrorsrdquoduring conversation

Transport Layer 3-28

Rdt20 channel with bit errors underlying channel may flip bits in packet

checksum to detect bit errors the question how to recover from errors

acknowledgements (ACKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt received OK

negative acknowledgements (NAKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt had errors

sender retransmits pkt on receipt of NAK new mechanisms in rdt20 (beyond rdt10)

error detection receiver feedback control msgs (ACKNAK) rcvr-gtsender

Transport Layer 3-29

rdt20 FSM specification

Wait for call from above

sndpkt = 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)

Transport Layer 3-30

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)

Transport Layer 3-31

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)

Transport Layer 3-32

rdt20 has a fatal flaw

What happens if ACKNAK corrupted

sender doesnrsquot know what happened at receiver

canrsquot just retransmit possible duplicate

Handling duplicates sender retransmits current

pkt if ACKNAK garbled sender adds sequence

number to each pkt receiver discards (doesnrsquot

deliver up) duplicate pkt

Sender sends one packet then waits for receiver response

stop and wait

Transport Layer 3-33

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

Transport Layer 3-34

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)

Transport Layer 3-35

rdt21 discussion

Sender seq added to pkt two seq rsquos (01) will

suffice Why must check if received

ACKNAK corrupted twice as many states

state must ldquorememberrdquo whether ldquocurrentrdquo pkt has 0 or 1 seq

Receiver must 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 3-36

rdt22 a NAK-free protocol

same functionality as rdt21 using ACKs only instead 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

Transport Layer 3-37

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

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

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK 1 chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

Wait for 0 from below

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

has_seq1(rcvpkt))

udt_send(sndpkt)receiver FSM

fragment

Transport Layer 3-38

rdt30 channels with errors and loss

New assumptionunderlying 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 time

if pkt (or ACK) just delayed (not lost) retransmission will be

duplicate but use of seq rsquos already handles this

receiver must specify seq of pkt being ACKed

requires countdown timer

Transport Layer 3-39

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

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-40

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-41

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-42

Performance of rdt30

rdt30 works but poor performance ex 1 Gbps link 15 ms prop delay 8000 bit packet

U sender utilization ndash fraction of time sender busy sending

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

if RTT=30 msec 1KB pkt every 30 msec -gt 33kBsec thruput over 1 Gbps link

network protocol limits use of physical resources

dsmicrosecon8bps10bits8000

9 RLdtrans

Transport Layer 3-43

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 3-44

Pipelined protocolspipelining sender allows multiple ldquoin-flightrdquo yet-to-

be-acknowledged pkts range of sequence numbers must be increased buffering at sender andor receiver

two generic forms of pipelined protocols go-back-N selective repeat

Transport Layer 3-45

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 =

024 30008

= 00008 3 L R RTT + L R

=

Increase utilizationby a factor of 3

Transport Layer 3-46

Pipelined Protocols

Go-back-N big picture sender can have up to

N unacked packets in pipeline

rcvr only sends cumulative acks doesnrsquot ack packet if

therersquos a gap sender has timer for

only the oldest unacked packet if timer expires

retransmit all unackrsquoed packets

Selective Repeat big pic sender can have up to

N unackrsquoed packets in pipeline

rcvr sends individual ack for each packet

sender maintains timer for each unacked packet when timer expires

retransmit only unackrsquoed packet

Transport Layer 3-47

Go-Back-NSender k-bit seq in pkt header ldquowindowrdquo of up to N consecutive unackrsquoed pkts allowed

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

timer for oldest in-flight pkt (ie send_base) timeout(send_base) retransmit pkt send_base and all in-flight

unacked packets in window with higher seq

Transport Layer 3-48

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)

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

stop_timerelsestart_timer

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

base=1nextseqnum=1

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-49

GBN receiver extended FSM

ACK-only always send ACK for correctly-received pkt with highest in-order seq may generate duplicate ACKs need only remember expectedseqnum

out-of-order pkt discard (donrsquot buffer) -gt no receiver buffering Re-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)

Transport Layer 3-50

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-51

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

received sender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender window N consecutive seq rsquos again limits seq s of sent unACKrsquoed pkts

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-53

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in

window send pkttimeout(n) resend pkt n restart timerACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as received if n smallest unACKed pkt

advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n) out-of-order buffer in-order deliver (also

deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)otherwise ignore

receiver

Transport Layer 3-54

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-55

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3 window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenarios

incorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

Transport Layer 3-56

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex data bi-directional data flow

in same connection MSS maximum segment

size connection-oriented

handshaking (exchange of control msgs) inits sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlled sender will not

overwhelm receiver

point-to-point one sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte stream no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelined TCP congestion and flow

control set window size send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

Transport Layer 3-58

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 3-59

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquo of first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKs seq of next byte

expected from other side

cumulative ACKQ how receiver handles

out-of-order segments A TCP spec doesnrsquot

say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout value

longer than RTT but RTT varies

too short premature timeout unnecessary

retransmissions too long slow

reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTT SampleRTT measured time from

segment transmission until ACK receipt ignore retransmissions

SampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo average several recent

measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-61

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- )EstimatedRTT + SampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving average influence of past sample decreases exponentially fast typical value = 0125

Transport Layer 3-62

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 3-63

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeout EstimatedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin first estimate how much SampleRTT deviates from

EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

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

(typically = 025)

Then set timeout interval

Transport Layer 3-64

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable service

pipelined segments cumulative acks TCP uses single

retransmission timer

retransmissions are triggered by timeout events duplicate acks

initially consider simplified TCP sender ignore duplicate acks ignore flow control

congestion control

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app Create segment with

seq seq is byte-stream

number of first data byte in segment

start timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unacked segment)

expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeout retransmit segment

that caused timeout restart timerAck rcvd If acknowledgement

for previously unacked segments update what is known to

be acked start timer if there are

outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNum if (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 acked byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

Transport Layer 3-68

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

Host A

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 100

Transport Layer 3-69

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

time

SendBase= 120

Transport Layer 3-70

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 starts at lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-71

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-back

if segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

if sender receives 3 ACKs for the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost fast retransmit resend

segment before timer expires

Transport Layer 3-72

Host A

tim

eout

Host B

time

X

Figure 337 Resending a segment after triple duplicate ACK

Transport Layer 3-73

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 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

Page 7: Chapter 3 Transport Layer - The University of Edinburgh · Transport Layer 3-15 Chapter 3 outline 3.1 Transport-layer services 3.2 Multiplexing and demultiplexing 3.3 Connectionless

Transport Layer 3-7

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-8

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 3-9

How demultiplexing works host receives IP

datagrams each datagram has source

IP address destination IP address

each datagram carries 1 transport-layer segment

each 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

Transport Layer 3-10

Connectionless demultiplexing

recall create sockets with host-local port numbers

DatagramSocket mySocket1 = new DatagramSocket(12534)

DatagramSocket mySocket2 = new DatagramSocket(12535)

recall when creating datagram to send into UDP socket must specify

(dest IP address dest port number)

when host receives UDP segment checks destination port

number in segment directs 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 3-11

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

Transport Layer 3-12

Connection-oriented demux

TCP socket identified by 4-tuple source IP address source port number dest IP address dest 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 3-13

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

Transport Layer 3-14

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 3-15

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-16

UDP User Datagram Protocol [RFC 768]

ldquono frillsrdquo ldquobare bonesrdquo Internet transport protocol

ldquobest effortrdquo service UDP segments may be lost delivered out of order

to app connectionless

no handshaking between UDP sender receiver

each UDP segment handled independently of others

Why is there a UDP no connection

establishment (which can add delay)

simple no connection state at sender receiver

small segment header no congestion control UDP

can blast away as fast as desired

Transport Layer 3-17

UDP more

often used for streaming multimedia apps loss tolerant rate sensitive

other UDP uses DNS SNMP

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

Transport Layer 3-18

UDP checksum

Sender treat segment contents

as sequence of 16-bit integers

checksum addition (1rsquos complement sum) of segment contents

sender puts checksum value into UDP checksum field

Receiver compute checksum of

received segment check if computed checksum

equals checksum field value NO - error detected YES - no error detected

But maybe errors nonetheless More later hellip

Goal detect ldquoerrorsrdquo (eg flipped bits) in transmitted segment

Transport Layer 3-19

Internet Checksum Example Note 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

Transport Layer 3-20

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-21

Principles of Reliable data transfer important in app transport link layers top-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 transfer important in app transport link layers top-10 list of important networking topics

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

Transport Layer 3-23

Principles of Reliable data transfer important in app transport link layers top-10 list of important networking topics

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

Transport Layer 3-24

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 3-25

Reliable data transfer getting startedWersquoll incrementally 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 ldquostaterdquo next state

uniquely determined by next event

eventactions

Transport Layer 3-26

Rdt10 reliable transfer over a reliable channel

underlying channel perfectly reliable no bit errors no loss of packets

separate FSMs for sender receiver sender sends data into underlying channel receiver 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 3-27

Rdt20 channel with bit errors underlying channel may flip bits in packet

checksum to detect bit errors the question how to recover from errors

acknowledgements (ACKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt received OK

negative acknowledgements (NAKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt had errors

sender retransmits pkt on receipt of NAK new mechanisms in rdt20 (beyond rdt10)

error detection receiver feedback control msgs (ACKNAK) rcvr-gtsender

How do humans recover from ldquoerrorsrdquoduring conversation

Transport Layer 3-28

Rdt20 channel with bit errors underlying channel may flip bits in packet

checksum to detect bit errors the question how to recover from errors

acknowledgements (ACKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt received OK

negative acknowledgements (NAKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt had errors

sender retransmits pkt on receipt of NAK new mechanisms in rdt20 (beyond rdt10)

error detection receiver feedback control msgs (ACKNAK) rcvr-gtsender

Transport Layer 3-29

rdt20 FSM specification

Wait for call from above

sndpkt = 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)

Transport Layer 3-30

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)

Transport Layer 3-31

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)

Transport Layer 3-32

rdt20 has a fatal flaw

What happens if ACKNAK corrupted

sender doesnrsquot know what happened at receiver

canrsquot just retransmit possible duplicate

Handling duplicates sender retransmits current

pkt if ACKNAK garbled sender adds sequence

number to each pkt receiver discards (doesnrsquot

deliver up) duplicate pkt

Sender sends one packet then waits for receiver response

stop and wait

Transport Layer 3-33

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

Transport Layer 3-34

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)

Transport Layer 3-35

rdt21 discussion

Sender seq added to pkt two seq rsquos (01) will

suffice Why must check if received

ACKNAK corrupted twice as many states

state must ldquorememberrdquo whether ldquocurrentrdquo pkt has 0 or 1 seq

Receiver must 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 3-36

rdt22 a NAK-free protocol

same functionality as rdt21 using ACKs only instead 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

Transport Layer 3-37

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

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

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK 1 chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

Wait for 0 from below

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

has_seq1(rcvpkt))

udt_send(sndpkt)receiver FSM

fragment

Transport Layer 3-38

rdt30 channels with errors and loss

New assumptionunderlying 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 time

if pkt (or ACK) just delayed (not lost) retransmission will be

duplicate but use of seq rsquos already handles this

receiver must specify seq of pkt being ACKed

requires countdown timer

Transport Layer 3-39

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

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-40

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-41

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-42

Performance of rdt30

rdt30 works but poor performance ex 1 Gbps link 15 ms prop delay 8000 bit packet

U sender utilization ndash fraction of time sender busy sending

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

if RTT=30 msec 1KB pkt every 30 msec -gt 33kBsec thruput over 1 Gbps link

network protocol limits use of physical resources

dsmicrosecon8bps10bits8000

9 RLdtrans

Transport Layer 3-43

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 3-44

Pipelined protocolspipelining sender allows multiple ldquoin-flightrdquo yet-to-

be-acknowledged pkts range of sequence numbers must be increased buffering at sender andor receiver

two generic forms of pipelined protocols go-back-N selective repeat

Transport Layer 3-45

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 =

024 30008

= 00008 3 L R RTT + L R

=

Increase utilizationby a factor of 3

Transport Layer 3-46

Pipelined Protocols

Go-back-N big picture sender can have up to

N unacked packets in pipeline

rcvr only sends cumulative acks doesnrsquot ack packet if

therersquos a gap sender has timer for

only the oldest unacked packet if timer expires

retransmit all unackrsquoed packets

Selective Repeat big pic sender can have up to

N unackrsquoed packets in pipeline

rcvr sends individual ack for each packet

sender maintains timer for each unacked packet when timer expires

retransmit only unackrsquoed packet

Transport Layer 3-47

Go-Back-NSender k-bit seq in pkt header ldquowindowrdquo of up to N consecutive unackrsquoed pkts allowed

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

timer for oldest in-flight pkt (ie send_base) timeout(send_base) retransmit pkt send_base and all in-flight

unacked packets in window with higher seq

Transport Layer 3-48

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)

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

stop_timerelsestart_timer

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

base=1nextseqnum=1

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-49

GBN receiver extended FSM

ACK-only always send ACK for correctly-received pkt with highest in-order seq may generate duplicate ACKs need only remember expectedseqnum

out-of-order pkt discard (donrsquot buffer) -gt no receiver buffering Re-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)

Transport Layer 3-50

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-51

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

received sender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender window N consecutive seq rsquos again limits seq s of sent unACKrsquoed pkts

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-53

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in

window send pkttimeout(n) resend pkt n restart timerACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as received if n smallest unACKed pkt

advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n) out-of-order buffer in-order deliver (also

deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)otherwise ignore

receiver

Transport Layer 3-54

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-55

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3 window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenarios

incorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

Transport Layer 3-56

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex data bi-directional data flow

in same connection MSS maximum segment

size connection-oriented

handshaking (exchange of control msgs) inits sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlled sender will not

overwhelm receiver

point-to-point one sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte stream no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelined TCP congestion and flow

control set window size send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

Transport Layer 3-58

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 3-59

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquo of first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKs seq of next byte

expected from other side

cumulative ACKQ how receiver handles

out-of-order segments A TCP spec doesnrsquot

say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout value

longer than RTT but RTT varies

too short premature timeout unnecessary

retransmissions too long slow

reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTT SampleRTT measured time from

segment transmission until ACK receipt ignore retransmissions

SampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo average several recent

measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-61

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- )EstimatedRTT + SampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving average influence of past sample decreases exponentially fast typical value = 0125

Transport Layer 3-62

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 3-63

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeout EstimatedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin first estimate how much SampleRTT deviates from

EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

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

(typically = 025)

Then set timeout interval

Transport Layer 3-64

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable service

pipelined segments cumulative acks TCP uses single

retransmission timer

retransmissions are triggered by timeout events duplicate acks

initially consider simplified TCP sender ignore duplicate acks ignore flow control

congestion control

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app Create segment with

seq seq is byte-stream

number of first data byte in segment

start timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unacked segment)

expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeout retransmit segment

that caused timeout restart timerAck rcvd If acknowledgement

for previously unacked segments update what is known to

be acked start timer if there are

outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNum if (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 acked byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

Transport Layer 3-68

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

Host A

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 100

Transport Layer 3-69

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

time

SendBase= 120

Transport Layer 3-70

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 starts at lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-71

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-back

if segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

if sender receives 3 ACKs for the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost fast retransmit resend

segment before timer expires

Transport Layer 3-72

Host A

tim

eout

Host B

time

X

Figure 337 Resending a segment after triple duplicate ACK

Transport Layer 3-73

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 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-8

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 3-9

How demultiplexing works host receives IP

datagrams each datagram has source

IP address destination IP address

each datagram carries 1 transport-layer segment

each 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

Transport Layer 3-10

Connectionless demultiplexing

recall create sockets with host-local port numbers

DatagramSocket mySocket1 = new DatagramSocket(12534)

DatagramSocket mySocket2 = new DatagramSocket(12535)

recall when creating datagram to send into UDP socket must specify

(dest IP address dest port number)

when host receives UDP segment checks destination port

number in segment directs 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 3-11

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

Transport Layer 3-12

Connection-oriented demux

TCP socket identified by 4-tuple source IP address source port number dest IP address dest 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 3-13

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

Transport Layer 3-14

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 3-15

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-16

UDP User Datagram Protocol [RFC 768]

ldquono frillsrdquo ldquobare bonesrdquo Internet transport protocol

ldquobest effortrdquo service UDP segments may be lost delivered out of order

to app connectionless

no handshaking between UDP sender receiver

each UDP segment handled independently of others

Why is there a UDP no connection

establishment (which can add delay)

simple no connection state at sender receiver

small segment header no congestion control UDP

can blast away as fast as desired

Transport Layer 3-17

UDP more

often used for streaming multimedia apps loss tolerant rate sensitive

other UDP uses DNS SNMP

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

Transport Layer 3-18

UDP checksum

Sender treat segment contents

as sequence of 16-bit integers

checksum addition (1rsquos complement sum) of segment contents

sender puts checksum value into UDP checksum field

Receiver compute checksum of

received segment check if computed checksum

equals checksum field value NO - error detected YES - no error detected

But maybe errors nonetheless More later hellip

Goal detect ldquoerrorsrdquo (eg flipped bits) in transmitted segment

Transport Layer 3-19

Internet Checksum Example Note 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

Transport Layer 3-20

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-21

Principles of Reliable data transfer important in app transport link layers top-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 transfer important in app transport link layers top-10 list of important networking topics

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

Transport Layer 3-23

Principles of Reliable data transfer important in app transport link layers top-10 list of important networking topics

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

Transport Layer 3-24

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 3-25

Reliable data transfer getting startedWersquoll incrementally 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 ldquostaterdquo next state

uniquely determined by next event

eventactions

Transport Layer 3-26

Rdt10 reliable transfer over a reliable channel

underlying channel perfectly reliable no bit errors no loss of packets

separate FSMs for sender receiver sender sends data into underlying channel receiver 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 3-27

Rdt20 channel with bit errors underlying channel may flip bits in packet

checksum to detect bit errors the question how to recover from errors

acknowledgements (ACKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt received OK

negative acknowledgements (NAKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt had errors

sender retransmits pkt on receipt of NAK new mechanisms in rdt20 (beyond rdt10)

error detection receiver feedback control msgs (ACKNAK) rcvr-gtsender

How do humans recover from ldquoerrorsrdquoduring conversation

Transport Layer 3-28

Rdt20 channel with bit errors underlying channel may flip bits in packet

checksum to detect bit errors the question how to recover from errors

acknowledgements (ACKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt received OK

negative acknowledgements (NAKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt had errors

sender retransmits pkt on receipt of NAK new mechanisms in rdt20 (beyond rdt10)

error detection receiver feedback control msgs (ACKNAK) rcvr-gtsender

Transport Layer 3-29

rdt20 FSM specification

Wait for call from above

sndpkt = 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)

Transport Layer 3-30

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)

Transport Layer 3-31

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)

Transport Layer 3-32

rdt20 has a fatal flaw

What happens if ACKNAK corrupted

sender doesnrsquot know what happened at receiver

canrsquot just retransmit possible duplicate

Handling duplicates sender retransmits current

pkt if ACKNAK garbled sender adds sequence

number to each pkt receiver discards (doesnrsquot

deliver up) duplicate pkt

Sender sends one packet then waits for receiver response

stop and wait

Transport Layer 3-33

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

Transport Layer 3-34

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)

Transport Layer 3-35

rdt21 discussion

Sender seq added to pkt two seq rsquos (01) will

suffice Why must check if received

ACKNAK corrupted twice as many states

state must ldquorememberrdquo whether ldquocurrentrdquo pkt has 0 or 1 seq

Receiver must 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 3-36

rdt22 a NAK-free protocol

same functionality as rdt21 using ACKs only instead 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

Transport Layer 3-37

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

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

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK 1 chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

Wait for 0 from below

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

has_seq1(rcvpkt))

udt_send(sndpkt)receiver FSM

fragment

Transport Layer 3-38

rdt30 channels with errors and loss

New assumptionunderlying 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 time

if pkt (or ACK) just delayed (not lost) retransmission will be

duplicate but use of seq rsquos already handles this

receiver must specify seq of pkt being ACKed

requires countdown timer

Transport Layer 3-39

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

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-40

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-41

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-42

Performance of rdt30

rdt30 works but poor performance ex 1 Gbps link 15 ms prop delay 8000 bit packet

U sender utilization ndash fraction of time sender busy sending

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

if RTT=30 msec 1KB pkt every 30 msec -gt 33kBsec thruput over 1 Gbps link

network protocol limits use of physical resources

dsmicrosecon8bps10bits8000

9 RLdtrans

Transport Layer 3-43

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 3-44

Pipelined protocolspipelining sender allows multiple ldquoin-flightrdquo yet-to-

be-acknowledged pkts range of sequence numbers must be increased buffering at sender andor receiver

two generic forms of pipelined protocols go-back-N selective repeat

Transport Layer 3-45

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 =

024 30008

= 00008 3 L R RTT + L R

=

Increase utilizationby a factor of 3

Transport Layer 3-46

Pipelined Protocols

Go-back-N big picture sender can have up to

N unacked packets in pipeline

rcvr only sends cumulative acks doesnrsquot ack packet if

therersquos a gap sender has timer for

only the oldest unacked packet if timer expires

retransmit all unackrsquoed packets

Selective Repeat big pic sender can have up to

N unackrsquoed packets in pipeline

rcvr sends individual ack for each packet

sender maintains timer for each unacked packet when timer expires

retransmit only unackrsquoed packet

Transport Layer 3-47

Go-Back-NSender k-bit seq in pkt header ldquowindowrdquo of up to N consecutive unackrsquoed pkts allowed

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

timer for oldest in-flight pkt (ie send_base) timeout(send_base) retransmit pkt send_base and all in-flight

unacked packets in window with higher seq

Transport Layer 3-48

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)

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

stop_timerelsestart_timer

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

base=1nextseqnum=1

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-49

GBN receiver extended FSM

ACK-only always send ACK for correctly-received pkt with highest in-order seq may generate duplicate ACKs need only remember expectedseqnum

out-of-order pkt discard (donrsquot buffer) -gt no receiver buffering Re-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)

Transport Layer 3-50

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-51

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

received sender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender window N consecutive seq rsquos again limits seq s of sent unACKrsquoed pkts

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-53

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in

window send pkttimeout(n) resend pkt n restart timerACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as received if n smallest unACKed pkt

advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n) out-of-order buffer in-order deliver (also

deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)otherwise ignore

receiver

Transport Layer 3-54

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-55

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3 window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenarios

incorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

Transport Layer 3-56

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex data bi-directional data flow

in same connection MSS maximum segment

size connection-oriented

handshaking (exchange of control msgs) inits sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlled sender will not

overwhelm receiver

point-to-point one sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte stream no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelined TCP congestion and flow

control set window size send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

Transport Layer 3-58

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 3-59

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquo of first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKs seq of next byte

expected from other side

cumulative ACKQ how receiver handles

out-of-order segments A TCP spec doesnrsquot

say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout value

longer than RTT but RTT varies

too short premature timeout unnecessary

retransmissions too long slow

reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTT SampleRTT measured time from

segment transmission until ACK receipt ignore retransmissions

SampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo average several recent

measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-61

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- )EstimatedRTT + SampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving average influence of past sample decreases exponentially fast typical value = 0125

Transport Layer 3-62

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 3-63

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeout EstimatedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin first estimate how much SampleRTT deviates from

EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

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

(typically = 025)

Then set timeout interval

Transport Layer 3-64

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable service

pipelined segments cumulative acks TCP uses single

retransmission timer

retransmissions are triggered by timeout events duplicate acks

initially consider simplified TCP sender ignore duplicate acks ignore flow control

congestion control

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app Create segment with

seq seq is byte-stream

number of first data byte in segment

start timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unacked segment)

expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeout retransmit segment

that caused timeout restart timerAck rcvd If acknowledgement

for previously unacked segments update what is known to

be acked start timer if there are

outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNum if (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 acked byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

Transport Layer 3-68

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

Host A

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 100

Transport Layer 3-69

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

time

SendBase= 120

Transport Layer 3-70

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 starts at lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-71

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-back

if segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

if sender receives 3 ACKs for the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost fast retransmit resend

segment before timer expires

Transport Layer 3-72

Host A

tim

eout

Host B

time

X

Figure 337 Resending a segment after triple duplicate ACK

Transport Layer 3-73

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 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-9

How demultiplexing works host receives IP

datagrams each datagram has source

IP address destination IP address

each datagram carries 1 transport-layer segment

each 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

Transport Layer 3-10

Connectionless demultiplexing

recall create sockets with host-local port numbers

DatagramSocket mySocket1 = new DatagramSocket(12534)

DatagramSocket mySocket2 = new DatagramSocket(12535)

recall when creating datagram to send into UDP socket must specify

(dest IP address dest port number)

when host receives UDP segment checks destination port

number in segment directs 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 3-11

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

Transport Layer 3-12

Connection-oriented demux

TCP socket identified by 4-tuple source IP address source port number dest IP address dest 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 3-13

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

Transport Layer 3-14

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 3-15

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-16

UDP User Datagram Protocol [RFC 768]

ldquono frillsrdquo ldquobare bonesrdquo Internet transport protocol

ldquobest effortrdquo service UDP segments may be lost delivered out of order

to app connectionless

no handshaking between UDP sender receiver

each UDP segment handled independently of others

Why is there a UDP no connection

establishment (which can add delay)

simple no connection state at sender receiver

small segment header no congestion control UDP

can blast away as fast as desired

Transport Layer 3-17

UDP more

often used for streaming multimedia apps loss tolerant rate sensitive

other UDP uses DNS SNMP

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

Transport Layer 3-18

UDP checksum

Sender treat segment contents

as sequence of 16-bit integers

checksum addition (1rsquos complement sum) of segment contents

sender puts checksum value into UDP checksum field

Receiver compute checksum of

received segment check if computed checksum

equals checksum field value NO - error detected YES - no error detected

But maybe errors nonetheless More later hellip

Goal detect ldquoerrorsrdquo (eg flipped bits) in transmitted segment

Transport Layer 3-19

Internet Checksum Example Note 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

Transport Layer 3-20

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-21

Principles of Reliable data transfer important in app transport link layers top-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 transfer important in app transport link layers top-10 list of important networking topics

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

Transport Layer 3-23

Principles of Reliable data transfer important in app transport link layers top-10 list of important networking topics

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

Transport Layer 3-24

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 3-25

Reliable data transfer getting startedWersquoll incrementally 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 ldquostaterdquo next state

uniquely determined by next event

eventactions

Transport Layer 3-26

Rdt10 reliable transfer over a reliable channel

underlying channel perfectly reliable no bit errors no loss of packets

separate FSMs for sender receiver sender sends data into underlying channel receiver 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 3-27

Rdt20 channel with bit errors underlying channel may flip bits in packet

checksum to detect bit errors the question how to recover from errors

acknowledgements (ACKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt received OK

negative acknowledgements (NAKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt had errors

sender retransmits pkt on receipt of NAK new mechanisms in rdt20 (beyond rdt10)

error detection receiver feedback control msgs (ACKNAK) rcvr-gtsender

How do humans recover from ldquoerrorsrdquoduring conversation

Transport Layer 3-28

Rdt20 channel with bit errors underlying channel may flip bits in packet

checksum to detect bit errors the question how to recover from errors

acknowledgements (ACKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt received OK

negative acknowledgements (NAKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt had errors

sender retransmits pkt on receipt of NAK new mechanisms in rdt20 (beyond rdt10)

error detection receiver feedback control msgs (ACKNAK) rcvr-gtsender

Transport Layer 3-29

rdt20 FSM specification

Wait for call from above

sndpkt = 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)

Transport Layer 3-30

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)

Transport Layer 3-31

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)

Transport Layer 3-32

rdt20 has a fatal flaw

What happens if ACKNAK corrupted

sender doesnrsquot know what happened at receiver

canrsquot just retransmit possible duplicate

Handling duplicates sender retransmits current

pkt if ACKNAK garbled sender adds sequence

number to each pkt receiver discards (doesnrsquot

deliver up) duplicate pkt

Sender sends one packet then waits for receiver response

stop and wait

Transport Layer 3-33

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

Transport Layer 3-34

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)

Transport Layer 3-35

rdt21 discussion

Sender seq added to pkt two seq rsquos (01) will

suffice Why must check if received

ACKNAK corrupted twice as many states

state must ldquorememberrdquo whether ldquocurrentrdquo pkt has 0 or 1 seq

Receiver must 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 3-36

rdt22 a NAK-free protocol

same functionality as rdt21 using ACKs only instead 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

Transport Layer 3-37

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

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

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK 1 chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

Wait for 0 from below

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

has_seq1(rcvpkt))

udt_send(sndpkt)receiver FSM

fragment

Transport Layer 3-38

rdt30 channels with errors and loss

New assumptionunderlying 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 time

if pkt (or ACK) just delayed (not lost) retransmission will be

duplicate but use of seq rsquos already handles this

receiver must specify seq of pkt being ACKed

requires countdown timer

Transport Layer 3-39

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

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-40

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-41

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-42

Performance of rdt30

rdt30 works but poor performance ex 1 Gbps link 15 ms prop delay 8000 bit packet

U sender utilization ndash fraction of time sender busy sending

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

if RTT=30 msec 1KB pkt every 30 msec -gt 33kBsec thruput over 1 Gbps link

network protocol limits use of physical resources

dsmicrosecon8bps10bits8000

9 RLdtrans

Transport Layer 3-43

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 3-44

Pipelined protocolspipelining sender allows multiple ldquoin-flightrdquo yet-to-

be-acknowledged pkts range of sequence numbers must be increased buffering at sender andor receiver

two generic forms of pipelined protocols go-back-N selective repeat

Transport Layer 3-45

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 =

024 30008

= 00008 3 L R RTT + L R

=

Increase utilizationby a factor of 3

Transport Layer 3-46

Pipelined Protocols

Go-back-N big picture sender can have up to

N unacked packets in pipeline

rcvr only sends cumulative acks doesnrsquot ack packet if

therersquos a gap sender has timer for

only the oldest unacked packet if timer expires

retransmit all unackrsquoed packets

Selective Repeat big pic sender can have up to

N unackrsquoed packets in pipeline

rcvr sends individual ack for each packet

sender maintains timer for each unacked packet when timer expires

retransmit only unackrsquoed packet

Transport Layer 3-47

Go-Back-NSender k-bit seq in pkt header ldquowindowrdquo of up to N consecutive unackrsquoed pkts allowed

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

timer for oldest in-flight pkt (ie send_base) timeout(send_base) retransmit pkt send_base and all in-flight

unacked packets in window with higher seq

Transport Layer 3-48

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)

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

stop_timerelsestart_timer

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

base=1nextseqnum=1

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-49

GBN receiver extended FSM

ACK-only always send ACK for correctly-received pkt with highest in-order seq may generate duplicate ACKs need only remember expectedseqnum

out-of-order pkt discard (donrsquot buffer) -gt no receiver buffering Re-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)

Transport Layer 3-50

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-51

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

received sender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender window N consecutive seq rsquos again limits seq s of sent unACKrsquoed pkts

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-53

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in

window send pkttimeout(n) resend pkt n restart timerACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as received if n smallest unACKed pkt

advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n) out-of-order buffer in-order deliver (also

deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)otherwise ignore

receiver

Transport Layer 3-54

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-55

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3 window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenarios

incorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

Transport Layer 3-56

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex data bi-directional data flow

in same connection MSS maximum segment

size connection-oriented

handshaking (exchange of control msgs) inits sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlled sender will not

overwhelm receiver

point-to-point one sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte stream no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelined TCP congestion and flow

control set window size send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

Transport Layer 3-58

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 3-59

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquo of first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKs seq of next byte

expected from other side

cumulative ACKQ how receiver handles

out-of-order segments A TCP spec doesnrsquot

say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout value

longer than RTT but RTT varies

too short premature timeout unnecessary

retransmissions too long slow

reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTT SampleRTT measured time from

segment transmission until ACK receipt ignore retransmissions

SampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo average several recent

measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-61

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- )EstimatedRTT + SampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving average influence of past sample decreases exponentially fast typical value = 0125

Transport Layer 3-62

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 3-63

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeout EstimatedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin first estimate how much SampleRTT deviates from

EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

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

(typically = 025)

Then set timeout interval

Transport Layer 3-64

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable service

pipelined segments cumulative acks TCP uses single

retransmission timer

retransmissions are triggered by timeout events duplicate acks

initially consider simplified TCP sender ignore duplicate acks ignore flow control

congestion control

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app Create segment with

seq seq is byte-stream

number of first data byte in segment

start timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unacked segment)

expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeout retransmit segment

that caused timeout restart timerAck rcvd If acknowledgement

for previously unacked segments update what is known to

be acked start timer if there are

outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNum if (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 acked byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

Transport Layer 3-68

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

Host A

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 100

Transport Layer 3-69

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

time

SendBase= 120

Transport Layer 3-70

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 starts at lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-71

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-back

if segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

if sender receives 3 ACKs for the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost fast retransmit resend

segment before timer expires

Transport Layer 3-72

Host A

tim

eout

Host B

time

X

Figure 337 Resending a segment after triple duplicate ACK

Transport Layer 3-73

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 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

Page 10: Chapter 3 Transport Layer - The University of Edinburgh · Transport Layer 3-15 Chapter 3 outline 3.1 Transport-layer services 3.2 Multiplexing and demultiplexing 3.3 Connectionless

Transport Layer 3-10

Connectionless demultiplexing

recall create sockets with host-local port numbers

DatagramSocket mySocket1 = new DatagramSocket(12534)

DatagramSocket mySocket2 = new DatagramSocket(12535)

recall when creating datagram to send into UDP socket must specify

(dest IP address dest port number)

when host receives UDP segment checks destination port

number in segment directs 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 3-11

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

Transport Layer 3-12

Connection-oriented demux

TCP socket identified by 4-tuple source IP address source port number dest IP address dest 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 3-13

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

Transport Layer 3-14

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 3-15

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-16

UDP User Datagram Protocol [RFC 768]

ldquono frillsrdquo ldquobare bonesrdquo Internet transport protocol

ldquobest effortrdquo service UDP segments may be lost delivered out of order

to app connectionless

no handshaking between UDP sender receiver

each UDP segment handled independently of others

Why is there a UDP no connection

establishment (which can add delay)

simple no connection state at sender receiver

small segment header no congestion control UDP

can blast away as fast as desired

Transport Layer 3-17

UDP more

often used for streaming multimedia apps loss tolerant rate sensitive

other UDP uses DNS SNMP

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

Transport Layer 3-18

UDP checksum

Sender treat segment contents

as sequence of 16-bit integers

checksum addition (1rsquos complement sum) of segment contents

sender puts checksum value into UDP checksum field

Receiver compute checksum of

received segment check if computed checksum

equals checksum field value NO - error detected YES - no error detected

But maybe errors nonetheless More later hellip

Goal detect ldquoerrorsrdquo (eg flipped bits) in transmitted segment

Transport Layer 3-19

Internet Checksum Example Note 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

Transport Layer 3-20

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-21

Principles of Reliable data transfer important in app transport link layers top-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 transfer important in app transport link layers top-10 list of important networking topics

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

Transport Layer 3-23

Principles of Reliable data transfer important in app transport link layers top-10 list of important networking topics

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

Transport Layer 3-24

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 3-25

Reliable data transfer getting startedWersquoll incrementally 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 ldquostaterdquo next state

uniquely determined by next event

eventactions

Transport Layer 3-26

Rdt10 reliable transfer over a reliable channel

underlying channel perfectly reliable no bit errors no loss of packets

separate FSMs for sender receiver sender sends data into underlying channel receiver 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 3-27

Rdt20 channel with bit errors underlying channel may flip bits in packet

checksum to detect bit errors the question how to recover from errors

acknowledgements (ACKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt received OK

negative acknowledgements (NAKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt had errors

sender retransmits pkt on receipt of NAK new mechanisms in rdt20 (beyond rdt10)

error detection receiver feedback control msgs (ACKNAK) rcvr-gtsender

How do humans recover from ldquoerrorsrdquoduring conversation

Transport Layer 3-28

Rdt20 channel with bit errors underlying channel may flip bits in packet

checksum to detect bit errors the question how to recover from errors

acknowledgements (ACKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt received OK

negative acknowledgements (NAKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt had errors

sender retransmits pkt on receipt of NAK new mechanisms in rdt20 (beyond rdt10)

error detection receiver feedback control msgs (ACKNAK) rcvr-gtsender

Transport Layer 3-29

rdt20 FSM specification

Wait for call from above

sndpkt = 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)

Transport Layer 3-30

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)

Transport Layer 3-31

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)

Transport Layer 3-32

rdt20 has a fatal flaw

What happens if ACKNAK corrupted

sender doesnrsquot know what happened at receiver

canrsquot just retransmit possible duplicate

Handling duplicates sender retransmits current

pkt if ACKNAK garbled sender adds sequence

number to each pkt receiver discards (doesnrsquot

deliver up) duplicate pkt

Sender sends one packet then waits for receiver response

stop and wait

Transport Layer 3-33

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

Transport Layer 3-34

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)

Transport Layer 3-35

rdt21 discussion

Sender seq added to pkt two seq rsquos (01) will

suffice Why must check if received

ACKNAK corrupted twice as many states

state must ldquorememberrdquo whether ldquocurrentrdquo pkt has 0 or 1 seq

Receiver must 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 3-36

rdt22 a NAK-free protocol

same functionality as rdt21 using ACKs only instead 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

Transport Layer 3-37

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

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

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK 1 chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

Wait for 0 from below

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

has_seq1(rcvpkt))

udt_send(sndpkt)receiver FSM

fragment

Transport Layer 3-38

rdt30 channels with errors and loss

New assumptionunderlying 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 time

if pkt (or ACK) just delayed (not lost) retransmission will be

duplicate but use of seq rsquos already handles this

receiver must specify seq of pkt being ACKed

requires countdown timer

Transport Layer 3-39

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

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-40

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-41

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-42

Performance of rdt30

rdt30 works but poor performance ex 1 Gbps link 15 ms prop delay 8000 bit packet

U sender utilization ndash fraction of time sender busy sending

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

if RTT=30 msec 1KB pkt every 30 msec -gt 33kBsec thruput over 1 Gbps link

network protocol limits use of physical resources

dsmicrosecon8bps10bits8000

9 RLdtrans

Transport Layer 3-43

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 3-44

Pipelined protocolspipelining sender allows multiple ldquoin-flightrdquo yet-to-

be-acknowledged pkts range of sequence numbers must be increased buffering at sender andor receiver

two generic forms of pipelined protocols go-back-N selective repeat

Transport Layer 3-45

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 =

024 30008

= 00008 3 L R RTT + L R

=

Increase utilizationby a factor of 3

Transport Layer 3-46

Pipelined Protocols

Go-back-N big picture sender can have up to

N unacked packets in pipeline

rcvr only sends cumulative acks doesnrsquot ack packet if

therersquos a gap sender has timer for

only the oldest unacked packet if timer expires

retransmit all unackrsquoed packets

Selective Repeat big pic sender can have up to

N unackrsquoed packets in pipeline

rcvr sends individual ack for each packet

sender maintains timer for each unacked packet when timer expires

retransmit only unackrsquoed packet

Transport Layer 3-47

Go-Back-NSender k-bit seq in pkt header ldquowindowrdquo of up to N consecutive unackrsquoed pkts allowed

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

timer for oldest in-flight pkt (ie send_base) timeout(send_base) retransmit pkt send_base and all in-flight

unacked packets in window with higher seq

Transport Layer 3-48

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)

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

stop_timerelsestart_timer

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

base=1nextseqnum=1

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-49

GBN receiver extended FSM

ACK-only always send ACK for correctly-received pkt with highest in-order seq may generate duplicate ACKs need only remember expectedseqnum

out-of-order pkt discard (donrsquot buffer) -gt no receiver buffering Re-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)

Transport Layer 3-50

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-51

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

received sender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender window N consecutive seq rsquos again limits seq s of sent unACKrsquoed pkts

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-53

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in

window send pkttimeout(n) resend pkt n restart timerACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as received if n smallest unACKed pkt

advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n) out-of-order buffer in-order deliver (also

deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)otherwise ignore

receiver

Transport Layer 3-54

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-55

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3 window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenarios

incorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

Transport Layer 3-56

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex data bi-directional data flow

in same connection MSS maximum segment

size connection-oriented

handshaking (exchange of control msgs) inits sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlled sender will not

overwhelm receiver

point-to-point one sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte stream no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelined TCP congestion and flow

control set window size send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

Transport Layer 3-58

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 3-59

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquo of first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKs seq of next byte

expected from other side

cumulative ACKQ how receiver handles

out-of-order segments A TCP spec doesnrsquot

say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout value

longer than RTT but RTT varies

too short premature timeout unnecessary

retransmissions too long slow

reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTT SampleRTT measured time from

segment transmission until ACK receipt ignore retransmissions

SampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo average several recent

measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-61

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- )EstimatedRTT + SampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving average influence of past sample decreases exponentially fast typical value = 0125

Transport Layer 3-62

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 3-63

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeout EstimatedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin first estimate how much SampleRTT deviates from

EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

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

(typically = 025)

Then set timeout interval

Transport Layer 3-64

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable service

pipelined segments cumulative acks TCP uses single

retransmission timer

retransmissions are triggered by timeout events duplicate acks

initially consider simplified TCP sender ignore duplicate acks ignore flow control

congestion control

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app Create segment with

seq seq is byte-stream

number of first data byte in segment

start timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unacked segment)

expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeout retransmit segment

that caused timeout restart timerAck rcvd If acknowledgement

for previously unacked segments update what is known to

be acked start timer if there are

outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNum if (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 acked byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

Transport Layer 3-68

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

Host A

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 100

Transport Layer 3-69

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

time

SendBase= 120

Transport Layer 3-70

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 starts at lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-71

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-back

if segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

if sender receives 3 ACKs for the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost fast retransmit resend

segment before timer expires

Transport Layer 3-72

Host A

tim

eout

Host B

time

X

Figure 337 Resending a segment after triple duplicate ACK

Transport Layer 3-73

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 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

Page 11: Chapter 3 Transport Layer - The University of Edinburgh · Transport Layer 3-15 Chapter 3 outline 3.1 Transport-layer services 3.2 Multiplexing and demultiplexing 3.3 Connectionless

Transport Layer 3-11

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

Transport Layer 3-12

Connection-oriented demux

TCP socket identified by 4-tuple source IP address source port number dest IP address dest 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 3-13

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

Transport Layer 3-14

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 3-15

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-16

UDP User Datagram Protocol [RFC 768]

ldquono frillsrdquo ldquobare bonesrdquo Internet transport protocol

ldquobest effortrdquo service UDP segments may be lost delivered out of order

to app connectionless

no handshaking between UDP sender receiver

each UDP segment handled independently of others

Why is there a UDP no connection

establishment (which can add delay)

simple no connection state at sender receiver

small segment header no congestion control UDP

can blast away as fast as desired

Transport Layer 3-17

UDP more

often used for streaming multimedia apps loss tolerant rate sensitive

other UDP uses DNS SNMP

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

Transport Layer 3-18

UDP checksum

Sender treat segment contents

as sequence of 16-bit integers

checksum addition (1rsquos complement sum) of segment contents

sender puts checksum value into UDP checksum field

Receiver compute checksum of

received segment check if computed checksum

equals checksum field value NO - error detected YES - no error detected

But maybe errors nonetheless More later hellip

Goal detect ldquoerrorsrdquo (eg flipped bits) in transmitted segment

Transport Layer 3-19

Internet Checksum Example Note 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

Transport Layer 3-20

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-21

Principles of Reliable data transfer important in app transport link layers top-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 transfer important in app transport link layers top-10 list of important networking topics

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

Transport Layer 3-23

Principles of Reliable data transfer important in app transport link layers top-10 list of important networking topics

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

Transport Layer 3-24

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 3-25

Reliable data transfer getting startedWersquoll incrementally 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 ldquostaterdquo next state

uniquely determined by next event

eventactions

Transport Layer 3-26

Rdt10 reliable transfer over a reliable channel

underlying channel perfectly reliable no bit errors no loss of packets

separate FSMs for sender receiver sender sends data into underlying channel receiver 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 3-27

Rdt20 channel with bit errors underlying channel may flip bits in packet

checksum to detect bit errors the question how to recover from errors

acknowledgements (ACKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt received OK

negative acknowledgements (NAKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt had errors

sender retransmits pkt on receipt of NAK new mechanisms in rdt20 (beyond rdt10)

error detection receiver feedback control msgs (ACKNAK) rcvr-gtsender

How do humans recover from ldquoerrorsrdquoduring conversation

Transport Layer 3-28

Rdt20 channel with bit errors underlying channel may flip bits in packet

checksum to detect bit errors the question how to recover from errors

acknowledgements (ACKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt received OK

negative acknowledgements (NAKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt had errors

sender retransmits pkt on receipt of NAK new mechanisms in rdt20 (beyond rdt10)

error detection receiver feedback control msgs (ACKNAK) rcvr-gtsender

Transport Layer 3-29

rdt20 FSM specification

Wait for call from above

sndpkt = 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)

Transport Layer 3-30

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)

Transport Layer 3-31

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)

Transport Layer 3-32

rdt20 has a fatal flaw

What happens if ACKNAK corrupted

sender doesnrsquot know what happened at receiver

canrsquot just retransmit possible duplicate

Handling duplicates sender retransmits current

pkt if ACKNAK garbled sender adds sequence

number to each pkt receiver discards (doesnrsquot

deliver up) duplicate pkt

Sender sends one packet then waits for receiver response

stop and wait

Transport Layer 3-33

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

Transport Layer 3-34

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)

Transport Layer 3-35

rdt21 discussion

Sender seq added to pkt two seq rsquos (01) will

suffice Why must check if received

ACKNAK corrupted twice as many states

state must ldquorememberrdquo whether ldquocurrentrdquo pkt has 0 or 1 seq

Receiver must 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 3-36

rdt22 a NAK-free protocol

same functionality as rdt21 using ACKs only instead 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

Transport Layer 3-37

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

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

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK 1 chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

Wait for 0 from below

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

has_seq1(rcvpkt))

udt_send(sndpkt)receiver FSM

fragment

Transport Layer 3-38

rdt30 channels with errors and loss

New assumptionunderlying 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 time

if pkt (or ACK) just delayed (not lost) retransmission will be

duplicate but use of seq rsquos already handles this

receiver must specify seq of pkt being ACKed

requires countdown timer

Transport Layer 3-39

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

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-40

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-41

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-42

Performance of rdt30

rdt30 works but poor performance ex 1 Gbps link 15 ms prop delay 8000 bit packet

U sender utilization ndash fraction of time sender busy sending

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

if RTT=30 msec 1KB pkt every 30 msec -gt 33kBsec thruput over 1 Gbps link

network protocol limits use of physical resources

dsmicrosecon8bps10bits8000

9 RLdtrans

Transport Layer 3-43

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 3-44

Pipelined protocolspipelining sender allows multiple ldquoin-flightrdquo yet-to-

be-acknowledged pkts range of sequence numbers must be increased buffering at sender andor receiver

two generic forms of pipelined protocols go-back-N selective repeat

Transport Layer 3-45

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 =

024 30008

= 00008 3 L R RTT + L R

=

Increase utilizationby a factor of 3

Transport Layer 3-46

Pipelined Protocols

Go-back-N big picture sender can have up to

N unacked packets in pipeline

rcvr only sends cumulative acks doesnrsquot ack packet if

therersquos a gap sender has timer for

only the oldest unacked packet if timer expires

retransmit all unackrsquoed packets

Selective Repeat big pic sender can have up to

N unackrsquoed packets in pipeline

rcvr sends individual ack for each packet

sender maintains timer for each unacked packet when timer expires

retransmit only unackrsquoed packet

Transport Layer 3-47

Go-Back-NSender k-bit seq in pkt header ldquowindowrdquo of up to N consecutive unackrsquoed pkts allowed

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

timer for oldest in-flight pkt (ie send_base) timeout(send_base) retransmit pkt send_base and all in-flight

unacked packets in window with higher seq

Transport Layer 3-48

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)

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

stop_timerelsestart_timer

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

base=1nextseqnum=1

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-49

GBN receiver extended FSM

ACK-only always send ACK for correctly-received pkt with highest in-order seq may generate duplicate ACKs need only remember expectedseqnum

out-of-order pkt discard (donrsquot buffer) -gt no receiver buffering Re-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)

Transport Layer 3-50

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-51

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

received sender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender window N consecutive seq rsquos again limits seq s of sent unACKrsquoed pkts

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-53

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in

window send pkttimeout(n) resend pkt n restart timerACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as received if n smallest unACKed pkt

advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n) out-of-order buffer in-order deliver (also

deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)otherwise ignore

receiver

Transport Layer 3-54

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-55

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3 window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenarios

incorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

Transport Layer 3-56

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex data bi-directional data flow

in same connection MSS maximum segment

size connection-oriented

handshaking (exchange of control msgs) inits sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlled sender will not

overwhelm receiver

point-to-point one sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte stream no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelined TCP congestion and flow

control set window size send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

Transport Layer 3-58

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 3-59

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquo of first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKs seq of next byte

expected from other side

cumulative ACKQ how receiver handles

out-of-order segments A TCP spec doesnrsquot

say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout value

longer than RTT but RTT varies

too short premature timeout unnecessary

retransmissions too long slow

reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTT SampleRTT measured time from

segment transmission until ACK receipt ignore retransmissions

SampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo average several recent

measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-61

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- )EstimatedRTT + SampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving average influence of past sample decreases exponentially fast typical value = 0125

Transport Layer 3-62

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 3-63

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeout EstimatedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin first estimate how much SampleRTT deviates from

EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

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

(typically = 025)

Then set timeout interval

Transport Layer 3-64

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable service

pipelined segments cumulative acks TCP uses single

retransmission timer

retransmissions are triggered by timeout events duplicate acks

initially consider simplified TCP sender ignore duplicate acks ignore flow control

congestion control

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app Create segment with

seq seq is byte-stream

number of first data byte in segment

start timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unacked segment)

expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeout retransmit segment

that caused timeout restart timerAck rcvd If acknowledgement

for previously unacked segments update what is known to

be acked start timer if there are

outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNum if (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 acked byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

Transport Layer 3-68

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

Host A

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 100

Transport Layer 3-69

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

time

SendBase= 120

Transport Layer 3-70

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 starts at lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-71

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-back

if segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

if sender receives 3 ACKs for the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost fast retransmit resend

segment before timer expires

Transport Layer 3-72

Host A

tim

eout

Host B

time

X

Figure 337 Resending a segment after triple duplicate ACK

Transport Layer 3-73

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 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

Page 12: Chapter 3 Transport Layer - The University of Edinburgh · Transport Layer 3-15 Chapter 3 outline 3.1 Transport-layer services 3.2 Multiplexing and demultiplexing 3.3 Connectionless

Transport Layer 3-12

Connection-oriented demux

TCP socket identified by 4-tuple source IP address source port number dest IP address dest 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 3-13

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

Transport Layer 3-14

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 3-15

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-16

UDP User Datagram Protocol [RFC 768]

ldquono frillsrdquo ldquobare bonesrdquo Internet transport protocol

ldquobest effortrdquo service UDP segments may be lost delivered out of order

to app connectionless

no handshaking between UDP sender receiver

each UDP segment handled independently of others

Why is there a UDP no connection

establishment (which can add delay)

simple no connection state at sender receiver

small segment header no congestion control UDP

can blast away as fast as desired

Transport Layer 3-17

UDP more

often used for streaming multimedia apps loss tolerant rate sensitive

other UDP uses DNS SNMP

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

Transport Layer 3-18

UDP checksum

Sender treat segment contents

as sequence of 16-bit integers

checksum addition (1rsquos complement sum) of segment contents

sender puts checksum value into UDP checksum field

Receiver compute checksum of

received segment check if computed checksum

equals checksum field value NO - error detected YES - no error detected

But maybe errors nonetheless More later hellip

Goal detect ldquoerrorsrdquo (eg flipped bits) in transmitted segment

Transport Layer 3-19

Internet Checksum Example Note 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

Transport Layer 3-20

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-21

Principles of Reliable data transfer important in app transport link layers top-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 transfer important in app transport link layers top-10 list of important networking topics

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

Transport Layer 3-23

Principles of Reliable data transfer important in app transport link layers top-10 list of important networking topics

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

Transport Layer 3-24

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 3-25

Reliable data transfer getting startedWersquoll incrementally 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 ldquostaterdquo next state

uniquely determined by next event

eventactions

Transport Layer 3-26

Rdt10 reliable transfer over a reliable channel

underlying channel perfectly reliable no bit errors no loss of packets

separate FSMs for sender receiver sender sends data into underlying channel receiver 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 3-27

Rdt20 channel with bit errors underlying channel may flip bits in packet

checksum to detect bit errors the question how to recover from errors

acknowledgements (ACKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt received OK

negative acknowledgements (NAKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt had errors

sender retransmits pkt on receipt of NAK new mechanisms in rdt20 (beyond rdt10)

error detection receiver feedback control msgs (ACKNAK) rcvr-gtsender

How do humans recover from ldquoerrorsrdquoduring conversation

Transport Layer 3-28

Rdt20 channel with bit errors underlying channel may flip bits in packet

checksum to detect bit errors the question how to recover from errors

acknowledgements (ACKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt received OK

negative acknowledgements (NAKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt had errors

sender retransmits pkt on receipt of NAK new mechanisms in rdt20 (beyond rdt10)

error detection receiver feedback control msgs (ACKNAK) rcvr-gtsender

Transport Layer 3-29

rdt20 FSM specification

Wait for call from above

sndpkt = 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)

Transport Layer 3-30

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)

Transport Layer 3-31

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)

Transport Layer 3-32

rdt20 has a fatal flaw

What happens if ACKNAK corrupted

sender doesnrsquot know what happened at receiver

canrsquot just retransmit possible duplicate

Handling duplicates sender retransmits current

pkt if ACKNAK garbled sender adds sequence

number to each pkt receiver discards (doesnrsquot

deliver up) duplicate pkt

Sender sends one packet then waits for receiver response

stop and wait

Transport Layer 3-33

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

Transport Layer 3-34

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)

Transport Layer 3-35

rdt21 discussion

Sender seq added to pkt two seq rsquos (01) will

suffice Why must check if received

ACKNAK corrupted twice as many states

state must ldquorememberrdquo whether ldquocurrentrdquo pkt has 0 or 1 seq

Receiver must 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 3-36

rdt22 a NAK-free protocol

same functionality as rdt21 using ACKs only instead 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

Transport Layer 3-37

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

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

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK 1 chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

Wait for 0 from below

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

has_seq1(rcvpkt))

udt_send(sndpkt)receiver FSM

fragment

Transport Layer 3-38

rdt30 channels with errors and loss

New assumptionunderlying 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 time

if pkt (or ACK) just delayed (not lost) retransmission will be

duplicate but use of seq rsquos already handles this

receiver must specify seq of pkt being ACKed

requires countdown timer

Transport Layer 3-39

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

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-40

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-41

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-42

Performance of rdt30

rdt30 works but poor performance ex 1 Gbps link 15 ms prop delay 8000 bit packet

U sender utilization ndash fraction of time sender busy sending

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

if RTT=30 msec 1KB pkt every 30 msec -gt 33kBsec thruput over 1 Gbps link

network protocol limits use of physical resources

dsmicrosecon8bps10bits8000

9 RLdtrans

Transport Layer 3-43

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 3-44

Pipelined protocolspipelining sender allows multiple ldquoin-flightrdquo yet-to-

be-acknowledged pkts range of sequence numbers must be increased buffering at sender andor receiver

two generic forms of pipelined protocols go-back-N selective repeat

Transport Layer 3-45

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 =

024 30008

= 00008 3 L R RTT + L R

=

Increase utilizationby a factor of 3

Transport Layer 3-46

Pipelined Protocols

Go-back-N big picture sender can have up to

N unacked packets in pipeline

rcvr only sends cumulative acks doesnrsquot ack packet if

therersquos a gap sender has timer for

only the oldest unacked packet if timer expires

retransmit all unackrsquoed packets

Selective Repeat big pic sender can have up to

N unackrsquoed packets in pipeline

rcvr sends individual ack for each packet

sender maintains timer for each unacked packet when timer expires

retransmit only unackrsquoed packet

Transport Layer 3-47

Go-Back-NSender k-bit seq in pkt header ldquowindowrdquo of up to N consecutive unackrsquoed pkts allowed

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

timer for oldest in-flight pkt (ie send_base) timeout(send_base) retransmit pkt send_base and all in-flight

unacked packets in window with higher seq

Transport Layer 3-48

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)

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

stop_timerelsestart_timer

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

base=1nextseqnum=1

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-49

GBN receiver extended FSM

ACK-only always send ACK for correctly-received pkt with highest in-order seq may generate duplicate ACKs need only remember expectedseqnum

out-of-order pkt discard (donrsquot buffer) -gt no receiver buffering Re-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)

Transport Layer 3-50

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-51

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

received sender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender window N consecutive seq rsquos again limits seq s of sent unACKrsquoed pkts

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-53

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in

window send pkttimeout(n) resend pkt n restart timerACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as received if n smallest unACKed pkt

advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n) out-of-order buffer in-order deliver (also

deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)otherwise ignore

receiver

Transport Layer 3-54

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-55

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3 window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenarios

incorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

Transport Layer 3-56

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex data bi-directional data flow

in same connection MSS maximum segment

size connection-oriented

handshaking (exchange of control msgs) inits sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlled sender will not

overwhelm receiver

point-to-point one sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte stream no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelined TCP congestion and flow

control set window size send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

Transport Layer 3-58

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 3-59

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquo of first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKs seq of next byte

expected from other side

cumulative ACKQ how receiver handles

out-of-order segments A TCP spec doesnrsquot

say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout value

longer than RTT but RTT varies

too short premature timeout unnecessary

retransmissions too long slow

reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTT SampleRTT measured time from

segment transmission until ACK receipt ignore retransmissions

SampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo average several recent

measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-61

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- )EstimatedRTT + SampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving average influence of past sample decreases exponentially fast typical value = 0125

Transport Layer 3-62

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 3-63

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeout EstimatedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin first estimate how much SampleRTT deviates from

EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

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

(typically = 025)

Then set timeout interval

Transport Layer 3-64

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable service

pipelined segments cumulative acks TCP uses single

retransmission timer

retransmissions are triggered by timeout events duplicate acks

initially consider simplified TCP sender ignore duplicate acks ignore flow control

congestion control

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app Create segment with

seq seq is byte-stream

number of first data byte in segment

start timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unacked segment)

expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeout retransmit segment

that caused timeout restart timerAck rcvd If acknowledgement

for previously unacked segments update what is known to

be acked start timer if there are

outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNum if (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 acked byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

Transport Layer 3-68

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

Host A

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 100

Transport Layer 3-69

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

time

SendBase= 120

Transport Layer 3-70

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 starts at lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-71

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-back

if segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

if sender receives 3 ACKs for the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost fast retransmit resend

segment before timer expires

Transport Layer 3-72

Host A

tim

eout

Host B

time

X

Figure 337 Resending a segment after triple duplicate ACK

Transport Layer 3-73

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 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

Page 13: Chapter 3 Transport Layer - The University of Edinburgh · Transport Layer 3-15 Chapter 3 outline 3.1 Transport-layer services 3.2 Multiplexing and demultiplexing 3.3 Connectionless

Transport Layer 3-13

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

Transport Layer 3-14

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 3-15

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-16

UDP User Datagram Protocol [RFC 768]

ldquono frillsrdquo ldquobare bonesrdquo Internet transport protocol

ldquobest effortrdquo service UDP segments may be lost delivered out of order

to app connectionless

no handshaking between UDP sender receiver

each UDP segment handled independently of others

Why is there a UDP no connection

establishment (which can add delay)

simple no connection state at sender receiver

small segment header no congestion control UDP

can blast away as fast as desired

Transport Layer 3-17

UDP more

often used for streaming multimedia apps loss tolerant rate sensitive

other UDP uses DNS SNMP

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

Transport Layer 3-18

UDP checksum

Sender treat segment contents

as sequence of 16-bit integers

checksum addition (1rsquos complement sum) of segment contents

sender puts checksum value into UDP checksum field

Receiver compute checksum of

received segment check if computed checksum

equals checksum field value NO - error detected YES - no error detected

But maybe errors nonetheless More later hellip

Goal detect ldquoerrorsrdquo (eg flipped bits) in transmitted segment

Transport Layer 3-19

Internet Checksum Example Note 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

Transport Layer 3-20

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-21

Principles of Reliable data transfer important in app transport link layers top-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 transfer important in app transport link layers top-10 list of important networking topics

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

Transport Layer 3-23

Principles of Reliable data transfer important in app transport link layers top-10 list of important networking topics

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

Transport Layer 3-24

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 3-25

Reliable data transfer getting startedWersquoll incrementally 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 ldquostaterdquo next state

uniquely determined by next event

eventactions

Transport Layer 3-26

Rdt10 reliable transfer over a reliable channel

underlying channel perfectly reliable no bit errors no loss of packets

separate FSMs for sender receiver sender sends data into underlying channel receiver 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 3-27

Rdt20 channel with bit errors underlying channel may flip bits in packet

checksum to detect bit errors the question how to recover from errors

acknowledgements (ACKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt received OK

negative acknowledgements (NAKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt had errors

sender retransmits pkt on receipt of NAK new mechanisms in rdt20 (beyond rdt10)

error detection receiver feedback control msgs (ACKNAK) rcvr-gtsender

How do humans recover from ldquoerrorsrdquoduring conversation

Transport Layer 3-28

Rdt20 channel with bit errors underlying channel may flip bits in packet

checksum to detect bit errors the question how to recover from errors

acknowledgements (ACKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt received OK

negative acknowledgements (NAKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt had errors

sender retransmits pkt on receipt of NAK new mechanisms in rdt20 (beyond rdt10)

error detection receiver feedback control msgs (ACKNAK) rcvr-gtsender

Transport Layer 3-29

rdt20 FSM specification

Wait for call from above

sndpkt = 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)

Transport Layer 3-30

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)

Transport Layer 3-31

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)

Transport Layer 3-32

rdt20 has a fatal flaw

What happens if ACKNAK corrupted

sender doesnrsquot know what happened at receiver

canrsquot just retransmit possible duplicate

Handling duplicates sender retransmits current

pkt if ACKNAK garbled sender adds sequence

number to each pkt receiver discards (doesnrsquot

deliver up) duplicate pkt

Sender sends one packet then waits for receiver response

stop and wait

Transport Layer 3-33

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

Transport Layer 3-34

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)

Transport Layer 3-35

rdt21 discussion

Sender seq added to pkt two seq rsquos (01) will

suffice Why must check if received

ACKNAK corrupted twice as many states

state must ldquorememberrdquo whether ldquocurrentrdquo pkt has 0 or 1 seq

Receiver must 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 3-36

rdt22 a NAK-free protocol

same functionality as rdt21 using ACKs only instead 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

Transport Layer 3-37

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

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

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK 1 chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

Wait for 0 from below

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

has_seq1(rcvpkt))

udt_send(sndpkt)receiver FSM

fragment

Transport Layer 3-38

rdt30 channels with errors and loss

New assumptionunderlying 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 time

if pkt (or ACK) just delayed (not lost) retransmission will be

duplicate but use of seq rsquos already handles this

receiver must specify seq of pkt being ACKed

requires countdown timer

Transport Layer 3-39

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

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-40

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-41

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-42

Performance of rdt30

rdt30 works but poor performance ex 1 Gbps link 15 ms prop delay 8000 bit packet

U sender utilization ndash fraction of time sender busy sending

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

if RTT=30 msec 1KB pkt every 30 msec -gt 33kBsec thruput over 1 Gbps link

network protocol limits use of physical resources

dsmicrosecon8bps10bits8000

9 RLdtrans

Transport Layer 3-43

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 3-44

Pipelined protocolspipelining sender allows multiple ldquoin-flightrdquo yet-to-

be-acknowledged pkts range of sequence numbers must be increased buffering at sender andor receiver

two generic forms of pipelined protocols go-back-N selective repeat

Transport Layer 3-45

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 =

024 30008

= 00008 3 L R RTT + L R

=

Increase utilizationby a factor of 3

Transport Layer 3-46

Pipelined Protocols

Go-back-N big picture sender can have up to

N unacked packets in pipeline

rcvr only sends cumulative acks doesnrsquot ack packet if

therersquos a gap sender has timer for

only the oldest unacked packet if timer expires

retransmit all unackrsquoed packets

Selective Repeat big pic sender can have up to

N unackrsquoed packets in pipeline

rcvr sends individual ack for each packet

sender maintains timer for each unacked packet when timer expires

retransmit only unackrsquoed packet

Transport Layer 3-47

Go-Back-NSender k-bit seq in pkt header ldquowindowrdquo of up to N consecutive unackrsquoed pkts allowed

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

timer for oldest in-flight pkt (ie send_base) timeout(send_base) retransmit pkt send_base and all in-flight

unacked packets in window with higher seq

Transport Layer 3-48

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)

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

stop_timerelsestart_timer

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

base=1nextseqnum=1

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-49

GBN receiver extended FSM

ACK-only always send ACK for correctly-received pkt with highest in-order seq may generate duplicate ACKs need only remember expectedseqnum

out-of-order pkt discard (donrsquot buffer) -gt no receiver buffering Re-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)

Transport Layer 3-50

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-51

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

received sender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender window N consecutive seq rsquos again limits seq s of sent unACKrsquoed pkts

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-53

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in

window send pkttimeout(n) resend pkt n restart timerACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as received if n smallest unACKed pkt

advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n) out-of-order buffer in-order deliver (also

deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)otherwise ignore

receiver

Transport Layer 3-54

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-55

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3 window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenarios

incorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

Transport Layer 3-56

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex data bi-directional data flow

in same connection MSS maximum segment

size connection-oriented

handshaking (exchange of control msgs) inits sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlled sender will not

overwhelm receiver

point-to-point one sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte stream no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelined TCP congestion and flow

control set window size send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

Transport Layer 3-58

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 3-59

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquo of first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKs seq of next byte

expected from other side

cumulative ACKQ how receiver handles

out-of-order segments A TCP spec doesnrsquot

say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout value

longer than RTT but RTT varies

too short premature timeout unnecessary

retransmissions too long slow

reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTT SampleRTT measured time from

segment transmission until ACK receipt ignore retransmissions

SampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo average several recent

measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-61

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- )EstimatedRTT + SampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving average influence of past sample decreases exponentially fast typical value = 0125

Transport Layer 3-62

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 3-63

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeout EstimatedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin first estimate how much SampleRTT deviates from

EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

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

(typically = 025)

Then set timeout interval

Transport Layer 3-64

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable service

pipelined segments cumulative acks TCP uses single

retransmission timer

retransmissions are triggered by timeout events duplicate acks

initially consider simplified TCP sender ignore duplicate acks ignore flow control

congestion control

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app Create segment with

seq seq is byte-stream

number of first data byte in segment

start timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unacked segment)

expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeout retransmit segment

that caused timeout restart timerAck rcvd If acknowledgement

for previously unacked segments update what is known to

be acked start timer if there are

outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNum if (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 acked byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

Transport Layer 3-68

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

Host A

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 100

Transport Layer 3-69

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

time

SendBase= 120

Transport Layer 3-70

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 starts at lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-71

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-back

if segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

if sender receives 3 ACKs for the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost fast retransmit resend

segment before timer expires

Transport Layer 3-72

Host A

tim

eout

Host B

time

X

Figure 337 Resending a segment after triple duplicate ACK

Transport Layer 3-73

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 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

Page 14: Chapter 3 Transport Layer - The University of Edinburgh · Transport Layer 3-15 Chapter 3 outline 3.1 Transport-layer services 3.2 Multiplexing and demultiplexing 3.3 Connectionless

Transport Layer 3-14

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 3-15

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-16

UDP User Datagram Protocol [RFC 768]

ldquono frillsrdquo ldquobare bonesrdquo Internet transport protocol

ldquobest effortrdquo service UDP segments may be lost delivered out of order

to app connectionless

no handshaking between UDP sender receiver

each UDP segment handled independently of others

Why is there a UDP no connection

establishment (which can add delay)

simple no connection state at sender receiver

small segment header no congestion control UDP

can blast away as fast as desired

Transport Layer 3-17

UDP more

often used for streaming multimedia apps loss tolerant rate sensitive

other UDP uses DNS SNMP

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

Transport Layer 3-18

UDP checksum

Sender treat segment contents

as sequence of 16-bit integers

checksum addition (1rsquos complement sum) of segment contents

sender puts checksum value into UDP checksum field

Receiver compute checksum of

received segment check if computed checksum

equals checksum field value NO - error detected YES - no error detected

But maybe errors nonetheless More later hellip

Goal detect ldquoerrorsrdquo (eg flipped bits) in transmitted segment

Transport Layer 3-19

Internet Checksum Example Note 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

Transport Layer 3-20

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-21

Principles of Reliable data transfer important in app transport link layers top-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 transfer important in app transport link layers top-10 list of important networking topics

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

Transport Layer 3-23

Principles of Reliable data transfer important in app transport link layers top-10 list of important networking topics

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

Transport Layer 3-24

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 3-25

Reliable data transfer getting startedWersquoll incrementally 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 ldquostaterdquo next state

uniquely determined by next event

eventactions

Transport Layer 3-26

Rdt10 reliable transfer over a reliable channel

underlying channel perfectly reliable no bit errors no loss of packets

separate FSMs for sender receiver sender sends data into underlying channel receiver 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 3-27

Rdt20 channel with bit errors underlying channel may flip bits in packet

checksum to detect bit errors the question how to recover from errors

acknowledgements (ACKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt received OK

negative acknowledgements (NAKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt had errors

sender retransmits pkt on receipt of NAK new mechanisms in rdt20 (beyond rdt10)

error detection receiver feedback control msgs (ACKNAK) rcvr-gtsender

How do humans recover from ldquoerrorsrdquoduring conversation

Transport Layer 3-28

Rdt20 channel with bit errors underlying channel may flip bits in packet

checksum to detect bit errors the question how to recover from errors

acknowledgements (ACKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt received OK

negative acknowledgements (NAKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt had errors

sender retransmits pkt on receipt of NAK new mechanisms in rdt20 (beyond rdt10)

error detection receiver feedback control msgs (ACKNAK) rcvr-gtsender

Transport Layer 3-29

rdt20 FSM specification

Wait for call from above

sndpkt = 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)

Transport Layer 3-30

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)

Transport Layer 3-31

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)

Transport Layer 3-32

rdt20 has a fatal flaw

What happens if ACKNAK corrupted

sender doesnrsquot know what happened at receiver

canrsquot just retransmit possible duplicate

Handling duplicates sender retransmits current

pkt if ACKNAK garbled sender adds sequence

number to each pkt receiver discards (doesnrsquot

deliver up) duplicate pkt

Sender sends one packet then waits for receiver response

stop and wait

Transport Layer 3-33

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

Transport Layer 3-34

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)

Transport Layer 3-35

rdt21 discussion

Sender seq added to pkt two seq rsquos (01) will

suffice Why must check if received

ACKNAK corrupted twice as many states

state must ldquorememberrdquo whether ldquocurrentrdquo pkt has 0 or 1 seq

Receiver must 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 3-36

rdt22 a NAK-free protocol

same functionality as rdt21 using ACKs only instead 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

Transport Layer 3-37

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

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

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK 1 chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

Wait for 0 from below

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

has_seq1(rcvpkt))

udt_send(sndpkt)receiver FSM

fragment

Transport Layer 3-38

rdt30 channels with errors and loss

New assumptionunderlying 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 time

if pkt (or ACK) just delayed (not lost) retransmission will be

duplicate but use of seq rsquos already handles this

receiver must specify seq of pkt being ACKed

requires countdown timer

Transport Layer 3-39

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

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-40

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-41

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-42

Performance of rdt30

rdt30 works but poor performance ex 1 Gbps link 15 ms prop delay 8000 bit packet

U sender utilization ndash fraction of time sender busy sending

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

if RTT=30 msec 1KB pkt every 30 msec -gt 33kBsec thruput over 1 Gbps link

network protocol limits use of physical resources

dsmicrosecon8bps10bits8000

9 RLdtrans

Transport Layer 3-43

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 3-44

Pipelined protocolspipelining sender allows multiple ldquoin-flightrdquo yet-to-

be-acknowledged pkts range of sequence numbers must be increased buffering at sender andor receiver

two generic forms of pipelined protocols go-back-N selective repeat

Transport Layer 3-45

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 =

024 30008

= 00008 3 L R RTT + L R

=

Increase utilizationby a factor of 3

Transport Layer 3-46

Pipelined Protocols

Go-back-N big picture sender can have up to

N unacked packets in pipeline

rcvr only sends cumulative acks doesnrsquot ack packet if

therersquos a gap sender has timer for

only the oldest unacked packet if timer expires

retransmit all unackrsquoed packets

Selective Repeat big pic sender can have up to

N unackrsquoed packets in pipeline

rcvr sends individual ack for each packet

sender maintains timer for each unacked packet when timer expires

retransmit only unackrsquoed packet

Transport Layer 3-47

Go-Back-NSender k-bit seq in pkt header ldquowindowrdquo of up to N consecutive unackrsquoed pkts allowed

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

timer for oldest in-flight pkt (ie send_base) timeout(send_base) retransmit pkt send_base and all in-flight

unacked packets in window with higher seq

Transport Layer 3-48

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)

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

stop_timerelsestart_timer

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

base=1nextseqnum=1

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-49

GBN receiver extended FSM

ACK-only always send ACK for correctly-received pkt with highest in-order seq may generate duplicate ACKs need only remember expectedseqnum

out-of-order pkt discard (donrsquot buffer) -gt no receiver buffering Re-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)

Transport Layer 3-50

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-51

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

received sender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender window N consecutive seq rsquos again limits seq s of sent unACKrsquoed pkts

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-53

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in

window send pkttimeout(n) resend pkt n restart timerACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as received if n smallest unACKed pkt

advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n) out-of-order buffer in-order deliver (also

deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)otherwise ignore

receiver

Transport Layer 3-54

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-55

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3 window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenarios

incorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

Transport Layer 3-56

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex data bi-directional data flow

in same connection MSS maximum segment

size connection-oriented

handshaking (exchange of control msgs) inits sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlled sender will not

overwhelm receiver

point-to-point one sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte stream no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelined TCP congestion and flow

control set window size send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

Transport Layer 3-58

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 3-59

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquo of first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKs seq of next byte

expected from other side

cumulative ACKQ how receiver handles

out-of-order segments A TCP spec doesnrsquot

say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout value

longer than RTT but RTT varies

too short premature timeout unnecessary

retransmissions too long slow

reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTT SampleRTT measured time from

segment transmission until ACK receipt ignore retransmissions

SampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo average several recent

measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-61

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- )EstimatedRTT + SampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving average influence of past sample decreases exponentially fast typical value = 0125

Transport Layer 3-62

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 3-63

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeout EstimatedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin first estimate how much SampleRTT deviates from

EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

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

(typically = 025)

Then set timeout interval

Transport Layer 3-64

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable service

pipelined segments cumulative acks TCP uses single

retransmission timer

retransmissions are triggered by timeout events duplicate acks

initially consider simplified TCP sender ignore duplicate acks ignore flow control

congestion control

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app Create segment with

seq seq is byte-stream

number of first data byte in segment

start timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unacked segment)

expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeout retransmit segment

that caused timeout restart timerAck rcvd If acknowledgement

for previously unacked segments update what is known to

be acked start timer if there are

outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNum if (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 acked byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

Transport Layer 3-68

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

Host A

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 100

Transport Layer 3-69

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

time

SendBase= 120

Transport Layer 3-70

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 starts at lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-71

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-back

if segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

if sender receives 3 ACKs for the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost fast retransmit resend

segment before timer expires

Transport Layer 3-72

Host A

tim

eout

Host B

time

X

Figure 337 Resending a segment after triple duplicate ACK

Transport Layer 3-73

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 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-15

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-16

UDP User Datagram Protocol [RFC 768]

ldquono frillsrdquo ldquobare bonesrdquo Internet transport protocol

ldquobest effortrdquo service UDP segments may be lost delivered out of order

to app connectionless

no handshaking between UDP sender receiver

each UDP segment handled independently of others

Why is there a UDP no connection

establishment (which can add delay)

simple no connection state at sender receiver

small segment header no congestion control UDP

can blast away as fast as desired

Transport Layer 3-17

UDP more

often used for streaming multimedia apps loss tolerant rate sensitive

other UDP uses DNS SNMP

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

Transport Layer 3-18

UDP checksum

Sender treat segment contents

as sequence of 16-bit integers

checksum addition (1rsquos complement sum) of segment contents

sender puts checksum value into UDP checksum field

Receiver compute checksum of

received segment check if computed checksum

equals checksum field value NO - error detected YES - no error detected

But maybe errors nonetheless More later hellip

Goal detect ldquoerrorsrdquo (eg flipped bits) in transmitted segment

Transport Layer 3-19

Internet Checksum Example Note 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

Transport Layer 3-20

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-21

Principles of Reliable data transfer important in app transport link layers top-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 transfer important in app transport link layers top-10 list of important networking topics

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

Transport Layer 3-23

Principles of Reliable data transfer important in app transport link layers top-10 list of important networking topics

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

Transport Layer 3-24

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 3-25

Reliable data transfer getting startedWersquoll incrementally 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 ldquostaterdquo next state

uniquely determined by next event

eventactions

Transport Layer 3-26

Rdt10 reliable transfer over a reliable channel

underlying channel perfectly reliable no bit errors no loss of packets

separate FSMs for sender receiver sender sends data into underlying channel receiver 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 3-27

Rdt20 channel with bit errors underlying channel may flip bits in packet

checksum to detect bit errors the question how to recover from errors

acknowledgements (ACKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt received OK

negative acknowledgements (NAKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt had errors

sender retransmits pkt on receipt of NAK new mechanisms in rdt20 (beyond rdt10)

error detection receiver feedback control msgs (ACKNAK) rcvr-gtsender

How do humans recover from ldquoerrorsrdquoduring conversation

Transport Layer 3-28

Rdt20 channel with bit errors underlying channel may flip bits in packet

checksum to detect bit errors the question how to recover from errors

acknowledgements (ACKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt received OK

negative acknowledgements (NAKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt had errors

sender retransmits pkt on receipt of NAK new mechanisms in rdt20 (beyond rdt10)

error detection receiver feedback control msgs (ACKNAK) rcvr-gtsender

Transport Layer 3-29

rdt20 FSM specification

Wait for call from above

sndpkt = 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)

Transport Layer 3-30

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)

Transport Layer 3-31

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)

Transport Layer 3-32

rdt20 has a fatal flaw

What happens if ACKNAK corrupted

sender doesnrsquot know what happened at receiver

canrsquot just retransmit possible duplicate

Handling duplicates sender retransmits current

pkt if ACKNAK garbled sender adds sequence

number to each pkt receiver discards (doesnrsquot

deliver up) duplicate pkt

Sender sends one packet then waits for receiver response

stop and wait

Transport Layer 3-33

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

Transport Layer 3-34

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)

Transport Layer 3-35

rdt21 discussion

Sender seq added to pkt two seq rsquos (01) will

suffice Why must check if received

ACKNAK corrupted twice as many states

state must ldquorememberrdquo whether ldquocurrentrdquo pkt has 0 or 1 seq

Receiver must 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 3-36

rdt22 a NAK-free protocol

same functionality as rdt21 using ACKs only instead 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

Transport Layer 3-37

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

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

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK 1 chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

Wait for 0 from below

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

has_seq1(rcvpkt))

udt_send(sndpkt)receiver FSM

fragment

Transport Layer 3-38

rdt30 channels with errors and loss

New assumptionunderlying 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 time

if pkt (or ACK) just delayed (not lost) retransmission will be

duplicate but use of seq rsquos already handles this

receiver must specify seq of pkt being ACKed

requires countdown timer

Transport Layer 3-39

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

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-40

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-41

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-42

Performance of rdt30

rdt30 works but poor performance ex 1 Gbps link 15 ms prop delay 8000 bit packet

U sender utilization ndash fraction of time sender busy sending

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

if RTT=30 msec 1KB pkt every 30 msec -gt 33kBsec thruput over 1 Gbps link

network protocol limits use of physical resources

dsmicrosecon8bps10bits8000

9 RLdtrans

Transport Layer 3-43

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 3-44

Pipelined protocolspipelining sender allows multiple ldquoin-flightrdquo yet-to-

be-acknowledged pkts range of sequence numbers must be increased buffering at sender andor receiver

two generic forms of pipelined protocols go-back-N selective repeat

Transport Layer 3-45

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 =

024 30008

= 00008 3 L R RTT + L R

=

Increase utilizationby a factor of 3

Transport Layer 3-46

Pipelined Protocols

Go-back-N big picture sender can have up to

N unacked packets in pipeline

rcvr only sends cumulative acks doesnrsquot ack packet if

therersquos a gap sender has timer for

only the oldest unacked packet if timer expires

retransmit all unackrsquoed packets

Selective Repeat big pic sender can have up to

N unackrsquoed packets in pipeline

rcvr sends individual ack for each packet

sender maintains timer for each unacked packet when timer expires

retransmit only unackrsquoed packet

Transport Layer 3-47

Go-Back-NSender k-bit seq in pkt header ldquowindowrdquo of up to N consecutive unackrsquoed pkts allowed

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

timer for oldest in-flight pkt (ie send_base) timeout(send_base) retransmit pkt send_base and all in-flight

unacked packets in window with higher seq

Transport Layer 3-48

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)

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

stop_timerelsestart_timer

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

base=1nextseqnum=1

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-49

GBN receiver extended FSM

ACK-only always send ACK for correctly-received pkt with highest in-order seq may generate duplicate ACKs need only remember expectedseqnum

out-of-order pkt discard (donrsquot buffer) -gt no receiver buffering Re-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)

Transport Layer 3-50

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-51

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

received sender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender window N consecutive seq rsquos again limits seq s of sent unACKrsquoed pkts

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-53

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in

window send pkttimeout(n) resend pkt n restart timerACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as received if n smallest unACKed pkt

advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n) out-of-order buffer in-order deliver (also

deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)otherwise ignore

receiver

Transport Layer 3-54

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-55

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3 window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenarios

incorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

Transport Layer 3-56

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex data bi-directional data flow

in same connection MSS maximum segment

size connection-oriented

handshaking (exchange of control msgs) inits sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlled sender will not

overwhelm receiver

point-to-point one sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte stream no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelined TCP congestion and flow

control set window size send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

Transport Layer 3-58

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 3-59

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquo of first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKs seq of next byte

expected from other side

cumulative ACKQ how receiver handles

out-of-order segments A TCP spec doesnrsquot

say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout value

longer than RTT but RTT varies

too short premature timeout unnecessary

retransmissions too long slow

reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTT SampleRTT measured time from

segment transmission until ACK receipt ignore retransmissions

SampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo average several recent

measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-61

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- )EstimatedRTT + SampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving average influence of past sample decreases exponentially fast typical value = 0125

Transport Layer 3-62

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 3-63

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeout EstimatedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin first estimate how much SampleRTT deviates from

EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

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

(typically = 025)

Then set timeout interval

Transport Layer 3-64

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable service

pipelined segments cumulative acks TCP uses single

retransmission timer

retransmissions are triggered by timeout events duplicate acks

initially consider simplified TCP sender ignore duplicate acks ignore flow control

congestion control

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app Create segment with

seq seq is byte-stream

number of first data byte in segment

start timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unacked segment)

expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeout retransmit segment

that caused timeout restart timerAck rcvd If acknowledgement

for previously unacked segments update what is known to

be acked start timer if there are

outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNum if (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 acked byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

Transport Layer 3-68

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

Host A

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 100

Transport Layer 3-69

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

time

SendBase= 120

Transport Layer 3-70

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 starts at lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-71

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-back

if segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

if sender receives 3 ACKs for the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost fast retransmit resend

segment before timer expires

Transport Layer 3-72

Host A

tim

eout

Host B

time

X

Figure 337 Resending a segment after triple duplicate ACK

Transport Layer 3-73

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 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

Page 16: Chapter 3 Transport Layer - The University of Edinburgh · Transport Layer 3-15 Chapter 3 outline 3.1 Transport-layer services 3.2 Multiplexing and demultiplexing 3.3 Connectionless

Transport Layer 3-16

UDP User Datagram Protocol [RFC 768]

ldquono frillsrdquo ldquobare bonesrdquo Internet transport protocol

ldquobest effortrdquo service UDP segments may be lost delivered out of order

to app connectionless

no handshaking between UDP sender receiver

each UDP segment handled independently of others

Why is there a UDP no connection

establishment (which can add delay)

simple no connection state at sender receiver

small segment header no congestion control UDP

can blast away as fast as desired

Transport Layer 3-17

UDP more

often used for streaming multimedia apps loss tolerant rate sensitive

other UDP uses DNS SNMP

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

Transport Layer 3-18

UDP checksum

Sender treat segment contents

as sequence of 16-bit integers

checksum addition (1rsquos complement sum) of segment contents

sender puts checksum value into UDP checksum field

Receiver compute checksum of

received segment check if computed checksum

equals checksum field value NO - error detected YES - no error detected

But maybe errors nonetheless More later hellip

Goal detect ldquoerrorsrdquo (eg flipped bits) in transmitted segment

Transport Layer 3-19

Internet Checksum Example Note 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

Transport Layer 3-20

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-21

Principles of Reliable data transfer important in app transport link layers top-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 transfer important in app transport link layers top-10 list of important networking topics

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

Transport Layer 3-23

Principles of Reliable data transfer important in app transport link layers top-10 list of important networking topics

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

Transport Layer 3-24

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 3-25

Reliable data transfer getting startedWersquoll incrementally 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 ldquostaterdquo next state

uniquely determined by next event

eventactions

Transport Layer 3-26

Rdt10 reliable transfer over a reliable channel

underlying channel perfectly reliable no bit errors no loss of packets

separate FSMs for sender receiver sender sends data into underlying channel receiver 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 3-27

Rdt20 channel with bit errors underlying channel may flip bits in packet

checksum to detect bit errors the question how to recover from errors

acknowledgements (ACKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt received OK

negative acknowledgements (NAKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt had errors

sender retransmits pkt on receipt of NAK new mechanisms in rdt20 (beyond rdt10)

error detection receiver feedback control msgs (ACKNAK) rcvr-gtsender

How do humans recover from ldquoerrorsrdquoduring conversation

Transport Layer 3-28

Rdt20 channel with bit errors underlying channel may flip bits in packet

checksum to detect bit errors the question how to recover from errors

acknowledgements (ACKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt received OK

negative acknowledgements (NAKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt had errors

sender retransmits pkt on receipt of NAK new mechanisms in rdt20 (beyond rdt10)

error detection receiver feedback control msgs (ACKNAK) rcvr-gtsender

Transport Layer 3-29

rdt20 FSM specification

Wait for call from above

sndpkt = 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)

Transport Layer 3-30

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)

Transport Layer 3-31

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)

Transport Layer 3-32

rdt20 has a fatal flaw

What happens if ACKNAK corrupted

sender doesnrsquot know what happened at receiver

canrsquot just retransmit possible duplicate

Handling duplicates sender retransmits current

pkt if ACKNAK garbled sender adds sequence

number to each pkt receiver discards (doesnrsquot

deliver up) duplicate pkt

Sender sends one packet then waits for receiver response

stop and wait

Transport Layer 3-33

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

Transport Layer 3-34

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)

Transport Layer 3-35

rdt21 discussion

Sender seq added to pkt two seq rsquos (01) will

suffice Why must check if received

ACKNAK corrupted twice as many states

state must ldquorememberrdquo whether ldquocurrentrdquo pkt has 0 or 1 seq

Receiver must 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 3-36

rdt22 a NAK-free protocol

same functionality as rdt21 using ACKs only instead 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

Transport Layer 3-37

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

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

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK 1 chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

Wait for 0 from below

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

has_seq1(rcvpkt))

udt_send(sndpkt)receiver FSM

fragment

Transport Layer 3-38

rdt30 channels with errors and loss

New assumptionunderlying 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 time

if pkt (or ACK) just delayed (not lost) retransmission will be

duplicate but use of seq rsquos already handles this

receiver must specify seq of pkt being ACKed

requires countdown timer

Transport Layer 3-39

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

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-40

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-41

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-42

Performance of rdt30

rdt30 works but poor performance ex 1 Gbps link 15 ms prop delay 8000 bit packet

U sender utilization ndash fraction of time sender busy sending

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

if RTT=30 msec 1KB pkt every 30 msec -gt 33kBsec thruput over 1 Gbps link

network protocol limits use of physical resources

dsmicrosecon8bps10bits8000

9 RLdtrans

Transport Layer 3-43

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 3-44

Pipelined protocolspipelining sender allows multiple ldquoin-flightrdquo yet-to-

be-acknowledged pkts range of sequence numbers must be increased buffering at sender andor receiver

two generic forms of pipelined protocols go-back-N selective repeat

Transport Layer 3-45

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 =

024 30008

= 00008 3 L R RTT + L R

=

Increase utilizationby a factor of 3

Transport Layer 3-46

Pipelined Protocols

Go-back-N big picture sender can have up to

N unacked packets in pipeline

rcvr only sends cumulative acks doesnrsquot ack packet if

therersquos a gap sender has timer for

only the oldest unacked packet if timer expires

retransmit all unackrsquoed packets

Selective Repeat big pic sender can have up to

N unackrsquoed packets in pipeline

rcvr sends individual ack for each packet

sender maintains timer for each unacked packet when timer expires

retransmit only unackrsquoed packet

Transport Layer 3-47

Go-Back-NSender k-bit seq in pkt header ldquowindowrdquo of up to N consecutive unackrsquoed pkts allowed

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

timer for oldest in-flight pkt (ie send_base) timeout(send_base) retransmit pkt send_base and all in-flight

unacked packets in window with higher seq

Transport Layer 3-48

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)

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

stop_timerelsestart_timer

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

base=1nextseqnum=1

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-49

GBN receiver extended FSM

ACK-only always send ACK for correctly-received pkt with highest in-order seq may generate duplicate ACKs need only remember expectedseqnum

out-of-order pkt discard (donrsquot buffer) -gt no receiver buffering Re-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)

Transport Layer 3-50

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-51

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

received sender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender window N consecutive seq rsquos again limits seq s of sent unACKrsquoed pkts

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-53

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in

window send pkttimeout(n) resend pkt n restart timerACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as received if n smallest unACKed pkt

advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n) out-of-order buffer in-order deliver (also

deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)otherwise ignore

receiver

Transport Layer 3-54

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-55

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3 window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenarios

incorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

Transport Layer 3-56

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex data bi-directional data flow

in same connection MSS maximum segment

size connection-oriented

handshaking (exchange of control msgs) inits sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlled sender will not

overwhelm receiver

point-to-point one sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte stream no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelined TCP congestion and flow

control set window size send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

Transport Layer 3-58

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 3-59

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquo of first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKs seq of next byte

expected from other side

cumulative ACKQ how receiver handles

out-of-order segments A TCP spec doesnrsquot

say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout value

longer than RTT but RTT varies

too short premature timeout unnecessary

retransmissions too long slow

reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTT SampleRTT measured time from

segment transmission until ACK receipt ignore retransmissions

SampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo average several recent

measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-61

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- )EstimatedRTT + SampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving average influence of past sample decreases exponentially fast typical value = 0125

Transport Layer 3-62

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 3-63

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeout EstimatedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin first estimate how much SampleRTT deviates from

EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

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

(typically = 025)

Then set timeout interval

Transport Layer 3-64

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable service

pipelined segments cumulative acks TCP uses single

retransmission timer

retransmissions are triggered by timeout events duplicate acks

initially consider simplified TCP sender ignore duplicate acks ignore flow control

congestion control

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app Create segment with

seq seq is byte-stream

number of first data byte in segment

start timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unacked segment)

expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeout retransmit segment

that caused timeout restart timerAck rcvd If acknowledgement

for previously unacked segments update what is known to

be acked start timer if there are

outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNum if (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 acked byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

Transport Layer 3-68

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

Host A

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 100

Transport Layer 3-69

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

time

SendBase= 120

Transport Layer 3-70

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 starts at lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-71

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-back

if segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

if sender receives 3 ACKs for the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost fast retransmit resend

segment before timer expires

Transport Layer 3-72

Host A

tim

eout

Host B

time

X

Figure 337 Resending a segment after triple duplicate ACK

Transport Layer 3-73

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 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

Page 17: Chapter 3 Transport Layer - The University of Edinburgh · Transport Layer 3-15 Chapter 3 outline 3.1 Transport-layer services 3.2 Multiplexing and demultiplexing 3.3 Connectionless

Transport Layer 3-17

UDP more

often used for streaming multimedia apps loss tolerant rate sensitive

other UDP uses DNS SNMP

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

Transport Layer 3-18

UDP checksum

Sender treat segment contents

as sequence of 16-bit integers

checksum addition (1rsquos complement sum) of segment contents

sender puts checksum value into UDP checksum field

Receiver compute checksum of

received segment check if computed checksum

equals checksum field value NO - error detected YES - no error detected

But maybe errors nonetheless More later hellip

Goal detect ldquoerrorsrdquo (eg flipped bits) in transmitted segment

Transport Layer 3-19

Internet Checksum Example Note 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

Transport Layer 3-20

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-21

Principles of Reliable data transfer important in app transport link layers top-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 transfer important in app transport link layers top-10 list of important networking topics

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

Transport Layer 3-23

Principles of Reliable data transfer important in app transport link layers top-10 list of important networking topics

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

Transport Layer 3-24

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 3-25

Reliable data transfer getting startedWersquoll incrementally 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 ldquostaterdquo next state

uniquely determined by next event

eventactions

Transport Layer 3-26

Rdt10 reliable transfer over a reliable channel

underlying channel perfectly reliable no bit errors no loss of packets

separate FSMs for sender receiver sender sends data into underlying channel receiver 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 3-27

Rdt20 channel with bit errors underlying channel may flip bits in packet

checksum to detect bit errors the question how to recover from errors

acknowledgements (ACKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt received OK

negative acknowledgements (NAKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt had errors

sender retransmits pkt on receipt of NAK new mechanisms in rdt20 (beyond rdt10)

error detection receiver feedback control msgs (ACKNAK) rcvr-gtsender

How do humans recover from ldquoerrorsrdquoduring conversation

Transport Layer 3-28

Rdt20 channel with bit errors underlying channel may flip bits in packet

checksum to detect bit errors the question how to recover from errors

acknowledgements (ACKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt received OK

negative acknowledgements (NAKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt had errors

sender retransmits pkt on receipt of NAK new mechanisms in rdt20 (beyond rdt10)

error detection receiver feedback control msgs (ACKNAK) rcvr-gtsender

Transport Layer 3-29

rdt20 FSM specification

Wait for call from above

sndpkt = 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)

Transport Layer 3-30

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)

Transport Layer 3-31

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)

Transport Layer 3-32

rdt20 has a fatal flaw

What happens if ACKNAK corrupted

sender doesnrsquot know what happened at receiver

canrsquot just retransmit possible duplicate

Handling duplicates sender retransmits current

pkt if ACKNAK garbled sender adds sequence

number to each pkt receiver discards (doesnrsquot

deliver up) duplicate pkt

Sender sends one packet then waits for receiver response

stop and wait

Transport Layer 3-33

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

Transport Layer 3-34

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)

Transport Layer 3-35

rdt21 discussion

Sender seq added to pkt two seq rsquos (01) will

suffice Why must check if received

ACKNAK corrupted twice as many states

state must ldquorememberrdquo whether ldquocurrentrdquo pkt has 0 or 1 seq

Receiver must 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 3-36

rdt22 a NAK-free protocol

same functionality as rdt21 using ACKs only instead 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

Transport Layer 3-37

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

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

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK 1 chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

Wait for 0 from below

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

has_seq1(rcvpkt))

udt_send(sndpkt)receiver FSM

fragment

Transport Layer 3-38

rdt30 channels with errors and loss

New assumptionunderlying 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 time

if pkt (or ACK) just delayed (not lost) retransmission will be

duplicate but use of seq rsquos already handles this

receiver must specify seq of pkt being ACKed

requires countdown timer

Transport Layer 3-39

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

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-40

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-41

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-42

Performance of rdt30

rdt30 works but poor performance ex 1 Gbps link 15 ms prop delay 8000 bit packet

U sender utilization ndash fraction of time sender busy sending

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

if RTT=30 msec 1KB pkt every 30 msec -gt 33kBsec thruput over 1 Gbps link

network protocol limits use of physical resources

dsmicrosecon8bps10bits8000

9 RLdtrans

Transport Layer 3-43

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 3-44

Pipelined protocolspipelining sender allows multiple ldquoin-flightrdquo yet-to-

be-acknowledged pkts range of sequence numbers must be increased buffering at sender andor receiver

two generic forms of pipelined protocols go-back-N selective repeat

Transport Layer 3-45

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 =

024 30008

= 00008 3 L R RTT + L R

=

Increase utilizationby a factor of 3

Transport Layer 3-46

Pipelined Protocols

Go-back-N big picture sender can have up to

N unacked packets in pipeline

rcvr only sends cumulative acks doesnrsquot ack packet if

therersquos a gap sender has timer for

only the oldest unacked packet if timer expires

retransmit all unackrsquoed packets

Selective Repeat big pic sender can have up to

N unackrsquoed packets in pipeline

rcvr sends individual ack for each packet

sender maintains timer for each unacked packet when timer expires

retransmit only unackrsquoed packet

Transport Layer 3-47

Go-Back-NSender k-bit seq in pkt header ldquowindowrdquo of up to N consecutive unackrsquoed pkts allowed

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

timer for oldest in-flight pkt (ie send_base) timeout(send_base) retransmit pkt send_base and all in-flight

unacked packets in window with higher seq

Transport Layer 3-48

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)

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

stop_timerelsestart_timer

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

base=1nextseqnum=1

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-49

GBN receiver extended FSM

ACK-only always send ACK for correctly-received pkt with highest in-order seq may generate duplicate ACKs need only remember expectedseqnum

out-of-order pkt discard (donrsquot buffer) -gt no receiver buffering Re-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)

Transport Layer 3-50

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-51

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

received sender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender window N consecutive seq rsquos again limits seq s of sent unACKrsquoed pkts

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-53

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in

window send pkttimeout(n) resend pkt n restart timerACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as received if n smallest unACKed pkt

advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n) out-of-order buffer in-order deliver (also

deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)otherwise ignore

receiver

Transport Layer 3-54

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-55

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3 window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenarios

incorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

Transport Layer 3-56

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex data bi-directional data flow

in same connection MSS maximum segment

size connection-oriented

handshaking (exchange of control msgs) inits sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlled sender will not

overwhelm receiver

point-to-point one sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte stream no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelined TCP congestion and flow

control set window size send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

Transport Layer 3-58

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 3-59

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquo of first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKs seq of next byte

expected from other side

cumulative ACKQ how receiver handles

out-of-order segments A TCP spec doesnrsquot

say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout value

longer than RTT but RTT varies

too short premature timeout unnecessary

retransmissions too long slow

reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTT SampleRTT measured time from

segment transmission until ACK receipt ignore retransmissions

SampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo average several recent

measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-61

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- )EstimatedRTT + SampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving average influence of past sample decreases exponentially fast typical value = 0125

Transport Layer 3-62

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 3-63

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeout EstimatedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin first estimate how much SampleRTT deviates from

EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

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

(typically = 025)

Then set timeout interval

Transport Layer 3-64

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable service

pipelined segments cumulative acks TCP uses single

retransmission timer

retransmissions are triggered by timeout events duplicate acks

initially consider simplified TCP sender ignore duplicate acks ignore flow control

congestion control

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app Create segment with

seq seq is byte-stream

number of first data byte in segment

start timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unacked segment)

expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeout retransmit segment

that caused timeout restart timerAck rcvd If acknowledgement

for previously unacked segments update what is known to

be acked start timer if there are

outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNum if (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 acked byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

Transport Layer 3-68

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

Host A

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 100

Transport Layer 3-69

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

time

SendBase= 120

Transport Layer 3-70

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 starts at lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-71

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-back

if segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

if sender receives 3 ACKs for the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost fast retransmit resend

segment before timer expires

Transport Layer 3-72

Host A

tim

eout

Host B

time

X

Figure 337 Resending a segment after triple duplicate ACK

Transport Layer 3-73

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 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-18

UDP checksum

Sender treat segment contents

as sequence of 16-bit integers

checksum addition (1rsquos complement sum) of segment contents

sender puts checksum value into UDP checksum field

Receiver compute checksum of

received segment check if computed checksum

equals checksum field value NO - error detected YES - no error detected

But maybe errors nonetheless More later hellip

Goal detect ldquoerrorsrdquo (eg flipped bits) in transmitted segment

Transport Layer 3-19

Internet Checksum Example Note 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

Transport Layer 3-20

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-21

Principles of Reliable data transfer important in app transport link layers top-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 transfer important in app transport link layers top-10 list of important networking topics

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

Transport Layer 3-23

Principles of Reliable data transfer important in app transport link layers top-10 list of important networking topics

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

Transport Layer 3-24

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 3-25

Reliable data transfer getting startedWersquoll incrementally 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 ldquostaterdquo next state

uniquely determined by next event

eventactions

Transport Layer 3-26

Rdt10 reliable transfer over a reliable channel

underlying channel perfectly reliable no bit errors no loss of packets

separate FSMs for sender receiver sender sends data into underlying channel receiver 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 3-27

Rdt20 channel with bit errors underlying channel may flip bits in packet

checksum to detect bit errors the question how to recover from errors

acknowledgements (ACKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt received OK

negative acknowledgements (NAKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt had errors

sender retransmits pkt on receipt of NAK new mechanisms in rdt20 (beyond rdt10)

error detection receiver feedback control msgs (ACKNAK) rcvr-gtsender

How do humans recover from ldquoerrorsrdquoduring conversation

Transport Layer 3-28

Rdt20 channel with bit errors underlying channel may flip bits in packet

checksum to detect bit errors the question how to recover from errors

acknowledgements (ACKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt received OK

negative acknowledgements (NAKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt had errors

sender retransmits pkt on receipt of NAK new mechanisms in rdt20 (beyond rdt10)

error detection receiver feedback control msgs (ACKNAK) rcvr-gtsender

Transport Layer 3-29

rdt20 FSM specification

Wait for call from above

sndpkt = 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)

Transport Layer 3-30

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)

Transport Layer 3-31

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)

Transport Layer 3-32

rdt20 has a fatal flaw

What happens if ACKNAK corrupted

sender doesnrsquot know what happened at receiver

canrsquot just retransmit possible duplicate

Handling duplicates sender retransmits current

pkt if ACKNAK garbled sender adds sequence

number to each pkt receiver discards (doesnrsquot

deliver up) duplicate pkt

Sender sends one packet then waits for receiver response

stop and wait

Transport Layer 3-33

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

Transport Layer 3-34

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)

Transport Layer 3-35

rdt21 discussion

Sender seq added to pkt two seq rsquos (01) will

suffice Why must check if received

ACKNAK corrupted twice as many states

state must ldquorememberrdquo whether ldquocurrentrdquo pkt has 0 or 1 seq

Receiver must 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 3-36

rdt22 a NAK-free protocol

same functionality as rdt21 using ACKs only instead 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

Transport Layer 3-37

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

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

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK 1 chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

Wait for 0 from below

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

has_seq1(rcvpkt))

udt_send(sndpkt)receiver FSM

fragment

Transport Layer 3-38

rdt30 channels with errors and loss

New assumptionunderlying 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 time

if pkt (or ACK) just delayed (not lost) retransmission will be

duplicate but use of seq rsquos already handles this

receiver must specify seq of pkt being ACKed

requires countdown timer

Transport Layer 3-39

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

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-40

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-41

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-42

Performance of rdt30

rdt30 works but poor performance ex 1 Gbps link 15 ms prop delay 8000 bit packet

U sender utilization ndash fraction of time sender busy sending

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

if RTT=30 msec 1KB pkt every 30 msec -gt 33kBsec thruput over 1 Gbps link

network protocol limits use of physical resources

dsmicrosecon8bps10bits8000

9 RLdtrans

Transport Layer 3-43

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 3-44

Pipelined protocolspipelining sender allows multiple ldquoin-flightrdquo yet-to-

be-acknowledged pkts range of sequence numbers must be increased buffering at sender andor receiver

two generic forms of pipelined protocols go-back-N selective repeat

Transport Layer 3-45

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 =

024 30008

= 00008 3 L R RTT + L R

=

Increase utilizationby a factor of 3

Transport Layer 3-46

Pipelined Protocols

Go-back-N big picture sender can have up to

N unacked packets in pipeline

rcvr only sends cumulative acks doesnrsquot ack packet if

therersquos a gap sender has timer for

only the oldest unacked packet if timer expires

retransmit all unackrsquoed packets

Selective Repeat big pic sender can have up to

N unackrsquoed packets in pipeline

rcvr sends individual ack for each packet

sender maintains timer for each unacked packet when timer expires

retransmit only unackrsquoed packet

Transport Layer 3-47

Go-Back-NSender k-bit seq in pkt header ldquowindowrdquo of up to N consecutive unackrsquoed pkts allowed

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

timer for oldest in-flight pkt (ie send_base) timeout(send_base) retransmit pkt send_base and all in-flight

unacked packets in window with higher seq

Transport Layer 3-48

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)

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

stop_timerelsestart_timer

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

base=1nextseqnum=1

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-49

GBN receiver extended FSM

ACK-only always send ACK for correctly-received pkt with highest in-order seq may generate duplicate ACKs need only remember expectedseqnum

out-of-order pkt discard (donrsquot buffer) -gt no receiver buffering Re-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)

Transport Layer 3-50

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-51

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

received sender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender window N consecutive seq rsquos again limits seq s of sent unACKrsquoed pkts

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-53

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in

window send pkttimeout(n) resend pkt n restart timerACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as received if n smallest unACKed pkt

advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n) out-of-order buffer in-order deliver (also

deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)otherwise ignore

receiver

Transport Layer 3-54

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-55

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3 window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenarios

incorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

Transport Layer 3-56

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex data bi-directional data flow

in same connection MSS maximum segment

size connection-oriented

handshaking (exchange of control msgs) inits sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlled sender will not

overwhelm receiver

point-to-point one sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte stream no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelined TCP congestion and flow

control set window size send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

Transport Layer 3-58

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 3-59

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquo of first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKs seq of next byte

expected from other side

cumulative ACKQ how receiver handles

out-of-order segments A TCP spec doesnrsquot

say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout value

longer than RTT but RTT varies

too short premature timeout unnecessary

retransmissions too long slow

reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTT SampleRTT measured time from

segment transmission until ACK receipt ignore retransmissions

SampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo average several recent

measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-61

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- )EstimatedRTT + SampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving average influence of past sample decreases exponentially fast typical value = 0125

Transport Layer 3-62

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 3-63

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeout EstimatedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin first estimate how much SampleRTT deviates from

EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

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

(typically = 025)

Then set timeout interval

Transport Layer 3-64

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable service

pipelined segments cumulative acks TCP uses single

retransmission timer

retransmissions are triggered by timeout events duplicate acks

initially consider simplified TCP sender ignore duplicate acks ignore flow control

congestion control

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app Create segment with

seq seq is byte-stream

number of first data byte in segment

start timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unacked segment)

expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeout retransmit segment

that caused timeout restart timerAck rcvd If acknowledgement

for previously unacked segments update what is known to

be acked start timer if there are

outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNum if (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 acked byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

Transport Layer 3-68

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

Host A

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 100

Transport Layer 3-69

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

time

SendBase= 120

Transport Layer 3-70

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 starts at lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-71

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-back

if segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

if sender receives 3 ACKs for the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost fast retransmit resend

segment before timer expires

Transport Layer 3-72

Host A

tim

eout

Host B

time

X

Figure 337 Resending a segment after triple duplicate ACK

Transport Layer 3-73

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 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-19

Internet Checksum Example Note 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

Transport Layer 3-20

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-21

Principles of Reliable data transfer important in app transport link layers top-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 transfer important in app transport link layers top-10 list of important networking topics

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

Transport Layer 3-23

Principles of Reliable data transfer important in app transport link layers top-10 list of important networking topics

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

Transport Layer 3-24

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 3-25

Reliable data transfer getting startedWersquoll incrementally 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 ldquostaterdquo next state

uniquely determined by next event

eventactions

Transport Layer 3-26

Rdt10 reliable transfer over a reliable channel

underlying channel perfectly reliable no bit errors no loss of packets

separate FSMs for sender receiver sender sends data into underlying channel receiver 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 3-27

Rdt20 channel with bit errors underlying channel may flip bits in packet

checksum to detect bit errors the question how to recover from errors

acknowledgements (ACKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt received OK

negative acknowledgements (NAKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt had errors

sender retransmits pkt on receipt of NAK new mechanisms in rdt20 (beyond rdt10)

error detection receiver feedback control msgs (ACKNAK) rcvr-gtsender

How do humans recover from ldquoerrorsrdquoduring conversation

Transport Layer 3-28

Rdt20 channel with bit errors underlying channel may flip bits in packet

checksum to detect bit errors the question how to recover from errors

acknowledgements (ACKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt received OK

negative acknowledgements (NAKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt had errors

sender retransmits pkt on receipt of NAK new mechanisms in rdt20 (beyond rdt10)

error detection receiver feedback control msgs (ACKNAK) rcvr-gtsender

Transport Layer 3-29

rdt20 FSM specification

Wait for call from above

sndpkt = 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)

Transport Layer 3-30

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)

Transport Layer 3-31

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)

Transport Layer 3-32

rdt20 has a fatal flaw

What happens if ACKNAK corrupted

sender doesnrsquot know what happened at receiver

canrsquot just retransmit possible duplicate

Handling duplicates sender retransmits current

pkt if ACKNAK garbled sender adds sequence

number to each pkt receiver discards (doesnrsquot

deliver up) duplicate pkt

Sender sends one packet then waits for receiver response

stop and wait

Transport Layer 3-33

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

Transport Layer 3-34

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)

Transport Layer 3-35

rdt21 discussion

Sender seq added to pkt two seq rsquos (01) will

suffice Why must check if received

ACKNAK corrupted twice as many states

state must ldquorememberrdquo whether ldquocurrentrdquo pkt has 0 or 1 seq

Receiver must 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 3-36

rdt22 a NAK-free protocol

same functionality as rdt21 using ACKs only instead 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

Transport Layer 3-37

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

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

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK 1 chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

Wait for 0 from below

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

has_seq1(rcvpkt))

udt_send(sndpkt)receiver FSM

fragment

Transport Layer 3-38

rdt30 channels with errors and loss

New assumptionunderlying 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 time

if pkt (or ACK) just delayed (not lost) retransmission will be

duplicate but use of seq rsquos already handles this

receiver must specify seq of pkt being ACKed

requires countdown timer

Transport Layer 3-39

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

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-40

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-41

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-42

Performance of rdt30

rdt30 works but poor performance ex 1 Gbps link 15 ms prop delay 8000 bit packet

U sender utilization ndash fraction of time sender busy sending

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

if RTT=30 msec 1KB pkt every 30 msec -gt 33kBsec thruput over 1 Gbps link

network protocol limits use of physical resources

dsmicrosecon8bps10bits8000

9 RLdtrans

Transport Layer 3-43

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 3-44

Pipelined protocolspipelining sender allows multiple ldquoin-flightrdquo yet-to-

be-acknowledged pkts range of sequence numbers must be increased buffering at sender andor receiver

two generic forms of pipelined protocols go-back-N selective repeat

Transport Layer 3-45

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 =

024 30008

= 00008 3 L R RTT + L R

=

Increase utilizationby a factor of 3

Transport Layer 3-46

Pipelined Protocols

Go-back-N big picture sender can have up to

N unacked packets in pipeline

rcvr only sends cumulative acks doesnrsquot ack packet if

therersquos a gap sender has timer for

only the oldest unacked packet if timer expires

retransmit all unackrsquoed packets

Selective Repeat big pic sender can have up to

N unackrsquoed packets in pipeline

rcvr sends individual ack for each packet

sender maintains timer for each unacked packet when timer expires

retransmit only unackrsquoed packet

Transport Layer 3-47

Go-Back-NSender k-bit seq in pkt header ldquowindowrdquo of up to N consecutive unackrsquoed pkts allowed

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

timer for oldest in-flight pkt (ie send_base) timeout(send_base) retransmit pkt send_base and all in-flight

unacked packets in window with higher seq

Transport Layer 3-48

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)

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

stop_timerelsestart_timer

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

base=1nextseqnum=1

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-49

GBN receiver extended FSM

ACK-only always send ACK for correctly-received pkt with highest in-order seq may generate duplicate ACKs need only remember expectedseqnum

out-of-order pkt discard (donrsquot buffer) -gt no receiver buffering Re-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)

Transport Layer 3-50

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-51

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

received sender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender window N consecutive seq rsquos again limits seq s of sent unACKrsquoed pkts

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-53

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in

window send pkttimeout(n) resend pkt n restart timerACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as received if n smallest unACKed pkt

advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n) out-of-order buffer in-order deliver (also

deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)otherwise ignore

receiver

Transport Layer 3-54

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-55

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3 window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenarios

incorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

Transport Layer 3-56

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex data bi-directional data flow

in same connection MSS maximum segment

size connection-oriented

handshaking (exchange of control msgs) inits sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlled sender will not

overwhelm receiver

point-to-point one sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte stream no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelined TCP congestion and flow

control set window size send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

Transport Layer 3-58

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 3-59

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquo of first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKs seq of next byte

expected from other side

cumulative ACKQ how receiver handles

out-of-order segments A TCP spec doesnrsquot

say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout value

longer than RTT but RTT varies

too short premature timeout unnecessary

retransmissions too long slow

reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTT SampleRTT measured time from

segment transmission until ACK receipt ignore retransmissions

SampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo average several recent

measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-61

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- )EstimatedRTT + SampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving average influence of past sample decreases exponentially fast typical value = 0125

Transport Layer 3-62

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 3-63

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeout EstimatedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin first estimate how much SampleRTT deviates from

EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

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

(typically = 025)

Then set timeout interval

Transport Layer 3-64

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable service

pipelined segments cumulative acks TCP uses single

retransmission timer

retransmissions are triggered by timeout events duplicate acks

initially consider simplified TCP sender ignore duplicate acks ignore flow control

congestion control

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app Create segment with

seq seq is byte-stream

number of first data byte in segment

start timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unacked segment)

expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeout retransmit segment

that caused timeout restart timerAck rcvd If acknowledgement

for previously unacked segments update what is known to

be acked start timer if there are

outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNum if (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 acked byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

Transport Layer 3-68

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

Host A

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 100

Transport Layer 3-69

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

time

SendBase= 120

Transport Layer 3-70

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 starts at lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-71

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-back

if segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

if sender receives 3 ACKs for the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost fast retransmit resend

segment before timer expires

Transport Layer 3-72

Host A

tim

eout

Host B

time

X

Figure 337 Resending a segment after triple duplicate ACK

Transport Layer 3-73

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 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-20

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-21

Principles of Reliable data transfer important in app transport link layers top-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 transfer important in app transport link layers top-10 list of important networking topics

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

Transport Layer 3-23

Principles of Reliable data transfer important in app transport link layers top-10 list of important networking topics

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

Transport Layer 3-24

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 3-25

Reliable data transfer getting startedWersquoll incrementally 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 ldquostaterdquo next state

uniquely determined by next event

eventactions

Transport Layer 3-26

Rdt10 reliable transfer over a reliable channel

underlying channel perfectly reliable no bit errors no loss of packets

separate FSMs for sender receiver sender sends data into underlying channel receiver 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 3-27

Rdt20 channel with bit errors underlying channel may flip bits in packet

checksum to detect bit errors the question how to recover from errors

acknowledgements (ACKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt received OK

negative acknowledgements (NAKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt had errors

sender retransmits pkt on receipt of NAK new mechanisms in rdt20 (beyond rdt10)

error detection receiver feedback control msgs (ACKNAK) rcvr-gtsender

How do humans recover from ldquoerrorsrdquoduring conversation

Transport Layer 3-28

Rdt20 channel with bit errors underlying channel may flip bits in packet

checksum to detect bit errors the question how to recover from errors

acknowledgements (ACKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt received OK

negative acknowledgements (NAKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt had errors

sender retransmits pkt on receipt of NAK new mechanisms in rdt20 (beyond rdt10)

error detection receiver feedback control msgs (ACKNAK) rcvr-gtsender

Transport Layer 3-29

rdt20 FSM specification

Wait for call from above

sndpkt = 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)

Transport Layer 3-30

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)

Transport Layer 3-31

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)

Transport Layer 3-32

rdt20 has a fatal flaw

What happens if ACKNAK corrupted

sender doesnrsquot know what happened at receiver

canrsquot just retransmit possible duplicate

Handling duplicates sender retransmits current

pkt if ACKNAK garbled sender adds sequence

number to each pkt receiver discards (doesnrsquot

deliver up) duplicate pkt

Sender sends one packet then waits for receiver response

stop and wait

Transport Layer 3-33

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

Transport Layer 3-34

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)

Transport Layer 3-35

rdt21 discussion

Sender seq added to pkt two seq rsquos (01) will

suffice Why must check if received

ACKNAK corrupted twice as many states

state must ldquorememberrdquo whether ldquocurrentrdquo pkt has 0 or 1 seq

Receiver must 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 3-36

rdt22 a NAK-free protocol

same functionality as rdt21 using ACKs only instead 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

Transport Layer 3-37

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

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

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK 1 chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

Wait for 0 from below

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

has_seq1(rcvpkt))

udt_send(sndpkt)receiver FSM

fragment

Transport Layer 3-38

rdt30 channels with errors and loss

New assumptionunderlying 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 time

if pkt (or ACK) just delayed (not lost) retransmission will be

duplicate but use of seq rsquos already handles this

receiver must specify seq of pkt being ACKed

requires countdown timer

Transport Layer 3-39

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

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-40

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-41

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-42

Performance of rdt30

rdt30 works but poor performance ex 1 Gbps link 15 ms prop delay 8000 bit packet

U sender utilization ndash fraction of time sender busy sending

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

if RTT=30 msec 1KB pkt every 30 msec -gt 33kBsec thruput over 1 Gbps link

network protocol limits use of physical resources

dsmicrosecon8bps10bits8000

9 RLdtrans

Transport Layer 3-43

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 3-44

Pipelined protocolspipelining sender allows multiple ldquoin-flightrdquo yet-to-

be-acknowledged pkts range of sequence numbers must be increased buffering at sender andor receiver

two generic forms of pipelined protocols go-back-N selective repeat

Transport Layer 3-45

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 =

024 30008

= 00008 3 L R RTT + L R

=

Increase utilizationby a factor of 3

Transport Layer 3-46

Pipelined Protocols

Go-back-N big picture sender can have up to

N unacked packets in pipeline

rcvr only sends cumulative acks doesnrsquot ack packet if

therersquos a gap sender has timer for

only the oldest unacked packet if timer expires

retransmit all unackrsquoed packets

Selective Repeat big pic sender can have up to

N unackrsquoed packets in pipeline

rcvr sends individual ack for each packet

sender maintains timer for each unacked packet when timer expires

retransmit only unackrsquoed packet

Transport Layer 3-47

Go-Back-NSender k-bit seq in pkt header ldquowindowrdquo of up to N consecutive unackrsquoed pkts allowed

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

timer for oldest in-flight pkt (ie send_base) timeout(send_base) retransmit pkt send_base and all in-flight

unacked packets in window with higher seq

Transport Layer 3-48

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)

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

stop_timerelsestart_timer

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

base=1nextseqnum=1

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-49

GBN receiver extended FSM

ACK-only always send ACK for correctly-received pkt with highest in-order seq may generate duplicate ACKs need only remember expectedseqnum

out-of-order pkt discard (donrsquot buffer) -gt no receiver buffering Re-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)

Transport Layer 3-50

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-51

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

received sender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender window N consecutive seq rsquos again limits seq s of sent unACKrsquoed pkts

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-53

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in

window send pkttimeout(n) resend pkt n restart timerACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as received if n smallest unACKed pkt

advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n) out-of-order buffer in-order deliver (also

deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)otherwise ignore

receiver

Transport Layer 3-54

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-55

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3 window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenarios

incorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

Transport Layer 3-56

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex data bi-directional data flow

in same connection MSS maximum segment

size connection-oriented

handshaking (exchange of control msgs) inits sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlled sender will not

overwhelm receiver

point-to-point one sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte stream no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelined TCP congestion and flow

control set window size send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

Transport Layer 3-58

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 3-59

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquo of first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKs seq of next byte

expected from other side

cumulative ACKQ how receiver handles

out-of-order segments A TCP spec doesnrsquot

say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout value

longer than RTT but RTT varies

too short premature timeout unnecessary

retransmissions too long slow

reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTT SampleRTT measured time from

segment transmission until ACK receipt ignore retransmissions

SampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo average several recent

measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-61

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- )EstimatedRTT + SampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving average influence of past sample decreases exponentially fast typical value = 0125

Transport Layer 3-62

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 3-63

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeout EstimatedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin first estimate how much SampleRTT deviates from

EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

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

(typically = 025)

Then set timeout interval

Transport Layer 3-64

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable service

pipelined segments cumulative acks TCP uses single

retransmission timer

retransmissions are triggered by timeout events duplicate acks

initially consider simplified TCP sender ignore duplicate acks ignore flow control

congestion control

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app Create segment with

seq seq is byte-stream

number of first data byte in segment

start timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unacked segment)

expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeout retransmit segment

that caused timeout restart timerAck rcvd If acknowledgement

for previously unacked segments update what is known to

be acked start timer if there are

outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNum if (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 acked byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

Transport Layer 3-68

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

Host A

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 100

Transport Layer 3-69

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

time

SendBase= 120

Transport Layer 3-70

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 starts at lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-71

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-back

if segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

if sender receives 3 ACKs for the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost fast retransmit resend

segment before timer expires

Transport Layer 3-72

Host A

tim

eout

Host B

time

X

Figure 337 Resending a segment after triple duplicate ACK

Transport Layer 3-73

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 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-21

Principles of Reliable data transfer important in app transport link layers top-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 transfer important in app transport link layers top-10 list of important networking topics

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

Transport Layer 3-23

Principles of Reliable data transfer important in app transport link layers top-10 list of important networking topics

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

Transport Layer 3-24

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 3-25

Reliable data transfer getting startedWersquoll incrementally 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 ldquostaterdquo next state

uniquely determined by next event

eventactions

Transport Layer 3-26

Rdt10 reliable transfer over a reliable channel

underlying channel perfectly reliable no bit errors no loss of packets

separate FSMs for sender receiver sender sends data into underlying channel receiver 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 3-27

Rdt20 channel with bit errors underlying channel may flip bits in packet

checksum to detect bit errors the question how to recover from errors

acknowledgements (ACKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt received OK

negative acknowledgements (NAKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt had errors

sender retransmits pkt on receipt of NAK new mechanisms in rdt20 (beyond rdt10)

error detection receiver feedback control msgs (ACKNAK) rcvr-gtsender

How do humans recover from ldquoerrorsrdquoduring conversation

Transport Layer 3-28

Rdt20 channel with bit errors underlying channel may flip bits in packet

checksum to detect bit errors the question how to recover from errors

acknowledgements (ACKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt received OK

negative acknowledgements (NAKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt had errors

sender retransmits pkt on receipt of NAK new mechanisms in rdt20 (beyond rdt10)

error detection receiver feedback control msgs (ACKNAK) rcvr-gtsender

Transport Layer 3-29

rdt20 FSM specification

Wait for call from above

sndpkt = 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)

Transport Layer 3-30

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)

Transport Layer 3-31

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)

Transport Layer 3-32

rdt20 has a fatal flaw

What happens if ACKNAK corrupted

sender doesnrsquot know what happened at receiver

canrsquot just retransmit possible duplicate

Handling duplicates sender retransmits current

pkt if ACKNAK garbled sender adds sequence

number to each pkt receiver discards (doesnrsquot

deliver up) duplicate pkt

Sender sends one packet then waits for receiver response

stop and wait

Transport Layer 3-33

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

Transport Layer 3-34

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)

Transport Layer 3-35

rdt21 discussion

Sender seq added to pkt two seq rsquos (01) will

suffice Why must check if received

ACKNAK corrupted twice as many states

state must ldquorememberrdquo whether ldquocurrentrdquo pkt has 0 or 1 seq

Receiver must 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 3-36

rdt22 a NAK-free protocol

same functionality as rdt21 using ACKs only instead 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

Transport Layer 3-37

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

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

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK 1 chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

Wait for 0 from below

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

has_seq1(rcvpkt))

udt_send(sndpkt)receiver FSM

fragment

Transport Layer 3-38

rdt30 channels with errors and loss

New assumptionunderlying 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 time

if pkt (or ACK) just delayed (not lost) retransmission will be

duplicate but use of seq rsquos already handles this

receiver must specify seq of pkt being ACKed

requires countdown timer

Transport Layer 3-39

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

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-40

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-41

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-42

Performance of rdt30

rdt30 works but poor performance ex 1 Gbps link 15 ms prop delay 8000 bit packet

U sender utilization ndash fraction of time sender busy sending

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

if RTT=30 msec 1KB pkt every 30 msec -gt 33kBsec thruput over 1 Gbps link

network protocol limits use of physical resources

dsmicrosecon8bps10bits8000

9 RLdtrans

Transport Layer 3-43

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 3-44

Pipelined protocolspipelining sender allows multiple ldquoin-flightrdquo yet-to-

be-acknowledged pkts range of sequence numbers must be increased buffering at sender andor receiver

two generic forms of pipelined protocols go-back-N selective repeat

Transport Layer 3-45

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 =

024 30008

= 00008 3 L R RTT + L R

=

Increase utilizationby a factor of 3

Transport Layer 3-46

Pipelined Protocols

Go-back-N big picture sender can have up to

N unacked packets in pipeline

rcvr only sends cumulative acks doesnrsquot ack packet if

therersquos a gap sender has timer for

only the oldest unacked packet if timer expires

retransmit all unackrsquoed packets

Selective Repeat big pic sender can have up to

N unackrsquoed packets in pipeline

rcvr sends individual ack for each packet

sender maintains timer for each unacked packet when timer expires

retransmit only unackrsquoed packet

Transport Layer 3-47

Go-Back-NSender k-bit seq in pkt header ldquowindowrdquo of up to N consecutive unackrsquoed pkts allowed

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

timer for oldest in-flight pkt (ie send_base) timeout(send_base) retransmit pkt send_base and all in-flight

unacked packets in window with higher seq

Transport Layer 3-48

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)

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

stop_timerelsestart_timer

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

base=1nextseqnum=1

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-49

GBN receiver extended FSM

ACK-only always send ACK for correctly-received pkt with highest in-order seq may generate duplicate ACKs need only remember expectedseqnum

out-of-order pkt discard (donrsquot buffer) -gt no receiver buffering Re-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)

Transport Layer 3-50

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-51

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

received sender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender window N consecutive seq rsquos again limits seq s of sent unACKrsquoed pkts

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-53

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in

window send pkttimeout(n) resend pkt n restart timerACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as received if n smallest unACKed pkt

advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n) out-of-order buffer in-order deliver (also

deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)otherwise ignore

receiver

Transport Layer 3-54

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-55

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3 window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenarios

incorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

Transport Layer 3-56

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex data bi-directional data flow

in same connection MSS maximum segment

size connection-oriented

handshaking (exchange of control msgs) inits sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlled sender will not

overwhelm receiver

point-to-point one sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte stream no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelined TCP congestion and flow

control set window size send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

Transport Layer 3-58

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 3-59

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquo of first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKs seq of next byte

expected from other side

cumulative ACKQ how receiver handles

out-of-order segments A TCP spec doesnrsquot

say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout value

longer than RTT but RTT varies

too short premature timeout unnecessary

retransmissions too long slow

reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTT SampleRTT measured time from

segment transmission until ACK receipt ignore retransmissions

SampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo average several recent

measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-61

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- )EstimatedRTT + SampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving average influence of past sample decreases exponentially fast typical value = 0125

Transport Layer 3-62

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 3-63

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeout EstimatedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin first estimate how much SampleRTT deviates from

EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

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

(typically = 025)

Then set timeout interval

Transport Layer 3-64

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable service

pipelined segments cumulative acks TCP uses single

retransmission timer

retransmissions are triggered by timeout events duplicate acks

initially consider simplified TCP sender ignore duplicate acks ignore flow control

congestion control

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app Create segment with

seq seq is byte-stream

number of first data byte in segment

start timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unacked segment)

expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeout retransmit segment

that caused timeout restart timerAck rcvd If acknowledgement

for previously unacked segments update what is known to

be acked start timer if there are

outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNum if (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 acked byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

Transport Layer 3-68

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

Host A

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 100

Transport Layer 3-69

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

time

SendBase= 120

Transport Layer 3-70

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 starts at lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-71

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-back

if segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

if sender receives 3 ACKs for the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost fast retransmit resend

segment before timer expires

Transport Layer 3-72

Host A

tim

eout

Host B

time

X

Figure 337 Resending a segment after triple duplicate ACK

Transport Layer 3-73

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 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-22

Principles of Reliable data transfer important in app transport link layers top-10 list of important networking topics

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

Transport Layer 3-23

Principles of Reliable data transfer important in app transport link layers top-10 list of important networking topics

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

Transport Layer 3-24

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 3-25

Reliable data transfer getting startedWersquoll incrementally 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 ldquostaterdquo next state

uniquely determined by next event

eventactions

Transport Layer 3-26

Rdt10 reliable transfer over a reliable channel

underlying channel perfectly reliable no bit errors no loss of packets

separate FSMs for sender receiver sender sends data into underlying channel receiver 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 3-27

Rdt20 channel with bit errors underlying channel may flip bits in packet

checksum to detect bit errors the question how to recover from errors

acknowledgements (ACKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt received OK

negative acknowledgements (NAKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt had errors

sender retransmits pkt on receipt of NAK new mechanisms in rdt20 (beyond rdt10)

error detection receiver feedback control msgs (ACKNAK) rcvr-gtsender

How do humans recover from ldquoerrorsrdquoduring conversation

Transport Layer 3-28

Rdt20 channel with bit errors underlying channel may flip bits in packet

checksum to detect bit errors the question how to recover from errors

acknowledgements (ACKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt received OK

negative acknowledgements (NAKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt had errors

sender retransmits pkt on receipt of NAK new mechanisms in rdt20 (beyond rdt10)

error detection receiver feedback control msgs (ACKNAK) rcvr-gtsender

Transport Layer 3-29

rdt20 FSM specification

Wait for call from above

sndpkt = 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)

Transport Layer 3-30

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)

Transport Layer 3-31

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)

Transport Layer 3-32

rdt20 has a fatal flaw

What happens if ACKNAK corrupted

sender doesnrsquot know what happened at receiver

canrsquot just retransmit possible duplicate

Handling duplicates sender retransmits current

pkt if ACKNAK garbled sender adds sequence

number to each pkt receiver discards (doesnrsquot

deliver up) duplicate pkt

Sender sends one packet then waits for receiver response

stop and wait

Transport Layer 3-33

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

Transport Layer 3-34

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)

Transport Layer 3-35

rdt21 discussion

Sender seq added to pkt two seq rsquos (01) will

suffice Why must check if received

ACKNAK corrupted twice as many states

state must ldquorememberrdquo whether ldquocurrentrdquo pkt has 0 or 1 seq

Receiver must 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 3-36

rdt22 a NAK-free protocol

same functionality as rdt21 using ACKs only instead 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

Transport Layer 3-37

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

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

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK 1 chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

Wait for 0 from below

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

has_seq1(rcvpkt))

udt_send(sndpkt)receiver FSM

fragment

Transport Layer 3-38

rdt30 channels with errors and loss

New assumptionunderlying 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 time

if pkt (or ACK) just delayed (not lost) retransmission will be

duplicate but use of seq rsquos already handles this

receiver must specify seq of pkt being ACKed

requires countdown timer

Transport Layer 3-39

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

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-40

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-41

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-42

Performance of rdt30

rdt30 works but poor performance ex 1 Gbps link 15 ms prop delay 8000 bit packet

U sender utilization ndash fraction of time sender busy sending

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

if RTT=30 msec 1KB pkt every 30 msec -gt 33kBsec thruput over 1 Gbps link

network protocol limits use of physical resources

dsmicrosecon8bps10bits8000

9 RLdtrans

Transport Layer 3-43

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 3-44

Pipelined protocolspipelining sender allows multiple ldquoin-flightrdquo yet-to-

be-acknowledged pkts range of sequence numbers must be increased buffering at sender andor receiver

two generic forms of pipelined protocols go-back-N selective repeat

Transport Layer 3-45

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 =

024 30008

= 00008 3 L R RTT + L R

=

Increase utilizationby a factor of 3

Transport Layer 3-46

Pipelined Protocols

Go-back-N big picture sender can have up to

N unacked packets in pipeline

rcvr only sends cumulative acks doesnrsquot ack packet if

therersquos a gap sender has timer for

only the oldest unacked packet if timer expires

retransmit all unackrsquoed packets

Selective Repeat big pic sender can have up to

N unackrsquoed packets in pipeline

rcvr sends individual ack for each packet

sender maintains timer for each unacked packet when timer expires

retransmit only unackrsquoed packet

Transport Layer 3-47

Go-Back-NSender k-bit seq in pkt header ldquowindowrdquo of up to N consecutive unackrsquoed pkts allowed

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

timer for oldest in-flight pkt (ie send_base) timeout(send_base) retransmit pkt send_base and all in-flight

unacked packets in window with higher seq

Transport Layer 3-48

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)

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

stop_timerelsestart_timer

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

base=1nextseqnum=1

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-49

GBN receiver extended FSM

ACK-only always send ACK for correctly-received pkt with highest in-order seq may generate duplicate ACKs need only remember expectedseqnum

out-of-order pkt discard (donrsquot buffer) -gt no receiver buffering Re-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)

Transport Layer 3-50

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-51

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

received sender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender window N consecutive seq rsquos again limits seq s of sent unACKrsquoed pkts

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-53

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in

window send pkttimeout(n) resend pkt n restart timerACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as received if n smallest unACKed pkt

advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n) out-of-order buffer in-order deliver (also

deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)otherwise ignore

receiver

Transport Layer 3-54

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-55

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3 window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenarios

incorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

Transport Layer 3-56

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex data bi-directional data flow

in same connection MSS maximum segment

size connection-oriented

handshaking (exchange of control msgs) inits sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlled sender will not

overwhelm receiver

point-to-point one sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte stream no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelined TCP congestion and flow

control set window size send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

Transport Layer 3-58

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 3-59

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquo of first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKs seq of next byte

expected from other side

cumulative ACKQ how receiver handles

out-of-order segments A TCP spec doesnrsquot

say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout value

longer than RTT but RTT varies

too short premature timeout unnecessary

retransmissions too long slow

reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTT SampleRTT measured time from

segment transmission until ACK receipt ignore retransmissions

SampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo average several recent

measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-61

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- )EstimatedRTT + SampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving average influence of past sample decreases exponentially fast typical value = 0125

Transport Layer 3-62

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 3-63

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeout EstimatedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin first estimate how much SampleRTT deviates from

EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

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

(typically = 025)

Then set timeout interval

Transport Layer 3-64

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable service

pipelined segments cumulative acks TCP uses single

retransmission timer

retransmissions are triggered by timeout events duplicate acks

initially consider simplified TCP sender ignore duplicate acks ignore flow control

congestion control

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app Create segment with

seq seq is byte-stream

number of first data byte in segment

start timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unacked segment)

expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeout retransmit segment

that caused timeout restart timerAck rcvd If acknowledgement

for previously unacked segments update what is known to

be acked start timer if there are

outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNum if (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 acked byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

Transport Layer 3-68

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

Host A

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 100

Transport Layer 3-69

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

time

SendBase= 120

Transport Layer 3-70

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 starts at lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-71

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-back

if segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

if sender receives 3 ACKs for the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost fast retransmit resend

segment before timer expires

Transport Layer 3-72

Host A

tim

eout

Host B

time

X

Figure 337 Resending a segment after triple duplicate ACK

Transport Layer 3-73

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 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

Page 23: Chapter 3 Transport Layer - The University of Edinburgh · Transport Layer 3-15 Chapter 3 outline 3.1 Transport-layer services 3.2 Multiplexing and demultiplexing 3.3 Connectionless

Transport Layer 3-23

Principles of Reliable data transfer important in app transport link layers top-10 list of important networking topics

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

Transport Layer 3-24

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 3-25

Reliable data transfer getting startedWersquoll incrementally 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 ldquostaterdquo next state

uniquely determined by next event

eventactions

Transport Layer 3-26

Rdt10 reliable transfer over a reliable channel

underlying channel perfectly reliable no bit errors no loss of packets

separate FSMs for sender receiver sender sends data into underlying channel receiver 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 3-27

Rdt20 channel with bit errors underlying channel may flip bits in packet

checksum to detect bit errors the question how to recover from errors

acknowledgements (ACKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt received OK

negative acknowledgements (NAKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt had errors

sender retransmits pkt on receipt of NAK new mechanisms in rdt20 (beyond rdt10)

error detection receiver feedback control msgs (ACKNAK) rcvr-gtsender

How do humans recover from ldquoerrorsrdquoduring conversation

Transport Layer 3-28

Rdt20 channel with bit errors underlying channel may flip bits in packet

checksum to detect bit errors the question how to recover from errors

acknowledgements (ACKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt received OK

negative acknowledgements (NAKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt had errors

sender retransmits pkt on receipt of NAK new mechanisms in rdt20 (beyond rdt10)

error detection receiver feedback control msgs (ACKNAK) rcvr-gtsender

Transport Layer 3-29

rdt20 FSM specification

Wait for call from above

sndpkt = 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)

Transport Layer 3-30

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)

Transport Layer 3-31

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)

Transport Layer 3-32

rdt20 has a fatal flaw

What happens if ACKNAK corrupted

sender doesnrsquot know what happened at receiver

canrsquot just retransmit possible duplicate

Handling duplicates sender retransmits current

pkt if ACKNAK garbled sender adds sequence

number to each pkt receiver discards (doesnrsquot

deliver up) duplicate pkt

Sender sends one packet then waits for receiver response

stop and wait

Transport Layer 3-33

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

Transport Layer 3-34

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)

Transport Layer 3-35

rdt21 discussion

Sender seq added to pkt two seq rsquos (01) will

suffice Why must check if received

ACKNAK corrupted twice as many states

state must ldquorememberrdquo whether ldquocurrentrdquo pkt has 0 or 1 seq

Receiver must 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 3-36

rdt22 a NAK-free protocol

same functionality as rdt21 using ACKs only instead 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

Transport Layer 3-37

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

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

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK 1 chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

Wait for 0 from below

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

has_seq1(rcvpkt))

udt_send(sndpkt)receiver FSM

fragment

Transport Layer 3-38

rdt30 channels with errors and loss

New assumptionunderlying 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 time

if pkt (or ACK) just delayed (not lost) retransmission will be

duplicate but use of seq rsquos already handles this

receiver must specify seq of pkt being ACKed

requires countdown timer

Transport Layer 3-39

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

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-40

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-41

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-42

Performance of rdt30

rdt30 works but poor performance ex 1 Gbps link 15 ms prop delay 8000 bit packet

U sender utilization ndash fraction of time sender busy sending

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

if RTT=30 msec 1KB pkt every 30 msec -gt 33kBsec thruput over 1 Gbps link

network protocol limits use of physical resources

dsmicrosecon8bps10bits8000

9 RLdtrans

Transport Layer 3-43

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 3-44

Pipelined protocolspipelining sender allows multiple ldquoin-flightrdquo yet-to-

be-acknowledged pkts range of sequence numbers must be increased buffering at sender andor receiver

two generic forms of pipelined protocols go-back-N selective repeat

Transport Layer 3-45

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 =

024 30008

= 00008 3 L R RTT + L R

=

Increase utilizationby a factor of 3

Transport Layer 3-46

Pipelined Protocols

Go-back-N big picture sender can have up to

N unacked packets in pipeline

rcvr only sends cumulative acks doesnrsquot ack packet if

therersquos a gap sender has timer for

only the oldest unacked packet if timer expires

retransmit all unackrsquoed packets

Selective Repeat big pic sender can have up to

N unackrsquoed packets in pipeline

rcvr sends individual ack for each packet

sender maintains timer for each unacked packet when timer expires

retransmit only unackrsquoed packet

Transport Layer 3-47

Go-Back-NSender k-bit seq in pkt header ldquowindowrdquo of up to N consecutive unackrsquoed pkts allowed

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

timer for oldest in-flight pkt (ie send_base) timeout(send_base) retransmit pkt send_base and all in-flight

unacked packets in window with higher seq

Transport Layer 3-48

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)

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

stop_timerelsestart_timer

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

base=1nextseqnum=1

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-49

GBN receiver extended FSM

ACK-only always send ACK for correctly-received pkt with highest in-order seq may generate duplicate ACKs need only remember expectedseqnum

out-of-order pkt discard (donrsquot buffer) -gt no receiver buffering Re-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)

Transport Layer 3-50

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-51

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

received sender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender window N consecutive seq rsquos again limits seq s of sent unACKrsquoed pkts

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-53

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in

window send pkttimeout(n) resend pkt n restart timerACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as received if n smallest unACKed pkt

advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n) out-of-order buffer in-order deliver (also

deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)otherwise ignore

receiver

Transport Layer 3-54

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-55

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3 window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenarios

incorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

Transport Layer 3-56

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex data bi-directional data flow

in same connection MSS maximum segment

size connection-oriented

handshaking (exchange of control msgs) inits sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlled sender will not

overwhelm receiver

point-to-point one sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte stream no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelined TCP congestion and flow

control set window size send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

Transport Layer 3-58

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 3-59

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquo of first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKs seq of next byte

expected from other side

cumulative ACKQ how receiver handles

out-of-order segments A TCP spec doesnrsquot

say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout value

longer than RTT but RTT varies

too short premature timeout unnecessary

retransmissions too long slow

reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTT SampleRTT measured time from

segment transmission until ACK receipt ignore retransmissions

SampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo average several recent

measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-61

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- )EstimatedRTT + SampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving average influence of past sample decreases exponentially fast typical value = 0125

Transport Layer 3-62

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 3-63

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeout EstimatedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin first estimate how much SampleRTT deviates from

EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

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

(typically = 025)

Then set timeout interval

Transport Layer 3-64

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable service

pipelined segments cumulative acks TCP uses single

retransmission timer

retransmissions are triggered by timeout events duplicate acks

initially consider simplified TCP sender ignore duplicate acks ignore flow control

congestion control

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app Create segment with

seq seq is byte-stream

number of first data byte in segment

start timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unacked segment)

expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeout retransmit segment

that caused timeout restart timerAck rcvd If acknowledgement

for previously unacked segments update what is known to

be acked start timer if there are

outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNum if (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 acked byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

Transport Layer 3-68

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

Host A

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 100

Transport Layer 3-69

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

time

SendBase= 120

Transport Layer 3-70

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 starts at lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-71

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-back

if segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

if sender receives 3 ACKs for the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost fast retransmit resend

segment before timer expires

Transport Layer 3-72

Host A

tim

eout

Host B

time

X

Figure 337 Resending a segment after triple duplicate ACK

Transport Layer 3-73

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 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-24

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 3-25

Reliable data transfer getting startedWersquoll incrementally 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 ldquostaterdquo next state

uniquely determined by next event

eventactions

Transport Layer 3-26

Rdt10 reliable transfer over a reliable channel

underlying channel perfectly reliable no bit errors no loss of packets

separate FSMs for sender receiver sender sends data into underlying channel receiver 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 3-27

Rdt20 channel with bit errors underlying channel may flip bits in packet

checksum to detect bit errors the question how to recover from errors

acknowledgements (ACKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt received OK

negative acknowledgements (NAKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt had errors

sender retransmits pkt on receipt of NAK new mechanisms in rdt20 (beyond rdt10)

error detection receiver feedback control msgs (ACKNAK) rcvr-gtsender

How do humans recover from ldquoerrorsrdquoduring conversation

Transport Layer 3-28

Rdt20 channel with bit errors underlying channel may flip bits in packet

checksum to detect bit errors the question how to recover from errors

acknowledgements (ACKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt received OK

negative acknowledgements (NAKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt had errors

sender retransmits pkt on receipt of NAK new mechanisms in rdt20 (beyond rdt10)

error detection receiver feedback control msgs (ACKNAK) rcvr-gtsender

Transport Layer 3-29

rdt20 FSM specification

Wait for call from above

sndpkt = 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)

Transport Layer 3-30

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)

Transport Layer 3-31

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)

Transport Layer 3-32

rdt20 has a fatal flaw

What happens if ACKNAK corrupted

sender doesnrsquot know what happened at receiver

canrsquot just retransmit possible duplicate

Handling duplicates sender retransmits current

pkt if ACKNAK garbled sender adds sequence

number to each pkt receiver discards (doesnrsquot

deliver up) duplicate pkt

Sender sends one packet then waits for receiver response

stop and wait

Transport Layer 3-33

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

Transport Layer 3-34

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)

Transport Layer 3-35

rdt21 discussion

Sender seq added to pkt two seq rsquos (01) will

suffice Why must check if received

ACKNAK corrupted twice as many states

state must ldquorememberrdquo whether ldquocurrentrdquo pkt has 0 or 1 seq

Receiver must 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 3-36

rdt22 a NAK-free protocol

same functionality as rdt21 using ACKs only instead 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

Transport Layer 3-37

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

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

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK 1 chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

Wait for 0 from below

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

has_seq1(rcvpkt))

udt_send(sndpkt)receiver FSM

fragment

Transport Layer 3-38

rdt30 channels with errors and loss

New assumptionunderlying 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 time

if pkt (or ACK) just delayed (not lost) retransmission will be

duplicate but use of seq rsquos already handles this

receiver must specify seq of pkt being ACKed

requires countdown timer

Transport Layer 3-39

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

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-40

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-41

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-42

Performance of rdt30

rdt30 works but poor performance ex 1 Gbps link 15 ms prop delay 8000 bit packet

U sender utilization ndash fraction of time sender busy sending

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

if RTT=30 msec 1KB pkt every 30 msec -gt 33kBsec thruput over 1 Gbps link

network protocol limits use of physical resources

dsmicrosecon8bps10bits8000

9 RLdtrans

Transport Layer 3-43

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 3-44

Pipelined protocolspipelining sender allows multiple ldquoin-flightrdquo yet-to-

be-acknowledged pkts range of sequence numbers must be increased buffering at sender andor receiver

two generic forms of pipelined protocols go-back-N selective repeat

Transport Layer 3-45

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 =

024 30008

= 00008 3 L R RTT + L R

=

Increase utilizationby a factor of 3

Transport Layer 3-46

Pipelined Protocols

Go-back-N big picture sender can have up to

N unacked packets in pipeline

rcvr only sends cumulative acks doesnrsquot ack packet if

therersquos a gap sender has timer for

only the oldest unacked packet if timer expires

retransmit all unackrsquoed packets

Selective Repeat big pic sender can have up to

N unackrsquoed packets in pipeline

rcvr sends individual ack for each packet

sender maintains timer for each unacked packet when timer expires

retransmit only unackrsquoed packet

Transport Layer 3-47

Go-Back-NSender k-bit seq in pkt header ldquowindowrdquo of up to N consecutive unackrsquoed pkts allowed

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

timer for oldest in-flight pkt (ie send_base) timeout(send_base) retransmit pkt send_base and all in-flight

unacked packets in window with higher seq

Transport Layer 3-48

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)

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

stop_timerelsestart_timer

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

base=1nextseqnum=1

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-49

GBN receiver extended FSM

ACK-only always send ACK for correctly-received pkt with highest in-order seq may generate duplicate ACKs need only remember expectedseqnum

out-of-order pkt discard (donrsquot buffer) -gt no receiver buffering Re-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)

Transport Layer 3-50

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-51

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

received sender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender window N consecutive seq rsquos again limits seq s of sent unACKrsquoed pkts

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-53

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in

window send pkttimeout(n) resend pkt n restart timerACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as received if n smallest unACKed pkt

advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n) out-of-order buffer in-order deliver (also

deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)otherwise ignore

receiver

Transport Layer 3-54

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-55

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3 window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenarios

incorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

Transport Layer 3-56

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex data bi-directional data flow

in same connection MSS maximum segment

size connection-oriented

handshaking (exchange of control msgs) inits sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlled sender will not

overwhelm receiver

point-to-point one sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte stream no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelined TCP congestion and flow

control set window size send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

Transport Layer 3-58

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 3-59

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquo of first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKs seq of next byte

expected from other side

cumulative ACKQ how receiver handles

out-of-order segments A TCP spec doesnrsquot

say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout value

longer than RTT but RTT varies

too short premature timeout unnecessary

retransmissions too long slow

reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTT SampleRTT measured time from

segment transmission until ACK receipt ignore retransmissions

SampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo average several recent

measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-61

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- )EstimatedRTT + SampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving average influence of past sample decreases exponentially fast typical value = 0125

Transport Layer 3-62

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 3-63

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeout EstimatedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin first estimate how much SampleRTT deviates from

EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

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

(typically = 025)

Then set timeout interval

Transport Layer 3-64

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable service

pipelined segments cumulative acks TCP uses single

retransmission timer

retransmissions are triggered by timeout events duplicate acks

initially consider simplified TCP sender ignore duplicate acks ignore flow control

congestion control

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app Create segment with

seq seq is byte-stream

number of first data byte in segment

start timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unacked segment)

expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeout retransmit segment

that caused timeout restart timerAck rcvd If acknowledgement

for previously unacked segments update what is known to

be acked start timer if there are

outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNum if (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 acked byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

Transport Layer 3-68

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

Host A

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 100

Transport Layer 3-69

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

time

SendBase= 120

Transport Layer 3-70

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 starts at lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-71

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-back

if segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

if sender receives 3 ACKs for the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost fast retransmit resend

segment before timer expires

Transport Layer 3-72

Host A

tim

eout

Host B

time

X

Figure 337 Resending a segment after triple duplicate ACK

Transport Layer 3-73

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 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-25

Reliable data transfer getting startedWersquoll incrementally 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 ldquostaterdquo next state

uniquely determined by next event

eventactions

Transport Layer 3-26

Rdt10 reliable transfer over a reliable channel

underlying channel perfectly reliable no bit errors no loss of packets

separate FSMs for sender receiver sender sends data into underlying channel receiver 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 3-27

Rdt20 channel with bit errors underlying channel may flip bits in packet

checksum to detect bit errors the question how to recover from errors

acknowledgements (ACKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt received OK

negative acknowledgements (NAKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt had errors

sender retransmits pkt on receipt of NAK new mechanisms in rdt20 (beyond rdt10)

error detection receiver feedback control msgs (ACKNAK) rcvr-gtsender

How do humans recover from ldquoerrorsrdquoduring conversation

Transport Layer 3-28

Rdt20 channel with bit errors underlying channel may flip bits in packet

checksum to detect bit errors the question how to recover from errors

acknowledgements (ACKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt received OK

negative acknowledgements (NAKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt had errors

sender retransmits pkt on receipt of NAK new mechanisms in rdt20 (beyond rdt10)

error detection receiver feedback control msgs (ACKNAK) rcvr-gtsender

Transport Layer 3-29

rdt20 FSM specification

Wait for call from above

sndpkt = 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)

Transport Layer 3-30

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)

Transport Layer 3-31

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)

Transport Layer 3-32

rdt20 has a fatal flaw

What happens if ACKNAK corrupted

sender doesnrsquot know what happened at receiver

canrsquot just retransmit possible duplicate

Handling duplicates sender retransmits current

pkt if ACKNAK garbled sender adds sequence

number to each pkt receiver discards (doesnrsquot

deliver up) duplicate pkt

Sender sends one packet then waits for receiver response

stop and wait

Transport Layer 3-33

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

Transport Layer 3-34

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)

Transport Layer 3-35

rdt21 discussion

Sender seq added to pkt two seq rsquos (01) will

suffice Why must check if received

ACKNAK corrupted twice as many states

state must ldquorememberrdquo whether ldquocurrentrdquo pkt has 0 or 1 seq

Receiver must 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 3-36

rdt22 a NAK-free protocol

same functionality as rdt21 using ACKs only instead 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

Transport Layer 3-37

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

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

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK 1 chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

Wait for 0 from below

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

has_seq1(rcvpkt))

udt_send(sndpkt)receiver FSM

fragment

Transport Layer 3-38

rdt30 channels with errors and loss

New assumptionunderlying 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 time

if pkt (or ACK) just delayed (not lost) retransmission will be

duplicate but use of seq rsquos already handles this

receiver must specify seq of pkt being ACKed

requires countdown timer

Transport Layer 3-39

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

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-40

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-41

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-42

Performance of rdt30

rdt30 works but poor performance ex 1 Gbps link 15 ms prop delay 8000 bit packet

U sender utilization ndash fraction of time sender busy sending

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

if RTT=30 msec 1KB pkt every 30 msec -gt 33kBsec thruput over 1 Gbps link

network protocol limits use of physical resources

dsmicrosecon8bps10bits8000

9 RLdtrans

Transport Layer 3-43

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 3-44

Pipelined protocolspipelining sender allows multiple ldquoin-flightrdquo yet-to-

be-acknowledged pkts range of sequence numbers must be increased buffering at sender andor receiver

two generic forms of pipelined protocols go-back-N selective repeat

Transport Layer 3-45

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 =

024 30008

= 00008 3 L R RTT + L R

=

Increase utilizationby a factor of 3

Transport Layer 3-46

Pipelined Protocols

Go-back-N big picture sender can have up to

N unacked packets in pipeline

rcvr only sends cumulative acks doesnrsquot ack packet if

therersquos a gap sender has timer for

only the oldest unacked packet if timer expires

retransmit all unackrsquoed packets

Selective Repeat big pic sender can have up to

N unackrsquoed packets in pipeline

rcvr sends individual ack for each packet

sender maintains timer for each unacked packet when timer expires

retransmit only unackrsquoed packet

Transport Layer 3-47

Go-Back-NSender k-bit seq in pkt header ldquowindowrdquo of up to N consecutive unackrsquoed pkts allowed

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

timer for oldest in-flight pkt (ie send_base) timeout(send_base) retransmit pkt send_base and all in-flight

unacked packets in window with higher seq

Transport Layer 3-48

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)

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

stop_timerelsestart_timer

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

base=1nextseqnum=1

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-49

GBN receiver extended FSM

ACK-only always send ACK for correctly-received pkt with highest in-order seq may generate duplicate ACKs need only remember expectedseqnum

out-of-order pkt discard (donrsquot buffer) -gt no receiver buffering Re-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)

Transport Layer 3-50

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-51

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

received sender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender window N consecutive seq rsquos again limits seq s of sent unACKrsquoed pkts

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-53

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in

window send pkttimeout(n) resend pkt n restart timerACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as received if n smallest unACKed pkt

advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n) out-of-order buffer in-order deliver (also

deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)otherwise ignore

receiver

Transport Layer 3-54

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-55

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3 window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenarios

incorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

Transport Layer 3-56

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex data bi-directional data flow

in same connection MSS maximum segment

size connection-oriented

handshaking (exchange of control msgs) inits sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlled sender will not

overwhelm receiver

point-to-point one sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte stream no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelined TCP congestion and flow

control set window size send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

Transport Layer 3-58

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 3-59

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquo of first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKs seq of next byte

expected from other side

cumulative ACKQ how receiver handles

out-of-order segments A TCP spec doesnrsquot

say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout value

longer than RTT but RTT varies

too short premature timeout unnecessary

retransmissions too long slow

reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTT SampleRTT measured time from

segment transmission until ACK receipt ignore retransmissions

SampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo average several recent

measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-61

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- )EstimatedRTT + SampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving average influence of past sample decreases exponentially fast typical value = 0125

Transport Layer 3-62

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 3-63

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeout EstimatedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin first estimate how much SampleRTT deviates from

EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

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

(typically = 025)

Then set timeout interval

Transport Layer 3-64

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable service

pipelined segments cumulative acks TCP uses single

retransmission timer

retransmissions are triggered by timeout events duplicate acks

initially consider simplified TCP sender ignore duplicate acks ignore flow control

congestion control

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app Create segment with

seq seq is byte-stream

number of first data byte in segment

start timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unacked segment)

expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeout retransmit segment

that caused timeout restart timerAck rcvd If acknowledgement

for previously unacked segments update what is known to

be acked start timer if there are

outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNum if (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 acked byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

Transport Layer 3-68

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

Host A

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 100

Transport Layer 3-69

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

time

SendBase= 120

Transport Layer 3-70

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 starts at lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-71

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-back

if segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

if sender receives 3 ACKs for the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost fast retransmit resend

segment before timer expires

Transport Layer 3-72

Host A

tim

eout

Host B

time

X

Figure 337 Resending a segment after triple duplicate ACK

Transport Layer 3-73

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 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-26

Rdt10 reliable transfer over a reliable channel

underlying channel perfectly reliable no bit errors no loss of packets

separate FSMs for sender receiver sender sends data into underlying channel receiver 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 3-27

Rdt20 channel with bit errors underlying channel may flip bits in packet

checksum to detect bit errors the question how to recover from errors

acknowledgements (ACKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt received OK

negative acknowledgements (NAKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt had errors

sender retransmits pkt on receipt of NAK new mechanisms in rdt20 (beyond rdt10)

error detection receiver feedback control msgs (ACKNAK) rcvr-gtsender

How do humans recover from ldquoerrorsrdquoduring conversation

Transport Layer 3-28

Rdt20 channel with bit errors underlying channel may flip bits in packet

checksum to detect bit errors the question how to recover from errors

acknowledgements (ACKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt received OK

negative acknowledgements (NAKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt had errors

sender retransmits pkt on receipt of NAK new mechanisms in rdt20 (beyond rdt10)

error detection receiver feedback control msgs (ACKNAK) rcvr-gtsender

Transport Layer 3-29

rdt20 FSM specification

Wait for call from above

sndpkt = 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)

Transport Layer 3-30

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)

Transport Layer 3-31

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)

Transport Layer 3-32

rdt20 has a fatal flaw

What happens if ACKNAK corrupted

sender doesnrsquot know what happened at receiver

canrsquot just retransmit possible duplicate

Handling duplicates sender retransmits current

pkt if ACKNAK garbled sender adds sequence

number to each pkt receiver discards (doesnrsquot

deliver up) duplicate pkt

Sender sends one packet then waits for receiver response

stop and wait

Transport Layer 3-33

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

Transport Layer 3-34

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)

Transport Layer 3-35

rdt21 discussion

Sender seq added to pkt two seq rsquos (01) will

suffice Why must check if received

ACKNAK corrupted twice as many states

state must ldquorememberrdquo whether ldquocurrentrdquo pkt has 0 or 1 seq

Receiver must 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 3-36

rdt22 a NAK-free protocol

same functionality as rdt21 using ACKs only instead 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

Transport Layer 3-37

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

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

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK 1 chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

Wait for 0 from below

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

has_seq1(rcvpkt))

udt_send(sndpkt)receiver FSM

fragment

Transport Layer 3-38

rdt30 channels with errors and loss

New assumptionunderlying 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 time

if pkt (or ACK) just delayed (not lost) retransmission will be

duplicate but use of seq rsquos already handles this

receiver must specify seq of pkt being ACKed

requires countdown timer

Transport Layer 3-39

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

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-40

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-41

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-42

Performance of rdt30

rdt30 works but poor performance ex 1 Gbps link 15 ms prop delay 8000 bit packet

U sender utilization ndash fraction of time sender busy sending

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

if RTT=30 msec 1KB pkt every 30 msec -gt 33kBsec thruput over 1 Gbps link

network protocol limits use of physical resources

dsmicrosecon8bps10bits8000

9 RLdtrans

Transport Layer 3-43

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 3-44

Pipelined protocolspipelining sender allows multiple ldquoin-flightrdquo yet-to-

be-acknowledged pkts range of sequence numbers must be increased buffering at sender andor receiver

two generic forms of pipelined protocols go-back-N selective repeat

Transport Layer 3-45

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 =

024 30008

= 00008 3 L R RTT + L R

=

Increase utilizationby a factor of 3

Transport Layer 3-46

Pipelined Protocols

Go-back-N big picture sender can have up to

N unacked packets in pipeline

rcvr only sends cumulative acks doesnrsquot ack packet if

therersquos a gap sender has timer for

only the oldest unacked packet if timer expires

retransmit all unackrsquoed packets

Selective Repeat big pic sender can have up to

N unackrsquoed packets in pipeline

rcvr sends individual ack for each packet

sender maintains timer for each unacked packet when timer expires

retransmit only unackrsquoed packet

Transport Layer 3-47

Go-Back-NSender k-bit seq in pkt header ldquowindowrdquo of up to N consecutive unackrsquoed pkts allowed

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

timer for oldest in-flight pkt (ie send_base) timeout(send_base) retransmit pkt send_base and all in-flight

unacked packets in window with higher seq

Transport Layer 3-48

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)

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

stop_timerelsestart_timer

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

base=1nextseqnum=1

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-49

GBN receiver extended FSM

ACK-only always send ACK for correctly-received pkt with highest in-order seq may generate duplicate ACKs need only remember expectedseqnum

out-of-order pkt discard (donrsquot buffer) -gt no receiver buffering Re-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)

Transport Layer 3-50

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-51

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

received sender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender window N consecutive seq rsquos again limits seq s of sent unACKrsquoed pkts

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-53

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in

window send pkttimeout(n) resend pkt n restart timerACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as received if n smallest unACKed pkt

advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n) out-of-order buffer in-order deliver (also

deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)otherwise ignore

receiver

Transport Layer 3-54

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-55

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3 window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenarios

incorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

Transport Layer 3-56

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex data bi-directional data flow

in same connection MSS maximum segment

size connection-oriented

handshaking (exchange of control msgs) inits sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlled sender will not

overwhelm receiver

point-to-point one sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte stream no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelined TCP congestion and flow

control set window size send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

Transport Layer 3-58

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 3-59

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquo of first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKs seq of next byte

expected from other side

cumulative ACKQ how receiver handles

out-of-order segments A TCP spec doesnrsquot

say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout value

longer than RTT but RTT varies

too short premature timeout unnecessary

retransmissions too long slow

reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTT SampleRTT measured time from

segment transmission until ACK receipt ignore retransmissions

SampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo average several recent

measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-61

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- )EstimatedRTT + SampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving average influence of past sample decreases exponentially fast typical value = 0125

Transport Layer 3-62

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 3-63

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeout EstimatedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin first estimate how much SampleRTT deviates from

EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

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

(typically = 025)

Then set timeout interval

Transport Layer 3-64

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable service

pipelined segments cumulative acks TCP uses single

retransmission timer

retransmissions are triggered by timeout events duplicate acks

initially consider simplified TCP sender ignore duplicate acks ignore flow control

congestion control

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app Create segment with

seq seq is byte-stream

number of first data byte in segment

start timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unacked segment)

expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeout retransmit segment

that caused timeout restart timerAck rcvd If acknowledgement

for previously unacked segments update what is known to

be acked start timer if there are

outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNum if (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 acked byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

Transport Layer 3-68

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

Host A

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 100

Transport Layer 3-69

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

time

SendBase= 120

Transport Layer 3-70

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 starts at lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-71

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-back

if segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

if sender receives 3 ACKs for the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost fast retransmit resend

segment before timer expires

Transport Layer 3-72

Host A

tim

eout

Host B

time

X

Figure 337 Resending a segment after triple duplicate ACK

Transport Layer 3-73

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 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

Page 27: Chapter 3 Transport Layer - The University of Edinburgh · Transport Layer 3-15 Chapter 3 outline 3.1 Transport-layer services 3.2 Multiplexing and demultiplexing 3.3 Connectionless

Transport Layer 3-27

Rdt20 channel with bit errors underlying channel may flip bits in packet

checksum to detect bit errors the question how to recover from errors

acknowledgements (ACKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt received OK

negative acknowledgements (NAKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt had errors

sender retransmits pkt on receipt of NAK new mechanisms in rdt20 (beyond rdt10)

error detection receiver feedback control msgs (ACKNAK) rcvr-gtsender

How do humans recover from ldquoerrorsrdquoduring conversation

Transport Layer 3-28

Rdt20 channel with bit errors underlying channel may flip bits in packet

checksum to detect bit errors the question how to recover from errors

acknowledgements (ACKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt received OK

negative acknowledgements (NAKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt had errors

sender retransmits pkt on receipt of NAK new mechanisms in rdt20 (beyond rdt10)

error detection receiver feedback control msgs (ACKNAK) rcvr-gtsender

Transport Layer 3-29

rdt20 FSM specification

Wait for call from above

sndpkt = 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)

Transport Layer 3-30

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)

Transport Layer 3-31

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)

Transport Layer 3-32

rdt20 has a fatal flaw

What happens if ACKNAK corrupted

sender doesnrsquot know what happened at receiver

canrsquot just retransmit possible duplicate

Handling duplicates sender retransmits current

pkt if ACKNAK garbled sender adds sequence

number to each pkt receiver discards (doesnrsquot

deliver up) duplicate pkt

Sender sends one packet then waits for receiver response

stop and wait

Transport Layer 3-33

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

Transport Layer 3-34

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)

Transport Layer 3-35

rdt21 discussion

Sender seq added to pkt two seq rsquos (01) will

suffice Why must check if received

ACKNAK corrupted twice as many states

state must ldquorememberrdquo whether ldquocurrentrdquo pkt has 0 or 1 seq

Receiver must 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 3-36

rdt22 a NAK-free protocol

same functionality as rdt21 using ACKs only instead 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

Transport Layer 3-37

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

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

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK 1 chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

Wait for 0 from below

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

has_seq1(rcvpkt))

udt_send(sndpkt)receiver FSM

fragment

Transport Layer 3-38

rdt30 channels with errors and loss

New assumptionunderlying 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 time

if pkt (or ACK) just delayed (not lost) retransmission will be

duplicate but use of seq rsquos already handles this

receiver must specify seq of pkt being ACKed

requires countdown timer

Transport Layer 3-39

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

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-40

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-41

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-42

Performance of rdt30

rdt30 works but poor performance ex 1 Gbps link 15 ms prop delay 8000 bit packet

U sender utilization ndash fraction of time sender busy sending

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

if RTT=30 msec 1KB pkt every 30 msec -gt 33kBsec thruput over 1 Gbps link

network protocol limits use of physical resources

dsmicrosecon8bps10bits8000

9 RLdtrans

Transport Layer 3-43

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 3-44

Pipelined protocolspipelining sender allows multiple ldquoin-flightrdquo yet-to-

be-acknowledged pkts range of sequence numbers must be increased buffering at sender andor receiver

two generic forms of pipelined protocols go-back-N selective repeat

Transport Layer 3-45

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 =

024 30008

= 00008 3 L R RTT + L R

=

Increase utilizationby a factor of 3

Transport Layer 3-46

Pipelined Protocols

Go-back-N big picture sender can have up to

N unacked packets in pipeline

rcvr only sends cumulative acks doesnrsquot ack packet if

therersquos a gap sender has timer for

only the oldest unacked packet if timer expires

retransmit all unackrsquoed packets

Selective Repeat big pic sender can have up to

N unackrsquoed packets in pipeline

rcvr sends individual ack for each packet

sender maintains timer for each unacked packet when timer expires

retransmit only unackrsquoed packet

Transport Layer 3-47

Go-Back-NSender k-bit seq in pkt header ldquowindowrdquo of up to N consecutive unackrsquoed pkts allowed

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

timer for oldest in-flight pkt (ie send_base) timeout(send_base) retransmit pkt send_base and all in-flight

unacked packets in window with higher seq

Transport Layer 3-48

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)

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

stop_timerelsestart_timer

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

base=1nextseqnum=1

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-49

GBN receiver extended FSM

ACK-only always send ACK for correctly-received pkt with highest in-order seq may generate duplicate ACKs need only remember expectedseqnum

out-of-order pkt discard (donrsquot buffer) -gt no receiver buffering Re-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)

Transport Layer 3-50

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-51

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

received sender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender window N consecutive seq rsquos again limits seq s of sent unACKrsquoed pkts

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-53

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in

window send pkttimeout(n) resend pkt n restart timerACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as received if n smallest unACKed pkt

advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n) out-of-order buffer in-order deliver (also

deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)otherwise ignore

receiver

Transport Layer 3-54

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-55

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3 window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenarios

incorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

Transport Layer 3-56

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex data bi-directional data flow

in same connection MSS maximum segment

size connection-oriented

handshaking (exchange of control msgs) inits sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlled sender will not

overwhelm receiver

point-to-point one sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte stream no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelined TCP congestion and flow

control set window size send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

Transport Layer 3-58

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 3-59

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquo of first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKs seq of next byte

expected from other side

cumulative ACKQ how receiver handles

out-of-order segments A TCP spec doesnrsquot

say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout value

longer than RTT but RTT varies

too short premature timeout unnecessary

retransmissions too long slow

reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTT SampleRTT measured time from

segment transmission until ACK receipt ignore retransmissions

SampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo average several recent

measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-61

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- )EstimatedRTT + SampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving average influence of past sample decreases exponentially fast typical value = 0125

Transport Layer 3-62

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 3-63

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeout EstimatedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin first estimate how much SampleRTT deviates from

EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

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

(typically = 025)

Then set timeout interval

Transport Layer 3-64

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable service

pipelined segments cumulative acks TCP uses single

retransmission timer

retransmissions are triggered by timeout events duplicate acks

initially consider simplified TCP sender ignore duplicate acks ignore flow control

congestion control

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app Create segment with

seq seq is byte-stream

number of first data byte in segment

start timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unacked segment)

expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeout retransmit segment

that caused timeout restart timerAck rcvd If acknowledgement

for previously unacked segments update what is known to

be acked start timer if there are

outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNum if (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 acked byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

Transport Layer 3-68

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

Host A

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 100

Transport Layer 3-69

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

time

SendBase= 120

Transport Layer 3-70

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 starts at lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-71

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-back

if segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

if sender receives 3 ACKs for the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost fast retransmit resend

segment before timer expires

Transport Layer 3-72

Host A

tim

eout

Host B

time

X

Figure 337 Resending a segment after triple duplicate ACK

Transport Layer 3-73

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 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-28

Rdt20 channel with bit errors underlying channel may flip bits in packet

checksum to detect bit errors the question how to recover from errors

acknowledgements (ACKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt received OK

negative acknowledgements (NAKs) receiver explicitly tells sender that pkt had errors

sender retransmits pkt on receipt of NAK new mechanisms in rdt20 (beyond rdt10)

error detection receiver feedback control msgs (ACKNAK) rcvr-gtsender

Transport Layer 3-29

rdt20 FSM specification

Wait for call from above

sndpkt = 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)

Transport Layer 3-30

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)

Transport Layer 3-31

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)

Transport Layer 3-32

rdt20 has a fatal flaw

What happens if ACKNAK corrupted

sender doesnrsquot know what happened at receiver

canrsquot just retransmit possible duplicate

Handling duplicates sender retransmits current

pkt if ACKNAK garbled sender adds sequence

number to each pkt receiver discards (doesnrsquot

deliver up) duplicate pkt

Sender sends one packet then waits for receiver response

stop and wait

Transport Layer 3-33

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

Transport Layer 3-34

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)

Transport Layer 3-35

rdt21 discussion

Sender seq added to pkt two seq rsquos (01) will

suffice Why must check if received

ACKNAK corrupted twice as many states

state must ldquorememberrdquo whether ldquocurrentrdquo pkt has 0 or 1 seq

Receiver must 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 3-36

rdt22 a NAK-free protocol

same functionality as rdt21 using ACKs only instead 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

Transport Layer 3-37

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

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

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK 1 chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

Wait for 0 from below

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

has_seq1(rcvpkt))

udt_send(sndpkt)receiver FSM

fragment

Transport Layer 3-38

rdt30 channels with errors and loss

New assumptionunderlying 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 time

if pkt (or ACK) just delayed (not lost) retransmission will be

duplicate but use of seq rsquos already handles this

receiver must specify seq of pkt being ACKed

requires countdown timer

Transport Layer 3-39

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

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-40

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-41

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-42

Performance of rdt30

rdt30 works but poor performance ex 1 Gbps link 15 ms prop delay 8000 bit packet

U sender utilization ndash fraction of time sender busy sending

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

if RTT=30 msec 1KB pkt every 30 msec -gt 33kBsec thruput over 1 Gbps link

network protocol limits use of physical resources

dsmicrosecon8bps10bits8000

9 RLdtrans

Transport Layer 3-43

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 3-44

Pipelined protocolspipelining sender allows multiple ldquoin-flightrdquo yet-to-

be-acknowledged pkts range of sequence numbers must be increased buffering at sender andor receiver

two generic forms of pipelined protocols go-back-N selective repeat

Transport Layer 3-45

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 =

024 30008

= 00008 3 L R RTT + L R

=

Increase utilizationby a factor of 3

Transport Layer 3-46

Pipelined Protocols

Go-back-N big picture sender can have up to

N unacked packets in pipeline

rcvr only sends cumulative acks doesnrsquot ack packet if

therersquos a gap sender has timer for

only the oldest unacked packet if timer expires

retransmit all unackrsquoed packets

Selective Repeat big pic sender can have up to

N unackrsquoed packets in pipeline

rcvr sends individual ack for each packet

sender maintains timer for each unacked packet when timer expires

retransmit only unackrsquoed packet

Transport Layer 3-47

Go-Back-NSender k-bit seq in pkt header ldquowindowrdquo of up to N consecutive unackrsquoed pkts allowed

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

timer for oldest in-flight pkt (ie send_base) timeout(send_base) retransmit pkt send_base and all in-flight

unacked packets in window with higher seq

Transport Layer 3-48

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)

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

stop_timerelsestart_timer

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

base=1nextseqnum=1

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-49

GBN receiver extended FSM

ACK-only always send ACK for correctly-received pkt with highest in-order seq may generate duplicate ACKs need only remember expectedseqnum

out-of-order pkt discard (donrsquot buffer) -gt no receiver buffering Re-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)

Transport Layer 3-50

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-51

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

received sender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender window N consecutive seq rsquos again limits seq s of sent unACKrsquoed pkts

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-53

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in

window send pkttimeout(n) resend pkt n restart timerACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as received if n smallest unACKed pkt

advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n) out-of-order buffer in-order deliver (also

deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)otherwise ignore

receiver

Transport Layer 3-54

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-55

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3 window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenarios

incorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

Transport Layer 3-56

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex data bi-directional data flow

in same connection MSS maximum segment

size connection-oriented

handshaking (exchange of control msgs) inits sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlled sender will not

overwhelm receiver

point-to-point one sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte stream no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelined TCP congestion and flow

control set window size send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

Transport Layer 3-58

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 3-59

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquo of first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKs seq of next byte

expected from other side

cumulative ACKQ how receiver handles

out-of-order segments A TCP spec doesnrsquot

say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout value

longer than RTT but RTT varies

too short premature timeout unnecessary

retransmissions too long slow

reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTT SampleRTT measured time from

segment transmission until ACK receipt ignore retransmissions

SampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo average several recent

measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-61

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- )EstimatedRTT + SampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving average influence of past sample decreases exponentially fast typical value = 0125

Transport Layer 3-62

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 3-63

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeout EstimatedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin first estimate how much SampleRTT deviates from

EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

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

(typically = 025)

Then set timeout interval

Transport Layer 3-64

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable service

pipelined segments cumulative acks TCP uses single

retransmission timer

retransmissions are triggered by timeout events duplicate acks

initially consider simplified TCP sender ignore duplicate acks ignore flow control

congestion control

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app Create segment with

seq seq is byte-stream

number of first data byte in segment

start timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unacked segment)

expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeout retransmit segment

that caused timeout restart timerAck rcvd If acknowledgement

for previously unacked segments update what is known to

be acked start timer if there are

outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNum if (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 acked byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

Transport Layer 3-68

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

Host A

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 100

Transport Layer 3-69

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

time

SendBase= 120

Transport Layer 3-70

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 starts at lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-71

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-back

if segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

if sender receives 3 ACKs for the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost fast retransmit resend

segment before timer expires

Transport Layer 3-72

Host A

tim

eout

Host B

time

X

Figure 337 Resending a segment after triple duplicate ACK

Transport Layer 3-73

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 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

Page 29: Chapter 3 Transport Layer - The University of Edinburgh · Transport Layer 3-15 Chapter 3 outline 3.1 Transport-layer services 3.2 Multiplexing and demultiplexing 3.3 Connectionless

Transport Layer 3-29

rdt20 FSM specification

Wait for call from above

sndpkt = 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)

Transport Layer 3-30

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)

Transport Layer 3-31

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)

Transport Layer 3-32

rdt20 has a fatal flaw

What happens if ACKNAK corrupted

sender doesnrsquot know what happened at receiver

canrsquot just retransmit possible duplicate

Handling duplicates sender retransmits current

pkt if ACKNAK garbled sender adds sequence

number to each pkt receiver discards (doesnrsquot

deliver up) duplicate pkt

Sender sends one packet then waits for receiver response

stop and wait

Transport Layer 3-33

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

Transport Layer 3-34

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)

Transport Layer 3-35

rdt21 discussion

Sender seq added to pkt two seq rsquos (01) will

suffice Why must check if received

ACKNAK corrupted twice as many states

state must ldquorememberrdquo whether ldquocurrentrdquo pkt has 0 or 1 seq

Receiver must 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 3-36

rdt22 a NAK-free protocol

same functionality as rdt21 using ACKs only instead 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

Transport Layer 3-37

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

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

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK 1 chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

Wait for 0 from below

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

has_seq1(rcvpkt))

udt_send(sndpkt)receiver FSM

fragment

Transport Layer 3-38

rdt30 channels with errors and loss

New assumptionunderlying 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 time

if pkt (or ACK) just delayed (not lost) retransmission will be

duplicate but use of seq rsquos already handles this

receiver must specify seq of pkt being ACKed

requires countdown timer

Transport Layer 3-39

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

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-40

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-41

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-42

Performance of rdt30

rdt30 works but poor performance ex 1 Gbps link 15 ms prop delay 8000 bit packet

U sender utilization ndash fraction of time sender busy sending

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

if RTT=30 msec 1KB pkt every 30 msec -gt 33kBsec thruput over 1 Gbps link

network protocol limits use of physical resources

dsmicrosecon8bps10bits8000

9 RLdtrans

Transport Layer 3-43

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 3-44

Pipelined protocolspipelining sender allows multiple ldquoin-flightrdquo yet-to-

be-acknowledged pkts range of sequence numbers must be increased buffering at sender andor receiver

two generic forms of pipelined protocols go-back-N selective repeat

Transport Layer 3-45

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 =

024 30008

= 00008 3 L R RTT + L R

=

Increase utilizationby a factor of 3

Transport Layer 3-46

Pipelined Protocols

Go-back-N big picture sender can have up to

N unacked packets in pipeline

rcvr only sends cumulative acks doesnrsquot ack packet if

therersquos a gap sender has timer for

only the oldest unacked packet if timer expires

retransmit all unackrsquoed packets

Selective Repeat big pic sender can have up to

N unackrsquoed packets in pipeline

rcvr sends individual ack for each packet

sender maintains timer for each unacked packet when timer expires

retransmit only unackrsquoed packet

Transport Layer 3-47

Go-Back-NSender k-bit seq in pkt header ldquowindowrdquo of up to N consecutive unackrsquoed pkts allowed

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

timer for oldest in-flight pkt (ie send_base) timeout(send_base) retransmit pkt send_base and all in-flight

unacked packets in window with higher seq

Transport Layer 3-48

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)

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

stop_timerelsestart_timer

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

base=1nextseqnum=1

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-49

GBN receiver extended FSM

ACK-only always send ACK for correctly-received pkt with highest in-order seq may generate duplicate ACKs need only remember expectedseqnum

out-of-order pkt discard (donrsquot buffer) -gt no receiver buffering Re-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)

Transport Layer 3-50

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-51

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

received sender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender window N consecutive seq rsquos again limits seq s of sent unACKrsquoed pkts

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-53

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in

window send pkttimeout(n) resend pkt n restart timerACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as received if n smallest unACKed pkt

advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n) out-of-order buffer in-order deliver (also

deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)otherwise ignore

receiver

Transport Layer 3-54

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-55

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3 window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenarios

incorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

Transport Layer 3-56

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex data bi-directional data flow

in same connection MSS maximum segment

size connection-oriented

handshaking (exchange of control msgs) inits sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlled sender will not

overwhelm receiver

point-to-point one sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte stream no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelined TCP congestion and flow

control set window size send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

Transport Layer 3-58

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 3-59

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquo of first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKs seq of next byte

expected from other side

cumulative ACKQ how receiver handles

out-of-order segments A TCP spec doesnrsquot

say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout value

longer than RTT but RTT varies

too short premature timeout unnecessary

retransmissions too long slow

reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTT SampleRTT measured time from

segment transmission until ACK receipt ignore retransmissions

SampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo average several recent

measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-61

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- )EstimatedRTT + SampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving average influence of past sample decreases exponentially fast typical value = 0125

Transport Layer 3-62

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 3-63

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeout EstimatedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin first estimate how much SampleRTT deviates from

EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

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

(typically = 025)

Then set timeout interval

Transport Layer 3-64

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable service

pipelined segments cumulative acks TCP uses single

retransmission timer

retransmissions are triggered by timeout events duplicate acks

initially consider simplified TCP sender ignore duplicate acks ignore flow control

congestion control

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app Create segment with

seq seq is byte-stream

number of first data byte in segment

start timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unacked segment)

expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeout retransmit segment

that caused timeout restart timerAck rcvd If acknowledgement

for previously unacked segments update what is known to

be acked start timer if there are

outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNum if (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 acked byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

Transport Layer 3-68

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

Host A

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 100

Transport Layer 3-69

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

time

SendBase= 120

Transport Layer 3-70

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 starts at lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-71

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-back

if segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

if sender receives 3 ACKs for the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost fast retransmit resend

segment before timer expires

Transport Layer 3-72

Host A

tim

eout

Host B

time

X

Figure 337 Resending a segment after triple duplicate ACK

Transport Layer 3-73

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 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

Page 30: Chapter 3 Transport Layer - The University of Edinburgh · Transport Layer 3-15 Chapter 3 outline 3.1 Transport-layer services 3.2 Multiplexing and demultiplexing 3.3 Connectionless

Transport Layer 3-30

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)

Transport Layer 3-31

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)

Transport Layer 3-32

rdt20 has a fatal flaw

What happens if ACKNAK corrupted

sender doesnrsquot know what happened at receiver

canrsquot just retransmit possible duplicate

Handling duplicates sender retransmits current

pkt if ACKNAK garbled sender adds sequence

number to each pkt receiver discards (doesnrsquot

deliver up) duplicate pkt

Sender sends one packet then waits for receiver response

stop and wait

Transport Layer 3-33

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

Transport Layer 3-34

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)

Transport Layer 3-35

rdt21 discussion

Sender seq added to pkt two seq rsquos (01) will

suffice Why must check if received

ACKNAK corrupted twice as many states

state must ldquorememberrdquo whether ldquocurrentrdquo pkt has 0 or 1 seq

Receiver must 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 3-36

rdt22 a NAK-free protocol

same functionality as rdt21 using ACKs only instead 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

Transport Layer 3-37

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

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

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK 1 chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

Wait for 0 from below

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

has_seq1(rcvpkt))

udt_send(sndpkt)receiver FSM

fragment

Transport Layer 3-38

rdt30 channels with errors and loss

New assumptionunderlying 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 time

if pkt (or ACK) just delayed (not lost) retransmission will be

duplicate but use of seq rsquos already handles this

receiver must specify seq of pkt being ACKed

requires countdown timer

Transport Layer 3-39

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

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-40

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-41

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-42

Performance of rdt30

rdt30 works but poor performance ex 1 Gbps link 15 ms prop delay 8000 bit packet

U sender utilization ndash fraction of time sender busy sending

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

if RTT=30 msec 1KB pkt every 30 msec -gt 33kBsec thruput over 1 Gbps link

network protocol limits use of physical resources

dsmicrosecon8bps10bits8000

9 RLdtrans

Transport Layer 3-43

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 3-44

Pipelined protocolspipelining sender allows multiple ldquoin-flightrdquo yet-to-

be-acknowledged pkts range of sequence numbers must be increased buffering at sender andor receiver

two generic forms of pipelined protocols go-back-N selective repeat

Transport Layer 3-45

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 =

024 30008

= 00008 3 L R RTT + L R

=

Increase utilizationby a factor of 3

Transport Layer 3-46

Pipelined Protocols

Go-back-N big picture sender can have up to

N unacked packets in pipeline

rcvr only sends cumulative acks doesnrsquot ack packet if

therersquos a gap sender has timer for

only the oldest unacked packet if timer expires

retransmit all unackrsquoed packets

Selective Repeat big pic sender can have up to

N unackrsquoed packets in pipeline

rcvr sends individual ack for each packet

sender maintains timer for each unacked packet when timer expires

retransmit only unackrsquoed packet

Transport Layer 3-47

Go-Back-NSender k-bit seq in pkt header ldquowindowrdquo of up to N consecutive unackrsquoed pkts allowed

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

timer for oldest in-flight pkt (ie send_base) timeout(send_base) retransmit pkt send_base and all in-flight

unacked packets in window with higher seq

Transport Layer 3-48

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)

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

stop_timerelsestart_timer

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

base=1nextseqnum=1

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-49

GBN receiver extended FSM

ACK-only always send ACK for correctly-received pkt with highest in-order seq may generate duplicate ACKs need only remember expectedseqnum

out-of-order pkt discard (donrsquot buffer) -gt no receiver buffering Re-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)

Transport Layer 3-50

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-51

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

received sender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender window N consecutive seq rsquos again limits seq s of sent unACKrsquoed pkts

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-53

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in

window send pkttimeout(n) resend pkt n restart timerACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as received if n smallest unACKed pkt

advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n) out-of-order buffer in-order deliver (also

deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)otherwise ignore

receiver

Transport Layer 3-54

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-55

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3 window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenarios

incorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

Transport Layer 3-56

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex data bi-directional data flow

in same connection MSS maximum segment

size connection-oriented

handshaking (exchange of control msgs) inits sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlled sender will not

overwhelm receiver

point-to-point one sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte stream no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelined TCP congestion and flow

control set window size send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

Transport Layer 3-58

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 3-59

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquo of first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKs seq of next byte

expected from other side

cumulative ACKQ how receiver handles

out-of-order segments A TCP spec doesnrsquot

say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout value

longer than RTT but RTT varies

too short premature timeout unnecessary

retransmissions too long slow

reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTT SampleRTT measured time from

segment transmission until ACK receipt ignore retransmissions

SampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo average several recent

measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-61

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- )EstimatedRTT + SampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving average influence of past sample decreases exponentially fast typical value = 0125

Transport Layer 3-62

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 3-63

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeout EstimatedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin first estimate how much SampleRTT deviates from

EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

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

(typically = 025)

Then set timeout interval

Transport Layer 3-64

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable service

pipelined segments cumulative acks TCP uses single

retransmission timer

retransmissions are triggered by timeout events duplicate acks

initially consider simplified TCP sender ignore duplicate acks ignore flow control

congestion control

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app Create segment with

seq seq is byte-stream

number of first data byte in segment

start timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unacked segment)

expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeout retransmit segment

that caused timeout restart timerAck rcvd If acknowledgement

for previously unacked segments update what is known to

be acked start timer if there are

outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNum if (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 acked byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

Transport Layer 3-68

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

Host A

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 100

Transport Layer 3-69

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

time

SendBase= 120

Transport Layer 3-70

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 starts at lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-71

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-back

if segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

if sender receives 3 ACKs for the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost fast retransmit resend

segment before timer expires

Transport Layer 3-72

Host A

tim

eout

Host B

time

X

Figure 337 Resending a segment after triple duplicate ACK

Transport Layer 3-73

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 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-31

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)

Transport Layer 3-32

rdt20 has a fatal flaw

What happens if ACKNAK corrupted

sender doesnrsquot know what happened at receiver

canrsquot just retransmit possible duplicate

Handling duplicates sender retransmits current

pkt if ACKNAK garbled sender adds sequence

number to each pkt receiver discards (doesnrsquot

deliver up) duplicate pkt

Sender sends one packet then waits for receiver response

stop and wait

Transport Layer 3-33

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

Transport Layer 3-34

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)

Transport Layer 3-35

rdt21 discussion

Sender seq added to pkt two seq rsquos (01) will

suffice Why must check if received

ACKNAK corrupted twice as many states

state must ldquorememberrdquo whether ldquocurrentrdquo pkt has 0 or 1 seq

Receiver must 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 3-36

rdt22 a NAK-free protocol

same functionality as rdt21 using ACKs only instead 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

Transport Layer 3-37

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

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

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK 1 chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

Wait for 0 from below

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

has_seq1(rcvpkt))

udt_send(sndpkt)receiver FSM

fragment

Transport Layer 3-38

rdt30 channels with errors and loss

New assumptionunderlying 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 time

if pkt (or ACK) just delayed (not lost) retransmission will be

duplicate but use of seq rsquos already handles this

receiver must specify seq of pkt being ACKed

requires countdown timer

Transport Layer 3-39

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

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-40

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-41

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-42

Performance of rdt30

rdt30 works but poor performance ex 1 Gbps link 15 ms prop delay 8000 bit packet

U sender utilization ndash fraction of time sender busy sending

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

if RTT=30 msec 1KB pkt every 30 msec -gt 33kBsec thruput over 1 Gbps link

network protocol limits use of physical resources

dsmicrosecon8bps10bits8000

9 RLdtrans

Transport Layer 3-43

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 3-44

Pipelined protocolspipelining sender allows multiple ldquoin-flightrdquo yet-to-

be-acknowledged pkts range of sequence numbers must be increased buffering at sender andor receiver

two generic forms of pipelined protocols go-back-N selective repeat

Transport Layer 3-45

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 =

024 30008

= 00008 3 L R RTT + L R

=

Increase utilizationby a factor of 3

Transport Layer 3-46

Pipelined Protocols

Go-back-N big picture sender can have up to

N unacked packets in pipeline

rcvr only sends cumulative acks doesnrsquot ack packet if

therersquos a gap sender has timer for

only the oldest unacked packet if timer expires

retransmit all unackrsquoed packets

Selective Repeat big pic sender can have up to

N unackrsquoed packets in pipeline

rcvr sends individual ack for each packet

sender maintains timer for each unacked packet when timer expires

retransmit only unackrsquoed packet

Transport Layer 3-47

Go-Back-NSender k-bit seq in pkt header ldquowindowrdquo of up to N consecutive unackrsquoed pkts allowed

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

timer for oldest in-flight pkt (ie send_base) timeout(send_base) retransmit pkt send_base and all in-flight

unacked packets in window with higher seq

Transport Layer 3-48

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)

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

stop_timerelsestart_timer

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

base=1nextseqnum=1

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-49

GBN receiver extended FSM

ACK-only always send ACK for correctly-received pkt with highest in-order seq may generate duplicate ACKs need only remember expectedseqnum

out-of-order pkt discard (donrsquot buffer) -gt no receiver buffering Re-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)

Transport Layer 3-50

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-51

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

received sender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender window N consecutive seq rsquos again limits seq s of sent unACKrsquoed pkts

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-53

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in

window send pkttimeout(n) resend pkt n restart timerACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as received if n smallest unACKed pkt

advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n) out-of-order buffer in-order deliver (also

deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)otherwise ignore

receiver

Transport Layer 3-54

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-55

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3 window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenarios

incorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

Transport Layer 3-56

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex data bi-directional data flow

in same connection MSS maximum segment

size connection-oriented

handshaking (exchange of control msgs) inits sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlled sender will not

overwhelm receiver

point-to-point one sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte stream no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelined TCP congestion and flow

control set window size send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

Transport Layer 3-58

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 3-59

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquo of first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKs seq of next byte

expected from other side

cumulative ACKQ how receiver handles

out-of-order segments A TCP spec doesnrsquot

say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout value

longer than RTT but RTT varies

too short premature timeout unnecessary

retransmissions too long slow

reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTT SampleRTT measured time from

segment transmission until ACK receipt ignore retransmissions

SampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo average several recent

measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-61

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- )EstimatedRTT + SampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving average influence of past sample decreases exponentially fast typical value = 0125

Transport Layer 3-62

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 3-63

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeout EstimatedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin first estimate how much SampleRTT deviates from

EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

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

(typically = 025)

Then set timeout interval

Transport Layer 3-64

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable service

pipelined segments cumulative acks TCP uses single

retransmission timer

retransmissions are triggered by timeout events duplicate acks

initially consider simplified TCP sender ignore duplicate acks ignore flow control

congestion control

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app Create segment with

seq seq is byte-stream

number of first data byte in segment

start timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unacked segment)

expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeout retransmit segment

that caused timeout restart timerAck rcvd If acknowledgement

for previously unacked segments update what is known to

be acked start timer if there are

outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNum if (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 acked byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

Transport Layer 3-68

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

Host A

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 100

Transport Layer 3-69

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

time

SendBase= 120

Transport Layer 3-70

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 starts at lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-71

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-back

if segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

if sender receives 3 ACKs for the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost fast retransmit resend

segment before timer expires

Transport Layer 3-72

Host A

tim

eout

Host B

time

X

Figure 337 Resending a segment after triple duplicate ACK

Transport Layer 3-73

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 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-32

rdt20 has a fatal flaw

What happens if ACKNAK corrupted

sender doesnrsquot know what happened at receiver

canrsquot just retransmit possible duplicate

Handling duplicates sender retransmits current

pkt if ACKNAK garbled sender adds sequence

number to each pkt receiver discards (doesnrsquot

deliver up) duplicate pkt

Sender sends one packet then waits for receiver response

stop and wait

Transport Layer 3-33

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

Transport Layer 3-34

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)

Transport Layer 3-35

rdt21 discussion

Sender seq added to pkt two seq rsquos (01) will

suffice Why must check if received

ACKNAK corrupted twice as many states

state must ldquorememberrdquo whether ldquocurrentrdquo pkt has 0 or 1 seq

Receiver must 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 3-36

rdt22 a NAK-free protocol

same functionality as rdt21 using ACKs only instead 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

Transport Layer 3-37

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

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

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK 1 chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

Wait for 0 from below

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

has_seq1(rcvpkt))

udt_send(sndpkt)receiver FSM

fragment

Transport Layer 3-38

rdt30 channels with errors and loss

New assumptionunderlying 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 time

if pkt (or ACK) just delayed (not lost) retransmission will be

duplicate but use of seq rsquos already handles this

receiver must specify seq of pkt being ACKed

requires countdown timer

Transport Layer 3-39

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

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-40

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-41

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-42

Performance of rdt30

rdt30 works but poor performance ex 1 Gbps link 15 ms prop delay 8000 bit packet

U sender utilization ndash fraction of time sender busy sending

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

if RTT=30 msec 1KB pkt every 30 msec -gt 33kBsec thruput over 1 Gbps link

network protocol limits use of physical resources

dsmicrosecon8bps10bits8000

9 RLdtrans

Transport Layer 3-43

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 3-44

Pipelined protocolspipelining sender allows multiple ldquoin-flightrdquo yet-to-

be-acknowledged pkts range of sequence numbers must be increased buffering at sender andor receiver

two generic forms of pipelined protocols go-back-N selective repeat

Transport Layer 3-45

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 =

024 30008

= 00008 3 L R RTT + L R

=

Increase utilizationby a factor of 3

Transport Layer 3-46

Pipelined Protocols

Go-back-N big picture sender can have up to

N unacked packets in pipeline

rcvr only sends cumulative acks doesnrsquot ack packet if

therersquos a gap sender has timer for

only the oldest unacked packet if timer expires

retransmit all unackrsquoed packets

Selective Repeat big pic sender can have up to

N unackrsquoed packets in pipeline

rcvr sends individual ack for each packet

sender maintains timer for each unacked packet when timer expires

retransmit only unackrsquoed packet

Transport Layer 3-47

Go-Back-NSender k-bit seq in pkt header ldquowindowrdquo of up to N consecutive unackrsquoed pkts allowed

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

timer for oldest in-flight pkt (ie send_base) timeout(send_base) retransmit pkt send_base and all in-flight

unacked packets in window with higher seq

Transport Layer 3-48

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)

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

stop_timerelsestart_timer

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

base=1nextseqnum=1

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-49

GBN receiver extended FSM

ACK-only always send ACK for correctly-received pkt with highest in-order seq may generate duplicate ACKs need only remember expectedseqnum

out-of-order pkt discard (donrsquot buffer) -gt no receiver buffering Re-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)

Transport Layer 3-50

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-51

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

received sender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender window N consecutive seq rsquos again limits seq s of sent unACKrsquoed pkts

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-53

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in

window send pkttimeout(n) resend pkt n restart timerACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as received if n smallest unACKed pkt

advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n) out-of-order buffer in-order deliver (also

deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)otherwise ignore

receiver

Transport Layer 3-54

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-55

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3 window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenarios

incorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

Transport Layer 3-56

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex data bi-directional data flow

in same connection MSS maximum segment

size connection-oriented

handshaking (exchange of control msgs) inits sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlled sender will not

overwhelm receiver

point-to-point one sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte stream no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelined TCP congestion and flow

control set window size send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

Transport Layer 3-58

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 3-59

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquo of first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKs seq of next byte

expected from other side

cumulative ACKQ how receiver handles

out-of-order segments A TCP spec doesnrsquot

say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout value

longer than RTT but RTT varies

too short premature timeout unnecessary

retransmissions too long slow

reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTT SampleRTT measured time from

segment transmission until ACK receipt ignore retransmissions

SampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo average several recent

measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-61

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- )EstimatedRTT + SampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving average influence of past sample decreases exponentially fast typical value = 0125

Transport Layer 3-62

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 3-63

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeout EstimatedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin first estimate how much SampleRTT deviates from

EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

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

(typically = 025)

Then set timeout interval

Transport Layer 3-64

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable service

pipelined segments cumulative acks TCP uses single

retransmission timer

retransmissions are triggered by timeout events duplicate acks

initially consider simplified TCP sender ignore duplicate acks ignore flow control

congestion control

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app Create segment with

seq seq is byte-stream

number of first data byte in segment

start timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unacked segment)

expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeout retransmit segment

that caused timeout restart timerAck rcvd If acknowledgement

for previously unacked segments update what is known to

be acked start timer if there are

outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNum if (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 acked byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

Transport Layer 3-68

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

Host A

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 100

Transport Layer 3-69

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

time

SendBase= 120

Transport Layer 3-70

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 starts at lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-71

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-back

if segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

if sender receives 3 ACKs for the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost fast retransmit resend

segment before timer expires

Transport Layer 3-72

Host A

tim

eout

Host B

time

X

Figure 337 Resending a segment after triple duplicate ACK

Transport Layer 3-73

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 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

Page 33: Chapter 3 Transport Layer - The University of Edinburgh · Transport Layer 3-15 Chapter 3 outline 3.1 Transport-layer services 3.2 Multiplexing and demultiplexing 3.3 Connectionless

Transport Layer 3-33

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

Transport Layer 3-34

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)

Transport Layer 3-35

rdt21 discussion

Sender seq added to pkt two seq rsquos (01) will

suffice Why must check if received

ACKNAK corrupted twice as many states

state must ldquorememberrdquo whether ldquocurrentrdquo pkt has 0 or 1 seq

Receiver must 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 3-36

rdt22 a NAK-free protocol

same functionality as rdt21 using ACKs only instead 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

Transport Layer 3-37

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

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

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK 1 chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

Wait for 0 from below

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

has_seq1(rcvpkt))

udt_send(sndpkt)receiver FSM

fragment

Transport Layer 3-38

rdt30 channels with errors and loss

New assumptionunderlying 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 time

if pkt (or ACK) just delayed (not lost) retransmission will be

duplicate but use of seq rsquos already handles this

receiver must specify seq of pkt being ACKed

requires countdown timer

Transport Layer 3-39

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

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-40

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-41

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-42

Performance of rdt30

rdt30 works but poor performance ex 1 Gbps link 15 ms prop delay 8000 bit packet

U sender utilization ndash fraction of time sender busy sending

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

if RTT=30 msec 1KB pkt every 30 msec -gt 33kBsec thruput over 1 Gbps link

network protocol limits use of physical resources

dsmicrosecon8bps10bits8000

9 RLdtrans

Transport Layer 3-43

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 3-44

Pipelined protocolspipelining sender allows multiple ldquoin-flightrdquo yet-to-

be-acknowledged pkts range of sequence numbers must be increased buffering at sender andor receiver

two generic forms of pipelined protocols go-back-N selective repeat

Transport Layer 3-45

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 =

024 30008

= 00008 3 L R RTT + L R

=

Increase utilizationby a factor of 3

Transport Layer 3-46

Pipelined Protocols

Go-back-N big picture sender can have up to

N unacked packets in pipeline

rcvr only sends cumulative acks doesnrsquot ack packet if

therersquos a gap sender has timer for

only the oldest unacked packet if timer expires

retransmit all unackrsquoed packets

Selective Repeat big pic sender can have up to

N unackrsquoed packets in pipeline

rcvr sends individual ack for each packet

sender maintains timer for each unacked packet when timer expires

retransmit only unackrsquoed packet

Transport Layer 3-47

Go-Back-NSender k-bit seq in pkt header ldquowindowrdquo of up to N consecutive unackrsquoed pkts allowed

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

timer for oldest in-flight pkt (ie send_base) timeout(send_base) retransmit pkt send_base and all in-flight

unacked packets in window with higher seq

Transport Layer 3-48

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)

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

stop_timerelsestart_timer

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

base=1nextseqnum=1

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-49

GBN receiver extended FSM

ACK-only always send ACK for correctly-received pkt with highest in-order seq may generate duplicate ACKs need only remember expectedseqnum

out-of-order pkt discard (donrsquot buffer) -gt no receiver buffering Re-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)

Transport Layer 3-50

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-51

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

received sender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender window N consecutive seq rsquos again limits seq s of sent unACKrsquoed pkts

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-53

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in

window send pkttimeout(n) resend pkt n restart timerACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as received if n smallest unACKed pkt

advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n) out-of-order buffer in-order deliver (also

deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)otherwise ignore

receiver

Transport Layer 3-54

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-55

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3 window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenarios

incorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

Transport Layer 3-56

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex data bi-directional data flow

in same connection MSS maximum segment

size connection-oriented

handshaking (exchange of control msgs) inits sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlled sender will not

overwhelm receiver

point-to-point one sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte stream no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelined TCP congestion and flow

control set window size send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

Transport Layer 3-58

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 3-59

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquo of first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKs seq of next byte

expected from other side

cumulative ACKQ how receiver handles

out-of-order segments A TCP spec doesnrsquot

say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout value

longer than RTT but RTT varies

too short premature timeout unnecessary

retransmissions too long slow

reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTT SampleRTT measured time from

segment transmission until ACK receipt ignore retransmissions

SampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo average several recent

measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-61

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- )EstimatedRTT + SampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving average influence of past sample decreases exponentially fast typical value = 0125

Transport Layer 3-62

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 3-63

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeout EstimatedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin first estimate how much SampleRTT deviates from

EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

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

(typically = 025)

Then set timeout interval

Transport Layer 3-64

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable service

pipelined segments cumulative acks TCP uses single

retransmission timer

retransmissions are triggered by timeout events duplicate acks

initially consider simplified TCP sender ignore duplicate acks ignore flow control

congestion control

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app Create segment with

seq seq is byte-stream

number of first data byte in segment

start timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unacked segment)

expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeout retransmit segment

that caused timeout restart timerAck rcvd If acknowledgement

for previously unacked segments update what is known to

be acked start timer if there are

outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNum if (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 acked byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

Transport Layer 3-68

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

Host A

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 100

Transport Layer 3-69

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

time

SendBase= 120

Transport Layer 3-70

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 starts at lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-71

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-back

if segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

if sender receives 3 ACKs for the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost fast retransmit resend

segment before timer expires

Transport Layer 3-72

Host A

tim

eout

Host B

time

X

Figure 337 Resending a segment after triple duplicate ACK

Transport Layer 3-73

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 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-34

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)

Transport Layer 3-35

rdt21 discussion

Sender seq added to pkt two seq rsquos (01) will

suffice Why must check if received

ACKNAK corrupted twice as many states

state must ldquorememberrdquo whether ldquocurrentrdquo pkt has 0 or 1 seq

Receiver must 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 3-36

rdt22 a NAK-free protocol

same functionality as rdt21 using ACKs only instead 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

Transport Layer 3-37

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

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

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK 1 chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

Wait for 0 from below

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

has_seq1(rcvpkt))

udt_send(sndpkt)receiver FSM

fragment

Transport Layer 3-38

rdt30 channels with errors and loss

New assumptionunderlying 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 time

if pkt (or ACK) just delayed (not lost) retransmission will be

duplicate but use of seq rsquos already handles this

receiver must specify seq of pkt being ACKed

requires countdown timer

Transport Layer 3-39

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

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-40

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-41

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-42

Performance of rdt30

rdt30 works but poor performance ex 1 Gbps link 15 ms prop delay 8000 bit packet

U sender utilization ndash fraction of time sender busy sending

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

if RTT=30 msec 1KB pkt every 30 msec -gt 33kBsec thruput over 1 Gbps link

network protocol limits use of physical resources

dsmicrosecon8bps10bits8000

9 RLdtrans

Transport Layer 3-43

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 3-44

Pipelined protocolspipelining sender allows multiple ldquoin-flightrdquo yet-to-

be-acknowledged pkts range of sequence numbers must be increased buffering at sender andor receiver

two generic forms of pipelined protocols go-back-N selective repeat

Transport Layer 3-45

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 =

024 30008

= 00008 3 L R RTT + L R

=

Increase utilizationby a factor of 3

Transport Layer 3-46

Pipelined Protocols

Go-back-N big picture sender can have up to

N unacked packets in pipeline

rcvr only sends cumulative acks doesnrsquot ack packet if

therersquos a gap sender has timer for

only the oldest unacked packet if timer expires

retransmit all unackrsquoed packets

Selective Repeat big pic sender can have up to

N unackrsquoed packets in pipeline

rcvr sends individual ack for each packet

sender maintains timer for each unacked packet when timer expires

retransmit only unackrsquoed packet

Transport Layer 3-47

Go-Back-NSender k-bit seq in pkt header ldquowindowrdquo of up to N consecutive unackrsquoed pkts allowed

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

timer for oldest in-flight pkt (ie send_base) timeout(send_base) retransmit pkt send_base and all in-flight

unacked packets in window with higher seq

Transport Layer 3-48

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)

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

stop_timerelsestart_timer

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

base=1nextseqnum=1

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-49

GBN receiver extended FSM

ACK-only always send ACK for correctly-received pkt with highest in-order seq may generate duplicate ACKs need only remember expectedseqnum

out-of-order pkt discard (donrsquot buffer) -gt no receiver buffering Re-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)

Transport Layer 3-50

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-51

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

received sender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender window N consecutive seq rsquos again limits seq s of sent unACKrsquoed pkts

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-53

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in

window send pkttimeout(n) resend pkt n restart timerACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as received if n smallest unACKed pkt

advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n) out-of-order buffer in-order deliver (also

deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)otherwise ignore

receiver

Transport Layer 3-54

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-55

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3 window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenarios

incorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

Transport Layer 3-56

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex data bi-directional data flow

in same connection MSS maximum segment

size connection-oriented

handshaking (exchange of control msgs) inits sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlled sender will not

overwhelm receiver

point-to-point one sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte stream no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelined TCP congestion and flow

control set window size send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

Transport Layer 3-58

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 3-59

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquo of first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKs seq of next byte

expected from other side

cumulative ACKQ how receiver handles

out-of-order segments A TCP spec doesnrsquot

say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout value

longer than RTT but RTT varies

too short premature timeout unnecessary

retransmissions too long slow

reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTT SampleRTT measured time from

segment transmission until ACK receipt ignore retransmissions

SampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo average several recent

measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-61

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- )EstimatedRTT + SampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving average influence of past sample decreases exponentially fast typical value = 0125

Transport Layer 3-62

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 3-63

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeout EstimatedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin first estimate how much SampleRTT deviates from

EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

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

(typically = 025)

Then set timeout interval

Transport Layer 3-64

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable service

pipelined segments cumulative acks TCP uses single

retransmission timer

retransmissions are triggered by timeout events duplicate acks

initially consider simplified TCP sender ignore duplicate acks ignore flow control

congestion control

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app Create segment with

seq seq is byte-stream

number of first data byte in segment

start timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unacked segment)

expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeout retransmit segment

that caused timeout restart timerAck rcvd If acknowledgement

for previously unacked segments update what is known to

be acked start timer if there are

outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNum if (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 acked byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

Transport Layer 3-68

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

Host A

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 100

Transport Layer 3-69

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

time

SendBase= 120

Transport Layer 3-70

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 starts at lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-71

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-back

if segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

if sender receives 3 ACKs for the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost fast retransmit resend

segment before timer expires

Transport Layer 3-72

Host A

tim

eout

Host B

time

X

Figure 337 Resending a segment after triple duplicate ACK

Transport Layer 3-73

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 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-35

rdt21 discussion

Sender seq added to pkt two seq rsquos (01) will

suffice Why must check if received

ACKNAK corrupted twice as many states

state must ldquorememberrdquo whether ldquocurrentrdquo pkt has 0 or 1 seq

Receiver must 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 3-36

rdt22 a NAK-free protocol

same functionality as rdt21 using ACKs only instead 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

Transport Layer 3-37

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

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

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK 1 chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

Wait for 0 from below

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

has_seq1(rcvpkt))

udt_send(sndpkt)receiver FSM

fragment

Transport Layer 3-38

rdt30 channels with errors and loss

New assumptionunderlying 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 time

if pkt (or ACK) just delayed (not lost) retransmission will be

duplicate but use of seq rsquos already handles this

receiver must specify seq of pkt being ACKed

requires countdown timer

Transport Layer 3-39

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

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-40

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-41

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-42

Performance of rdt30

rdt30 works but poor performance ex 1 Gbps link 15 ms prop delay 8000 bit packet

U sender utilization ndash fraction of time sender busy sending

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

if RTT=30 msec 1KB pkt every 30 msec -gt 33kBsec thruput over 1 Gbps link

network protocol limits use of physical resources

dsmicrosecon8bps10bits8000

9 RLdtrans

Transport Layer 3-43

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 3-44

Pipelined protocolspipelining sender allows multiple ldquoin-flightrdquo yet-to-

be-acknowledged pkts range of sequence numbers must be increased buffering at sender andor receiver

two generic forms of pipelined protocols go-back-N selective repeat

Transport Layer 3-45

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 =

024 30008

= 00008 3 L R RTT + L R

=

Increase utilizationby a factor of 3

Transport Layer 3-46

Pipelined Protocols

Go-back-N big picture sender can have up to

N unacked packets in pipeline

rcvr only sends cumulative acks doesnrsquot ack packet if

therersquos a gap sender has timer for

only the oldest unacked packet if timer expires

retransmit all unackrsquoed packets

Selective Repeat big pic sender can have up to

N unackrsquoed packets in pipeline

rcvr sends individual ack for each packet

sender maintains timer for each unacked packet when timer expires

retransmit only unackrsquoed packet

Transport Layer 3-47

Go-Back-NSender k-bit seq in pkt header ldquowindowrdquo of up to N consecutive unackrsquoed pkts allowed

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

timer for oldest in-flight pkt (ie send_base) timeout(send_base) retransmit pkt send_base and all in-flight

unacked packets in window with higher seq

Transport Layer 3-48

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)

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

stop_timerelsestart_timer

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

base=1nextseqnum=1

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-49

GBN receiver extended FSM

ACK-only always send ACK for correctly-received pkt with highest in-order seq may generate duplicate ACKs need only remember expectedseqnum

out-of-order pkt discard (donrsquot buffer) -gt no receiver buffering Re-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)

Transport Layer 3-50

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-51

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

received sender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender window N consecutive seq rsquos again limits seq s of sent unACKrsquoed pkts

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-53

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in

window send pkttimeout(n) resend pkt n restart timerACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as received if n smallest unACKed pkt

advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n) out-of-order buffer in-order deliver (also

deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)otherwise ignore

receiver

Transport Layer 3-54

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-55

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3 window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenarios

incorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

Transport Layer 3-56

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex data bi-directional data flow

in same connection MSS maximum segment

size connection-oriented

handshaking (exchange of control msgs) inits sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlled sender will not

overwhelm receiver

point-to-point one sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte stream no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelined TCP congestion and flow

control set window size send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

Transport Layer 3-58

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 3-59

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquo of first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKs seq of next byte

expected from other side

cumulative ACKQ how receiver handles

out-of-order segments A TCP spec doesnrsquot

say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout value

longer than RTT but RTT varies

too short premature timeout unnecessary

retransmissions too long slow

reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTT SampleRTT measured time from

segment transmission until ACK receipt ignore retransmissions

SampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo average several recent

measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-61

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- )EstimatedRTT + SampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving average influence of past sample decreases exponentially fast typical value = 0125

Transport Layer 3-62

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 3-63

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeout EstimatedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin first estimate how much SampleRTT deviates from

EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

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

(typically = 025)

Then set timeout interval

Transport Layer 3-64

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable service

pipelined segments cumulative acks TCP uses single

retransmission timer

retransmissions are triggered by timeout events duplicate acks

initially consider simplified TCP sender ignore duplicate acks ignore flow control

congestion control

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app Create segment with

seq seq is byte-stream

number of first data byte in segment

start timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unacked segment)

expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeout retransmit segment

that caused timeout restart timerAck rcvd If acknowledgement

for previously unacked segments update what is known to

be acked start timer if there are

outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNum if (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 acked byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

Transport Layer 3-68

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

Host A

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 100

Transport Layer 3-69

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

time

SendBase= 120

Transport Layer 3-70

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 starts at lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-71

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-back

if segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

if sender receives 3 ACKs for the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost fast retransmit resend

segment before timer expires

Transport Layer 3-72

Host A

tim

eout

Host B

time

X

Figure 337 Resending a segment after triple duplicate ACK

Transport Layer 3-73

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 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

Page 36: Chapter 3 Transport Layer - The University of Edinburgh · Transport Layer 3-15 Chapter 3 outline 3.1 Transport-layer services 3.2 Multiplexing and demultiplexing 3.3 Connectionless

Transport Layer 3-36

rdt22 a NAK-free protocol

same functionality as rdt21 using ACKs only instead 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

Transport Layer 3-37

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

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

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK 1 chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

Wait for 0 from below

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

has_seq1(rcvpkt))

udt_send(sndpkt)receiver FSM

fragment

Transport Layer 3-38

rdt30 channels with errors and loss

New assumptionunderlying 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 time

if pkt (or ACK) just delayed (not lost) retransmission will be

duplicate but use of seq rsquos already handles this

receiver must specify seq of pkt being ACKed

requires countdown timer

Transport Layer 3-39

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

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-40

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-41

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-42

Performance of rdt30

rdt30 works but poor performance ex 1 Gbps link 15 ms prop delay 8000 bit packet

U sender utilization ndash fraction of time sender busy sending

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

if RTT=30 msec 1KB pkt every 30 msec -gt 33kBsec thruput over 1 Gbps link

network protocol limits use of physical resources

dsmicrosecon8bps10bits8000

9 RLdtrans

Transport Layer 3-43

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 3-44

Pipelined protocolspipelining sender allows multiple ldquoin-flightrdquo yet-to-

be-acknowledged pkts range of sequence numbers must be increased buffering at sender andor receiver

two generic forms of pipelined protocols go-back-N selective repeat

Transport Layer 3-45

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 =

024 30008

= 00008 3 L R RTT + L R

=

Increase utilizationby a factor of 3

Transport Layer 3-46

Pipelined Protocols

Go-back-N big picture sender can have up to

N unacked packets in pipeline

rcvr only sends cumulative acks doesnrsquot ack packet if

therersquos a gap sender has timer for

only the oldest unacked packet if timer expires

retransmit all unackrsquoed packets

Selective Repeat big pic sender can have up to

N unackrsquoed packets in pipeline

rcvr sends individual ack for each packet

sender maintains timer for each unacked packet when timer expires

retransmit only unackrsquoed packet

Transport Layer 3-47

Go-Back-NSender k-bit seq in pkt header ldquowindowrdquo of up to N consecutive unackrsquoed pkts allowed

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

timer for oldest in-flight pkt (ie send_base) timeout(send_base) retransmit pkt send_base and all in-flight

unacked packets in window with higher seq

Transport Layer 3-48

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)

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

stop_timerelsestart_timer

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

base=1nextseqnum=1

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-49

GBN receiver extended FSM

ACK-only always send ACK for correctly-received pkt with highest in-order seq may generate duplicate ACKs need only remember expectedseqnum

out-of-order pkt discard (donrsquot buffer) -gt no receiver buffering Re-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)

Transport Layer 3-50

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-51

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

received sender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender window N consecutive seq rsquos again limits seq s of sent unACKrsquoed pkts

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-53

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in

window send pkttimeout(n) resend pkt n restart timerACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as received if n smallest unACKed pkt

advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n) out-of-order buffer in-order deliver (also

deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)otherwise ignore

receiver

Transport Layer 3-54

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-55

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3 window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenarios

incorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

Transport Layer 3-56

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex data bi-directional data flow

in same connection MSS maximum segment

size connection-oriented

handshaking (exchange of control msgs) inits sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlled sender will not

overwhelm receiver

point-to-point one sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte stream no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelined TCP congestion and flow

control set window size send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

Transport Layer 3-58

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 3-59

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquo of first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKs seq of next byte

expected from other side

cumulative ACKQ how receiver handles

out-of-order segments A TCP spec doesnrsquot

say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout value

longer than RTT but RTT varies

too short premature timeout unnecessary

retransmissions too long slow

reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTT SampleRTT measured time from

segment transmission until ACK receipt ignore retransmissions

SampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo average several recent

measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-61

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- )EstimatedRTT + SampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving average influence of past sample decreases exponentially fast typical value = 0125

Transport Layer 3-62

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 3-63

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeout EstimatedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin first estimate how much SampleRTT deviates from

EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

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

(typically = 025)

Then set timeout interval

Transport Layer 3-64

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable service

pipelined segments cumulative acks TCP uses single

retransmission timer

retransmissions are triggered by timeout events duplicate acks

initially consider simplified TCP sender ignore duplicate acks ignore flow control

congestion control

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app Create segment with

seq seq is byte-stream

number of first data byte in segment

start timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unacked segment)

expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeout retransmit segment

that caused timeout restart timerAck rcvd If acknowledgement

for previously unacked segments update what is known to

be acked start timer if there are

outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNum if (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 acked byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

Transport Layer 3-68

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

Host A

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 100

Transport Layer 3-69

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

time

SendBase= 120

Transport Layer 3-70

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 starts at lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-71

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-back

if segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

if sender receives 3 ACKs for the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost fast retransmit resend

segment before timer expires

Transport Layer 3-72

Host A

tim

eout

Host B

time

X

Figure 337 Resending a segment after triple duplicate ACK

Transport Layer 3-73

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 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-37

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

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

extract(rcvpktdata)deliver_data(data)sndpkt = make_pkt(ACK 1 chksum)udt_send(sndpkt)

Wait for 0 from below

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

has_seq1(rcvpkt))

udt_send(sndpkt)receiver FSM

fragment

Transport Layer 3-38

rdt30 channels with errors and loss

New assumptionunderlying 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 time

if pkt (or ACK) just delayed (not lost) retransmission will be

duplicate but use of seq rsquos already handles this

receiver must specify seq of pkt being ACKed

requires countdown timer

Transport Layer 3-39

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

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-40

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-41

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-42

Performance of rdt30

rdt30 works but poor performance ex 1 Gbps link 15 ms prop delay 8000 bit packet

U sender utilization ndash fraction of time sender busy sending

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

if RTT=30 msec 1KB pkt every 30 msec -gt 33kBsec thruput over 1 Gbps link

network protocol limits use of physical resources

dsmicrosecon8bps10bits8000

9 RLdtrans

Transport Layer 3-43

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 3-44

Pipelined protocolspipelining sender allows multiple ldquoin-flightrdquo yet-to-

be-acknowledged pkts range of sequence numbers must be increased buffering at sender andor receiver

two generic forms of pipelined protocols go-back-N selective repeat

Transport Layer 3-45

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 =

024 30008

= 00008 3 L R RTT + L R

=

Increase utilizationby a factor of 3

Transport Layer 3-46

Pipelined Protocols

Go-back-N big picture sender can have up to

N unacked packets in pipeline

rcvr only sends cumulative acks doesnrsquot ack packet if

therersquos a gap sender has timer for

only the oldest unacked packet if timer expires

retransmit all unackrsquoed packets

Selective Repeat big pic sender can have up to

N unackrsquoed packets in pipeline

rcvr sends individual ack for each packet

sender maintains timer for each unacked packet when timer expires

retransmit only unackrsquoed packet

Transport Layer 3-47

Go-Back-NSender k-bit seq in pkt header ldquowindowrdquo of up to N consecutive unackrsquoed pkts allowed

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

timer for oldest in-flight pkt (ie send_base) timeout(send_base) retransmit pkt send_base and all in-flight

unacked packets in window with higher seq

Transport Layer 3-48

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)

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

stop_timerelsestart_timer

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

base=1nextseqnum=1

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-49

GBN receiver extended FSM

ACK-only always send ACK for correctly-received pkt with highest in-order seq may generate duplicate ACKs need only remember expectedseqnum

out-of-order pkt discard (donrsquot buffer) -gt no receiver buffering Re-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)

Transport Layer 3-50

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-51

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

received sender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender window N consecutive seq rsquos again limits seq s of sent unACKrsquoed pkts

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-53

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in

window send pkttimeout(n) resend pkt n restart timerACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as received if n smallest unACKed pkt

advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n) out-of-order buffer in-order deliver (also

deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)otherwise ignore

receiver

Transport Layer 3-54

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-55

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3 window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenarios

incorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

Transport Layer 3-56

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex data bi-directional data flow

in same connection MSS maximum segment

size connection-oriented

handshaking (exchange of control msgs) inits sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlled sender will not

overwhelm receiver

point-to-point one sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte stream no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelined TCP congestion and flow

control set window size send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

Transport Layer 3-58

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 3-59

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquo of first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKs seq of next byte

expected from other side

cumulative ACKQ how receiver handles

out-of-order segments A TCP spec doesnrsquot

say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout value

longer than RTT but RTT varies

too short premature timeout unnecessary

retransmissions too long slow

reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTT SampleRTT measured time from

segment transmission until ACK receipt ignore retransmissions

SampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo average several recent

measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-61

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- )EstimatedRTT + SampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving average influence of past sample decreases exponentially fast typical value = 0125

Transport Layer 3-62

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 3-63

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeout EstimatedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin first estimate how much SampleRTT deviates from

EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

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

(typically = 025)

Then set timeout interval

Transport Layer 3-64

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable service

pipelined segments cumulative acks TCP uses single

retransmission timer

retransmissions are triggered by timeout events duplicate acks

initially consider simplified TCP sender ignore duplicate acks ignore flow control

congestion control

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app Create segment with

seq seq is byte-stream

number of first data byte in segment

start timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unacked segment)

expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeout retransmit segment

that caused timeout restart timerAck rcvd If acknowledgement

for previously unacked segments update what is known to

be acked start timer if there are

outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNum if (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 acked byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

Transport Layer 3-68

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

Host A

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 100

Transport Layer 3-69

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

time

SendBase= 120

Transport Layer 3-70

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 starts at lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-71

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-back

if segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

if sender receives 3 ACKs for the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost fast retransmit resend

segment before timer expires

Transport Layer 3-72

Host A

tim

eout

Host B

time

X

Figure 337 Resending a segment after triple duplicate ACK

Transport Layer 3-73

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 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-38

rdt30 channels with errors and loss

New assumptionunderlying 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 time

if pkt (or ACK) just delayed (not lost) retransmission will be

duplicate but use of seq rsquos already handles this

receiver must specify seq of pkt being ACKed

requires countdown timer

Transport Layer 3-39

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

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-40

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-41

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-42

Performance of rdt30

rdt30 works but poor performance ex 1 Gbps link 15 ms prop delay 8000 bit packet

U sender utilization ndash fraction of time sender busy sending

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

if RTT=30 msec 1KB pkt every 30 msec -gt 33kBsec thruput over 1 Gbps link

network protocol limits use of physical resources

dsmicrosecon8bps10bits8000

9 RLdtrans

Transport Layer 3-43

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 3-44

Pipelined protocolspipelining sender allows multiple ldquoin-flightrdquo yet-to-

be-acknowledged pkts range of sequence numbers must be increased buffering at sender andor receiver

two generic forms of pipelined protocols go-back-N selective repeat

Transport Layer 3-45

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 =

024 30008

= 00008 3 L R RTT + L R

=

Increase utilizationby a factor of 3

Transport Layer 3-46

Pipelined Protocols

Go-back-N big picture sender can have up to

N unacked packets in pipeline

rcvr only sends cumulative acks doesnrsquot ack packet if

therersquos a gap sender has timer for

only the oldest unacked packet if timer expires

retransmit all unackrsquoed packets

Selective Repeat big pic sender can have up to

N unackrsquoed packets in pipeline

rcvr sends individual ack for each packet

sender maintains timer for each unacked packet when timer expires

retransmit only unackrsquoed packet

Transport Layer 3-47

Go-Back-NSender k-bit seq in pkt header ldquowindowrdquo of up to N consecutive unackrsquoed pkts allowed

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

timer for oldest in-flight pkt (ie send_base) timeout(send_base) retransmit pkt send_base and all in-flight

unacked packets in window with higher seq

Transport Layer 3-48

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)

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

stop_timerelsestart_timer

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

base=1nextseqnum=1

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-49

GBN receiver extended FSM

ACK-only always send ACK for correctly-received pkt with highest in-order seq may generate duplicate ACKs need only remember expectedseqnum

out-of-order pkt discard (donrsquot buffer) -gt no receiver buffering Re-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)

Transport Layer 3-50

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-51

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

received sender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender window N consecutive seq rsquos again limits seq s of sent unACKrsquoed pkts

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-53

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in

window send pkttimeout(n) resend pkt n restart timerACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as received if n smallest unACKed pkt

advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n) out-of-order buffer in-order deliver (also

deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)otherwise ignore

receiver

Transport Layer 3-54

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-55

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3 window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenarios

incorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

Transport Layer 3-56

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex data bi-directional data flow

in same connection MSS maximum segment

size connection-oriented

handshaking (exchange of control msgs) inits sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlled sender will not

overwhelm receiver

point-to-point one sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte stream no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelined TCP congestion and flow

control set window size send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

Transport Layer 3-58

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 3-59

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquo of first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKs seq of next byte

expected from other side

cumulative ACKQ how receiver handles

out-of-order segments A TCP spec doesnrsquot

say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout value

longer than RTT but RTT varies

too short premature timeout unnecessary

retransmissions too long slow

reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTT SampleRTT measured time from

segment transmission until ACK receipt ignore retransmissions

SampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo average several recent

measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-61

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- )EstimatedRTT + SampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving average influence of past sample decreases exponentially fast typical value = 0125

Transport Layer 3-62

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 3-63

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeout EstimatedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin first estimate how much SampleRTT deviates from

EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

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

(typically = 025)

Then set timeout interval

Transport Layer 3-64

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable service

pipelined segments cumulative acks TCP uses single

retransmission timer

retransmissions are triggered by timeout events duplicate acks

initially consider simplified TCP sender ignore duplicate acks ignore flow control

congestion control

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app Create segment with

seq seq is byte-stream

number of first data byte in segment

start timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unacked segment)

expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeout retransmit segment

that caused timeout restart timerAck rcvd If acknowledgement

for previously unacked segments update what is known to

be acked start timer if there are

outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNum if (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 acked byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

Transport Layer 3-68

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

Host A

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 100

Transport Layer 3-69

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

time

SendBase= 120

Transport Layer 3-70

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 starts at lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-71

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-back

if segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

if sender receives 3 ACKs for the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost fast retransmit resend

segment before timer expires

Transport Layer 3-72

Host A

tim

eout

Host B

time

X

Figure 337 Resending a segment after triple duplicate ACK

Transport Layer 3-73

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 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-39

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

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-40

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-41

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-42

Performance of rdt30

rdt30 works but poor performance ex 1 Gbps link 15 ms prop delay 8000 bit packet

U sender utilization ndash fraction of time sender busy sending

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

if RTT=30 msec 1KB pkt every 30 msec -gt 33kBsec thruput over 1 Gbps link

network protocol limits use of physical resources

dsmicrosecon8bps10bits8000

9 RLdtrans

Transport Layer 3-43

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 3-44

Pipelined protocolspipelining sender allows multiple ldquoin-flightrdquo yet-to-

be-acknowledged pkts range of sequence numbers must be increased buffering at sender andor receiver

two generic forms of pipelined protocols go-back-N selective repeat

Transport Layer 3-45

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 =

024 30008

= 00008 3 L R RTT + L R

=

Increase utilizationby a factor of 3

Transport Layer 3-46

Pipelined Protocols

Go-back-N big picture sender can have up to

N unacked packets in pipeline

rcvr only sends cumulative acks doesnrsquot ack packet if

therersquos a gap sender has timer for

only the oldest unacked packet if timer expires

retransmit all unackrsquoed packets

Selective Repeat big pic sender can have up to

N unackrsquoed packets in pipeline

rcvr sends individual ack for each packet

sender maintains timer for each unacked packet when timer expires

retransmit only unackrsquoed packet

Transport Layer 3-47

Go-Back-NSender k-bit seq in pkt header ldquowindowrdquo of up to N consecutive unackrsquoed pkts allowed

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

timer for oldest in-flight pkt (ie send_base) timeout(send_base) retransmit pkt send_base and all in-flight

unacked packets in window with higher seq

Transport Layer 3-48

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)

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

stop_timerelsestart_timer

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

base=1nextseqnum=1

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-49

GBN receiver extended FSM

ACK-only always send ACK for correctly-received pkt with highest in-order seq may generate duplicate ACKs need only remember expectedseqnum

out-of-order pkt discard (donrsquot buffer) -gt no receiver buffering Re-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)

Transport Layer 3-50

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-51

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

received sender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender window N consecutive seq rsquos again limits seq s of sent unACKrsquoed pkts

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-53

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in

window send pkttimeout(n) resend pkt n restart timerACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as received if n smallest unACKed pkt

advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n) out-of-order buffer in-order deliver (also

deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)otherwise ignore

receiver

Transport Layer 3-54

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-55

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3 window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenarios

incorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

Transport Layer 3-56

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex data bi-directional data flow

in same connection MSS maximum segment

size connection-oriented

handshaking (exchange of control msgs) inits sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlled sender will not

overwhelm receiver

point-to-point one sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte stream no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelined TCP congestion and flow

control set window size send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

Transport Layer 3-58

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 3-59

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquo of first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKs seq of next byte

expected from other side

cumulative ACKQ how receiver handles

out-of-order segments A TCP spec doesnrsquot

say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout value

longer than RTT but RTT varies

too short premature timeout unnecessary

retransmissions too long slow

reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTT SampleRTT measured time from

segment transmission until ACK receipt ignore retransmissions

SampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo average several recent

measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-61

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- )EstimatedRTT + SampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving average influence of past sample decreases exponentially fast typical value = 0125

Transport Layer 3-62

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 3-63

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeout EstimatedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin first estimate how much SampleRTT deviates from

EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

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

(typically = 025)

Then set timeout interval

Transport Layer 3-64

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable service

pipelined segments cumulative acks TCP uses single

retransmission timer

retransmissions are triggered by timeout events duplicate acks

initially consider simplified TCP sender ignore duplicate acks ignore flow control

congestion control

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app Create segment with

seq seq is byte-stream

number of first data byte in segment

start timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unacked segment)

expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeout retransmit segment

that caused timeout restart timerAck rcvd If acknowledgement

for previously unacked segments update what is known to

be acked start timer if there are

outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNum if (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 acked byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

Transport Layer 3-68

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

Host A

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 100

Transport Layer 3-69

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

time

SendBase= 120

Transport Layer 3-70

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 starts at lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-71

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-back

if segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

if sender receives 3 ACKs for the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost fast retransmit resend

segment before timer expires

Transport Layer 3-72

Host A

tim

eout

Host B

time

X

Figure 337 Resending a segment after triple duplicate ACK

Transport Layer 3-73

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 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-40

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-41

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-42

Performance of rdt30

rdt30 works but poor performance ex 1 Gbps link 15 ms prop delay 8000 bit packet

U sender utilization ndash fraction of time sender busy sending

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

if RTT=30 msec 1KB pkt every 30 msec -gt 33kBsec thruput over 1 Gbps link

network protocol limits use of physical resources

dsmicrosecon8bps10bits8000

9 RLdtrans

Transport Layer 3-43

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 3-44

Pipelined protocolspipelining sender allows multiple ldquoin-flightrdquo yet-to-

be-acknowledged pkts range of sequence numbers must be increased buffering at sender andor receiver

two generic forms of pipelined protocols go-back-N selective repeat

Transport Layer 3-45

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 =

024 30008

= 00008 3 L R RTT + L R

=

Increase utilizationby a factor of 3

Transport Layer 3-46

Pipelined Protocols

Go-back-N big picture sender can have up to

N unacked packets in pipeline

rcvr only sends cumulative acks doesnrsquot ack packet if

therersquos a gap sender has timer for

only the oldest unacked packet if timer expires

retransmit all unackrsquoed packets

Selective Repeat big pic sender can have up to

N unackrsquoed packets in pipeline

rcvr sends individual ack for each packet

sender maintains timer for each unacked packet when timer expires

retransmit only unackrsquoed packet

Transport Layer 3-47

Go-Back-NSender k-bit seq in pkt header ldquowindowrdquo of up to N consecutive unackrsquoed pkts allowed

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

timer for oldest in-flight pkt (ie send_base) timeout(send_base) retransmit pkt send_base and all in-flight

unacked packets in window with higher seq

Transport Layer 3-48

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)

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

stop_timerelsestart_timer

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

base=1nextseqnum=1

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-49

GBN receiver extended FSM

ACK-only always send ACK for correctly-received pkt with highest in-order seq may generate duplicate ACKs need only remember expectedseqnum

out-of-order pkt discard (donrsquot buffer) -gt no receiver buffering Re-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)

Transport Layer 3-50

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-51

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

received sender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender window N consecutive seq rsquos again limits seq s of sent unACKrsquoed pkts

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-53

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in

window send pkttimeout(n) resend pkt n restart timerACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as received if n smallest unACKed pkt

advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n) out-of-order buffer in-order deliver (also

deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)otherwise ignore

receiver

Transport Layer 3-54

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-55

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3 window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenarios

incorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

Transport Layer 3-56

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex data bi-directional data flow

in same connection MSS maximum segment

size connection-oriented

handshaking (exchange of control msgs) inits sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlled sender will not

overwhelm receiver

point-to-point one sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte stream no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelined TCP congestion and flow

control set window size send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

Transport Layer 3-58

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 3-59

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquo of first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKs seq of next byte

expected from other side

cumulative ACKQ how receiver handles

out-of-order segments A TCP spec doesnrsquot

say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout value

longer than RTT but RTT varies

too short premature timeout unnecessary

retransmissions too long slow

reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTT SampleRTT measured time from

segment transmission until ACK receipt ignore retransmissions

SampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo average several recent

measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-61

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- )EstimatedRTT + SampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving average influence of past sample decreases exponentially fast typical value = 0125

Transport Layer 3-62

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 3-63

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeout EstimatedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin first estimate how much SampleRTT deviates from

EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

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

(typically = 025)

Then set timeout interval

Transport Layer 3-64

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable service

pipelined segments cumulative acks TCP uses single

retransmission timer

retransmissions are triggered by timeout events duplicate acks

initially consider simplified TCP sender ignore duplicate acks ignore flow control

congestion control

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app Create segment with

seq seq is byte-stream

number of first data byte in segment

start timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unacked segment)

expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeout retransmit segment

that caused timeout restart timerAck rcvd If acknowledgement

for previously unacked segments update what is known to

be acked start timer if there are

outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNum if (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 acked byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

Transport Layer 3-68

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

Host A

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 100

Transport Layer 3-69

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

time

SendBase= 120

Transport Layer 3-70

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 starts at lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-71

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-back

if segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

if sender receives 3 ACKs for the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost fast retransmit resend

segment before timer expires

Transport Layer 3-72

Host A

tim

eout

Host B

time

X

Figure 337 Resending a segment after triple duplicate ACK

Transport Layer 3-73

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 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-41

rdt30 in action

Transport Layer 3-42

Performance of rdt30

rdt30 works but poor performance ex 1 Gbps link 15 ms prop delay 8000 bit packet

U sender utilization ndash fraction of time sender busy sending

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

if RTT=30 msec 1KB pkt every 30 msec -gt 33kBsec thruput over 1 Gbps link

network protocol limits use of physical resources

dsmicrosecon8bps10bits8000

9 RLdtrans

Transport Layer 3-43

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 3-44

Pipelined protocolspipelining sender allows multiple ldquoin-flightrdquo yet-to-

be-acknowledged pkts range of sequence numbers must be increased buffering at sender andor receiver

two generic forms of pipelined protocols go-back-N selective repeat

Transport Layer 3-45

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 =

024 30008

= 00008 3 L R RTT + L R

=

Increase utilizationby a factor of 3

Transport Layer 3-46

Pipelined Protocols

Go-back-N big picture sender can have up to

N unacked packets in pipeline

rcvr only sends cumulative acks doesnrsquot ack packet if

therersquos a gap sender has timer for

only the oldest unacked packet if timer expires

retransmit all unackrsquoed packets

Selective Repeat big pic sender can have up to

N unackrsquoed packets in pipeline

rcvr sends individual ack for each packet

sender maintains timer for each unacked packet when timer expires

retransmit only unackrsquoed packet

Transport Layer 3-47

Go-Back-NSender k-bit seq in pkt header ldquowindowrdquo of up to N consecutive unackrsquoed pkts allowed

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

timer for oldest in-flight pkt (ie send_base) timeout(send_base) retransmit pkt send_base and all in-flight

unacked packets in window with higher seq

Transport Layer 3-48

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)

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

stop_timerelsestart_timer

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

base=1nextseqnum=1

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-49

GBN receiver extended FSM

ACK-only always send ACK for correctly-received pkt with highest in-order seq may generate duplicate ACKs need only remember expectedseqnum

out-of-order pkt discard (donrsquot buffer) -gt no receiver buffering Re-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)

Transport Layer 3-50

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-51

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

received sender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender window N consecutive seq rsquos again limits seq s of sent unACKrsquoed pkts

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-53

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in

window send pkttimeout(n) resend pkt n restart timerACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as received if n smallest unACKed pkt

advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n) out-of-order buffer in-order deliver (also

deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)otherwise ignore

receiver

Transport Layer 3-54

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-55

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3 window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenarios

incorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

Transport Layer 3-56

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex data bi-directional data flow

in same connection MSS maximum segment

size connection-oriented

handshaking (exchange of control msgs) inits sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlled sender will not

overwhelm receiver

point-to-point one sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte stream no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelined TCP congestion and flow

control set window size send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

Transport Layer 3-58

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 3-59

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquo of first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKs seq of next byte

expected from other side

cumulative ACKQ how receiver handles

out-of-order segments A TCP spec doesnrsquot

say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout value

longer than RTT but RTT varies

too short premature timeout unnecessary

retransmissions too long slow

reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTT SampleRTT measured time from

segment transmission until ACK receipt ignore retransmissions

SampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo average several recent

measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-61

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- )EstimatedRTT + SampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving average influence of past sample decreases exponentially fast typical value = 0125

Transport Layer 3-62

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 3-63

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeout EstimatedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin first estimate how much SampleRTT deviates from

EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

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

(typically = 025)

Then set timeout interval

Transport Layer 3-64

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable service

pipelined segments cumulative acks TCP uses single

retransmission timer

retransmissions are triggered by timeout events duplicate acks

initially consider simplified TCP sender ignore duplicate acks ignore flow control

congestion control

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app Create segment with

seq seq is byte-stream

number of first data byte in segment

start timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unacked segment)

expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeout retransmit segment

that caused timeout restart timerAck rcvd If acknowledgement

for previously unacked segments update what is known to

be acked start timer if there are

outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNum if (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 acked byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

Transport Layer 3-68

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

Host A

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 100

Transport Layer 3-69

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

time

SendBase= 120

Transport Layer 3-70

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 starts at lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-71

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-back

if segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

if sender receives 3 ACKs for the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost fast retransmit resend

segment before timer expires

Transport Layer 3-72

Host A

tim

eout

Host B

time

X

Figure 337 Resending a segment after triple duplicate ACK

Transport Layer 3-73

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 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-42

Performance of rdt30

rdt30 works but poor performance ex 1 Gbps link 15 ms prop delay 8000 bit packet

U sender utilization ndash fraction of time sender busy sending

U sender =

00830008

= 000027 L R RTT + L R

=

if RTT=30 msec 1KB pkt every 30 msec -gt 33kBsec thruput over 1 Gbps link

network protocol limits use of physical resources

dsmicrosecon8bps10bits8000

9 RLdtrans

Transport Layer 3-43

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 3-44

Pipelined protocolspipelining sender allows multiple ldquoin-flightrdquo yet-to-

be-acknowledged pkts range of sequence numbers must be increased buffering at sender andor receiver

two generic forms of pipelined protocols go-back-N selective repeat

Transport Layer 3-45

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 =

024 30008

= 00008 3 L R RTT + L R

=

Increase utilizationby a factor of 3

Transport Layer 3-46

Pipelined Protocols

Go-back-N big picture sender can have up to

N unacked packets in pipeline

rcvr only sends cumulative acks doesnrsquot ack packet if

therersquos a gap sender has timer for

only the oldest unacked packet if timer expires

retransmit all unackrsquoed packets

Selective Repeat big pic sender can have up to

N unackrsquoed packets in pipeline

rcvr sends individual ack for each packet

sender maintains timer for each unacked packet when timer expires

retransmit only unackrsquoed packet

Transport Layer 3-47

Go-Back-NSender k-bit seq in pkt header ldquowindowrdquo of up to N consecutive unackrsquoed pkts allowed

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

timer for oldest in-flight pkt (ie send_base) timeout(send_base) retransmit pkt send_base and all in-flight

unacked packets in window with higher seq

Transport Layer 3-48

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)

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

stop_timerelsestart_timer

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

base=1nextseqnum=1

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-49

GBN receiver extended FSM

ACK-only always send ACK for correctly-received pkt with highest in-order seq may generate duplicate ACKs need only remember expectedseqnum

out-of-order pkt discard (donrsquot buffer) -gt no receiver buffering Re-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)

Transport Layer 3-50

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-51

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

received sender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender window N consecutive seq rsquos again limits seq s of sent unACKrsquoed pkts

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-53

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in

window send pkttimeout(n) resend pkt n restart timerACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as received if n smallest unACKed pkt

advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n) out-of-order buffer in-order deliver (also

deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)otherwise ignore

receiver

Transport Layer 3-54

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-55

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3 window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenarios

incorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

Transport Layer 3-56

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex data bi-directional data flow

in same connection MSS maximum segment

size connection-oriented

handshaking (exchange of control msgs) inits sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlled sender will not

overwhelm receiver

point-to-point one sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte stream no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelined TCP congestion and flow

control set window size send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

Transport Layer 3-58

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 3-59

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquo of first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKs seq of next byte

expected from other side

cumulative ACKQ how receiver handles

out-of-order segments A TCP spec doesnrsquot

say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout value

longer than RTT but RTT varies

too short premature timeout unnecessary

retransmissions too long slow

reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTT SampleRTT measured time from

segment transmission until ACK receipt ignore retransmissions

SampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo average several recent

measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-61

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- )EstimatedRTT + SampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving average influence of past sample decreases exponentially fast typical value = 0125

Transport Layer 3-62

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 3-63

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeout EstimatedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin first estimate how much SampleRTT deviates from

EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

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

(typically = 025)

Then set timeout interval

Transport Layer 3-64

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable service

pipelined segments cumulative acks TCP uses single

retransmission timer

retransmissions are triggered by timeout events duplicate acks

initially consider simplified TCP sender ignore duplicate acks ignore flow control

congestion control

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app Create segment with

seq seq is byte-stream

number of first data byte in segment

start timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unacked segment)

expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeout retransmit segment

that caused timeout restart timerAck rcvd If acknowledgement

for previously unacked segments update what is known to

be acked start timer if there are

outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNum if (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 acked byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

Transport Layer 3-68

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

Host A

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 100

Transport Layer 3-69

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

time

SendBase= 120

Transport Layer 3-70

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 starts at lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-71

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-back

if segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

if sender receives 3 ACKs for the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost fast retransmit resend

segment before timer expires

Transport Layer 3-72

Host A

tim

eout

Host B

time

X

Figure 337 Resending a segment after triple duplicate ACK

Transport Layer 3-73

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 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-43

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 3-44

Pipelined protocolspipelining sender allows multiple ldquoin-flightrdquo yet-to-

be-acknowledged pkts range of sequence numbers must be increased buffering at sender andor receiver

two generic forms of pipelined protocols go-back-N selective repeat

Transport Layer 3-45

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 =

024 30008

= 00008 3 L R RTT + L R

=

Increase utilizationby a factor of 3

Transport Layer 3-46

Pipelined Protocols

Go-back-N big picture sender can have up to

N unacked packets in pipeline

rcvr only sends cumulative acks doesnrsquot ack packet if

therersquos a gap sender has timer for

only the oldest unacked packet if timer expires

retransmit all unackrsquoed packets

Selective Repeat big pic sender can have up to

N unackrsquoed packets in pipeline

rcvr sends individual ack for each packet

sender maintains timer for each unacked packet when timer expires

retransmit only unackrsquoed packet

Transport Layer 3-47

Go-Back-NSender k-bit seq in pkt header ldquowindowrdquo of up to N consecutive unackrsquoed pkts allowed

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

timer for oldest in-flight pkt (ie send_base) timeout(send_base) retransmit pkt send_base and all in-flight

unacked packets in window with higher seq

Transport Layer 3-48

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)

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

stop_timerelsestart_timer

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

base=1nextseqnum=1

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-49

GBN receiver extended FSM

ACK-only always send ACK for correctly-received pkt with highest in-order seq may generate duplicate ACKs need only remember expectedseqnum

out-of-order pkt discard (donrsquot buffer) -gt no receiver buffering Re-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)

Transport Layer 3-50

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-51

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

received sender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender window N consecutive seq rsquos again limits seq s of sent unACKrsquoed pkts

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-53

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in

window send pkttimeout(n) resend pkt n restart timerACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as received if n smallest unACKed pkt

advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n) out-of-order buffer in-order deliver (also

deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)otherwise ignore

receiver

Transport Layer 3-54

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-55

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3 window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenarios

incorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

Transport Layer 3-56

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex data bi-directional data flow

in same connection MSS maximum segment

size connection-oriented

handshaking (exchange of control msgs) inits sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlled sender will not

overwhelm receiver

point-to-point one sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte stream no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelined TCP congestion and flow

control set window size send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

Transport Layer 3-58

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 3-59

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquo of first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKs seq of next byte

expected from other side

cumulative ACKQ how receiver handles

out-of-order segments A TCP spec doesnrsquot

say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout value

longer than RTT but RTT varies

too short premature timeout unnecessary

retransmissions too long slow

reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTT SampleRTT measured time from

segment transmission until ACK receipt ignore retransmissions

SampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo average several recent

measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-61

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- )EstimatedRTT + SampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving average influence of past sample decreases exponentially fast typical value = 0125

Transport Layer 3-62

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 3-63

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeout EstimatedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin first estimate how much SampleRTT deviates from

EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

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

(typically = 025)

Then set timeout interval

Transport Layer 3-64

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable service

pipelined segments cumulative acks TCP uses single

retransmission timer

retransmissions are triggered by timeout events duplicate acks

initially consider simplified TCP sender ignore duplicate acks ignore flow control

congestion control

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app Create segment with

seq seq is byte-stream

number of first data byte in segment

start timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unacked segment)

expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeout retransmit segment

that caused timeout restart timerAck rcvd If acknowledgement

for previously unacked segments update what is known to

be acked start timer if there are

outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNum if (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 acked byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

Transport Layer 3-68

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

Host A

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 100

Transport Layer 3-69

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

time

SendBase= 120

Transport Layer 3-70

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 starts at lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-71

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-back

if segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

if sender receives 3 ACKs for the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost fast retransmit resend

segment before timer expires

Transport Layer 3-72

Host A

tim

eout

Host B

time

X

Figure 337 Resending a segment after triple duplicate ACK

Transport Layer 3-73

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 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-44

Pipelined protocolspipelining sender allows multiple ldquoin-flightrdquo yet-to-

be-acknowledged pkts range of sequence numbers must be increased buffering at sender andor receiver

two generic forms of pipelined protocols go-back-N selective repeat

Transport Layer 3-45

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 =

024 30008

= 00008 3 L R RTT + L R

=

Increase utilizationby a factor of 3

Transport Layer 3-46

Pipelined Protocols

Go-back-N big picture sender can have up to

N unacked packets in pipeline

rcvr only sends cumulative acks doesnrsquot ack packet if

therersquos a gap sender has timer for

only the oldest unacked packet if timer expires

retransmit all unackrsquoed packets

Selective Repeat big pic sender can have up to

N unackrsquoed packets in pipeline

rcvr sends individual ack for each packet

sender maintains timer for each unacked packet when timer expires

retransmit only unackrsquoed packet

Transport Layer 3-47

Go-Back-NSender k-bit seq in pkt header ldquowindowrdquo of up to N consecutive unackrsquoed pkts allowed

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

timer for oldest in-flight pkt (ie send_base) timeout(send_base) retransmit pkt send_base and all in-flight

unacked packets in window with higher seq

Transport Layer 3-48

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)

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

stop_timerelsestart_timer

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

base=1nextseqnum=1

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-49

GBN receiver extended FSM

ACK-only always send ACK for correctly-received pkt with highest in-order seq may generate duplicate ACKs need only remember expectedseqnum

out-of-order pkt discard (donrsquot buffer) -gt no receiver buffering Re-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)

Transport Layer 3-50

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-51

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

received sender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender window N consecutive seq rsquos again limits seq s of sent unACKrsquoed pkts

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-53

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in

window send pkttimeout(n) resend pkt n restart timerACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as received if n smallest unACKed pkt

advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n) out-of-order buffer in-order deliver (also

deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)otherwise ignore

receiver

Transport Layer 3-54

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-55

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3 window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenarios

incorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

Transport Layer 3-56

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex data bi-directional data flow

in same connection MSS maximum segment

size connection-oriented

handshaking (exchange of control msgs) inits sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlled sender will not

overwhelm receiver

point-to-point one sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte stream no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelined TCP congestion and flow

control set window size send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

Transport Layer 3-58

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 3-59

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquo of first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKs seq of next byte

expected from other side

cumulative ACKQ how receiver handles

out-of-order segments A TCP spec doesnrsquot

say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout value

longer than RTT but RTT varies

too short premature timeout unnecessary

retransmissions too long slow

reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTT SampleRTT measured time from

segment transmission until ACK receipt ignore retransmissions

SampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo average several recent

measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-61

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- )EstimatedRTT + SampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving average influence of past sample decreases exponentially fast typical value = 0125

Transport Layer 3-62

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 3-63

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeout EstimatedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin first estimate how much SampleRTT deviates from

EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

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

(typically = 025)

Then set timeout interval

Transport Layer 3-64

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable service

pipelined segments cumulative acks TCP uses single

retransmission timer

retransmissions are triggered by timeout events duplicate acks

initially consider simplified TCP sender ignore duplicate acks ignore flow control

congestion control

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app Create segment with

seq seq is byte-stream

number of first data byte in segment

start timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unacked segment)

expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeout retransmit segment

that caused timeout restart timerAck rcvd If acknowledgement

for previously unacked segments update what is known to

be acked start timer if there are

outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNum if (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 acked byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

Transport Layer 3-68

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

Host A

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 100

Transport Layer 3-69

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

time

SendBase= 120

Transport Layer 3-70

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 starts at lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-71

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-back

if segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

if sender receives 3 ACKs for the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost fast retransmit resend

segment before timer expires

Transport Layer 3-72

Host A

tim

eout

Host B

time

X

Figure 337 Resending a segment after triple duplicate ACK

Transport Layer 3-73

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 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

Page 45: Chapter 3 Transport Layer - The University of Edinburgh · Transport Layer 3-15 Chapter 3 outline 3.1 Transport-layer services 3.2 Multiplexing and demultiplexing 3.3 Connectionless

Transport Layer 3-45

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 =

024 30008

= 00008 3 L R RTT + L R

=

Increase utilizationby a factor of 3

Transport Layer 3-46

Pipelined Protocols

Go-back-N big picture sender can have up to

N unacked packets in pipeline

rcvr only sends cumulative acks doesnrsquot ack packet if

therersquos a gap sender has timer for

only the oldest unacked packet if timer expires

retransmit all unackrsquoed packets

Selective Repeat big pic sender can have up to

N unackrsquoed packets in pipeline

rcvr sends individual ack for each packet

sender maintains timer for each unacked packet when timer expires

retransmit only unackrsquoed packet

Transport Layer 3-47

Go-Back-NSender k-bit seq in pkt header ldquowindowrdquo of up to N consecutive unackrsquoed pkts allowed

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

timer for oldest in-flight pkt (ie send_base) timeout(send_base) retransmit pkt send_base and all in-flight

unacked packets in window with higher seq

Transport Layer 3-48

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)

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

stop_timerelsestart_timer

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

base=1nextseqnum=1

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-49

GBN receiver extended FSM

ACK-only always send ACK for correctly-received pkt with highest in-order seq may generate duplicate ACKs need only remember expectedseqnum

out-of-order pkt discard (donrsquot buffer) -gt no receiver buffering Re-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)

Transport Layer 3-50

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-51

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

received sender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender window N consecutive seq rsquos again limits seq s of sent unACKrsquoed pkts

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-53

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in

window send pkttimeout(n) resend pkt n restart timerACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as received if n smallest unACKed pkt

advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n) out-of-order buffer in-order deliver (also

deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)otherwise ignore

receiver

Transport Layer 3-54

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-55

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3 window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenarios

incorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

Transport Layer 3-56

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex data bi-directional data flow

in same connection MSS maximum segment

size connection-oriented

handshaking (exchange of control msgs) inits sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlled sender will not

overwhelm receiver

point-to-point one sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte stream no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelined TCP congestion and flow

control set window size send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

Transport Layer 3-58

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 3-59

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquo of first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKs seq of next byte

expected from other side

cumulative ACKQ how receiver handles

out-of-order segments A TCP spec doesnrsquot

say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout value

longer than RTT but RTT varies

too short premature timeout unnecessary

retransmissions too long slow

reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTT SampleRTT measured time from

segment transmission until ACK receipt ignore retransmissions

SampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo average several recent

measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-61

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- )EstimatedRTT + SampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving average influence of past sample decreases exponentially fast typical value = 0125

Transport Layer 3-62

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 3-63

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeout EstimatedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin first estimate how much SampleRTT deviates from

EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

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

(typically = 025)

Then set timeout interval

Transport Layer 3-64

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable service

pipelined segments cumulative acks TCP uses single

retransmission timer

retransmissions are triggered by timeout events duplicate acks

initially consider simplified TCP sender ignore duplicate acks ignore flow control

congestion control

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app Create segment with

seq seq is byte-stream

number of first data byte in segment

start timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unacked segment)

expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeout retransmit segment

that caused timeout restart timerAck rcvd If acknowledgement

for previously unacked segments update what is known to

be acked start timer if there are

outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNum if (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 acked byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

Transport Layer 3-68

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

Host A

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 100

Transport Layer 3-69

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

time

SendBase= 120

Transport Layer 3-70

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 starts at lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-71

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-back

if segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

if sender receives 3 ACKs for the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost fast retransmit resend

segment before timer expires

Transport Layer 3-72

Host A

tim

eout

Host B

time

X

Figure 337 Resending a segment after triple duplicate ACK

Transport Layer 3-73

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 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-46

Pipelined Protocols

Go-back-N big picture sender can have up to

N unacked packets in pipeline

rcvr only sends cumulative acks doesnrsquot ack packet if

therersquos a gap sender has timer for

only the oldest unacked packet if timer expires

retransmit all unackrsquoed packets

Selective Repeat big pic sender can have up to

N unackrsquoed packets in pipeline

rcvr sends individual ack for each packet

sender maintains timer for each unacked packet when timer expires

retransmit only unackrsquoed packet

Transport Layer 3-47

Go-Back-NSender k-bit seq in pkt header ldquowindowrdquo of up to N consecutive unackrsquoed pkts allowed

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

timer for oldest in-flight pkt (ie send_base) timeout(send_base) retransmit pkt send_base and all in-flight

unacked packets in window with higher seq

Transport Layer 3-48

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)

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

stop_timerelsestart_timer

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

base=1nextseqnum=1

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-49

GBN receiver extended FSM

ACK-only always send ACK for correctly-received pkt with highest in-order seq may generate duplicate ACKs need only remember expectedseqnum

out-of-order pkt discard (donrsquot buffer) -gt no receiver buffering Re-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)

Transport Layer 3-50

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-51

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

received sender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender window N consecutive seq rsquos again limits seq s of sent unACKrsquoed pkts

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-53

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in

window send pkttimeout(n) resend pkt n restart timerACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as received if n smallest unACKed pkt

advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n) out-of-order buffer in-order deliver (also

deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)otherwise ignore

receiver

Transport Layer 3-54

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-55

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3 window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenarios

incorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

Transport Layer 3-56

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex data bi-directional data flow

in same connection MSS maximum segment

size connection-oriented

handshaking (exchange of control msgs) inits sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlled sender will not

overwhelm receiver

point-to-point one sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte stream no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelined TCP congestion and flow

control set window size send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

Transport Layer 3-58

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 3-59

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquo of first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKs seq of next byte

expected from other side

cumulative ACKQ how receiver handles

out-of-order segments A TCP spec doesnrsquot

say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout value

longer than RTT but RTT varies

too short premature timeout unnecessary

retransmissions too long slow

reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTT SampleRTT measured time from

segment transmission until ACK receipt ignore retransmissions

SampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo average several recent

measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-61

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- )EstimatedRTT + SampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving average influence of past sample decreases exponentially fast typical value = 0125

Transport Layer 3-62

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 3-63

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeout EstimatedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin first estimate how much SampleRTT deviates from

EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

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

(typically = 025)

Then set timeout interval

Transport Layer 3-64

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable service

pipelined segments cumulative acks TCP uses single

retransmission timer

retransmissions are triggered by timeout events duplicate acks

initially consider simplified TCP sender ignore duplicate acks ignore flow control

congestion control

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app Create segment with

seq seq is byte-stream

number of first data byte in segment

start timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unacked segment)

expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeout retransmit segment

that caused timeout restart timerAck rcvd If acknowledgement

for previously unacked segments update what is known to

be acked start timer if there are

outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNum if (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 acked byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

Transport Layer 3-68

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

Host A

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 100

Transport Layer 3-69

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

time

SendBase= 120

Transport Layer 3-70

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 starts at lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-71

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-back

if segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

if sender receives 3 ACKs for the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost fast retransmit resend

segment before timer expires

Transport Layer 3-72

Host A

tim

eout

Host B

time

X

Figure 337 Resending a segment after triple duplicate ACK

Transport Layer 3-73

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 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

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med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-47

Go-Back-NSender k-bit seq in pkt header ldquowindowrdquo of up to N consecutive unackrsquoed pkts allowed

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

timer for oldest in-flight pkt (ie send_base) timeout(send_base) retransmit pkt send_base and all in-flight

unacked packets in window with higher seq

Transport Layer 3-48

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)

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

stop_timerelsestart_timer

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

base=1nextseqnum=1

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-49

GBN receiver extended FSM

ACK-only always send ACK for correctly-received pkt with highest in-order seq may generate duplicate ACKs need only remember expectedseqnum

out-of-order pkt discard (donrsquot buffer) -gt no receiver buffering Re-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)

Transport Layer 3-50

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-51

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

received sender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender window N consecutive seq rsquos again limits seq s of sent unACKrsquoed pkts

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-53

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in

window send pkttimeout(n) resend pkt n restart timerACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as received if n smallest unACKed pkt

advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n) out-of-order buffer in-order deliver (also

deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)otherwise ignore

receiver

Transport Layer 3-54

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-55

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3 window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenarios

incorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

Transport Layer 3-56

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex data bi-directional data flow

in same connection MSS maximum segment

size connection-oriented

handshaking (exchange of control msgs) inits sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlled sender will not

overwhelm receiver

point-to-point one sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte stream no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelined TCP congestion and flow

control set window size send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

Transport Layer 3-58

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 3-59

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquo of first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKs seq of next byte

expected from other side

cumulative ACKQ how receiver handles

out-of-order segments A TCP spec doesnrsquot

say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout value

longer than RTT but RTT varies

too short premature timeout unnecessary

retransmissions too long slow

reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTT SampleRTT measured time from

segment transmission until ACK receipt ignore retransmissions

SampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo average several recent

measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-61

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- )EstimatedRTT + SampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving average influence of past sample decreases exponentially fast typical value = 0125

Transport Layer 3-62

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 3-63

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeout EstimatedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin first estimate how much SampleRTT deviates from

EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

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

(typically = 025)

Then set timeout interval

Transport Layer 3-64

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable service

pipelined segments cumulative acks TCP uses single

retransmission timer

retransmissions are triggered by timeout events duplicate acks

initially consider simplified TCP sender ignore duplicate acks ignore flow control

congestion control

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app Create segment with

seq seq is byte-stream

number of first data byte in segment

start timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unacked segment)

expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeout retransmit segment

that caused timeout restart timerAck rcvd If acknowledgement

for previously unacked segments update what is known to

be acked start timer if there are

outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNum if (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 acked byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

Transport Layer 3-68

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

Host A

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 100

Transport Layer 3-69

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

time

SendBase= 120

Transport Layer 3-70

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 starts at lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-71

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-back

if segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

if sender receives 3 ACKs for the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost fast retransmit resend

segment before timer expires

Transport Layer 3-72

Host A

tim

eout

Host B

time

X

Figure 337 Resending a segment after triple duplicate ACK

Transport Layer 3-73

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 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-48

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)

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

stop_timerelsestart_timer

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp notcorrupt(rcvpkt)

base=1nextseqnum=1

rdt_rcv(rcvpkt) ampamp corrupt(rcvpkt)

Transport Layer 3-49

GBN receiver extended FSM

ACK-only always send ACK for correctly-received pkt with highest in-order seq may generate duplicate ACKs need only remember expectedseqnum

out-of-order pkt discard (donrsquot buffer) -gt no receiver buffering Re-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)

Transport Layer 3-50

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-51

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

received sender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender window N consecutive seq rsquos again limits seq s of sent unACKrsquoed pkts

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-53

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in

window send pkttimeout(n) resend pkt n restart timerACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as received if n smallest unACKed pkt

advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n) out-of-order buffer in-order deliver (also

deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)otherwise ignore

receiver

Transport Layer 3-54

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-55

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3 window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenarios

incorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

Transport Layer 3-56

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex data bi-directional data flow

in same connection MSS maximum segment

size connection-oriented

handshaking (exchange of control msgs) inits sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlled sender will not

overwhelm receiver

point-to-point one sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte stream no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelined TCP congestion and flow

control set window size send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

Transport Layer 3-58

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 3-59

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquo of first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKs seq of next byte

expected from other side

cumulative ACKQ how receiver handles

out-of-order segments A TCP spec doesnrsquot

say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout value

longer than RTT but RTT varies

too short premature timeout unnecessary

retransmissions too long slow

reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTT SampleRTT measured time from

segment transmission until ACK receipt ignore retransmissions

SampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo average several recent

measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-61

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- )EstimatedRTT + SampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving average influence of past sample decreases exponentially fast typical value = 0125

Transport Layer 3-62

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 3-63

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeout EstimatedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin first estimate how much SampleRTT deviates from

EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

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

(typically = 025)

Then set timeout interval

Transport Layer 3-64

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable service

pipelined segments cumulative acks TCP uses single

retransmission timer

retransmissions are triggered by timeout events duplicate acks

initially consider simplified TCP sender ignore duplicate acks ignore flow control

congestion control

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app Create segment with

seq seq is byte-stream

number of first data byte in segment

start timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unacked segment)

expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeout retransmit segment

that caused timeout restart timerAck rcvd If acknowledgement

for previously unacked segments update what is known to

be acked start timer if there are

outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNum if (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 acked byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

Transport Layer 3-68

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

Host A

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 100

Transport Layer 3-69

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

time

SendBase= 120

Transport Layer 3-70

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 starts at lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-71

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-back

if segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

if sender receives 3 ACKs for the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost fast retransmit resend

segment before timer expires

Transport Layer 3-72

Host A

tim

eout

Host B

time

X

Figure 337 Resending a segment after triple duplicate ACK

Transport Layer 3-73

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 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-49

GBN receiver extended FSM

ACK-only always send ACK for correctly-received pkt with highest in-order seq may generate duplicate ACKs need only remember expectedseqnum

out-of-order pkt discard (donrsquot buffer) -gt no receiver buffering Re-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)

Transport Layer 3-50

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-51

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

received sender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender window N consecutive seq rsquos again limits seq s of sent unACKrsquoed pkts

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-53

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in

window send pkttimeout(n) resend pkt n restart timerACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as received if n smallest unACKed pkt

advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n) out-of-order buffer in-order deliver (also

deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)otherwise ignore

receiver

Transport Layer 3-54

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-55

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3 window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenarios

incorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

Transport Layer 3-56

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex data bi-directional data flow

in same connection MSS maximum segment

size connection-oriented

handshaking (exchange of control msgs) inits sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlled sender will not

overwhelm receiver

point-to-point one sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte stream no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelined TCP congestion and flow

control set window size send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

Transport Layer 3-58

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 3-59

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquo of first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKs seq of next byte

expected from other side

cumulative ACKQ how receiver handles

out-of-order segments A TCP spec doesnrsquot

say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout value

longer than RTT but RTT varies

too short premature timeout unnecessary

retransmissions too long slow

reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTT SampleRTT measured time from

segment transmission until ACK receipt ignore retransmissions

SampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo average several recent

measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-61

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- )EstimatedRTT + SampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving average influence of past sample decreases exponentially fast typical value = 0125

Transport Layer 3-62

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 3-63

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeout EstimatedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin first estimate how much SampleRTT deviates from

EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

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

(typically = 025)

Then set timeout interval

Transport Layer 3-64

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable service

pipelined segments cumulative acks TCP uses single

retransmission timer

retransmissions are triggered by timeout events duplicate acks

initially consider simplified TCP sender ignore duplicate acks ignore flow control

congestion control

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app Create segment with

seq seq is byte-stream

number of first data byte in segment

start timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unacked segment)

expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeout retransmit segment

that caused timeout restart timerAck rcvd If acknowledgement

for previously unacked segments update what is known to

be acked start timer if there are

outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNum if (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 acked byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

Transport Layer 3-68

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

Host A

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 100

Transport Layer 3-69

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

time

SendBase= 120

Transport Layer 3-70

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 starts at lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-71

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-back

if segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

if sender receives 3 ACKs for the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost fast retransmit resend

segment before timer expires

Transport Layer 3-72

Host A

tim

eout

Host B

time

X

Figure 337 Resending a segment after triple duplicate ACK

Transport Layer 3-73

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 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

Page 50: Chapter 3 Transport Layer - The University of Edinburgh · Transport Layer 3-15 Chapter 3 outline 3.1 Transport-layer services 3.2 Multiplexing and demultiplexing 3.3 Connectionless

Transport Layer 3-50

GBN inaction

Transport Layer 3-51

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

received sender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender window N consecutive seq rsquos again limits seq s of sent unACKrsquoed pkts

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-53

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in

window send pkttimeout(n) resend pkt n restart timerACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as received if n smallest unACKed pkt

advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n) out-of-order buffer in-order deliver (also

deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)otherwise ignore

receiver

Transport Layer 3-54

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-55

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3 window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenarios

incorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

Transport Layer 3-56

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex data bi-directional data flow

in same connection MSS maximum segment

size connection-oriented

handshaking (exchange of control msgs) inits sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlled sender will not

overwhelm receiver

point-to-point one sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte stream no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelined TCP congestion and flow

control set window size send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

Transport Layer 3-58

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 3-59

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquo of first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKs seq of next byte

expected from other side

cumulative ACKQ how receiver handles

out-of-order segments A TCP spec doesnrsquot

say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout value

longer than RTT but RTT varies

too short premature timeout unnecessary

retransmissions too long slow

reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTT SampleRTT measured time from

segment transmission until ACK receipt ignore retransmissions

SampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo average several recent

measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-61

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- )EstimatedRTT + SampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving average influence of past sample decreases exponentially fast typical value = 0125

Transport Layer 3-62

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 3-63

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeout EstimatedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin first estimate how much SampleRTT deviates from

EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

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

(typically = 025)

Then set timeout interval

Transport Layer 3-64

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable service

pipelined segments cumulative acks TCP uses single

retransmission timer

retransmissions are triggered by timeout events duplicate acks

initially consider simplified TCP sender ignore duplicate acks ignore flow control

congestion control

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app Create segment with

seq seq is byte-stream

number of first data byte in segment

start timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unacked segment)

expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeout retransmit segment

that caused timeout restart timerAck rcvd If acknowledgement

for previously unacked segments update what is known to

be acked start timer if there are

outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNum if (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 acked byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

Transport Layer 3-68

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

Host A

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 100

Transport Layer 3-69

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

time

SendBase= 120

Transport Layer 3-70

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 starts at lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-71

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-back

if segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

if sender receives 3 ACKs for the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost fast retransmit resend

segment before timer expires

Transport Layer 3-72

Host A

tim

eout

Host B

time

X

Figure 337 Resending a segment after triple duplicate ACK

Transport Layer 3-73

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 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-51

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

received sender timer for each unACKed pkt

sender window N consecutive seq rsquos again limits seq s of sent unACKrsquoed pkts

Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-53

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in

window send pkttimeout(n) resend pkt n restart timerACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as received if n smallest unACKed pkt

advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n) out-of-order buffer in-order deliver (also

deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)otherwise ignore

receiver

Transport Layer 3-54

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-55

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3 window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenarios

incorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

Transport Layer 3-56

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex data bi-directional data flow

in same connection MSS maximum segment

size connection-oriented

handshaking (exchange of control msgs) inits sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlled sender will not

overwhelm receiver

point-to-point one sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte stream no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelined TCP congestion and flow

control set window size send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

Transport Layer 3-58

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 3-59

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquo of first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKs seq of next byte

expected from other side

cumulative ACKQ how receiver handles

out-of-order segments A TCP spec doesnrsquot

say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout value

longer than RTT but RTT varies

too short premature timeout unnecessary

retransmissions too long slow

reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTT SampleRTT measured time from

segment transmission until ACK receipt ignore retransmissions

SampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo average several recent

measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-61

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- )EstimatedRTT + SampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving average influence of past sample decreases exponentially fast typical value = 0125

Transport Layer 3-62

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 3-63

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeout EstimatedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin first estimate how much SampleRTT deviates from

EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

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

(typically = 025)

Then set timeout interval

Transport Layer 3-64

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable service

pipelined segments cumulative acks TCP uses single

retransmission timer

retransmissions are triggered by timeout events duplicate acks

initially consider simplified TCP sender ignore duplicate acks ignore flow control

congestion control

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app Create segment with

seq seq is byte-stream

number of first data byte in segment

start timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unacked segment)

expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeout retransmit segment

that caused timeout restart timerAck rcvd If acknowledgement

for previously unacked segments update what is known to

be acked start timer if there are

outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNum if (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 acked byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

Transport Layer 3-68

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

Host A

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 100

Transport Layer 3-69

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

time

SendBase= 120

Transport Layer 3-70

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 starts at lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-71

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-back

if segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

if sender receives 3 ACKs for the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost fast retransmit resend

segment before timer expires

Transport Layer 3-72

Host A

tim

eout

Host B

time

X

Figure 337 Resending a segment after triple duplicate ACK

Transport Layer 3-73

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 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-52

Selective repeat sender receiver windows

Transport Layer 3-53

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in

window send pkttimeout(n) resend pkt n restart timerACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as received if n smallest unACKed pkt

advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n) out-of-order buffer in-order deliver (also

deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)otherwise ignore

receiver

Transport Layer 3-54

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-55

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3 window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenarios

incorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

Transport Layer 3-56

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex data bi-directional data flow

in same connection MSS maximum segment

size connection-oriented

handshaking (exchange of control msgs) inits sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlled sender will not

overwhelm receiver

point-to-point one sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte stream no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelined TCP congestion and flow

control set window size send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

Transport Layer 3-58

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 3-59

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquo of first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKs seq of next byte

expected from other side

cumulative ACKQ how receiver handles

out-of-order segments A TCP spec doesnrsquot

say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout value

longer than RTT but RTT varies

too short premature timeout unnecessary

retransmissions too long slow

reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTT SampleRTT measured time from

segment transmission until ACK receipt ignore retransmissions

SampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo average several recent

measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-61

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- )EstimatedRTT + SampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving average influence of past sample decreases exponentially fast typical value = 0125

Transport Layer 3-62

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 3-63

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeout EstimatedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin first estimate how much SampleRTT deviates from

EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

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

(typically = 025)

Then set timeout interval

Transport Layer 3-64

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable service

pipelined segments cumulative acks TCP uses single

retransmission timer

retransmissions are triggered by timeout events duplicate acks

initially consider simplified TCP sender ignore duplicate acks ignore flow control

congestion control

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app Create segment with

seq seq is byte-stream

number of first data byte in segment

start timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unacked segment)

expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeout retransmit segment

that caused timeout restart timerAck rcvd If acknowledgement

for previously unacked segments update what is known to

be acked start timer if there are

outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNum if (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 acked byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

Transport Layer 3-68

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

Host A

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 100

Transport Layer 3-69

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

time

SendBase= 120

Transport Layer 3-70

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 starts at lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-71

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-back

if segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

if sender receives 3 ACKs for the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost fast retransmit resend

segment before timer expires

Transport Layer 3-72

Host A

tim

eout

Host B

time

X

Figure 337 Resending a segment after triple duplicate ACK

Transport Layer 3-73

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 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

Page 53: Chapter 3 Transport Layer - The University of Edinburgh · Transport Layer 3-15 Chapter 3 outline 3.1 Transport-layer services 3.2 Multiplexing and demultiplexing 3.3 Connectionless

Transport Layer 3-53

Selective repeat

data from above if next available seq in

window send pkttimeout(n) resend pkt n restart timerACK(n) in [sendbasesendbase+N]

mark pkt n as received if n smallest unACKed pkt

advance window base to next unACKed seq

senderpkt n in [rcvbase rcvbase+N-1]

send ACK(n) out-of-order buffer in-order deliver (also

deliver buffered in-order pkts) advance window to next not-yet-received pkt

pkt n in [rcvbase-Nrcvbase-1]

ACK(n)otherwise ignore

receiver

Transport Layer 3-54

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-55

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3 window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenarios

incorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

Transport Layer 3-56

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex data bi-directional data flow

in same connection MSS maximum segment

size connection-oriented

handshaking (exchange of control msgs) inits sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlled sender will not

overwhelm receiver

point-to-point one sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte stream no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelined TCP congestion and flow

control set window size send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

Transport Layer 3-58

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 3-59

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquo of first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKs seq of next byte

expected from other side

cumulative ACKQ how receiver handles

out-of-order segments A TCP spec doesnrsquot

say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout value

longer than RTT but RTT varies

too short premature timeout unnecessary

retransmissions too long slow

reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTT SampleRTT measured time from

segment transmission until ACK receipt ignore retransmissions

SampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo average several recent

measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-61

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- )EstimatedRTT + SampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving average influence of past sample decreases exponentially fast typical value = 0125

Transport Layer 3-62

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 3-63

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeout EstimatedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin first estimate how much SampleRTT deviates from

EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

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

(typically = 025)

Then set timeout interval

Transport Layer 3-64

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable service

pipelined segments cumulative acks TCP uses single

retransmission timer

retransmissions are triggered by timeout events duplicate acks

initially consider simplified TCP sender ignore duplicate acks ignore flow control

congestion control

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app Create segment with

seq seq is byte-stream

number of first data byte in segment

start timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unacked segment)

expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeout retransmit segment

that caused timeout restart timerAck rcvd If acknowledgement

for previously unacked segments update what is known to

be acked start timer if there are

outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNum if (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 acked byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

Transport Layer 3-68

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

Host A

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 100

Transport Layer 3-69

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

time

SendBase= 120

Transport Layer 3-70

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 starts at lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-71

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-back

if segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

if sender receives 3 ACKs for the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost fast retransmit resend

segment before timer expires

Transport Layer 3-72

Host A

tim

eout

Host B

time

X

Figure 337 Resending a segment after triple duplicate ACK

Transport Layer 3-73

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 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-54

Selective repeat in action

Transport Layer 3-55

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3 window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenarios

incorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

Transport Layer 3-56

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex data bi-directional data flow

in same connection MSS maximum segment

size connection-oriented

handshaking (exchange of control msgs) inits sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlled sender will not

overwhelm receiver

point-to-point one sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte stream no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelined TCP congestion and flow

control set window size send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

Transport Layer 3-58

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 3-59

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquo of first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKs seq of next byte

expected from other side

cumulative ACKQ how receiver handles

out-of-order segments A TCP spec doesnrsquot

say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout value

longer than RTT but RTT varies

too short premature timeout unnecessary

retransmissions too long slow

reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTT SampleRTT measured time from

segment transmission until ACK receipt ignore retransmissions

SampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo average several recent

measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-61

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- )EstimatedRTT + SampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving average influence of past sample decreases exponentially fast typical value = 0125

Transport Layer 3-62

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 3-63

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeout EstimatedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin first estimate how much SampleRTT deviates from

EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

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

(typically = 025)

Then set timeout interval

Transport Layer 3-64

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable service

pipelined segments cumulative acks TCP uses single

retransmission timer

retransmissions are triggered by timeout events duplicate acks

initially consider simplified TCP sender ignore duplicate acks ignore flow control

congestion control

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app Create segment with

seq seq is byte-stream

number of first data byte in segment

start timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unacked segment)

expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeout retransmit segment

that caused timeout restart timerAck rcvd If acknowledgement

for previously unacked segments update what is known to

be acked start timer if there are

outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNum if (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 acked byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

Transport Layer 3-68

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

Host A

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 100

Transport Layer 3-69

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

time

SendBase= 120

Transport Layer 3-70

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 starts at lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-71

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-back

if segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

if sender receives 3 ACKs for the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost fast retransmit resend

segment before timer expires

Transport Layer 3-72

Host A

tim

eout

Host B

time

X

Figure 337 Resending a segment after triple duplicate ACK

Transport Layer 3-73

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 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-55

Selective repeatdilemma

Example seq rsquos 0 1 2 3 window size=3

receiver sees no difference in two scenarios

incorrectly passes duplicate data as new in (a)

Q what relationship between seq size and window size

Transport Layer 3-56

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex data bi-directional data flow

in same connection MSS maximum segment

size connection-oriented

handshaking (exchange of control msgs) inits sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlled sender will not

overwhelm receiver

point-to-point one sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte stream no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelined TCP congestion and flow

control set window size send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

Transport Layer 3-58

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 3-59

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquo of first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKs seq of next byte

expected from other side

cumulative ACKQ how receiver handles

out-of-order segments A TCP spec doesnrsquot

say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout value

longer than RTT but RTT varies

too short premature timeout unnecessary

retransmissions too long slow

reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTT SampleRTT measured time from

segment transmission until ACK receipt ignore retransmissions

SampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo average several recent

measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-61

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- )EstimatedRTT + SampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving average influence of past sample decreases exponentially fast typical value = 0125

Transport Layer 3-62

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 3-63

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeout EstimatedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin first estimate how much SampleRTT deviates from

EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

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

(typically = 025)

Then set timeout interval

Transport Layer 3-64

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable service

pipelined segments cumulative acks TCP uses single

retransmission timer

retransmissions are triggered by timeout events duplicate acks

initially consider simplified TCP sender ignore duplicate acks ignore flow control

congestion control

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app Create segment with

seq seq is byte-stream

number of first data byte in segment

start timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unacked segment)

expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeout retransmit segment

that caused timeout restart timerAck rcvd If acknowledgement

for previously unacked segments update what is known to

be acked start timer if there are

outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNum if (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 acked byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

Transport Layer 3-68

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

Host A

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 100

Transport Layer 3-69

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

time

SendBase= 120

Transport Layer 3-70

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 starts at lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-71

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-back

if segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

if sender receives 3 ACKs for the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost fast retransmit resend

segment before timer expires

Transport Layer 3-72

Host A

tim

eout

Host B

time

X

Figure 337 Resending a segment after triple duplicate ACK

Transport Layer 3-73

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 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

Page 56: Chapter 3 Transport Layer - The University of Edinburgh · Transport Layer 3-15 Chapter 3 outline 3.1 Transport-layer services 3.2 Multiplexing and demultiplexing 3.3 Connectionless

Transport Layer 3-56

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex data bi-directional data flow

in same connection MSS maximum segment

size connection-oriented

handshaking (exchange of control msgs) inits sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlled sender will not

overwhelm receiver

point-to-point one sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte stream no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelined TCP congestion and flow

control set window size send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

Transport Layer 3-58

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 3-59

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquo of first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKs seq of next byte

expected from other side

cumulative ACKQ how receiver handles

out-of-order segments A TCP spec doesnrsquot

say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout value

longer than RTT but RTT varies

too short premature timeout unnecessary

retransmissions too long slow

reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTT SampleRTT measured time from

segment transmission until ACK receipt ignore retransmissions

SampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo average several recent

measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-61

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- )EstimatedRTT + SampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving average influence of past sample decreases exponentially fast typical value = 0125

Transport Layer 3-62

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 3-63

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeout EstimatedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin first estimate how much SampleRTT deviates from

EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

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

(typically = 025)

Then set timeout interval

Transport Layer 3-64

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable service

pipelined segments cumulative acks TCP uses single

retransmission timer

retransmissions are triggered by timeout events duplicate acks

initially consider simplified TCP sender ignore duplicate acks ignore flow control

congestion control

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app Create segment with

seq seq is byte-stream

number of first data byte in segment

start timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unacked segment)

expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeout retransmit segment

that caused timeout restart timerAck rcvd If acknowledgement

for previously unacked segments update what is known to

be acked start timer if there are

outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNum if (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 acked byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

Transport Layer 3-68

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

Host A

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 100

Transport Layer 3-69

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

time

SendBase= 120

Transport Layer 3-70

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 starts at lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-71

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-back

if segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

if sender receives 3 ACKs for the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost fast retransmit resend

segment before timer expires

Transport Layer 3-72

Host A

tim

eout

Host B

time

X

Figure 337 Resending a segment after triple duplicate ACK

Transport Layer 3-73

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 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-57

TCP Overview RFCs 793 1122 1323 2018 2581

full duplex data bi-directional data flow

in same connection MSS maximum segment

size connection-oriented

handshaking (exchange of control msgs) inits sender receiver state before data exchange

flow controlled sender will not

overwhelm receiver

point-to-point one sender one receiver

reliable in-order byte stream no ldquomessage boundariesrdquo

pipelined TCP congestion and flow

control set window size send amp receive buffers

socketdoor

TCPsend buffer

TCPreceive buffer

socketdoor

segment

applicationwrites data

applicationreads data

Transport Layer 3-58

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 3-59

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquo of first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKs seq of next byte

expected from other side

cumulative ACKQ how receiver handles

out-of-order segments A TCP spec doesnrsquot

say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout value

longer than RTT but RTT varies

too short premature timeout unnecessary

retransmissions too long slow

reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTT SampleRTT measured time from

segment transmission until ACK receipt ignore retransmissions

SampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo average several recent

measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-61

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- )EstimatedRTT + SampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving average influence of past sample decreases exponentially fast typical value = 0125

Transport Layer 3-62

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 3-63

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeout EstimatedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin first estimate how much SampleRTT deviates from

EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

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

(typically = 025)

Then set timeout interval

Transport Layer 3-64

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable service

pipelined segments cumulative acks TCP uses single

retransmission timer

retransmissions are triggered by timeout events duplicate acks

initially consider simplified TCP sender ignore duplicate acks ignore flow control

congestion control

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app Create segment with

seq seq is byte-stream

number of first data byte in segment

start timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unacked segment)

expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeout retransmit segment

that caused timeout restart timerAck rcvd If acknowledgement

for previously unacked segments update what is known to

be acked start timer if there are

outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNum if (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 acked byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

Transport Layer 3-68

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

Host A

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 100

Transport Layer 3-69

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

time

SendBase= 120

Transport Layer 3-70

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 starts at lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-71

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-back

if segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

if sender receives 3 ACKs for the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost fast retransmit resend

segment before timer expires

Transport Layer 3-72

Host A

tim

eout

Host B

time

X

Figure 337 Resending a segment after triple duplicate ACK

Transport Layer 3-73

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 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-58

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 3-59

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquo of first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKs seq of next byte

expected from other side

cumulative ACKQ how receiver handles

out-of-order segments A TCP spec doesnrsquot

say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout value

longer than RTT but RTT varies

too short premature timeout unnecessary

retransmissions too long slow

reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTT SampleRTT measured time from

segment transmission until ACK receipt ignore retransmissions

SampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo average several recent

measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-61

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- )EstimatedRTT + SampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving average influence of past sample decreases exponentially fast typical value = 0125

Transport Layer 3-62

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 3-63

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeout EstimatedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin first estimate how much SampleRTT deviates from

EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

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

(typically = 025)

Then set timeout interval

Transport Layer 3-64

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable service

pipelined segments cumulative acks TCP uses single

retransmission timer

retransmissions are triggered by timeout events duplicate acks

initially consider simplified TCP sender ignore duplicate acks ignore flow control

congestion control

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app Create segment with

seq seq is byte-stream

number of first data byte in segment

start timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unacked segment)

expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeout retransmit segment

that caused timeout restart timerAck rcvd If acknowledgement

for previously unacked segments update what is known to

be acked start timer if there are

outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNum if (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 acked byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

Transport Layer 3-68

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

Host A

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 100

Transport Layer 3-69

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

time

SendBase= 120

Transport Layer 3-70

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 starts at lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-71

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-back

if segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

if sender receives 3 ACKs for the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost fast retransmit resend

segment before timer expires

Transport Layer 3-72

Host A

tim

eout

Host B

time

X

Figure 337 Resending a segment after triple duplicate ACK

Transport Layer 3-73

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 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

Page 59: Chapter 3 Transport Layer - The University of Edinburgh · Transport Layer 3-15 Chapter 3 outline 3.1 Transport-layer services 3.2 Multiplexing and demultiplexing 3.3 Connectionless

Transport Layer 3-59

TCP seq rsquos and ACKsSeq rsquos

byte stream ldquonumberrdquo of first byte in segmentrsquos data

ACKs seq of next byte

expected from other side

cumulative ACKQ how receiver handles

out-of-order segments A TCP spec doesnrsquot

say - up to implementor

Host A Host B

Usertypes

lsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt

of echoedlsquoCrsquo

host ACKsreceipt oflsquoCrsquo echoes

back lsquoCrsquo

timesimple telnet scenario

Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout value

longer than RTT but RTT varies

too short premature timeout unnecessary

retransmissions too long slow

reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTT SampleRTT measured time from

segment transmission until ACK receipt ignore retransmissions

SampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo average several recent

measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-61

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- )EstimatedRTT + SampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving average influence of past sample decreases exponentially fast typical value = 0125

Transport Layer 3-62

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 3-63

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeout EstimatedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin first estimate how much SampleRTT deviates from

EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

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

(typically = 025)

Then set timeout interval

Transport Layer 3-64

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable service

pipelined segments cumulative acks TCP uses single

retransmission timer

retransmissions are triggered by timeout events duplicate acks

initially consider simplified TCP sender ignore duplicate acks ignore flow control

congestion control

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app Create segment with

seq seq is byte-stream

number of first data byte in segment

start timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unacked segment)

expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeout retransmit segment

that caused timeout restart timerAck rcvd If acknowledgement

for previously unacked segments update what is known to

be acked start timer if there are

outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNum if (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 acked byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

Transport Layer 3-68

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

Host A

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 100

Transport Layer 3-69

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

time

SendBase= 120

Transport Layer 3-70

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 starts at lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-71

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-back

if segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

if sender receives 3 ACKs for the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost fast retransmit resend

segment before timer expires

Transport Layer 3-72

Host A

tim

eout

Host B

time

X

Figure 337 Resending a segment after triple duplicate ACK

Transport Layer 3-73

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 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-60

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Q how to set TCP timeout value

longer than RTT but RTT varies

too short premature timeout unnecessary

retransmissions too long slow

reaction to segment loss

Q how to estimate RTT SampleRTT measured time from

segment transmission until ACK receipt ignore retransmissions

SampleRTT will vary want estimated RTT ldquosmootherrdquo average several recent

measurements not just current SampleRTT

Transport Layer 3-61

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- )EstimatedRTT + SampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving average influence of past sample decreases exponentially fast typical value = 0125

Transport Layer 3-62

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 3-63

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeout EstimatedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin first estimate how much SampleRTT deviates from

EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

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

(typically = 025)

Then set timeout interval

Transport Layer 3-64

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable service

pipelined segments cumulative acks TCP uses single

retransmission timer

retransmissions are triggered by timeout events duplicate acks

initially consider simplified TCP sender ignore duplicate acks ignore flow control

congestion control

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app Create segment with

seq seq is byte-stream

number of first data byte in segment

start timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unacked segment)

expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeout retransmit segment

that caused timeout restart timerAck rcvd If acknowledgement

for previously unacked segments update what is known to

be acked start timer if there are

outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNum if (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 acked byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

Transport Layer 3-68

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

Host A

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 100

Transport Layer 3-69

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

time

SendBase= 120

Transport Layer 3-70

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 starts at lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-71

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-back

if segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

if sender receives 3 ACKs for the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost fast retransmit resend

segment before timer expires

Transport Layer 3-72

Host A

tim

eout

Host B

time

X

Figure 337 Resending a segment after triple duplicate ACK

Transport Layer 3-73

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 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-61

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

EstimatedRTT = (1- )EstimatedRTT + SampleRTT

Exponential weighted moving average influence of past sample decreases exponentially fast typical value = 0125

Transport Layer 3-62

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 3-63

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeout EstimatedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin first estimate how much SampleRTT deviates from

EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

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

(typically = 025)

Then set timeout interval

Transport Layer 3-64

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable service

pipelined segments cumulative acks TCP uses single

retransmission timer

retransmissions are triggered by timeout events duplicate acks

initially consider simplified TCP sender ignore duplicate acks ignore flow control

congestion control

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app Create segment with

seq seq is byte-stream

number of first data byte in segment

start timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unacked segment)

expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeout retransmit segment

that caused timeout restart timerAck rcvd If acknowledgement

for previously unacked segments update what is known to

be acked start timer if there are

outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNum if (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 acked byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

Transport Layer 3-68

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

Host A

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 100

Transport Layer 3-69

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

time

SendBase= 120

Transport Layer 3-70

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 starts at lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-71

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-back

if segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

if sender receives 3 ACKs for the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost fast retransmit resend

segment before timer expires

Transport Layer 3-72

Host A

tim

eout

Host B

time

X

Figure 337 Resending a segment after triple duplicate ACK

Transport Layer 3-73

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 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-62

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 3-63

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeout EstimatedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin first estimate how much SampleRTT deviates from

EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

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

(typically = 025)

Then set timeout interval

Transport Layer 3-64

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable service

pipelined segments cumulative acks TCP uses single

retransmission timer

retransmissions are triggered by timeout events duplicate acks

initially consider simplified TCP sender ignore duplicate acks ignore flow control

congestion control

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app Create segment with

seq seq is byte-stream

number of first data byte in segment

start timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unacked segment)

expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeout retransmit segment

that caused timeout restart timerAck rcvd If acknowledgement

for previously unacked segments update what is known to

be acked start timer if there are

outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNum if (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 acked byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

Transport Layer 3-68

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

Host A

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 100

Transport Layer 3-69

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

time

SendBase= 120

Transport Layer 3-70

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 starts at lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-71

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-back

if segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

if sender receives 3 ACKs for the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost fast retransmit resend

segment before timer expires

Transport Layer 3-72

Host A

tim

eout

Host B

time

X

Figure 337 Resending a segment after triple duplicate ACK

Transport Layer 3-73

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 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-63

TCP Round Trip Time and Timeout

Setting the timeout EstimatedRTT plus ldquosafety marginrdquo

large variation in EstimatedRTT -gt larger safety margin first estimate how much SampleRTT deviates from

EstimatedRTT

TimeoutInterval = EstimatedRTT + 4DevRTT

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

(typically = 025)

Then set timeout interval

Transport Layer 3-64

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable service

pipelined segments cumulative acks TCP uses single

retransmission timer

retransmissions are triggered by timeout events duplicate acks

initially consider simplified TCP sender ignore duplicate acks ignore flow control

congestion control

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app Create segment with

seq seq is byte-stream

number of first data byte in segment

start timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unacked segment)

expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeout retransmit segment

that caused timeout restart timerAck rcvd If acknowledgement

for previously unacked segments update what is known to

be acked start timer if there are

outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNum if (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 acked byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

Transport Layer 3-68

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

Host A

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 100

Transport Layer 3-69

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

time

SendBase= 120

Transport Layer 3-70

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 starts at lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-71

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-back

if segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

if sender receives 3 ACKs for the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost fast retransmit resend

segment before timer expires

Transport Layer 3-72

Host A

tim

eout

Host B

time

X

Figure 337 Resending a segment after triple duplicate ACK

Transport Layer 3-73

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 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

Page 64: Chapter 3 Transport Layer - The University of Edinburgh · Transport Layer 3-15 Chapter 3 outline 3.1 Transport-layer services 3.2 Multiplexing and demultiplexing 3.3 Connectionless

Transport Layer 3-64

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-65

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable service

pipelined segments cumulative acks TCP uses single

retransmission timer

retransmissions are triggered by timeout events duplicate acks

initially consider simplified TCP sender ignore duplicate acks ignore flow control

congestion control

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app Create segment with

seq seq is byte-stream

number of first data byte in segment

start timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unacked segment)

expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeout retransmit segment

that caused timeout restart timerAck rcvd If acknowledgement

for previously unacked segments update what is known to

be acked start timer if there are

outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNum if (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 acked byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

Transport Layer 3-68

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

Host A

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 100

Transport Layer 3-69

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

time

SendBase= 120

Transport Layer 3-70

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 starts at lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-71

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-back

if segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

if sender receives 3 ACKs for the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost fast retransmit resend

segment before timer expires

Transport Layer 3-72

Host A

tim

eout

Host B

time

X

Figure 337 Resending a segment after triple duplicate ACK

Transport Layer 3-73

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 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-65

TCP reliable data transfer

TCP creates rdt service on top of IPrsquos unreliable service

pipelined segments cumulative acks TCP uses single

retransmission timer

retransmissions are triggered by timeout events duplicate acks

initially consider simplified TCP sender ignore duplicate acks ignore flow control

congestion control

Transport Layer 3-66

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app Create segment with

seq seq is byte-stream

number of first data byte in segment

start timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unacked segment)

expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeout retransmit segment

that caused timeout restart timerAck rcvd If acknowledgement

for previously unacked segments update what is known to

be acked start timer if there are

outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNum if (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 acked byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

Transport Layer 3-68

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

Host A

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 100

Transport Layer 3-69

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

time

SendBase= 120

Transport Layer 3-70

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 starts at lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-71

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-back

if segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

if sender receives 3 ACKs for the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost fast retransmit resend

segment before timer expires

Transport Layer 3-72

Host A

tim

eout

Host B

time

X

Figure 337 Resending a segment after triple duplicate ACK

Transport Layer 3-73

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 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-66

TCP sender eventsdata rcvd from app Create segment with

seq seq is byte-stream

number of first data byte in segment

start timer if not already running (think of timer as for oldest unacked segment)

expiration interval TimeOutInterval

timeout retransmit segment

that caused timeout restart timerAck rcvd If acknowledgement

for previously unacked segments update what is known to

be acked start timer if there are

outstanding segments

Transport Layer 3-67

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNum if (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 acked byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

Transport Layer 3-68

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

Host A

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 100

Transport Layer 3-69

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

time

SendBase= 120

Transport Layer 3-70

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 starts at lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-71

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-back

if segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

if sender receives 3 ACKs for the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost fast retransmit resend

segment before timer expires

Transport Layer 3-72

Host A

tim

eout

Host B

time

X

Figure 337 Resending a segment after triple duplicate ACK

Transport Layer 3-73

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 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-67

TCP sender(simplified)

NextSeqNum = InitialSeqNumSendBase = InitialSeqNum

loop (forever) switch(event)

event data received from application above create TCP segment with sequence number NextSeqNum if (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 acked byteExamplebull SendBase-1 = 71y= 73 so the rcvrwants 73+ y gt SendBase sothat new data is acked

Transport Layer 3-68

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

Host A

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 100

Transport Layer 3-69

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

time

SendBase= 120

Transport Layer 3-70

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 starts at lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-71

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-back

if segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

if sender receives 3 ACKs for the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost fast retransmit resend

segment before timer expires

Transport Layer 3-72

Host A

tim

eout

Host B

time

X

Figure 337 Resending a segment after triple duplicate ACK

Transport Layer 3-73

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 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

Page 68: Chapter 3 Transport Layer - The University of Edinburgh · Transport Layer 3-15 Chapter 3 outline 3.1 Transport-layer services 3.2 Multiplexing and demultiplexing 3.3 Connectionless

Transport Layer 3-68

TCP retransmission scenariosHost A

timepremature timeout

Host B

Seq=

92 t

imeo

ut

Host A

loss

tim

eout

lost ACK scenario

Host B

X

timeSe

q=92

tim

eout

SendBase= 100

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 120

SendBase= 100

Transport Layer 3-69

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

time

SendBase= 120

Transport Layer 3-70

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 starts at lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-71

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-back

if segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

if sender receives 3 ACKs for the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost fast retransmit resend

segment before timer expires

Transport Layer 3-72

Host A

tim

eout

Host B

time

X

Figure 337 Resending a segment after triple duplicate ACK

Transport Layer 3-73

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 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-69

TCP retransmission scenarios (more)Host A

loss

tim

eout

Cumulative ACK scenario

Host B

X

time

SendBase= 120

Transport Layer 3-70

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 starts at lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-71

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-back

if segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

if sender receives 3 ACKs for the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost fast retransmit resend

segment before timer expires

Transport Layer 3-72

Host A

tim

eout

Host B

time

X

Figure 337 Resending a segment after triple duplicate ACK

Transport Layer 3-73

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 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-70

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 starts at lower end of gap

Transport Layer 3-71

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-back

if segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

if sender receives 3 ACKs for the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost fast retransmit resend

segment before timer expires

Transport Layer 3-72

Host A

tim

eout

Host B

time

X

Figure 337 Resending a segment after triple duplicate ACK

Transport Layer 3-73

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 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-71

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-back

if segment is lost there will likely be many duplicate ACKs

if sender receives 3 ACKs for the same data it supposes that segment after ACKed data was lost fast retransmit resend

segment before timer expires

Transport Layer 3-72

Host A

tim

eout

Host B

time

X

Figure 337 Resending a segment after triple duplicate ACK

Transport Layer 3-73

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 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-72

Host A

tim

eout

Host B

time

X

Figure 337 Resending a segment after triple duplicate ACK

Transport Layer 3-73

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 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-73

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 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-74

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-75

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 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-76

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 segments

sender limits unACKed data to RcvWindow guarantees receive

buffer doesnrsquot overflow

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

Page 77: Chapter 3 Transport Layer - The University of Edinburgh · Transport Layer 3-15 Chapter 3 outline 3.1 Transport-layer services 3.2 Multiplexing and demultiplexing 3.3 Connectionless

Transport Layer 3-77

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-78

TCP Connection ManagementRecall TCP sender receiver

establish ldquoconnectionrdquo before exchanging data segments

initialize TCP variables seq s buffers flow control

info (eg RcvWindow) client connection initiatorSocket clientSocket = new Socket(hostnameport

number)

server contacted by clientSocket connectionSocket = welcomeSocketaccept()

Three way handshakeStep 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 buffers specifies server initial

seq Step 3 client receives SYNACK

replies with ACK segment which may contain data

Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-79

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 server

close

close

closedti

med

wai

t

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

Page 80: Chapter 3 Transport Layer - The University of Edinburgh · Transport Layer 3-15 Chapter 3 outline 3.1 Transport-layer services 3.2 Multiplexing and demultiplexing 3.3 Connectionless

Transport Layer 3-80

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 server

closing

closing

closedti

med

wai

t

closed

Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-81

TCP Connection Management (cont)

TCP clientlifecycle

TCP serverlifecycle

Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-82

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

Page 83: Chapter 3 Transport Layer - The University of Edinburgh · Transport Layer 3-15 Chapter 3 outline 3.1 Transport-layer services 3.2 Multiplexing and demultiplexing 3.3 Connectionless

Transport Layer 3-83

Principles of Congestion Control

Congestion informally ldquotoo many sources sending too much

data too fast for network to handlerdquo different from flow control manifestations lost packets (buffer overflow at routers) long delays (queueing in router buffers)

a top-10 problem

Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-84

Causescosts of congestion scenario 1

two senders two receivers

one router infinite buffers

no retransmission

large delays when congested

maximum achievable throughput

unlimited shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-85

Causescosts of congestion scenario 2

one router finite buffers sender retransmission of timed-out packet

application-layer input = application-layer output in = out

transport-layer input includes retransmissions in in

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

lsquo

Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-86

Congestion scenario 2a ideal case

sender sends only when router buffers available

finite shared output link buffers

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

R2

R2in

out

free buffer space

Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-87

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

copy

no buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-88

Congestion scenario 2b known loss

Host A

in original data

Host B

outin original data plusretransmitted data

free buffer space

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers sometimes not lost

sender only resends if packet known to be lost (admittedly idealized)

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions but asymptotic goodput is still R2 (why)

Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-89

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Host A

in

Host B

outincopy

free buffer space

Congestion scenario 2c duplicates

timeout

R2

R2in

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-90

packets may get dropped at router due to full buffers

sender times out prematurely sending two copies both of which are delivered

Congestion scenario 2c duplicatesR2

out

when sending at R2 some packets are retransmissions including duplicated that are delivered

ldquocostsrdquo of congestion more work (retrans) for given ldquogoodputrdquo unneeded retransmissions link carries multiple copies of pkt

decreasing goodput

R2in

Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-91

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3 four senders multihop paths timeoutretransmit

in

Q what happens as and increase

in

finite shared output link buffers

Host Ain original data

Host B

out

in original data plus retransmitted data

Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-92

Causescosts of congestion scenario 3

another ldquocostrdquo of congestion when packet dropped any ldquoupstream transmission

capacity used for that packet was wasted

Host A

Host B

out

Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-93

Approaches towards congestion control

end-end congestion control

no explicit feedback from network

congestion inferred from end-system observed loss delay

approach taken by TCP

network-assisted congestion control

routers 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 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-94

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

ABR available bit rate ldquoelastic servicerdquo if senderrsquos path

ldquounderloadedrdquo sender should use

available bandwidth if senderrsquos path

congested sender throttled to

minimum guaranteed rate

RM (resource management) cells

sent by sender interspersed with data cells

bits 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

Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-95

Case study ATM ABR congestion control

two-byte ER (explicit rate) field in RM cell congested switch may lower ER value in cell senderrsquo send rate thus maximum supportable rate on path

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

bit in returned RM cell

Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-96

Chapter 3 outline

31 Transport-layer services

32 Multiplexing and demultiplexing

33 Connectionless transport UDP

34 Principles of reliable data transfer

35 Connection-oriented transport TCP segment structure reliable data transfer flow control connection management

36 Principles of congestion control

37 TCP congestion control

Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-97

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 cwnd by 1 MSS every

RTT until loss detected multiplicative decrease cut cwnd in half after

loss

time

cwnd

con

gest

ion

win

dow

siz

e

saw toothbehavior probing

for bandwidth

Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-98

TCP Congestion Control details

sender limits transmissionLastByteSent-LastByteAcked

cwnd

roughly

cwnd is dynamic function of perceived network congestion

How does sender perceive congestion

loss event = timeout or3 duplicate acks

TCP sender reduces rate (cwnd) after loss event

three mechanisms AIMD slow start conservative after

timeout events

rate = cwndRTT Bytessec

Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-99

TCP Slow Start

when connection begins increase rate exponentially until first loss event initially cwnd = 1 MSS double cwnd every RTT done by incrementing cwnd for every ACK received

summary initial rate is slow but ramps up exponentially fast

Host A

RTT

Host B

time

Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-100

Refinement inferring loss after 3 dup ACKs cwnd is cut in half window then grows

linearly but after timeout event cwnd instead set to 1

MSS window then grows

exponentially to a threshold then

grows linearly

3 dup ACKs indicates network capable of delivering some segments timeout indicates a ldquomore alarmingrdquo congestion scenario

Philosophy

Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-101

RefinementQ when should the

exponential increase switch to linear

A when cwnd gets to 12 of its value before timeout

Implementation variable ssthresh on loss event ssthresh is

set to 12 of cwnd just before loss event

Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-102

Summary TCP Congestion Control

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd gt ssthresh

congestionavoidance

cwnd = cwnd + MSS (MSScwnd)dupACKcount = 0

transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACK

dupACKcount++duplicate ACK

fastrecovery

cwnd = cwnd + MSStransmit new segment(s) as allowed

duplicate ACK

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3

retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2cwnd = 1 dupACKcount = 0retransmit missing segment

ssthresh= cwnd2cwnd = ssthresh + 3retransmit missing segment

dupACKcount == 3cwnd = ssthreshdupACKcount = 0

New ACK

slow start

timeoutssthresh = cwnd2

cwnd = 1 MSSdupACKcount = 0

retransmit missing segment

cwnd = cwnd+MSSdupACKcount = 0transmit new segment(s) as allowed

new ACKdupACKcount++duplicate ACK

cwnd = 1 MSS

ssthresh = 64 KBdupACKcount = 0

NewACK

NewACK

NewACK

Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-103

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 occurs when window is W throughput is WRTT just after loss window drops to W2

throughput to W2RTT average throughout 75 WRTT

Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-104

TCP Futures TCP over ldquolong fat pipesrdquo

example 1500 byte segments 100ms RTT want 10 Gbps throughput

requires window size W = 83333 in-flight segments

throughput in terms of loss rate

L = 210-10 Wow ndash a very small loss rate new versions of TCP for high-speed

LRTTMSS221

Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-105

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 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-106

Why is TCP fairtwo competing sessions additive increase gives slope of 1 as throughout increases multiplicative decrease decreases throughput proportionally

R

R

equal bandwidth share

Connection 1 throughput

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

congestion avoidance additive increaseloss decrease window by factor of 2

Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-107

Fairness (more)Fairness and UDP multimedia apps often

do not use TCP do not want rate

throttled by congestion control

instead use UDP pump audiovideo at

constant rate tolerate packet loss

Fairness and parallel TCP connections

nothing prevents app from opening parallel connections between 2 hosts

web browsers do this example link of rate R

supporting 9 connections new app asks for 1 TCP gets

rate R10 new app asks for 11 TCPs

gets more than R2

Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo

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Transport Layer 3-108

Chapter 3 Summary principles behind transport

layer services multiplexing

demultiplexing reliable data transfer flow control congestion control

instantiation and implementation in the Internet UDP TCP

Next leaving the network

ldquoedgerdquo (application transport layers)

into the network ldquocorerdquo