CC_HTCP(4) FreeBSD Kernel Interfaces Manual CC_HTCP(4)
NAME
cc_htcp - H-TCP Congestion Control Algorithm
DESCRIPTION
The H-TCP congestion control algorithm was designed to provide increased
throughput in fast and long-distance networks. It attempts to maintain
fairness when competing with legacy NewReno TCP in lower speed scenarios
where NewReno is able to operate adequately.
The congestion window is increased as a function of the time elapsed
since the last congestion event. The window increase algorithm operates
like NewReno for the first second after a congestion event, and then
switches to a high-speed mode based on a quadratic increase function.
The implementation was done in a clean-room fashion, and is based on the
Internet Draft and other documents referenced in the SEE ALSO section
below.
MIB Variables
The algorithm exposes the following tunable variables in the
net.inet.tcp.cc.htcp branch of the sysctl(3) MIB:
adaptive_backoff Controls use of the adaptive backoff algorithm, which
is designed to keep network queues non-empty during
congestion recovery episodes. Default is 0 (disabled).
rtt_scaling Controls use of the RTT scaling algorithm, which is
designed to make congestion window increase during
congestion avoidance mode invariant with respect to
RTT. Default is 0 (disabled).
SEE ALSO
cc_cdg(4), cc_chd(4), cc_cubic(4), cc_dctcp(4), cc_hd(4), cc_newreno(4),
cc_vegas(4), mod_cc(4), tcp(4), mod_cc(9)
D. Leith and R. Shorten, H-TCP: TCP Congestion Control for High
Bandwidth-Delay Product Paths,
https://tools.ietf.org/id/draft-leith-tcp-htcp-06.txt.
D. Leith, R. Shorten, and T. Yee, "H-TCP: A framework for congestion
control in high-speed and long-distance networks", Proc. PFLDnet, 2005.
G. Armitage, L. Stewart, M. Welzl, and J. Healy, "An independent H-TCP
implementation under FreeBSD 7.0: description and observed behaviour",
SIGCOMM Comput. Commun. Rev., 3, 38, 27-38, July 2008.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Development and testing of this software were made possible in part by
grants from the FreeBSD Foundation and Cisco University Research Program
Fund at Community Foundation Silicon Valley.
HISTORY
The cc_htcp congestion control module first appeared in FreeBSD 9.0.
The module was first released in 2007 by James Healy and Lawrence Stewart
whilst working on the NewTCP research project at Swinburne University of
Technology's Centre for Advanced Internet Architectures, Melbourne,
Australia, which was made possible in part by a grant from the Cisco
University Research Program Fund at Community Foundation Silicon Valley.
More details are available at:
http://caia.swin.edu.au/urp/newtcp/
AUTHORS
The cc_htcp congestion control module was written by James Healy
<
[email protected]> and Lawrence Stewart <
[email protected]>.
This manual page was written by Lawrence Stewart <
[email protected]>
and David Hayes <
[email protected]>.
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