Title
Understanding TCP cubic performance in the cloud: A mean-field approach.
Abstract
Cloud networking typically leads to scenarii where a large number of TCP connections share a common bottleneck link. In this paper, we focus on the case of TCP Cubic, which is the default TCP version in the Linux kernel. TCP Cubic is designed to better utilize high bandwidth-delay product path in an IP network. To do so, Cubic modifies the linear window growth function of legacy TCP standards, e.g., New Reno, to be a cubic function. Our objective in this work is to assess the performance of TCP Cubic in a cloud setting with a large number of long-lived TCP flows. We rely on a mean-field approach leading to a fluid model to analyze the performance of Cubic. After a careful validation of the model through comparisons with ns-2, we evaluate the efficiency and fairness of Cubic as compared to that of New Reno for a set of typical cloud networking scenarii.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1109/CloudNet.2013.6710576
CloudNet
Keywords
Field
DocType
Linux,cloud computing,transport protocols,IP network,Linux kernel,TCP connections,TCP cubic performance,TCP flows,TCP version,bandwidth delay product path,cloud networking,cubic function,fluid model,legacy TCP standards,linear window growth function,mean field
Compound TCP,CUBIC TCP,Computer science,Zeta-TCP,TCP acceleration,TCP tuning,TCP Friendly Rate Control,TCP global synchronization,Distributed computing,TCP Westwood
Conference
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
2374-3239
2
0.39
References 
Authors
12
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Sonia Belhareth120.39
Lucile Sassatelli29112.87
Denis Collange325928.28
Dino Lopez Pacheco4326.12
Guillaume Urvoy-Keller560777.06