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Analysis of TCP Connection Performance Using Emulation of TCP State

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Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) is still used by vast majority of Internet applications. However, the huge increase in bandwidth availability during the last decade has stimulated the evolution of TCP and introduction of new versions, better suited for high speed networks. Many factors can influence the performance of TCP protocol, starting from scarcity of network resources, through client or server misconfiguration, to internal limitations of applications. Proper identification of the TCP performance bottlenecks is therefore an important challenge for network operators. In the paper we proposed the methodology for finding root causes of throughput degradation in TCP connections using passive measurements. This methodology was verified by experiments conducted in a live network with 4G wireless Internet access. The paper also presents selected details of its practical implementation.

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  1. Institute of Telecommunications, Warsaw University of Technology, Nowowiejska 15/19, 00-665, Warsaw, Poland

    Andrzej Bąk & Piotr Gajowniczek

  2. Orange Labs, Orange Polska S.A., Obrzeżna 7, 02-679, Warsaw, Poland

    Michał Zagożdżon

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  2. Department of Computer Science, Electrical and Space Engineering, Luleå University of Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Al Azhar University, Luleå, Sweden

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Bąk, A., Gajowniczek, P., Zagożdżon, M. (2017). Analysis of TCP Connection Performance Using Emulation of TCP State. In: Grzenda, M., Awad, A., Furtak, J., Legierski , J. (eds) Advances in Network Systems . iNetSApp 2015. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 461. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44354-6_4

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