TCP Stalls at the Server Side: Measurement and Mitigation

doi:10.1109/TNET.2018.2886282

	TCP Stalls at the Server Side: Measurement and Mitigation
	Zhou, Jianer 1,2; Li, Zhenyu 1; Wu, Qinghua 1; Steenkiste, Peter 3; Uhlig, Steve 4; Li, Jun 2; Xie, Gaogang 1
	2019-02-01
发表期刊	IEEE-ACM TRANSACTIONS ON NETWORKING
ISSN	1063-6692
卷号	27 期号:1 页码:272-287
摘要	TCP is an important factor affecting user-perceived performance of Internet applications. Diagnosing the causes behind TCP performance issues in the wild is essential for better understanding the current shortcomings in TCP. This paper presents a TCP flow performance analysis framework that classifies causes of TCP stalls. The framework forms the basis of a tool that we use to analyze packet-level traces of three services (cloud storage, software download, and web search) deployed by a popular service provider. We find that as many as 20% of the flows are stalled for half of their lifetime. Network-related causes, especially timeout retransmissions, dominate the stalls. A breakdown of the causes for timeout retransmission stalls reveals that double retransmission and tail retransmission are among the top contributors. The importance of these causes depends however on the specific service. Based on these observations, we propose smart-retransmission time out (S-RTO), a mechanism that mitigates timeout retransmission stalls through careful and gentle aggression for retransmission. S-RTO is evaluated in a controlled network and also in a production network. The results consistently show that it is effective at improving TCP performance, especially for short flows.
关键词	TCP stalls measurement congestion control S-RTO
DOI	10.1109/TNET.2018.2886282
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
资助项目	National Natural Science Foundation of China[61572475] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[61602448] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[61725206]
WOS研究方向	Computer Science ; Engineering ; Telecommunications
WOS类目	Computer Science, Hardware & Architecture ; Computer Science, Theory & Methods ; Engineering, Electrical & Electronic ; Telecommunications
WOS记录号	WOS:000458851600020
出版者	IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
引用统计	被引频次：6[WOS] [WOS记录] [WOS相关记录]
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.204/handle/2XEOYT63/3405
专题	中国科学院计算技术研究所期刊论文_英文
通讯作者	Li, Zhenyu
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Comp Technol, Beijing 100190, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Comp Network Informat Ctr, Beijing 100190, Peoples R China 3.Carnegie Mellon Univ, Dept Comp Sci, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA 4.Queen Mary Univ London, Sch Elect Engn & Comp Sci, London E1 4NS, England
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Zhou, Jianer,Li, Zhenyu,Wu, Qinghua,et al. TCP Stalls at the Server Side: Measurement and Mitigation[J]. IEEE-ACM TRANSACTIONS ON NETWORKING,2019,27(1):272-287.
APA	Zhou, Jianer.,Li, Zhenyu.,Wu, Qinghua.,Steenkiste, Peter.,Uhlig, Steve.,...&Xie, Gaogang.(2019).TCP Stalls at the Server Side: Measurement and Mitigation.IEEE-ACM TRANSACTIONS ON NETWORKING,27(1),272-287.
MLA	Zhou, Jianer,et al."TCP Stalls at the Server Side: Measurement and Mitigation".IEEE-ACM TRANSACTIONS ON NETWORKING 27.1(2019):272-287.