[TCP]: Add TCP Hybla congestion control module.
authorDaniele Lacamera <(root at danielinux.net)net>
Thu, 23 Jun 2005 19:26:34 +0000 (12:26 -0700)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Thu, 23 Jun 2005 19:26:34 +0000 (12:26 -0700)
commit835b3f0c0d7e1f716c45ec576662eac7a68b8548
tree317013e535451e6da065e37e691fad80e88b5004
parenta628d29b56d3f420bf3ff1d7543a9caf3ce3b994
[TCP]: Add TCP Hybla congestion control module.

TCP Hybla congestion avoidance.

- "In heterogeneous networks, TCP connections that incorporate a
terrestrial or satellite radio link are greatly disadvantaged with
respect to entirely wired connections, because of their longer round
trip times (RTTs). To cope with this problem, a new TCP proposal, the
TCP Hybla, is presented and discussed in the paper[1]. It stems from an
analytical evaluation of the congestion window dynamics in the TCP
standard versions (Tahoe, Reno, NewReno), which suggests the necessary
modifications to remove the performance dependence on RTT.[...]"[1]

[1]: Carlo Caini, Rosario Firrincieli, "TCP Hybla: a TCP enhancement for
heterogeneous networks",
International Journal of Satellite Communications and Networking
Volume 22, Issue 5 , Pages 547 - 566. September 2004.

Signed-off-by: Daniele Lacamera (root at danielinux.net)net
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
net/ipv4/Kconfig
net/ipv4/Makefile
net/ipv4/tcp_hybla.c [new file with mode: 0644]