Reducing interarrival delays in network traffic

摘要

The disclosed embodiments provide a system that facilitates use of a network link. During operation, the system continuously monitors an interarrival delay of packets received from a sender over the network link. Next, the system adjusts a receive window for the sender based on the interarrival delay to facilitate receipt of subsequent packets from the sender and other senders over the network link.

主权项

1. A method for facilitating use of a network link, comprising:
monitoring an interarrival delay of packets received from a sender over the network link, wherein the interarrival delay corresponds to differences in transit times for the packets from the sender over the network link; and adjusting a receive window for the sender based on the interarrival delay to facilitate receipt of subsequent packets from the sender and other senders over the network link.