Preventing network micro-congestion using send pacing based on end-to-end bandwidth

摘要

A system for preventing network micro-congestion using send pacing based on end-to-end bandwidth. The system includes one or more processors and memory coupled to the processors, wherein the memory contains program instructions executable by the processors to obtain an estimate of end-to-end network bandwidth available to a particular application-level data transfer operation in progress over a network between a first endpoint and a second endpoint. Based at least in part on the estimate of end-to-end bandwidth, the instructions are further executable to introduce a delay between transmissions of two or more successive messages or packets of the particular application-level data transfer operation from the first endpoint.