Methodology for improving TCP throughput over lossy communication links

摘要

The present invention relates to a system and method for improving TCP throughput over lossy communication links without affecting performance over non-lossy links comprising: means for determining lookahead-loss which is the number of lost packets in a given loss-window means for using said loss-window and said lookahead loss to detect congestion in said communication links, and means for controlling transmission under congestion conditions as well as under normal conditions. The instant invention also provides a configured computer program product for carrying out the above method.