Cascaded TCP: Applying pipelining to TCP for efficient communication over wide-area networks

摘要

The bandwidth utilization in traditional TCP protocols (e.g., TCP New Reno) suffers over high-latency and high-bandwidth links due to the inherent characteristics of TCP congestion control. Conventional methods of improving throughput cannot be applied per se for streaming applications. The challenge is exacerbated by “big data” applications such as with the Long Wavelength Array data that is generated at a rate of up to 4 terabytes per hour.