WANG Jian-feng; HUANG Guo-ce; CHEN Cai-qiang; ZHU Meng
Thi paper analyzes the problems in standard TCP slow start algorithm when it is applied to the network environment including GEO satellite links. To solve these problems, a new improved TCP slow start algorithm based on RTT fairness is proposed, termed RFB-SS. RFB-SS algorithm uses the larger initial window mechanism. And in the early slow start phase, the congestion window remains exponential growth, in the late phase, by using window control growth factor, the congestion window of larger RTT increases faster, otherwise increases slower. Performance analysis and simulation results show that RFB-SS algorithm slows down the congestion window growth rate, and weakens the TCP flow of smaller RTT in the aggressive bandwidth competition in the late slow start phase. To a certain extent, RFB-SS algorithm obtains a fair sharing of available bandwidth among different RTT flows.