HIGH-SPEED COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND HIGH-SPEED COMMUNICATION METHOD

• US 20120314576A1
• Filed: 02/10/2011
• Published: 12/13/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/17/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Hasegawa, Yohei, Jibiki, Masahiro
• Granted Patent: US 9,071,452 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/235
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/00 Arrangements for monitoring or testing data switching networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/70 Routing based on monitoring results
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/12 Avoiding congestion; Recovering from congestion
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/193 at the transport layer, e.g. TCP related
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/6255 queue load conditions, e.g. longest queue first
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/02 Protocol performance
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/14 Multichannel or multilink protocols

Abstract

A high-speed communication system according to the present invention includes: a plurality of nodes disposed on a communication path; and a plurality of communication connections established between the plurality of nodes. The plurality of nodes exchange a plurality of pieces of performance model information between the nodes, the plurality of pieces of performance model information representing communication performances achievable by each of the plurality of communication connections. Each of the plurality of nodes executes communication control based on any one of the plurality of pieces of performance model information.

Claims

1. A high-speed communication system comprising:

a plurality of nodes disposed on a communication path; and

a plurality of communication connections established between the plurality of nodes,

the plurality of nodes exchanging a plurality of pieces of performance model information between the nodes, the plurality of pieces of performance model information representing communication performances achievable by each of the plurality of communication connections, and

each of the plurality of nodes executing communication control based on any one of the plurality of pieces of performance model information.

2. The high-speed communication system according to claim 1,

wherein each of the plurality of nodes estimates an average throughput between the nodes included in the achievable communication performances, and

each of the plurality of nodes exchanges performance model information represented by the average throughput between the nodes, decides a target average throughput, and executes communication control based on the target average throughput.

3. The high-speed communication system according to claim 1,

wherein each of the plurality of nodes estimates a throughput increase speed between the nodes included in the achievable communication performances, and

each of the plurality of nodes exchanges performance model information represented by the throughput increase speed between the nodes, decides a target throughput increase speed, and executes communication control based on the target throughput increase speed.

4. The high-speed communication system according to claim 1,

wherein the plurality of nodes include a start point node, an end point node, and a relay node disposed between the start point node and the end point node,

the start point node transmits to the end point node a control start signal announcing that communication is to be performed,

the end point node that has detected the control start signal calculates performance model information of the end point node based on detection of the control start signal, and the relay node calculates performance model information of the relay node based on the detection of the control start signal,

the start point node transmits a performance model notice signal storing the performance model information to the end point node,

the relay node compares the performance model information stored in the performance model notice signal with performance model information calculated by the relay node and transfers the performance model notice signal storing the performance model information representing a smaller value when the relay node transfers the performance model notice signal to the end point node,

the end point node stores the performance model information stored in the received performance model notice signal, and transmits a performance model decision signal storing the performance model information to the start point node,

the relay node that has relayed the performance model decision signal to the start point node and the start point node store the performance model information stored in the performance model decision signal, and

the start point node and the relay node perform TCP control based on the performance model information stored in the performance model decision signal.

5. The high-speed communication system according to claim 4,

wherein the start point node, the relay node, and the end point node include a preceding node and a subsequent node which are connected adjacent thereto,

the subsequent node transmits a communication suppression determination signal representing normal congestion window control to the preceding node in a case where an amount of data accumulated in a queue of the subsequent node is smaller than an amount of data of a constant times an amount of data when communication is performed at an average throughput between the preceding node and the subsequent node during a time of an RTT between the preceding node and the subsequent node, and

the preceding node performs TCP control based on the communication suppression determination signal.

6. The high-speed communication system according to claim 4,

wherein the start point node, the relay node, and the end point node include a preceding node and a subsequent node which are connected adjacent thereto,

the subsequent node transmits a communication suppression determination signal representing control of decreasing a congestion window to the preceding node in a case where an amount of data accumulated in a queue of the subsequent node is equal to or larger than an amount of data of a constant times an amount of data when communication is performed at an average throughput between the preceding node and the subsequent node during a time of an RTT between the preceding node and the subsequent node and is smaller than a constant which is an upper limit representing communication suspension, and

the preceding node performs TCP control based on the communication suppression determination signal.

7. The high-speed communication system according to claim 4,

wherein the start point node, the relay node, and the end point node include a preceding node and a subsequent node which are connected adjacent thereto,

the subsequent node transmits a communication suppression determination signal representing that data transmission is suspended by a time of an RTT between the subsequent node and the next node to the preceding node in a case where an amount of data accumulated in a queue of the subsequent node is larger than an upper limit representing communication suspension, and

the preceding node performs TCP control based on the communication suppression determination signal.

8. The high-speed communication system according to claim 4,

wherein the subsequent node transmits a communication suppression determination signal representing that data transmission is suspended by a time of an RTT between the subsequent node and a next node to the preceding node in a case where the subsequent node detects packet loss and the subsequent node performs control of decreasing a congestion window in TCP control on the next node, and

the preceding node performs TCP control based on the communication suppression determination signal.

9. The high-speed communication system according to claim 8, wherein the preceding node suspends communication by the time of the RTT between the subsequent node and the next node, decides a new congestion window size by multiplying a congestion window by a throughput decrease rate after the time of the RTT elapses, and resumes communication.

10. A high-speed communication method in a high-speed communication system performed via a plurality of nodes on a communication path including a start point node, an end point node, and a relay node disposed between the start point node and the end point node, the method comprising:

transmitting to the end point node a control start signal announcing that communication is to be performed, by the start point node;

calculating performance model information of the end point node based on detection of the control start signal, by the end point node that has detected the control start signal;

calculating performance model information of the relay node based on the detection of the control start signal, by the relay node;

transmitting a performance model notice signal storing the performance model information to the end point node, by the start point node;

comparing the performance model information stored in the performance model notice signal with performance model information calculated by the relay node and transferring the performance model notice signal storing only the performance model information representing a smaller value when the relay node transfers the performance model communication signal to the end point node;

storing the performance model information stored in the received performance model notice signal and transmitting a performance model decision signal storing the performance model information to the start point node, by the end point node;

storing the performance model information stored in the performance model decision signal, in the relay node that has relayed the performance model decision signal to the start point node and in the start point node; and

performing TCP control based on the performance model information stored in the performance model decision signal, by the start point node and the relay node.