Goodness Definition And Goodness Measure For High Speed Transport Protocols For Lightweight Networking Applications

Abstract

Recent advances in optical communications, VLSI, and fiber-optic technologies have created new horizons for high-speed protocols and applications seeking end-to-end data transport at Gb/s speeds. In this Ph.D dissertation, an itemized goodness definition consisting of six criteria is presented for evaluation of high speed transport protocols used in lightweight networking applications. Based on this goodness definition, a goodness measure is also defined in this dissertation to quantify the relative goodness of existing and future transport protocols. The goodness definition has been developed and enhanced as a result of analysis and characterization of nine transport protocols: 1) Delta-t, 2) Datakit Universal Receiver Protocol (Datakit URP), 3) Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), 4) Versatile Message Transaction Protocol (VMTP), 5) Open Systems Interconnection Transport Protocol Class 4 (OSI/TP4), 6) Network Block Transfer Protocol (NETBLT), 7) Express Transfer Protocol (XTP), 8) Sa..