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ICNP ’98 Panel Session. The Future of Transport: Evolution or Revolution. Joe Bannister USC/ISI. Panelists. Hari Balakrishnan MIT Laboratory for Computer Science Steve Deering Cisco Allison Mankin USC Information Sciences Institute East Keith Ross Eurecom Institute. Suggested Topics.
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ICNP ’98 Panel Session The Future of Transport: Evolution or Revolution Joe Bannister USC/ISI
Panelists • Hari Balakrishnan • MIT Laboratory for Computer Science • Steve Deering • Cisco • Allison Mankin • USC Information Sciences Institute East • Keith Ross • Eurecom Institute
Suggested Topics • Reliable multicast • Application requirements • Influence of new link technologies • Whither TCP? • New research directions for transport protocols
Reliable Multicast • Fairness • Definitions for multipoint • Congestion avoidance • Supported applications • File distribution • Web caching • AFDP, BFTP, LBRM, LRMP, MDP, MFTP, MTP-2, PGM, RAMP, RMP, RMTP(-II), SRM, STORM, TBRM, TRM, XTP
Application Requirements • Web/HTTP • Short-lived connections • Aggressive use of multiple connections • Real-time streams • Mobility • Energy efficiency • Adaptive applications
Link Technologies • Wireless • Cell-based • Ad hoc • Satellite • Long, fat pipe • Optical • End-to-end gigabits
TCP • TCP after SACK • Near- and far-term outlook • TCP’s friends • UDP • XTP • MTP, PGM, “RTP”