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User Datagram Protocol With Congestion Control, Spencer L. Cox
User Datagram Protocol With Congestion Control, Spencer L. Cox
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Communication through the Internet is one of the dominant methods of exchanging information. Whether at an individual or large corporate level the Internet has become essential to gathering and disseminating information. TCP and UDP are the transport layer protocols responsible for transit of nearly all Internet communications. Due to the growth of real-time audio and video applications, UDP is being used more frequently as a transport protocol. As UDP traffic increases potential problems arise. Unlike TCP, UDP has no mechanism for congestion control leading to wasted bandwidth and poor performance for other competing protocols. This thesis defines a congestion control …