tcp-veno.cc

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/*
 * Copyright (c) 2016 ResiliNets, ITTC, University of Kansas
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
 * published by the Free Software Foundation;
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 *
 * Author: Truc Anh N. Nguyen <annguyen@ittc.ku.edu>
 *
 * James P.G. Sterbenz <jpgs@ittc.ku.edu>, director
 * ResiliNets Research Group  https://resilinets.org/
 * Information and Telecommunication Technology Center (ITTC)
 * and Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
 * The University of Kansas Lawrence, KS USA.
 */
 
#include "tcp-veno.h"
 
#include "tcp-socket-state.h"
 
#include "ns3/log.h"
 
namespace ns3
{
 
NS_LOG_COMPONENT_DEFINE("TcpVeno");
NS_OBJECT_ENSURE_REGISTERED(TcpVeno);
 
TypeId
TcpVeno::GetTypeId()
{
    static TypeId tid = TypeId("ns3::TcpVeno")
                            .SetParent<TcpNewReno>()
                            .AddConstructor<TcpVeno>()
                            .SetGroupName("Internet")
                            .AddAttribute("Beta",
                                          "Threshold for congestion detection",
                                          UintegerValue(3),
                                          MakeUintegerAccessor(&TcpVeno::m_beta),
                                          MakeUintegerChecker<uint32_t>());
    return tid;
}
 
TcpVeno::TcpVeno()
    : TcpNewReno(),
      m_baseRtt(Time::Max()),
      m_minRtt(Time::Max()),
      m_cntRtt(0),
      m_doingVenoNow(true),
      m_diff(0),
      m_inc(true),
      m_ackCnt(0),
      m_beta(6)
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this);
}
 
TcpVeno::TcpVeno(const TcpVeno& sock)
    : TcpNewReno(sock),
      m_baseRtt(sock.m_baseRtt),
      m_minRtt(sock.m_minRtt),
      m_cntRtt(sock.m_cntRtt),
      m_doingVenoNow(true),
      m_diff(0),
      m_inc(true),
      m_ackCnt(sock.m_ackCnt),
      m_beta(sock.m_beta)
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this);
}
 
TcpVeno::~TcpVeno()
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this);
}
 
Ptr<TcpCongestionOps>
TcpVeno::Fork()
{
    return CopyObject<TcpVeno>(this);
}
 
void
TcpVeno::PktsAcked(Ptr<TcpSocketState> tcb, uint32_t segmentsAcked, const Time& rtt)
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this << tcb << segmentsAcked << rtt);
 
    if (rtt.IsZero())
    {
        return;
    }
 
    m_minRtt = std::min(m_minRtt, rtt);
    NS_LOG_DEBUG("Updated m_minRtt= " << m_minRtt);
 
    m_baseRtt = std::min(m_baseRtt, rtt);
    NS_LOG_DEBUG("Updated m_baseRtt= " << m_baseRtt);
 
    // Update RTT counter
    m_cntRtt++;
    NS_LOG_DEBUG("Updated m_cntRtt= " << m_cntRtt);
}
 
void
TcpVeno::EnableVeno()
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this);
 
    m_doingVenoNow = true;
    m_minRtt = Time::Max();
}
 
void
TcpVeno::DisableVeno()
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this);
 
    m_doingVenoNow = false;
}
 
void
TcpVeno::CongestionStateSet(Ptr<TcpSocketState> tcb, const TcpSocketState::TcpCongState_t newState)
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this << tcb << newState);
    if (newState == TcpSocketState::CA_OPEN)
    {
        EnableVeno();
        NS_LOG_LOGIC("Veno is now on.");
    }
    else
    {
        DisableVeno();
        NS_LOG_LOGIC("Veno is turned off.");
    }
}
 
void
TcpVeno::IncreaseWindow(Ptr<TcpSocketState> tcb, uint32_t segmentsAcked)
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this << tcb << segmentsAcked);
 
    // Always calculate m_diff, even if we are not doing Veno now
    uint32_t targetCwnd;
    uint32_t segCwnd = tcb->GetCwndInSegments();
 
    /*
     * Calculate the cwnd we should have. baseRtt is the minimum RTT
     * per-connection, minRtt is the minimum RTT in this window
     *
     * little trick:
     * desidered throughput is currentCwnd * baseRtt
     * target cwnd is throughput / minRtt
     */
    double tmp = m_baseRtt.GetSeconds() / m_minRtt.GetSeconds();
    targetCwnd = static_cast<uint32_t>(segCwnd * tmp);
    NS_LOG_DEBUG("Calculated targetCwnd = " << targetCwnd);
    NS_ASSERT(segCwnd >= targetCwnd); // implies baseRtt <= minRtt
 
    // Calculate the difference between actual and target cwnd
    m_diff = segCwnd - targetCwnd;
    NS_LOG_DEBUG("Calculated m_diff = " << m_diff);
 
    if (!m_doingVenoNow)
    {
        // If Veno is not on, we follow NewReno algorithm
        NS_LOG_LOGIC("Veno is not turned on, we follow NewReno algorithm.");
        TcpNewReno::IncreaseWindow(tcb, segmentsAcked);
        return;
    }
 
    // We do the Veno calculations only if we got enough RTT samples
    if (m_cntRtt <= 2)
    { // We do not have enough RTT samples, so we should behave like NewReno
        NS_LOG_LOGIC("We do not have enough RTT samples to perform Veno "
                     "calculations, we behave like NewReno.");
        TcpNewReno::IncreaseWindow(tcb, segmentsAcked);
    }
    else
    {
        NS_LOG_LOGIC("We have enough RTT samples to perform Veno calculations.");
 
        if (tcb->m_cWnd < tcb->m_ssThresh)
        { // Slow start mode. Veno employs same slow start algorithm as NewReno's.
            NS_LOG_LOGIC("We are in slow start, behave like NewReno.");
            TcpNewReno::SlowStart(tcb, segmentsAcked);
        }
        else
        { // Congestion avoidance mode
            NS_LOG_LOGIC("We are in congestion avoidance, execute Veno additive "
                         "increase algo.");
 
            if (m_diff < m_beta)
            {
                // Available bandwidth is not fully utilized,
                // increase cwnd by 1 every RTT
                NS_LOG_LOGIC("Available bandwidth not fully utilized, increase "
                             "cwnd by 1 every RTT");
                TcpNewReno::CongestionAvoidance(tcb, segmentsAcked);
            }
            else
            {
                // Available bandwidth is fully utilized,
                // increase cwnd by 1 every other RTT
                NS_LOG_LOGIC("Available bandwidth fully utilized, increase cwnd "
                             "by 1 every other RTT");
                if (m_inc)
                {
                    TcpNewReno::CongestionAvoidance(tcb, segmentsAcked);
                    m_inc = false;
                }
                else
                {
                    m_inc = true;
                }
            }
        }
    }
 
    // Reset cntRtt & minRtt every RTT
    m_cntRtt = 0;
    m_minRtt = Time::Max();
}
 
std::string
TcpVeno::GetName() const
{
    return "TcpVeno";
}
 
uint32_t
TcpVeno::GetSsThresh(Ptr<const TcpSocketState> tcb, uint32_t bytesInFlight)
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this << tcb << bytesInFlight);
 
    if (m_diff < m_beta)
    {
        // random loss due to bit errors is most likely to have occurred,
        // we cut cwnd by 1/5
        NS_LOG_LOGIC("Random loss is most likely to have occurred, "
                     "cwnd is reduced by 1/5");
        static double tmp = 4.0 / 5.0;
        return std::max(static_cast<uint32_t>(bytesInFlight * tmp), 2 * tcb->m_segmentSize);
    }
    else
    {
        // congestion-based loss is most likely to have occurred,
        // we reduce cwnd by 1/2 as in NewReno
        NS_LOG_LOGIC("Congestive loss is most likely to have occurred, "
                     "cwnd is halved");
        return TcpNewReno::GetSsThresh(tcb, bytesInFlight);
    }
}
 
} // namespace ns3