tcp-vegas.cc

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#include "tcp-vegas.h"
#include "ns3/tcp-socket-base.h"
#include "ns3/log.h"

namespace ns3 {

NS_LOG_COMPONENT_DEFINE ("TcpVegas");
NS_OBJECT_ENSURE_REGISTERED (TcpVegas);

TypeId
TcpVegas::GetTypeId (void)
{
  static TypeId tid = TypeId ("ns3::TcpVegas")
    .SetParent<TcpNewReno> ()
    .AddConstructor<TcpVegas> ()
    .SetGroupName ("Internet")
    .AddAttribute ("Alpha", "Lower bound of packets in network",
                   UintegerValue (2),
                   MakeUintegerAccessor (&TcpVegas::m_alpha),
                   MakeUintegerChecker<uint32_t> ())
    .AddAttribute ("Beta", "Upper bound of packets in network",
                   UintegerValue (4),
                   MakeUintegerAccessor (&TcpVegas::m_beta),
                   MakeUintegerChecker<uint32_t> ())
    .AddAttribute ("Gamma", "Limit on increase",
                   UintegerValue (1),
                   MakeUintegerAccessor (&TcpVegas::m_gamma),
                   MakeUintegerChecker<uint32_t> ())
  ;
  return tid;
}

TcpVegas::TcpVegas (void)
  : TcpNewReno (),
    m_alpha (2),
    m_beta (4),
    m_gamma (1),
    m_baseRtt (Time::Max ()),
    m_minRtt (Time::Max ()),
    m_cntRtt (0),
    m_doingVegasNow (true),
    m_begSndNxt (0)
{
  NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this);
}

TcpVegas::TcpVegas (const TcpVegas& sock)
  : TcpNewReno (sock),
    m_alpha (sock.m_alpha),
    m_beta (sock.m_beta),
    m_gamma (sock.m_gamma),
    m_baseRtt (sock.m_baseRtt),
    m_minRtt (sock.m_minRtt),
    m_cntRtt (sock.m_cntRtt),
    m_doingVegasNow (true),
    m_begSndNxt (0)
{
  NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this);
}

TcpVegas::~TcpVegas (void)
{
  NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this);
}

Ptr<TcpCongestionOps>
TcpVegas::Fork (void)
{
  return CopyObject<TcpVegas> (this);
}

void
TcpVegas::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
TcpVegas::EnableVegas (Ptr<TcpSocketState> tcb)
{
  NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this << tcb);

  m_doingVegasNow = true;
  m_begSndNxt = tcb->m_nextTxSequence;
  m_cntRtt = 0;
  m_minRtt = Time::Max ();
}

void
TcpVegas::DisableVegas ()
{
  NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this);

  m_doingVegasNow = false;
}

void
TcpVegas::CongestionStateSet (Ptr<TcpSocketState> tcb,
                              const TcpSocketState::TcpCongState_t newState)
{
  NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this << tcb << newState);
  if (newState == TcpSocketState::CA_OPEN)
    {
      EnableVegas (tcb);
    }
  else
    {
      DisableVegas ();
    }
}

void
TcpVegas::IncreaseWindow (Ptr<TcpSocketState> tcb, uint32_t segmentsAcked)
{
  NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this << tcb << segmentsAcked);

  if (!m_doingVegasNow)
    {
      // If Vegas is not on, we follow NewReno algorithm
      NS_LOG_LOGIC ("Vegas is not turned on, we follow NewReno algorithm.");
      TcpNewReno::IncreaseWindow (tcb, segmentsAcked);
      return;
    }

  if (tcb->m_lastAckedSeq >= m_begSndNxt)
    { // A Vegas cycle has finished, we do Vegas cwnd adjustment every RTT.

      NS_LOG_LOGIC ("A Vegas cycle has finished, we adjust cwnd once per RTT.");

      // Save the current right edge for next Vegas cycle
      m_begSndNxt = tcb->m_nextTxSequence;

      /*
       * We perform Vegas calculations only if we got enough RTT samples to
       * insure that at least 1 of those samples wasn't from a delayed ACK.
       */
      if (m_cntRtt <= 2)
        {  // We do not have enough RTT samples, so we should behave like Reno
          NS_LOG_LOGIC ("We do not have enough RTT samples to do Vegas, so we behave like NewReno.");
          TcpNewReno::IncreaseWindow (tcb, segmentsAcked);
        }
      else
        {
          NS_LOG_LOGIC ("We have enough RTT samples to perform Vegas calculations");
          /*
           * We have enough RTT samples to perform Vegas algorithm.
           * Now we need to determine if cwnd should be increased or decreased
           * based on the calculated difference between the expected rate and actual sending
           * rate and the predefined thresholds (alpha, beta, and gamma).
           */
          uint32_t diff;
          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 = segCwnd * tmp;
          NS_LOG_DEBUG ("Calculated targetCwnd = " << targetCwnd);
          NS_ASSERT (segCwnd >= targetCwnd); // implies baseRtt <= minRtt

          /*
           * Calculate the difference between the expected cWnd and
           * the actual cWnd
           */
          diff = segCwnd - targetCwnd;
          NS_LOG_DEBUG ("Calculated diff = " << diff);

          if (diff > m_gamma && (tcb->m_cWnd < tcb->m_ssThresh))
            {
              /*
               * We are going too fast. We need to slow down and change from
               * slow-start to linear increase/decrease mode by setting cwnd
               * to target cwnd. We add 1 because of the integer truncation.
               */
              NS_LOG_LOGIC ("We are going too fast. We need to slow down and "
                            "change to linear increase/decrease mode.");
              segCwnd = std::min (segCwnd, targetCwnd + 1);
              tcb->m_cWnd = segCwnd * tcb->m_segmentSize;
              tcb->m_ssThresh = GetSsThresh (tcb, 0);
              NS_LOG_DEBUG ("Updated cwnd = " << tcb->m_cWnd <<
                            " ssthresh=" << tcb->m_ssThresh);
            }
          else if (tcb->m_cWnd < tcb->m_ssThresh)
            {     // Slow start mode
              NS_LOG_LOGIC ("We are in slow start and diff < m_gamma, so we "
                            "follow NewReno slow start");
              segmentsAcked = TcpNewReno::SlowStart (tcb, segmentsAcked);
            }
          else
            {     // Linear increase/decrease mode
              NS_LOG_LOGIC ("We are in linear increase/decrease mode");
              if (diff > m_beta)
                {
                  // We are going too fast, so we slow down
                  NS_LOG_LOGIC ("We are going too fast, so we slow down by decrementing cwnd");
                  segCwnd--;
                  tcb->m_cWnd = segCwnd * tcb->m_segmentSize;
                  tcb->m_ssThresh = GetSsThresh (tcb, 0);
                  NS_LOG_DEBUG ("Updated cwnd = " << tcb->m_cWnd <<
                                " ssthresh=" << tcb->m_ssThresh);
                }
              else if (diff < m_alpha)
                {
                  // We are going too slow (having too little data in the network),
                  // so we speed up.
                  NS_LOG_LOGIC ("We are going too slow, so we speed up by incrementing cwnd");
                  segCwnd++;
                  tcb->m_cWnd = segCwnd * tcb->m_segmentSize;
                  NS_LOG_DEBUG ("Updated cwnd = " << tcb->m_cWnd <<
                                " ssthresh=" << tcb->m_ssThresh);
                }
              else
                {
                  // We are going at the right speed
                  NS_LOG_LOGIC ("We are sending at the right speed");
                }
            }
          tcb->m_ssThresh = std::max (tcb->m_ssThresh, 3 * tcb->m_cWnd / 4);
          NS_LOG_DEBUG ("Updated ssThresh = " << tcb->m_ssThresh);
        }

      // Reset cntRtt & minRtt every RTT
      m_cntRtt = 0;
      m_minRtt = Time::Max ();
    }
  else if (tcb->m_cWnd < tcb->m_ssThresh)
    {
      segmentsAcked = TcpNewReno::SlowStart (tcb, segmentsAcked);
    }
}

std::string
TcpVegas::GetName () const
{
  return "TcpVegas";
}

uint32_t
TcpVegas::GetSsThresh (Ptr<const TcpSocketState> tcb,
                       uint32_t bytesInFlight)
{
  NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this << tcb << bytesInFlight);
  return std::max (std::min (tcb->m_ssThresh.Get (), tcb->m_cWnd.Get () - tcb->m_segmentSize), 2 * tcb->m_segmentSize);
}

} // namespace ns3