tcp-cubic.cc

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/*
 * Copyright (c) 2014 Natale Patriciello <natale.patriciello@gmail.com>
 *
 * 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;
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 */
 
#define NS_LOG_APPEND_CONTEXT                                                                      \
    {                                                                                              \
        std::clog << Simulator::Now().GetSeconds() << " ";                                         \
    }
 
#include "tcp-cubic.h"
 
#include "ns3/log.h"
 
NS_LOG_COMPONENT_DEFINE("TcpCubic");
 
namespace ns3
{
 
NS_OBJECT_ENSURE_REGISTERED(TcpCubic);
 
TypeId
TcpCubic::GetTypeId()
{
    static TypeId tid =
        TypeId("ns3::TcpCubic")
            .SetParent<TcpSocketBase>()
            .AddConstructor<TcpCubic>()
            .SetGroupName("Internet")
            .AddAttribute("FastConvergence",
                          "Enable (true) or disable (false) fast convergence",
                          BooleanValue(true),
                          MakeBooleanAccessor(&TcpCubic::m_fastConvergence),
                          MakeBooleanChecker())
            .AddAttribute("Beta",
                          "Beta for multiplicative decrease",
                          DoubleValue(0.7),
                          MakeDoubleAccessor(&TcpCubic::m_beta),
                          MakeDoubleChecker<double>(0.0))
            .AddAttribute("HyStart",
                          "Enable (true) or disable (false) hybrid slow start algorithm",
                          BooleanValue(true),
                          MakeBooleanAccessor(&TcpCubic::m_hystart),
                          MakeBooleanChecker())
            .AddAttribute("HyStartLowWindow",
                          "Lower bound cWnd for hybrid slow start (segments)",
                          UintegerValue(16),
                          MakeUintegerAccessor(&TcpCubic::m_hystartLowWindow),
                          MakeUintegerChecker<uint32_t>())
            .AddAttribute("HyStartDetect",
                          "Hybrid Slow Start detection mechanisms:"
                          "packet train, delay, both",
                          EnumValue(HybridSSDetectionMode::BOTH),
                          MakeEnumAccessor(&TcpCubic::m_hystartDetect),
                          MakeEnumChecker(HybridSSDetectionMode::PACKET_TRAIN,
                                          "PACKET_TRAIN",
                                          HybridSSDetectionMode::DELAY,
                                          "DELAY",
                                          HybridSSDetectionMode::BOTH,
                                          "BOTH"))
            .AddAttribute("HyStartMinSamples",
                          "Number of delay samples for detecting the increase of delay",
                          UintegerValue(8),
                          MakeUintegerAccessor(&TcpCubic::m_hystartMinSamples),
                          MakeUintegerChecker<uint8_t>())
            .AddAttribute("HyStartAckDelta",
                          "Spacing between ack's indicating train",
                          TimeValue(MilliSeconds(2)),
                          MakeTimeAccessor(&TcpCubic::m_hystartAckDelta),
                          MakeTimeChecker())
            .AddAttribute("HyStartDelayMin",
                          "Minimum time for hystart algorithm",
                          TimeValue(MilliSeconds(4)),
                          MakeTimeAccessor(&TcpCubic::m_hystartDelayMin),
                          MakeTimeChecker())
            .AddAttribute("HyStartDelayMax",
                          "Maximum time for hystart algorithm",
                          TimeValue(MilliSeconds(1000)),
                          MakeTimeAccessor(&TcpCubic::m_hystartDelayMax),
                          MakeTimeChecker())
            .AddAttribute("CubicDelta",
                          "Delta Time to wait after fast recovery before adjusting param",
                          TimeValue(MilliSeconds(10)),
                          MakeTimeAccessor(&TcpCubic::m_cubicDelta),
                          MakeTimeChecker())
            .AddAttribute("CntClamp",
                          "Counter value when no losses are detected (counter is used"
                          " when incrementing cWnd in congestion avoidance, to avoid"
                          " floating point arithmetic). It is the modulo of the (avoided)"
                          " division",
                          UintegerValue(20),
                          MakeUintegerAccessor(&TcpCubic::m_cntClamp),
                          MakeUintegerChecker<uint8_t>())
            .AddAttribute("C",
                          "Cubic Scaling factor",
                          DoubleValue(0.4),
                          MakeDoubleAccessor(&TcpCubic::m_c),
                          MakeDoubleChecker<double>(0.0));
    return tid;
}
 
TcpCubic::TcpCubic()
    : TcpCongestionOps(),
      m_cWndCnt(0),
      m_lastMaxCwnd(0),
      m_bicOriginPoint(0),
      m_bicK(0.0),
      m_delayMin(Time::Min()),
      m_epochStart(Time::Min()),
      m_found(false),
      m_roundStart(Time::Min()),
      m_endSeq(0),
      m_lastAck(Time::Min()),
      m_cubicDelta(Time::Min()),
      m_currRtt(Time::Min()),
      m_sampleCnt(0)
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this);
}
 
TcpCubic::TcpCubic(const TcpCubic& sock)
    : TcpCongestionOps(sock),
      m_fastConvergence(sock.m_fastConvergence),
      m_beta(sock.m_beta),
      m_hystart(sock.m_hystart),
      m_hystartDetect(sock.m_hystartDetect),
      m_hystartLowWindow(sock.m_hystartLowWindow),
      m_hystartAckDelta(sock.m_hystartAckDelta),
      m_hystartDelayMin(sock.m_hystartDelayMin),
      m_hystartDelayMax(sock.m_hystartDelayMax),
      m_hystartMinSamples(sock.m_hystartMinSamples),
      m_initialCwnd(sock.m_initialCwnd),
      m_cntClamp(sock.m_cntClamp),
      m_c(sock.m_c),
      m_cWndCnt(sock.m_cWndCnt),
      m_lastMaxCwnd(sock.m_lastMaxCwnd),
      m_bicOriginPoint(sock.m_bicOriginPoint),
      m_bicK(sock.m_bicK),
      m_delayMin(sock.m_delayMin),
      m_epochStart(sock.m_epochStart),
      m_found(sock.m_found),
      m_roundStart(sock.m_roundStart),
      m_endSeq(sock.m_endSeq),
      m_lastAck(sock.m_lastAck),
      m_cubicDelta(sock.m_cubicDelta),
      m_currRtt(sock.m_currRtt),
      m_sampleCnt(sock.m_sampleCnt)
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this);
}
 
std::string
TcpCubic::GetName() const
{
    return "TcpCubic";
}
 
void
TcpCubic::HystartReset(Ptr<const TcpSocketState> tcb)
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this);
 
    m_roundStart = m_lastAck = Simulator::Now();
    m_endSeq = tcb->m_highTxMark;
    m_currRtt = Time::Min();
    m_sampleCnt = 0;
}
 
void
TcpCubic::IncreaseWindow(Ptr<TcpSocketState> tcb, uint32_t segmentsAcked)
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this << tcb << segmentsAcked);
 
    if (tcb->m_cWnd < tcb->m_ssThresh)
    {
        if (m_hystart && tcb->m_lastAckedSeq > m_endSeq)
        {
            HystartReset(tcb);
        }
 
        // In Linux, the QUICKACK socket option enables the receiver to send
        // immediate acks initially (during slow start) and then transition
        // to delayed acks.  ns-3 does not implement QUICKACK, and if ack
        // counting instead of byte counting is used during slow start window
        // growth, when TcpSocket::DelAckCount==2, then the slow start will
        // not reach as large of an initial window as in Linux.  Therefore,
        // we can approximate the effect of QUICKACK by making this slow
        // start phase perform Appropriate Byte Counting (RFC 3465)
        tcb->m_cWnd += segmentsAcked * tcb->m_segmentSize;
        segmentsAcked = 0;
 
        NS_LOG_INFO("In SlowStart, updated to cwnd " << tcb->m_cWnd << " ssthresh "
                                                     << tcb->m_ssThresh);
    }
 
    if (tcb->m_cWnd >= tcb->m_ssThresh && segmentsAcked > 0)
    {
        m_cWndCnt += segmentsAcked;
        uint32_t cnt = Update(tcb);
 
        /* According to RFC 6356 even once the new cwnd is
         * calculated you must compare this to the number of ACKs received since
         * the last cwnd update. If not enough ACKs have been received then cwnd
         * cannot be updated.
         */
        if (m_cWndCnt >= cnt)
        {
            tcb->m_cWnd += tcb->m_segmentSize;
            m_cWndCnt -= cnt;
            NS_LOG_INFO("In CongAvoid, updated to cwnd " << tcb->m_cWnd);
        }
        else
        {
            NS_LOG_INFO("Not enough segments have been ACKed to increment cwnd."
                        "Until now "
                        << m_cWndCnt << " cnd " << cnt);
        }
    }
}
 
uint32_t
TcpCubic::Update(Ptr<TcpSocketState> tcb)
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this);
    Time t;
    uint32_t delta;
    uint32_t bicTarget;
    uint32_t cnt = 0;
    double offs;
    uint32_t segCwnd = tcb->GetCwndInSegments();
 
    if (m_epochStart == Time::Min())
    {
        m_epochStart = Simulator::Now(); // record the beginning of an epoch
 
        if (m_lastMaxCwnd <= segCwnd)
        {
            NS_LOG_DEBUG("lastMaxCwnd <= m_cWnd. K=0 and origin=" << segCwnd);
            m_bicK = 0.0;
            m_bicOriginPoint = segCwnd;
        }
        else
        {
            m_bicK = std::pow((m_lastMaxCwnd - segCwnd) / m_c, 1 / 3.);
            m_bicOriginPoint = m_lastMaxCwnd;
            NS_LOG_DEBUG("lastMaxCwnd > m_cWnd. K=" << m_bicK << " and origin=" << m_lastMaxCwnd);
        }
    }
 
    t = Simulator::Now() + m_delayMin - m_epochStart;
 
    if (t.GetSeconds() < m_bicK) /* t - K */
    {
        offs = m_bicK - t.GetSeconds();
        NS_LOG_DEBUG("t=" << t.GetSeconds() << " <k: offs=" << offs);
    }
    else
    {
        offs = t.GetSeconds() - m_bicK;
        NS_LOG_DEBUG("t=" << t.GetSeconds() << " >= k: offs=" << offs);
    }
 
    /* Constant value taken from Experimental Evaluation of Cubic Tcp, available at
     * eprints.nuim.ie/1716/1/Hamiltonpfldnet2007_cubic_final.pdf */
    delta = m_c * std::pow(offs, 3);
 
    NS_LOG_DEBUG("delta: " << delta);
 
    if (t.GetSeconds() < m_bicK)
    {
        // below origin
        bicTarget = m_bicOriginPoint - delta;
        NS_LOG_DEBUG("t < k: Bic Target: " << bicTarget);
    }
    else
    {
        // above origin
        bicTarget = m_bicOriginPoint + delta;
        NS_LOG_DEBUG("t >= k: Bic Target: " << bicTarget);
    }
 
    // Next the window target is converted into a cnt or count value. CUBIC will
    // wait until enough new ACKs have arrived that a counter meets or exceeds
    // this cnt value. This is how the CUBIC implementation simulates growing
    // cwnd by values other than 1 segment size.
    if (bicTarget > segCwnd)
    {
        cnt = segCwnd / (bicTarget - segCwnd);
        NS_LOG_DEBUG("target>cwnd. cnt=" << cnt);
    }
    else
    {
        cnt = 100 * segCwnd;
    }
 
    if (m_lastMaxCwnd == 0 && cnt > m_cntClamp)
    {
        cnt = m_cntClamp;
    }
 
    // The maximum rate of cwnd increase CUBIC allows is 1 packet per
    // 2 packets ACKed, meaning cwnd grows at 1.5x per RTT.
    return std::max(cnt, 2U);
}
 
void
TcpCubic::PktsAcked(Ptr<TcpSocketState> tcb, uint32_t segmentsAcked, const Time& rtt)
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this << tcb << segmentsAcked << rtt);
 
    /* Discard delay samples right after fast recovery */
    if (m_epochStart != Time::Min() && (Simulator::Now() - m_epochStart) < m_cubicDelta)
    {
        return;
    }
 
    /* first time call or link delay decreases */
    if (m_delayMin == Time::Min() || m_delayMin > rtt)
    {
        m_delayMin = rtt;
    }
 
    /* hystart triggers when cwnd is larger than some threshold */
    if (m_hystart && tcb->m_cWnd <= tcb->m_ssThresh &&
        tcb->m_cWnd >= m_hystartLowWindow * tcb->m_segmentSize)
    {
        HystartUpdate(tcb, rtt);
    }
}
 
void
TcpCubic::HystartUpdate(Ptr<TcpSocketState> tcb, const Time& delay)
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this << delay);
 
    if (!m_found)
    {
        Time now = Simulator::Now();
 
        /* first detection parameter - ack-train detection */
        if ((now - m_lastAck) <= m_hystartAckDelta)
        {
            m_lastAck = now;
 
            if ((now - m_roundStart) > m_delayMin)
            {
                if (m_hystartDetect == HybridSSDetectionMode::PACKET_TRAIN ||
                    m_hystartDetect == HybridSSDetectionMode::BOTH)
                {
                    m_found = true;
                }
            }
        }
 
        /* obtain the minimum delay of more than sampling packets */
        if (m_sampleCnt < m_hystartMinSamples)
        {
            if (m_currRtt == Time::Min() || m_currRtt > delay)
            {
                m_currRtt = delay;
            }
 
            ++m_sampleCnt;
        }
        else if (m_currRtt > m_delayMin + HystartDelayThresh(m_delayMin))
        {
            if (m_hystartDetect == HybridSSDetectionMode::DELAY ||
                m_hystartDetect == HybridSSDetectionMode::BOTH)
            {
                m_found = true;
            }
        }
 
        /*
         * Either one of two conditions are met,
         * we exit from slow start immediately.
         */
        if (m_found)
        {
            NS_LOG_DEBUG("Exit from SS, immediately :-)");
            tcb->m_ssThresh = tcb->m_cWnd;
        }
    }
}
 
Time
TcpCubic::HystartDelayThresh(const Time& t) const
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this << t);
 
    Time ret = t;
    if (t > m_hystartDelayMax)
    {
        ret = m_hystartDelayMax;
    }
    else if (t < m_hystartDelayMin)
    {
        ret = m_hystartDelayMin;
    }
 
    return ret;
}
 
uint32_t
TcpCubic::GetSsThresh(Ptr<const TcpSocketState> tcb, uint32_t bytesInFlight)
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this << tcb << bytesInFlight);
 
    uint32_t segCwnd = tcb->GetCwndInSegments();
    NS_LOG_DEBUG("Loss at cWnd=" << segCwnd
                                 << " segments in flight=" << bytesInFlight / tcb->m_segmentSize);
 
    /* Wmax and fast convergence */
    if (segCwnd < m_lastMaxCwnd && m_fastConvergence)
    {
        m_lastMaxCwnd = (segCwnd * (1 + m_beta)) / 2; // Section 4.6 in RFC 8312
    }
    else
    {
        m_lastMaxCwnd = segCwnd;
    }
 
    m_epochStart = Time::Min(); // end of epoch
 
    /* Formula taken from the Linux kernel */
    uint32_t ssThresh = std::max(static_cast<uint32_t>(segCwnd * m_beta), 2U) * tcb->m_segmentSize;
 
    NS_LOG_DEBUG("SsThresh = " << ssThresh);
 
    return ssThresh;
}
 
void
TcpCubic::CongestionStateSet(Ptr<TcpSocketState> tcb, const TcpSocketState::TcpCongState_t newState)
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this << tcb << newState);
 
    if (newState == TcpSocketState::CA_LOSS)
    {
        CubicReset(tcb);
        HystartReset(tcb);
    }
}
 
void
TcpCubic::CubicReset(Ptr<const TcpSocketState> tcb)
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this << tcb);
 
    m_lastMaxCwnd = 0;
    m_bicOriginPoint = 0;
    m_bicK = 0;
    m_delayMin = Time::Min();
    m_found = false;
}
 
Ptr<TcpCongestionOps>
TcpCubic::Fork()
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this);
    return CopyObject<TcpCubic>(this);
}
 
} // namespace ns3