tcp-bic.h

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/*
 * Copyright (c) 2014 Natale Patriciello <natale.patriciello@gmail.com>
 *
 * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 *
 */
 
#ifndef TCPBIC_H
#define TCPBIC_H
 
#include "tcp-congestion-ops.h"
#include "tcp-recovery-ops.h"
 
class TcpBicIncrementTest;
class TcpBicDecrementTest;
 
namespace ns3
{
 
/**
 * \ingroup congestionOps
 *
 * \brief BIC congestion control algorithm
 *
 * In TCP Bic the congestion control problem is viewed as a search
 * problem. Taking as a starting point the current window value
 * and as a target point the last maximum window value
 * (i.e. the cWnd value just before the loss event) a binary search
 * technique can be used to update the cWnd value at the midpoint between
 * the two, directly or using an additive increase strategy if the distance from
 * the current window is too large.
 *
 * This way, assuming a no-loss period, the congestion window logarithmically
 * approaches the maximum value of cWnd until the difference between it and cWnd
 * falls below a preset threshold. After reaching such a value (or the maximum
 * window is unknown, i.e. the binary search does not start at all) the algorithm
 * switches to probing the new maximum window with a 'slow start' strategy.
 *
 * If a loss occur in either these phases, the current window (before the loss)
 * can be treated as the new maximum, and the reduced (with a multiplicative
 * decrease factor Beta) window size can be used as the new minimum.
 *
 * To maintain the performance of TCP Bic as close as possible with the Linux
 * implementation, and at the same time maintain the friendliness with other TCP
 * flavors, the cWnd is increased only after a certain number of ACKs
 * are received, following RFC 6356. After the slow start phase, and after each
 * new ACK, a value is calculated by the method Update. This number
 * (m_cnt in the code) represents the ACK packets that should be received
 * before increasing the cWnd by one segment. After a trivial check on the
 * arrived ACKs (represented by m_cWndCnt in the code), the
 * cWnd can be increased and m_cWndCnt can be set to zero, or
 * otherwise m_cWndCnt can be increased by one and the
 * cWnd can be left untouched.
 *
 * The binary search on the cWnd size space is done by varying the returned
 * cnt, depending on the internal state of the class (e.g. the last maximum
 * and the current cWnd size).
 *
 * The reference paper for BIC can be found in:
 * https://web.archive.org/web/20220930220436/https://an.kaist.ac.kr/courses/2006/cs540/reading/bic-tcp.pdf
 *
 * This model has a number of configurable parameters that are exposed as
 * attributes of the TcpBic TypeId.  This model also exports trace sources,
 * for tracking the congestion window, slow start threshold, and the internal
 * state of the protocol.
 *
 * More information on this implementation: http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2756518
 */
 
class TcpBic : public TcpCongestionOps
{
  public:
    /**
     * \brief Get the type ID.
     * \return the object TypeId
     */
    static TypeId GetTypeId();
 
    /**
     * \brief Constructor
     */
    TcpBic();
 
    /**
     * Copy constructor.
     * \param sock The socket to copy from.
     */
    TcpBic(const TcpBic& sock);
 
    std::string GetName() const override;
    void IncreaseWindow(Ptr<TcpSocketState> tcb, uint32_t segmentsAcked) override;
    uint32_t GetSsThresh(Ptr<const TcpSocketState> tcb, uint32_t bytesInFlight) override;
 
    Ptr<TcpCongestionOps> Fork() override;
 
  protected:
    /**
     * \brief Bic window update after a new ack received
     * \param tcb the socket state.
     * \returns The number of segments acked since the last cwnd increment.
     */
    virtual uint32_t Update(Ptr<TcpSocketState> tcb);
 
  private:
    /**
     * \brief TcpBicIncrementTest friend class (for tests).
     * \relates TcpBicIncrementTest
     */
    friend class ::TcpBicIncrementTest;
    /**
     * \brief TcpBicDecrementTest friend class (for tests).
     * \relates TcpBicDecrementTest
     */
    friend class ::TcpBicDecrementTest;
 
    // User parameters
    bool m_fastConvergence; //!< Enable or disable fast convergence algorithm
    double m_beta;          //!< Beta for cubic multiplicative increase
    uint32_t m_maxIncr;     //!< Maximum window increment
    uint32_t m_lowWnd;      //!< Lower bound on congestion window
    uint32_t m_smoothPart;  //!< Number of RTT needed to reach Wmax from Wmax-B
 
    // Bic parameters
    uint32_t m_cWndCnt;     //!<  cWnd integer-to-float counter
    uint32_t m_lastMaxCwnd; //!<  Last maximum cWnd
    uint32_t m_lastCwnd;    //!<  Last cWnd
    Time m_epochStart;      //!<  Beginning of an epoch
    uint8_t m_b;            //!< Binary search coefficient
};
 
} // namespace ns3
#endif // TCPBIC_H