ICNP 98 Panel Session

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ICNP 98 Panel Session
The Future of Transport Evolution or Revolution

• Joe Bannister
• USC/ISI

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Panelists

• Hari Balakrishnan
• MIT Laboratory for Computer Science
• Steve Deering
• Cisco
• Allison Mankin
• USC Information Sciences Institute East
• Keith Ross
• Eurecom Institute

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Suggested Topics

• Reliable multicast
• Application requirements
• Influence of new link technologies
• Whither TCP?
• New research directions for transport protocols

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Reliable Multicast

• Fairness
• Definitions for multipoint
• Congestion avoidance
• Supported applications
• File distribution
• Web caching
• AFDP, BFTP, LBRM, LRMP, MDP, MFTP, MTP-2, PGM,
  RAMP, RMP, RMTP(-II), SRM, STORM, TBRM, TRM, XTP

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Application Requirements

• Web/HTTP
• Short-lived connections
• Aggressive use of multiple connections
• Real-time streams
• Mobility
• Energy efficiency
• Adaptive applications

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Link Technologies

• Wireless
• Cell-based
• Ad hoc
• Satellite
• Long, fat pipe
• Optical
• End-to-end gigabits

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TCP

• TCP after SACK
• Near- and far-term outlook
• TCPs friends
• UDP
• XTP
• MTP, PGM, RTP