Evolution of Congestion Control Mechanisms for TCP and Non TCP Protocols

Abstract

Modern world of communication is

demanding wired as well as wireless communication to

provide faster data transmission that too in huge data

amount. Now mobiles are no more just for calling. Each

and every application of mobile is demanding Internet.

This paper is written with the aim to study upon how the

problem of congestion is taken care by the existing

congestion control mechanisms. What are the options

available in congestion control and what are their

characteristics. This paper also explains the classification

of congestion control schemes which came one after the

other in the last decade. This paper briefly describes

study on congestion control algorithms, its classification,

its compatibility with TCP which is a most widely used

protocol, few non TCP but popular congestion control

algorithms and the analysis and conclusion of problem

statement.