From 8727076289ec55298a05cabddf02b374d13c1624 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stephen Hemminger Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 12:24:09 -0700 Subject: [TCP]: Add TCP Westwood congestion control module. This is the existing 2.6.12 Westwood code moved from tcp_input to the new congestion framework. A lot of the inline functions have been eliminated to try and make it clearer. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/ipv4/Kconfig | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) (limited to 'net/ipv4/Kconfig') diff --git a/net/ipv4/Kconfig b/net/ipv4/Kconfig index 712ebacacb62..adbe855d931a 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/Kconfig +++ b/net/ipv4/Kconfig @@ -452,6 +452,21 @@ config TCP_CONG_BIC increase provides TCP friendliness. See http://www.csc.ncsu.edu/faculty/rhee/export/bitcp/ +config TCP_CONG_WESTWOOD + tristate "TCP Westwood+" + depends on INET + default m + ---help--- + TCP Westwood+ is a sender-side only modification of the TCP Reno + protocol stack that optimizes the performance of TCP congestion + control. It is based on end-to-end bandwidth estimation to set + congestion window and slow start threshold after a congestion + episode. Using this estimation, TCP Westwood+ adaptively sets a + slow start threshold and a congestion window which takes into + account the bandwidth used at the time congestion is experienced. + TCP Westwood+ significantly increases fairness wrt TCP Reno in + wired networks and throughput over wireless links. + endmenu source "net/ipv4/ipvs/Kconfig" -- cgit v1.2.3