TCP Congestion Control Performance Issues in Non-Standalone 5G NR Networks

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  • Lukas Prause
  • Mark Akselrod

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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Titel des Sammelwerks2023 IEEE 98th Vehicular Technology Conference, VTC 2023-Fall - Proceedings
Herausgeber (Verlag)Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (elektronisch)9798350329285
ISBN (Print)1090-3038
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 2023
Veranstaltung98th IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC 2023-Fall) - Hong Kong, China
Dauer: 10 Okt. 202313 Okt. 2023

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NameIEEE Vehicular Technology Conference
ISSN (Print)1550-2252

Abstract

The ongoing deployment of 5G networks and the heterogeneity of carrier aggregation in 4G networks have resulted in vast differences of cellular network performance across different locations. Especially for mobile users, such fluctuation in performance based on location can result in a highly degraded user experience. The problem is compounded by the fact that popular TCP congestion control variants, such as CUBIC and BBR, can be slow to adjust their congestion window when network conditions change rapidly.In this paper, we analyze the extent to which the network conditions can change over brief periods of time for mobile users by performing repeated drive tests on a route with a diverse network coverage. We show that due to differences in the availability of different 4G and 5G carriers, the total carrier bandwidth available to a user can change multiple times in a period of a few seconds, which results in major changes of achievable throughput. As TCP can be slow in adjusting its congestion window, this can result in either low bandwidth utilization or high delays due to bufferbloat. We propose that for a more efficient bandwidth utilization, the information about total carrier bandwidth could be used in TCP congestion control.

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TCP Congestion Control Performance Issues in Non-Standalone 5G NR Networks. / Prause, Lukas; Akselrod, Mark.
2023 IEEE 98th Vehicular Technology Conference, VTC 2023-Fall - Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2023. (IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference).

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Prause, L & Akselrod, M 2023, TCP Congestion Control Performance Issues in Non-Standalone 5G NR Networks. in 2023 IEEE 98th Vehicular Technology Conference, VTC 2023-Fall - Proceedings. IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 98th IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC 2023-Fall), Hong Kong, China, 10 Okt. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1109/VTC2023-Fall60731.2023.10333357
Prause, L., & Akselrod, M. (2023). TCP Congestion Control Performance Issues in Non-Standalone 5G NR Networks. In 2023 IEEE 98th Vehicular Technology Conference, VTC 2023-Fall - Proceedings (IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/VTC2023-Fall60731.2023.10333357
Prause L, Akselrod M. TCP Congestion Control Performance Issues in Non-Standalone 5G NR Networks. in 2023 IEEE 98th Vehicular Technology Conference, VTC 2023-Fall - Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2023. (IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference). doi: 10.1109/VTC2023-Fall60731.2023.10333357
Prause, Lukas ; Akselrod, Mark. / TCP Congestion Control Performance Issues in Non-Standalone 5G NR Networks. 2023 IEEE 98th Vehicular Technology Conference, VTC 2023-Fall - Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2023. (IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference).
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