This technical report summarizes the results of the SIMCO
performance measurements with different transport protocols.
SIMCO (SImple Middlebox COnfiguration) is a signaling
protocol that can be used for controlling middleboxes such
as firewalls and network address translators - small
cable/DSL routers as well as large gateways between VoIP
carrier networks, policing thousands of simultaneous calls.
In the latter case, optimizing the SIMCO response time is
important, as this contributes to the call setup delay
perceived by the user in a negative way. SIMCO assumes to be
transmitted over a reliable transport layer protocol.
However, it requires only partial in-order delivery of
messages. Using a Linux and Solaris based prototype
implementation and a wide area network emulator, the SIMCO
transaction response time was measured both for TCP
(Transmission Control Protocol) and SCTP (Stream Control
Transmission Protocol) as transport layer protocols, with
different parameter settings and for different workloads.
The measurement results reveal clear advantages of using
SCTP, especially in scenarios with medium to high
transaction rates.
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%A Kiesel, Sebastian
%A Scharf, Michael
%A Beutel, Sebastian
%A Ruschival, Thomas
%D 2006
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%T Performance Measurement of SIMCO over TCP and SCTP
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%X This technical report summarizes the results of the SIMCO
performance measurements with different transport protocols.
SIMCO (SImple Middlebox COnfiguration) is a signaling
protocol that can be used for controlling middleboxes such
as firewalls and network address translators - small
cable/DSL routers as well as large gateways between VoIP
carrier networks, policing thousands of simultaneous calls.
In the latter case, optimizing the SIMCO response time is
important, as this contributes to the call setup delay
perceived by the user in a negative way. SIMCO assumes to be
transmitted over a reliable transport layer protocol.
However, it requires only partial in-order delivery of
messages. Using a Linux and Solaris based prototype
implementation and a wide area network emulator, the SIMCO
transaction response time was measured both for TCP
(Transmission Control Protocol) and SCTP (Stream Control
Transmission Protocol) as transport layer protocols, with
different parameter settings and for different workloads.
The measurement results reveal clear advantages of using
SCTP, especially in scenarios with medium to high
transaction rates.
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performance measurements with different transport protocols.
SIMCO (SImple Middlebox COnfiguration) is a signaling
protocol that can be used for controlling middleboxes such
as firewalls and network address translators - small
cable/DSL routers as well as large gateways between VoIP
carrier networks, policing thousands of simultaneous calls.
In the latter case, optimizing the SIMCO response time is
important, as this contributes to the call setup delay
perceived by the user in a negative way. SIMCO assumes to be
transmitted over a reliable transport layer protocol.
However, it requires only partial in-order delivery of
messages. Using a Linux and Solaris based prototype
implementation and a wide area network emulator, the SIMCO
transaction response time was measured both for TCP
(Transmission Control Protocol) and SCTP (Stream Control
Transmission Protocol) as transport layer protocols, with
different parameter settings and for different workloads.
The measurement results reveal clear advantages of using
SCTP, especially in scenarios with medium to high
transaction rates.},
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