System and method for a tcp mapper

Abstract

A system for congestion control of traffic in a network that uses Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) includes a plurality of TCP congestion control programs having one or more parameters, a plurality of TCP congestion control units running the TCP congestion control programs, and a TCP mapper adapted to map incoming TCP traffic flow from a plurality of incoming TCP traffic flows to the TCP congestion control units based on at least one of (a) the type of application program from which the incoming TCP traffic flow originated (b) the type of network for which the incoming TCP traffic flow is destined, (c) parameters related to network performance (d) network constraints (e) source of the incoming TCP traffic flow, and (f) destination of the incoming TCP traffic flow.

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         17 . A system for congestion control of traffic in a network that uses Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), said system comprising;
 a plurality of TCP congestion control programs, each of said plurality of TCP congestion control programs having a parameter,   a plurality of TCP congestion control units, each congestion control unit running one of said plurality of TCP congestion control programs;   a TCP mapper acting as a midstream TCP proxy, wherein said TCP mapper intercepts an incoming TCP traffic flow and determines which of said plurality of TCP congestion control units to map said incoming TCP traffic flow to, and   said TCP mapper adjusting said parameter of one of said plurality of TCP congestion control programs.   
     
     
         18 . The system of  claim 17  wherein said parameter is related to network performance. 
     
     
         19 . The system of  claim 17  wherein said TCP mapper receives information from an external sensor and uses said information to adjust said parameter of one of said plurality of TCP congestion control programs. 
     
     
         20 . The system of  claim 19 , wherein said information is related to one of network loss, throughput, latency, bandwidth, jitter or goodput. 
     
     
         21 . A system for congestion control of traffic in a network that uses Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), said system comprising;
 a plurality of TCP congestion control programs, each of said plurality of TCP congestion control programs having a parameter,   a plurality of TCP congestion control units, each congestion control unit running one of said plurality of TCP congestion control programs;   a TCP mapper acting as a midstream TCP proxy, wherein said TCP mapper intercepts an incoming TCP traffic flow and determines which of said plurality of TCP congestion control units to map said intercepted incoming TCP traffic flow to, and   an external sensor that receives information related to network performance and relays said information to said TCP mapper.   
     
     
         22 . The system of  claim 21 , wherein said information is used to adjust said parameter of one of said plurality of TCP congestion control programs. 
     
     
         23 . The system of  claim 21  wherein said TCP mapper uses said information to adjust said parameter of one of said plurality of TCP congestion control programs. 
     
     
         24 . The system of  claim 21 , wherein said information is related to one of network loss, throughput, latency, bandwidth, jitter or goodput.