Cooperative Inter-Node and Inter-Layer Optimization of Network Protocols

This chapter introduces a novel concept of cooperation among network nodes based on inter-layer and inter-node relationships with the aim of dynamically tuning the TCP/IP protocol parameters for performance enhancement. In such interaction, cooperative decisions are made to find optimal setup of the values of the parameters of these protocols by considering their past operation experience. Results evince that cooperation between layers of a protocol stack can bring significant improvements in data transfer performance when compared with non-cooperative approaches. One of the main points behind the design of the proposed cooperative optimization framework is the ability to tune configuration parameters in runtime and in a distributed fashion.