•End-to-end
application-to-application, single and multi-streams (not just internal backbone aggregate
speeds)
•TCP has not run out of
stream yet, scales into multi-Gbits/s region
–TCP well
understood, mature, many good features: reliability etc.
–Friendly on
shared networks
•New TCP
stacks only need to be deployed at sender
–Often just a
few data sources, many destinations
–No
modifications to backbone routers etc
–No need for
jumbo frames
•Used Commercial Off
The Shelf (COTS) hardware and software