FAST TCP Last modified: Tuesday, April 11, 2006
A TCP variant. FAST TCP is an alternative congestion control algorithm in TCP, that is designed to sustain high throughput and utilization for high-speed data transfers over large distance (e.g., tens of gigabyte files across the Atlantic). The Fast TCP system being developed by Steven Low and colleagues at the California Institute of Technology. Current implementation is in TCP on the Linux platform, although the principles and design can be implemented in other contexts than TCP.
•E-mail this definition to a colleague• For internet.com pages about FAST TCP . Also check out the following links! FAST Homepage  The homepage for FAST research and development at the California Institute of Technology. FAST TCP From Theory to Experiments (PDF)  This describes a variant of TCP, called FAST, that can sustain high throughput and utilization at multi-Gbps over large distance. We present the motivation, review the background theory, summarize key features of FAST TCP, and report experimental results from our first public demonstration in November 2002.	Internet Protocols congestion data Internet IP protocol TCP TCP/IP Give Us Your Feedback Shopping FAST TCP Products Compare Products,Prices and Stores Shop by Category: Networking Hubs and Switches 338 Model Matches Routers 95 Model Matches Firewalls 83 Model Matches Other Network Devices 146 Model Matches