Packet Loss Based Real Time Network Condition Estimation

Packet loss behaviors have been studied for many years. Traditional packet loss evaluation criteria are not sufficient to describe characteristics of losses: the loss rate is too simple while traditional loss episodes sometimes are not stable due to the randomness of loss events. In this paper, we propose an extended loss episode approach, merged loss episode based on the traditional definition, to estimate the network condition. Also we presented the corresponding algorithm for calculation. Simulation results show that compared with traditional loss episodes, the merged version could be more stable and effective to measure network performance on loss issues.