How are the high-speed protocol stack performance issues being addressed, what is the status of this work?
A. This is a new evolving section intended to provide summary information and links, please check back often for additional updates. There is much work being done in the standards, academic research and scientific communities including the IETF, ICIR and Open Group as well as in the high-speed network technology industry to address these issues which can be categorized as follows: 1. High-speed TCP: Design goals for 1 to 10 gigabit transmission over long distance networks to address issues with high-bandwidth/delay networks. To find information, use search engine keywords “HighSpeed TCP”, “Scalable TCP”, “FAST protocol” and “UDT protocol”. In addition, there is a Draft RFC in the Transport Area Working Group within the IETF (RFC 3649, December 2003) for high-speed TCP. The following links may provide additional useful information: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3649.txt http://netlab.caltech.edu/FAST 2. New Socket API extensions: Will include features for efficient data transfer and buffer
