Simulation of an Optimized Data Packet Transmission in a Congested Network

Abstract

Computer network and the Internet nowadays accommodate simultaneous transmission of audio, video, and data traffic among others. Efficient and reliable data transmission is essential for achieving high performance in a networked computing environment. Thus, there is need to optimized data packet transmission in the present day network. This paper simulates and demonstrates the process of optimizing data packet transmission in a congested network. It uses the modified FIFO Queue system to control data packet loss and uses the prototyping software methodology to develop software in Python Programming language for its implementation. From the simulation process, it was observed that causes of packet loss during transmission are largely dependent on protocol, congestion of traffic way, speed of the sender and speed of the receiver’s machine. Thus, the paper takes advantage of the observations from simulation and presents a system that simulates control of data loss during transmission in a congested network.

Keywords: Simulation, Auxiliary Queue, Departing Packets, Arrival Packets, Packet Loss.