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In response to the question <br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>Is there any study done on
evaluating the effect of this TCP<br>
"deficiency"? What applications really need to and are
capable to do<br>
out-of-order processing? </blockquote><br>
I would call your attention to the following journal articles and
conferences papers:<br><br>
<i><x-tab> </x-tab>Computer
Networks</i>, <i>31(7)</i>, 4/99, P. Amer, S. Iren, G. Sezen, P. Conrad,
M. Taube, A. Caro <br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>"Network-conscious
GIF image transmission over Internet"<br><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>ACM
Multimedia 2001 (to appear, 9/01) P. Conrad, A. Caro, P. Amer,
<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>"ReMDoR:
Remote Multimedia Document Retrieval over Parital Order
Transport"<br><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>IEEE
MILCOM 2001 (to appear, 10/01) P. Conrad, G. Heinz, A. Caro, P.
Amer, J. Fiore, <br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>"SCTP
in Battlefield Networks"<br><br>
These, and over a dozen more papers and articles on the benefits of
out-of-sequence processing, (including three Ph.D. Dissertations
addressing the topic) can be found at
<a href="http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~amer/PEL/poc/index.html" eudora="autourl">http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~amer/PEL/poc/index.html</a>.<br><br>
I would also call attention to the seminal paper in this area:<br><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Clark and
Tennenhouse, 1990: D. Clark and D. Tennenhouse.
Architectural<x-tab> </x-tab><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Considerations
for a New Generation of Protocols. Proc. SIGCOMM 90.<br><br>
as well as to the work of Diot and Gagnon, (which while I argue in my
dissertation---see the link above---that it understates the benefit of
out-of-sequence processing, is nevertheless useful in establishing some
baselines for the benefit.)<br><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Diot and
Gagnon, 1999: C. Diot, F. Gagnon. Impact of out-of-sequence
processing<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>on the
performance of data transmission. Computer Networks, 31(5),
475-492,<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Mar.
1999.<br><br>
I hope these are helpful.<br><br>
Phill Conrad<br>
Asst. Professor, CIS Dept. Temple University.<br>
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