Datagram Congestion Control Protocol (DCCP)
Student Number: UP948881
Introduction (approx. 250 words)
 Datagram Congestion Control Protocol,
otherwise known as DCCP, is a transport layer
protocol, which is message orientated. Brief
background of DCCP such as when it was first
suggested as a standard, back in 2006. DCCP
uses congestion control
 One may think of it as UDP with congestion
control, or TCP without reliability (Bittau and
Handley, 2007)
 This report will explain what 3 scenarios TCP
does not perform optimally and where DCCP
suits these scenarios better. (streaming
media, Multiplayer games (internet gaming)
and internet telephony.) then look at the
Economical- socio- technical implications of
DCCP
DCCP and TCP (approx. 1000 words)
 TCP is more reliable as it provides delivery
guarantees and therefore more robust
protocol for applications that require
guaranteed delivery.
 However, TCP isn’t ideally suited for the
following scenarios streaming media,
multiplayer games and internet telephony.
Main reason for this is because these types of
data prefer speed to reliability.
 These real-time applications cannot afford the
additional latency introduced by reliability
mechanisms (Polese et al., 2019)
 DCCP doesn’t have reliability mechanisms
therefore it reduces the latency for these
types of scenarios and hence it will have
higher speed when compared to TCP.
 DCCP still requires congestion control and can
use a couple methods of control. It can allow
the application a choice on what method it
prefers to use. CCID2 is a TCP like congestion
control.
 Like TCP, DCCP is connection orientated.
Economical implication of DCCP (approx. 333
words)
 Due to DCCP not being the most common
standard there would be a cost involved with
implementing it and configuring devices and
applications to use it.
 If used for banking and other fund transfers it
could potentially lose data and that could
affect the total monies and/or balance.
 (additional research required)
Social implication of DCCP (approx. 333
words)
 DCCP will help minimise glitching with online
gaming and streaming of media. Therefore,
more people are more likely to stay in and
play or watch and could lead to distancing
themselves from society. However, with
online gaming they could be socialising with
other gamers using voice chat.
 (additional research required)
Technical implication of DCCP (approx. 333
words)
 DCCP relies on speed rather than reliability
which is fine for these scenarios previously
 stated but for the most case, DCCP lacks the
ability to confirm delivery. This can cause an
issue for applications such emails and HTTP.
Reliability is a major downfall for the type of
transport protocol.
 Most common transport protocol is TCP,
therefore there would already be a lot of
devices and applications configured to
running TCP rather than DCCP. Therefore,
there could potentially be a demand for these
applications and devices to be reconfigured to
run DCCP. If they allow to be reconfigured to
running DCCP as some may not.
 (additional research required)

Conclusion (approx. 250 words)

 Looking at the overall picture of DCCP. It has

its advantages and disadvantages. On the
positive side it is suited for streaming media
and online gaming due to reduced latency
that increases the speed. However, it comes
at a cost of reliability issues.
 DCCP is versatile and I think it has a future
with more than the 3 scenarios suggested.

References

 Bittau, A. and Handley, M.,

2007.  Implementing DCCP: Differences From
TCP And UDP. London, p. 2.
 Polese, M., Chiariotti, F., Bonetto, E., Rigotto,
F., Zanella, A. and Zorzi, M., 2019.  A Survey
On Recent Advances In Transport Layer
Protocols - IEEE Journals & Magazine. [online]
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