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Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) is one of the core technologies that makes the Internet function. It has been in use since the origin of the Internet back in the 1970s.
But now, Akamai, a company which runs a massive network of servers that help Internet companies provide fast, efficient data transfer over large geographical areas, is proposing to replace TCP with a new technology called Giga.
According to Kit Knox, VP of media engineering at Akamai, the company recently tested Giga in multiple locations across the globe and found that it delivered 30 per cent faster data transmission rates on average.
In India, it delivered an astounding 150 per cent increase on existing rates of transfer. Giga incorporates a number of improvements over TCP that help move data faster by increasing the efficiency and reliability of connections.
Akamai plans to open up the technology to increase adoption and hopes that it can become a standard in the near future. However, both end-user devices and servers will need to support the new protocol before that becomes possible.
The company hopes to combine it with QUIC, a technology which Google launched last year that improves transmission rates for data-intensive applications such as streaming video.
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