Dynamics of TCP Traffic over ATM Networks

IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 633-641

  Floyd, Sally ^b  

^a SUN MICROSYSTEMS   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; BUFFER STORAGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONGESTION CONTROL (COMMUNICATION); NETWORK PROTOCOLS; PACKET NETWORKS; PACKET SWITCHING; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

AVAILABLE BIT RATE; CONGESTED NETWORKS; EARLY PACKET DISCARD; HOP BY HIP FLOW CONTROL; PARTIAL PACKET DISCARD; TRANSPORT CONTROL PROTOCOL; USER DATAGRAM PROTOCOL;

ASYNCHRONOUS TRANSFER MODE;

EID: 0029306743     PISSN: 07338716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/49.382154     Document Type: Article

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