The performance of TCP/IP for networks with high bandwidth-delay products and random loss

IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 336-350

  Lakshman, T V ^a,b   Madhow, Upamanyu ^a,c  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^c University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Congestion control; Error recovery; Flow control; Internet; TCP IP; Transport protocols

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SYSTEM RECOVERY; CONGESTION CONTROL (COMMUNICATION); NETWORK PROTOCOLS; PACKET NETWORKS; PROBABILITY; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC; VOICE/DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

BOTTLENECK LINK; TRANSPORT CONTROL PROTOCOL/INTERNET PROTOCOL (TCP/IP);

WIDE AREA NETWORKS;

EID: 0031167787     PISSN: 10636692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/90.611099     Document Type: Article

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