TCP for high performance in hybrid fiber coaxial broad-band access networks

IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 15-29

  Cohen, Reuven ^a,b   Ramanathan, Srinivas ^c  

^a IEEE   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Broad band access; Hybrid fiber coaxial networks; Residential data services; TCP performance

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND NETWORKS; COAXIAL CABLES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; INFORMATION SERVICES; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; WIDE AREA NETWORKS;

HYBRID FIBER COAXIAL BROADBAND ACCESS NETWORKS; RESIDENTIAL DATA SERVICES; TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOLS (TCP);

NETWORK PROTOCOLS;

EID: 0032001904     PISSN: 10636692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/90.663937     Document Type: Article

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