Differentiating congestion vs. Random loss: A method for improving TCP performance over wireless links

2000 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 90-93

  Parsa, Christina ^a   Garcia Luna Aceves, J J ^a  

^a University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONGESTION CONTROL (COMMUNICATION); NETWORK PROTOCOLS; THROUGHPUT; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL (TCP);

TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS;

EID: 0034588058     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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