A reconfigurable protocol setting to improve TCP over wireless

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1608-1620

  Chiasserini, Carla Fabiana ^a   Meo, Michela ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Link layer protocols; Markovian models; Performance analysis; Transport control protocol (TCP) over wireless; Wireless networks

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR RADIO SYSTEMS; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); CONGESTION CONTROL (COMMUNICATION); ERROR CORRECTION; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERFORMANCE; QUALITY OF SERVICE; TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST; LINK LAYER PROTOCOLS; MARKOVIAN MODELS; TRANSPORT CONTROL PROTOCOL OVER WIRELESS; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

NETWORK PROTOCOLS;

EID: 0036880396     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2002.804863     Document Type: Article

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