A spectrum of TCP-friendly window-based congestion control algorithms

IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 341-355

  Jin, Shudong ^a   Guo, Liang ^a   Matta, Ibrahim ^a   Bestavros, Azer ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Congestion control; Fairness; TCP compatibility; TCP friendliness; Transient behavior

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; INTERNET; NETWORK PROTOCOLS;

CONGESTION CONTROL ALGORITHM;

CONGESTION CONTROL (COMMUNICATION);

EID: 0038494015     PISSN: 10636692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNET.2003.813046     Document Type: Article

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