Performance evaluation of Westwood+ TCP congestion control

Performance Evaluation

Volumn 55, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 93-111

  Mascolo, S ^a   Grieco, L A ^a   Feroelli, R ^a   Camarda, P ^a   Piscitelli, G ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Network emulation; Network measurement; Network simulation; TCP congestion control

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONGESTION CONTROL (COMMUNICATION); NETWORK PROTOCOLS; PACKET NETWORKS; WIDE AREA NETWORKS;

NETWORK EMULATION;

TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

EID: 0242526813     PISSN: 01665316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-5316(03)00098-1     Document Type: Article

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