An Explicit and Fair Window Adjustment Method to Enhance TCP Efficiency and Fairness Over Multihops Satellite Networks

IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 371-387

  Taleb, Tarik ^a   Kato, Nei ^a   Nemoto, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Congestion control; Fairness; Receiver's advertised window (RWND) adjustment; Satellite networks; Transmission control protocol (TCP)

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; ERROR ANALYSIS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; SATELLITE LINKS; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

CONGESTION CONTROL; RECEIVER'S ADVERTISED WINDOW (RWND) ADJUSTMENT; SYSTEM FAIRNESS; TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOLS (TCP);

COMMUNICATION SATELLITES;

EID: 1342286925     PISSN: 07338716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSAC.2003.819989     Document Type: Article

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