Some observations on the effect of route fluctuation and network link failure on TCP

Proceedings - International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks, ICCCN

Volumn 2001-January, Issue , 2001, Pages 460-467

  Ranadive, U ^a,b   Medhi, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b HammerHead Networks ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cities and towns; Computational modeling; Computer networks; Fluctuations; IP networks; Network topology; Routing protocols; TCPIP; Telecommunication traffic; Vehicle dynamics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; DATA COMPRESSION; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; NETWORK LAYERS; NETWORK ROUTING; ROUTING PROTOCOLS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC; TOPOLOGY; TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL;

CITIES AND TOWNS; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; FLUCTUATIONS; IP NETWORKS; NETWORK TOPOLOGY; TCPIP; VEHICLE DYNAMICS;

TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS;

EID: 17444431834     PISSN: 10952055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICCCN.2001.956305     Document Type: Conference Paper

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