TCP smart framing: A segmentation algorithm to reduce TCP latency

IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 316-329

  Mellia, Marco ^a   Meo, Michela ^a   Casetti, Claudio ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Performance evaluation; Protocol design; TCP enhancements

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BUFFER STORAGE; CLIENT SERVER COMPUTER SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONGESTION CONTROL (COMMUNICATION); EVALUATION; INTERNET; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERFORMANCE; ROUTERS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC; WORLD WIDE WEB;

PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; PROTOCOL DESIGN; TCP ENHANCEMENTS;

NETWORK PROTOCOLS;

EID: 18844406006     PISSN: 10636692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNET.2005.846901     Document Type: Article

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