Hierarchical cache design for enhancing TCP over heterogeneous networks with wired and wireless links

IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 205-217

  Hu, Jian Hao ^a,b   Feng, Gang ^a,b   Yeung, Kwan Lawrence ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Handoff; Heterogeneous network; Local loss recovery; New snoop (NS); Transmission control protocol (TCP) enhancement

Indexed keywords

BUFFER STORAGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

HANDOFF; HETEROGENEOUS NETWORK; LOCAL LOSS RECOVERY; NEW SNOOP (NS); TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL (TCP) ENHANCEMENT;

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 3042748758     PISSN: 15361276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TWC.2003.808957     Document Type: Article

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