Comprehensive performance analysis of a TCP session over a wireless fading link with queueing

IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 344-356

  Abouzeid, Alhussein A ^a   Roy, Sumit ^b   Azizoglu, Murat ^c  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

^c Sycamore Networks   (United States)

Author keywords

Performance analysis; Transport control protocol; Wireless communications

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; FADING (RADIO); MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; PACKET NETWORKS; PROBABILITY; QUEUEING NETWORKS; SIMULATORS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

CONGESTION LOSS MODELS; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOLS (TCP); WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 3042826852     PISSN: 15361276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TWC.2003.808976     Document Type: Article

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