A versatile model for TCP bandwidth sharing in networks with heterogeneous users

AEU - International Journal of Electronics and Communications

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 267-278

  Abendroth, Dirk ^a,b,f   Van Den Berg, Hans ^b,c   Mandjes, Michel ^b,d,e,g  

^a HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

^d CWI   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f BMW AG   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acyclic networks; Flow level; Packet level; Performance; Round trip times; TCP; Throughput; User heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; INTERNET; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; PACKET NETWORKS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

PACKET LEVEL; TCP; USER HETEROGENEITY;

NETWORK PROTOCOLS;

EID: 33644858595     PISSN: 14348411     EISSN: 16180399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aeue.2005.03.009     Document Type: Article

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