Cross-layer design in HSDPA system to reduce the TCP effect

IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 614-625

  Assaad, Mohamad ^b   Zeghlache, Djamal ^a,b,c  

^a IEEE   (Japan)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DES TÉLÉCOMMUNICATIONS   (France)

^c INT Telecom   (France)

Author keywords

Adaptive modulation and coding (AMC); Cross layer; Dense multipath channel (WSSUS); High speed downlink packet access (HSDPA); Hybrid ARQ; Scheduling; Selective rake receiver; Transport control protocol (TCP)

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MODULATION AND CODING (AMC); CROSS LAYER; DENSE MULTIPATH CHANNEL (WSSUS); HIGH-SPEED DOWNLINK PACKET ACCESS (HSDPA); HYBRID-ARQ; TRANSPORT CONTROL PROTOCOL (TCP);

ALGORITHMS; BIT ERROR RATE; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); PACKET NETWORKS; SCHEDULING; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

NETWORK PROTOCOLS;

EID: 33644973211     PISSN: 07338716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSAC.2005.862414     Document Type: Article

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