Background TCP data transfer with inline network measurement

IEICE Transactions on Communications

Volumn E89-B, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2152-2160

  Tsugawa, Tomoaki ^a   Hasegawa, Go ^a   Murata, Masayuki ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Available bandwidth; Background data transfer; Congestion control; Inline network measurement; TCP (Transmission Control Protocol)

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONGESTION CONTROL (COMMUNICATION); NETWORK PROTOCOLS; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

AVAILABLE BANDWIDTH; BACKGROUND DATA TRANSFER; CONGESTION CONTROL; INLINE NETWORK MEASUREMENT; TCP (TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL);

DATA TRANSFER;

EID: 33747879782     PISSN: 09168516     EISSN: 17451345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ietcom/e89-b.8.2152     Document Type: Article

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