Limitations of equation-based congestion control

Computer Communication Review

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 49-60

  Rhee, Injong ^a   Xu, Lisong ^b  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Congestion control; Equation based rate control

Indexed keywords

DATA TRANSFER; FREQUENCY ALLOCATION; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; CONGESTION CONTROL (COMMUNICATION); INTERNET PROTOCOLS; TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL;

CONGESTION CONTROL; DELAY ESTIMATION; EQUATION BASED RATE CONTROL;

CHANNEL CAPACITY; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE;

COMPETING FLOW; CONGESTION CONTROL PROTOCOLS; DELAY ESTIMATION; EQUATION BASED; EQUATION BASED RATE CONTROL; RATE ESTIMATION; RETRANSMISSION TIMEOUT; TCP FRIENDLY RATE CONTROL;

EID: 33847267880     PISSN: 01464833     EISSN: 01464833     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1090191.1080099     Document Type: Conference Paper

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