TCP fairness issues in IEEE 802.11 networks: Problem analysis and solutions based on rate control

IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1346-1354

  Blefari Melazzi, Nicola ^a   Detti, Andrea ^a   Habib, Ibrahim ^b   Ordine, Alessandro ^a   Salsano, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b City College of the City University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

Rate limiter; TCP fairness; WirelessLAN

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED COORDINATION FUNCTION (DCF); RATE CONTROL; TCP CONNECTIONS;

AD HOC NETWORKS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITY OF SERVICE; STANDARDS;

WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

EID: 34247353293     PISSN: 15361276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TWC.2007.348331     Document Type: Article

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