Improving transport layer performance in multihop ad hoc networks by exploiting MAC layer information

IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1692-1701

  Zhai, Hongqiang ^a   Chen, Xiang ^b   Fang, Yuguang ^c  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^b MOTOROLA INC   (United States)

^c University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Congestion control; Fairness; Medium access control (MAC); Multihop ad hoc networks; Transmission control protocol (TCP)

Indexed keywords

BOTTLENECK NODE; MULTIHOP AD HOC NETWORKS; WIRELESS CONGESTION CONTROL PROTOCOL (WCCP);

ALGORITHMS; CODES (STANDARDS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONGESTION CONTROL (COMMUNICATION); MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL;

AD HOC NETWORKS;

EID: 34249331687     PISSN: 15361276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TWC.2007.360371     Document Type: Article

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