A survey of tcp enhancements for last-hop wireless networks

IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 20-34

  Sardar, Bhaskar ^a   Saha, Debashis ^b  

^a MAULANA ABUL KALAM AZAD UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

END-TO-END PERFORMANCE; HANDOFF MECHANISMS; MOBILE ACCESS NETWORKS; NETWORK CONGESTIONS; NETWORK CONNECTIVITY; PERFORMANCE ISSUES; TRANSMISSION RATES; WIRELESS ENVIRONMENT;

MOBILE DEVICES; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; PACKET LOSS; SURVEYS; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL;

EID: 34548801175     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1553877X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/COMST.2006.253273     Document Type: Review

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