Improving TCP performance with bandwidth estimation and selective negative acknowledgment in wireless networks

Journal of Communications and Networks

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 236-246

  Cheng, Rung Shiang ^a   Lin, Hui Tang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Congestion control; IEEE 802.11; Selective negative acknowledge ment (SNACK); Transmission control protocol (TCP)

Indexed keywords

EID: 35248829216     PISSN: 12292370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JCN.2007.6182851     Document Type: Article

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