A configurable and extensible transport protocol

IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1254-1265

  Bridges, Patrick G ^a   Wong, Gary T ^b   Hiltunen, Matti ^c   Schlichting, Richard D ^c   Barrick, Matthew J ^a  

^a MSC01 1070   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AT AND T LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Configuration; Customization; Extensibility; Product customization; Software prototyping; Transport protocol; Transport protocols

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING; WIDE AREA NETWORKS;

CONFIGURABLE TRANSPORT PROTOCOL; EXTENSIBILITY; EXTENSIBLE TRANSPORT PROTOCOLS; MICROPROTOCOLS;

NETWORK PROTOCOLS;

EID: 37549028361     PISSN: 10636692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNET.2007.906245     Document Type: Article

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