PiggyCode: A MAC layer network coding scheme to improve TCP performance over wireless networks

GLOBECOM - IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 3672-3677

  Scalia, Luca ^a   Soldo, Fabio ^b   Gerla, Mario ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAC LAYER NETWORK; PIGGYCODE; TCPACK PACKETS;

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); PACKET SWITCHING; RADIO TRANSMISSION; SIGNAL ENCODING; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL;

EID: 39349102013     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/GLOCOM.2007.697     Document Type: Conference Paper

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