Towards transport-layer mobility: Evolution of SCTP multihoming

Computer Communications

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 980-998

  Budzisz, L ^a   Ferrus R ^a   Brunstrom, A ^b   Grinnemo, K J ^b   Fracchia, R ^c   Galante, G ^d   Casadevall, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Motorola Labs   (France)

^d ISTITUTO SUPERIORE MARIO BOELLA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bandwidth estimation; Concurrent multipath transfer; Handover management; SCTP; Transport layer mobility

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; MULTIPATH PROPAGATION; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

BANDWIDTH ESTIMATION; CONCURRENT MULTIPATH TRANSFER; HANDOVER MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORT-LAYER MOBILITY;

TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

EID: 40249084237     PISSN: 01403664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comcom.2007.12.014     Document Type: Article

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