Loss-resilient window-based congestion control

Computer Networks

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1473-1491

  De Vleeschouwer, Christophe ^a,b   Frossard, Pascal ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Congestion control; Explicit notification; Lossy networks; Window based protocol

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEEDBACK CONTROL; PACKET LOSS; PROBLEM SOLVING; ROUTERS;

EXPLICIT NOTIFICATION; HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS;

CONGESTION CONTROL (COMMUNICATION);

EID: 41449087939     PISSN: 13891286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comnet.2008.01.013     Document Type: Article

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