Explicit transport error notification (ETEN) for error-prone wireless and satellite networks

Computer Networks

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 343-362

  Krishnan, Rajesh ^a   Sterbenz, James P G ^b   Eddy, Wesley M ^c   Partridge, Craig ^a   Allman, Mark ^d  

^a BBN TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bit errors; Channel fades; Congestion; Corruption; Explicit congestion notification (ECN); Explicit loss notification (ELN); Explicit transport error notification (ETEN); TCP performance; Wireless and satellite networks

Indexed keywords

CARRIER COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONGESTION CONTROL (COMMUNICATION); DATA PROCESSING; ERROR ANALYSIS; PACKET NETWORKS; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

CORRUPTION-BASED LOSS; MITIGATION; SATELLITE NETWORKS; TRANSPORT ERROR;

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 4544379406     PISSN: 13891286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comnet.2004.06.012     Document Type: Article

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