Cross-layer design to improve wireless TCP performance with link-layer adaptation

IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1504-1508

  Mahmoodi, Toktam ^a   Friderikos, Vasilis ^a   Holland, Oliver ^a   Aghvami, A Hamid ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cross layer design; TCP; Wireless networks

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; BOOLEAN FUNCTIONS; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; ERROR ANALYSIS; IMAGE COMPRESSION; TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL;

BIT ERRORS; CROSS LAYER DESIGNS; CROSS LAYERING; INTERMITTENT CONNECTIVITY; LINK LAYER (LL); NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; PACKET RETRANSMISSIONS; PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS; RELIABLE TRANSPORT PROTOCOL; STATE MACHINES; TCP THROUGHPUT; TIMING INFORMATION; TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL (TCP); VEHICULAR TECHNOLOGIES; WIRED NETWORKS; WIRELESS LINKS; WIRELESS TCP (TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL);

INTERNET PROTOCOLS;

EID: 47649098197     PISSN: 15502252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/VETECF.2007.320     Document Type: Conference Paper

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