Using 802.11 MAC retransmissions for path selection in multi-homed transport layer protocols

GLOBECOM - IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Fallon, Sheila ^a   Jacob, Paul ^a   Qiao, Yuansong ^a   Hanley, Austin ^a   Murphy, Liam ^b  

^a Athletic Rehabilitation Therapy Ireland   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

MAC retransmissions; Mobility; RTO; SCTP

Indexed keywords

802.11 MAC; CROSS LAYER; CROSS-LAYER APPROACH; END TO END; EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE; KEY PARAMETERS; MULTI-HOMING; PATH SELECTION; PATH SELECTION ALGORITHMS; RETRANSMISSION TIMEOUT; RETRANSMISSIONS; ROUND-TRIP-TIME; STREAM CONTROL TRANSMISSION PROTOCOLS; SWITCHOVER; TRANSPORT LAYER PROTOCOLS;

REGENERATORS; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

INTERNET PROTOCOLS;

EID: 77951602344     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/GLOCOM.2009.5425432     Document Type: Conference Paper

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