Performance enhancement due to the TNL congestion control on the simultaneous deployment of both HSDPA and HSUPA

Journal of Networks

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 773-781

  Zaki, Yasir ^a   Weerawardane, Thushara ^a   Timm Giel, Andreas ^a   Görg, Carmelita ^a   Malafronte, Gennaro C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b RTP PT RST   (Italy)

Author keywords

Congestion control; Congestion detection; HSDPA; HSPA; HSUPA

Indexed keywords

3G MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; CONGESTION CONTROL (COMMUNICATION); ERROR CORRECTION; NETWORK LAYERS;

CONGESTION DETECTION; HSPA; HSUPA; HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST; NETWORK OPERATOR; PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENTS; TRANSPORT NETWORKS; WORKING GROUPS;

MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 78651545239     PISSN: 17962056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4304/jnw.5.7.773-781     Document Type: Article

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