Preventing TCP performance interference on asymmetric links using ACKs-first variable-size queuing

Computer Communications

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 730-742

  Park, Jiyong ^a   Park, Daedong ^a   Hong, Seongsoo ^a,b   Park, Jungkeun ^c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Konkuk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Asymmetric link; Performance interference; Queue scheduling; TCP

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC MODELS; ASYMMETRIC LINKS; BIDIRECTIONAL TRAFFICS; END USERS; LINUX KERNEL; NETWORK CONFIGURATION; NS-2 SIMULATORS; NUMBER OF DATUM; PERFORMANCE INTERFERENCE; PERFORMANCE PROBLEMS; QUEUE SCHEDULING; QUEUE SIZE; QUEUING DELAY; RESIDENTIAL GATEWAYS; TCP; TCP PERFORMANCE; TCP PROTOCOL; TCP THROUGHPUT; TCP TRAFFIC; TWO SOURCES;

COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; NETWORK PERFORMANCE; QUEUEING NETWORKS; QUEUEING THEORY; SCHEDULING; THROUGHPUT; TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL;

GATEWAYS (COMPUTER NETWORKS);

EID: 79952039358     PISSN: 01403664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comcom.2010.09.010     Document Type: Article

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