Is it still possible to extend TCP?

Proceedings of the ACM SIGCOMM Internet Measurement Conference, IMC

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 181-194

  Honda, Michio ^a   Nishida, Yoshifumi ^a   Raiciu, Costin ^b   Greenhalgh, Adam ^c   Handley, Mark ^c   Tokuda, Hideyuki ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

measurements; middleboxes; protocol design; TCP

Indexed keywords

IP OPTION; MEASUREMENT METHODOLOGY; MIDDLEBOXES; MULTIPLE VANTAGE POINTS; PROTOCOL DESIGN; SEQUENCE NUMBER; TCP; TCP CONNECTIONS;

COMPUTER SYSTEM FIREWALLS; INTERNET; MEASUREMENTS;

TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL;

EID: 82955186911     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2068816.2068834     Document Type: Conference Paper

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