Evaluating TCP-friendliness in light of Concurrent Multipath Transfer

Computer Networks

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1876-1892

  Aydin, Ilknur ^a,b   Iyengar, Janardhan ^c   Conrad, Phillip ^d   Shen, Chien Chung ^a   Amer, Paul ^a  

^a University of Delaware   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Concurrent Multipath Transfer; Multihoming; SCTP; TCP friendliness; TCP friendly

Indexed keywords

CONCURRENT MULTIPATH TRANSFERS; MULTI-HOMING; SCTP; TCP-FRIENDLINESS; TCP-FRIENDLY;

AGGREGATES; BANDWIDTH; MULTIPATH PROPAGATION; THROUGHPUT;

TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL;

EID: 84859439624     PISSN: 13891286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comnet.2012.01.010     Document Type: Article

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