Improving TCP performance in residential broadband networks: A simple and deployable approach

Computer Communication Review

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 62-68

  Podlesny, Maxim ^a   Williamson, Carey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asymmetric links; Residential networks; TCP

Indexed keywords

ACCESS LINKS; ACCESS NETWORK; ACCESS TECHNOLOGY; ASYMMETRIC LINKS; BOTTLENECK LINK; CABLE CONNECTION; EXTENSIVE SIMULATIONS; INTERNET ACCESS; NETWORK CONDITION; PERFORMANCE DEGRADATION; RESEARCH EFFORTS; RESIDENTIAL NETWORKS; TCP; TCP FLOWS; TCP PERFORMANCE;

INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS; TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 84869391337     PISSN: 01464833     EISSN: 19435819     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2096149.2096158     Document Type: Article

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