A Survey of TCP over ad hoc networks

IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 22-36

  Al Hanbali, Ahmad ^a   Altman, Eitan ^a   Nain, Philippe ^a  

^a INRIA   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AD HOC ENVIRONMENT; MAJOR FACTORS; NETWORK CONGESTIONS; POOR PERFORMANCE; STATIC AD-HOC NETWORKS; UNRELIABLE NETWORK; WIRED NETWORKS;

SURVEYS; WIRELESS AD HOC NETWORKS;

TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL;

EID: 84892617033     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1553877X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/COMST.2005.1610548     Document Type: Review

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