Towards a rate-based TCP protocol for the web

Proceedings - IEEE Computer Society's Annual International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunications Systems, MASCOTS

Volumn 2000-January, Issue , 2000, Pages 36-45

  Ke, Jun ^a   Williamson, Carey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA TRANSFER; ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT EXCHANGE; FLOW CONTROL; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; PACKET LOSS;

BULK DATA TRANSFER; BURSTY PACKET TRAFFIC; DOCUMENT TRANSFER; NETWORK CONGESTIONS; PERCEIVED PERFORMANCE; RATE-BASED PACING; SLIDING WINDOW; TCP FLOW CONTROL;

TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL;

EID: 84949758464     PISSN: 15267539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MASCOT.2000.876427     Document Type: Conference Paper

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