Distinguishing congestion losses from wireless transmission losses: A negative result

Proceedings - 7th International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks, ICCCN 1998

Volumn 1998-October, Issue , 1998, Pages 722-731

  Biaz, Saad ^a   Vaidya, Nitin H ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR DETECTION; PACKET LOSS; SPUR GEARS;

CONGESTION LOSS; CONGESTION WINDOW; ROUND TRIP TIME; TCP CONNECTIONS; TCP PERFORMANCE; TRANSMISSION ERROR; TRANSPORT PROTOCOLS; WIRELESS TRANSMISSIONS;

TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL;

EID: 84951044002     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICCCN.1998.998834     Document Type: Conference Paper

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