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An Extension of the TCP Flow Control Algorithm for Wireless Networks
Overview Reliable transport protocols such as the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) are tuned to perform well in traditional wireline networks where packet losses occur mostly because of congestion. However, networks with wireless and lossy links also suffer from significant packet losses due to bit errors and handoffs. TCP responds to all the packet losses by invoking congestion control and avoidance algorithms and these results in degraded end-to-end performance in wireless and lossy systems. This paper proposes a simple strategy to determine the cause of packet drops in a network running the TCP protocol. The method is based on observing the slow start threshold value and the number of packets successfully transmitted between two consecutive drops.
| Publisher | Indian Institute of Technology Delhi | File Format | |
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| Date Published | June 2006 | ||
| Format | White Papers | ||
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