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Evaluating TCP With Corruption Notification in an IEEE 802.11 Wireless LAN
Overview Reliable transport protocols like TCP perform very well on wired computer networks; packet loss is primarily caused by congestion and much less frequently due to physical or link layer problems. On the other hand, in wireless links TCP performance is degraded due to excessive packet loss on the physical layer, and congestion control mechanisms react even where no congestion exists. It has been suggested to enhance the performance of TCP over wireless links by adding a checksum that covers the packet header, enabling the TCP receiver to detect errors in the payload and inform the sender of such occurrences. This way, excessive TCP window retransmissions could be avoided and congestion control mechanisms could adapt in a more appropriate way.
| Publisher | University of Innsbruck | File Format | |
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| Date Published | November 2006 | ||
| Format | White Papers | ||
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