Paper Info
Title
Reinforcement of TCP error recovery for wireless communication
Abstract
When a wireless link forms a part of a network, the rate of packet loss due to link noise may be considerably higher than observed in a modern terrestrial network. This paper studies TCP performance over a range of link environments and highlights the advantage of recent modifications to TCP (e.g. SACK, New-Reno) for wireless communications. It also identifies two key issues which impact the performance of TCP over error prone links: TCP's reliance on timers to recover from a failed retransmission cycle, and TCP's inability to separate congestion packet loss from other types of packet loss. A solution to the first issue is identified and analysed by simulation, and the factors affecting the second issue are outlined.
Year
DOI
Venue
1998
10.1145/279345.279348
Computer Communication Review
Keywords
Field
DocType
paper studies tcp performance,wireless communication,separate congestion packet loss,error prone link,failed retransmission cycle,packet loss,modern terrestrial network,wireless link,link environment,key issue,tcp error recovery
H-TCP,TCP Westwood plus,Computer science,Computer network,TCP acceleration,Zeta-TCP,TCP tuning,TCP global synchronization,TCP Friendly Rate Control,TCP Westwood,Distributed computing
Journal
Volume
Issue
Citations 
28
2
17
PageRank 
References 
Authors
1.09
20
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Nihal K. G. Samaraweera1262.80
Godred Fairhurst27711.39