TCP over mobile ad hoc networks: Performance evaluation and protocol improvement

Increasing attention is paid to mobile ad hoc networks last time. Application of such networks expands a range of opportunities in activity felds of man. The main objective of mobile ad hoc networks, as well as any other, is data transmission. It is provided by TCP. This paper is devoted to the performance evaluation of TCP under influence of various MANET aspects separately and together. The paper contains the short review of the fundamental TCP elements and results of experiments. Protocol changes for improvement of its performance and results of their application are also presented in the paper.