Title :
Improving TCP performance over wireless links
Author :
Goel, Samir ; Sanghi, Dheeraj
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Rutgers Univ., NJ, USA
Abstract :
TCP is the most common transport protocol used in the Internet. It was designed primarily for wired networks. The characteristics of wireless links is very different from wired links, particularly in terms of the loss behaviour. This results in poor TCP performance over wireless links. We have proposed enhancements to TCP so that it can differentiate between a loss due to congestion, and a loss due to noise in the wireless link. With this knowledge, TCP can react differently to the two kinds of losses, leading to improved performance. The modified TCP is compatible with existing implementations
Keywords :
radio links; transport protocols; Internet; TCP performance; congestion loss; control signals; loss behaviour; noise; transport protocol; wired networks; wireless gateway nodes; wireless links; Bandwidth; Base stations; Computer science; Costs; Degradation; Error analysis; Internet; Routing; Throughput; Transport protocols;
Conference_Titel :
TENCON '98. 1998 IEEE Region 10 International Conference on Global Connectivity in Energy, Computer, Communication and Control
Conference_Location :
New Delhi
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4886-9
DOI :
10.1109/TENCON.1998.798153
