Size-Based and Direction-Based TCP Fairness Issues in IEEE 802.11 WLANs
<p/> <p>Cross-layer interaction of Distributed Coordination Function (DCF) of 802.11 MAC protocol and TCP transport protocol leads to two types of unfairness. In a mixed traffic scenario, short-lived TCP flows suffer from poor performance compared to the aggressive long-lived flows. Sinc...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2010-01-01
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Series: | EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking |
Online Access: | http://jwcn.eurasipjournals.com/content/2010/818190 |