Link Layer Based TCP Optimisation for Disconnecting Networks
- James Scott ,
- Glenford Mapp
ACM Computer Communications Review |
Published by Association for Computing Machinery, Inc.
This paper discusses a link layer approach to improving TCP performance in the face of periodic network disconnections. Network disconnections are encountered in many scenarios, including being out-of-range in a wireless network, during network handoff, and also in the case of Networked Surfaces, a novel LAN technology which provides the motivation for this work.
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