Thomas Kunz
Systems and Computer Engineering
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TCP over Wireless: Summary
nDiscussed only a few ideas, for a more complete discussion, see Tutorial on TCP for Wireless and
Mobile Hosts by Nitin Vaidya, http://www.cs.tamu.edu/faculty/vaidya/presentations.html
nTopics ignored:
–asymmetric
bandwidth on uplink and downlink (for example in some cable or satellite networks)
–wireless
link extends over multiple hops, such as in an ad-hoc network
–connections
fail due to spurious disconnections or route failures in ad-hoc networks
nMany proposals focus on downlink only
nMany proposals, most try to avoid changing TCP interface
or semantics, but more work necessary