Thomas Kunz
Systems and Computer Engineering
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Split Connection Approach: Disadvantages
nBuffer space needed at BS for each TCP connection
–BS
buffers tend to get full, when wireless link slower (one
window worth of data on wired connection could be stored at the
base station, for each split connection)
nWindow
on BS-MH connection reduced in response to errors
–may not be an issue for wireless links with
small delay-bw product