A study of ECN effects on long-lived TCP connections using red and drop tail gateway mechanisms

• Main Authors: M. Kadhum, Mohammed, Hassan, Suhaidi
• Format: Book Section
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE Computer Society 2008
• Subjects: TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/2179/1/A_Study_ofECN_Effects_on_Long-Lived_TCP_Connections_Using_Re.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/2179/; http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/

Rapid growth of Internet traffic and the increase of new user applications authorize the development of new internet infrastructure. Congestion remains the major problem that affects the Internet service quality. Avoiding packet drops keeps network bandwidth and permits congestion signals to be...