How network asymmetry affects TCP Export

@article{citeulike:712082, abstract = {Several emerging wireline and wireless access network technologies exhibit asymmetry in their network characteristics. For instance, cable modem networks exhibit significant bandwidth asymmetry, while packet radio networks exhibit media access asymmetry. A high degree of asymmetry can have an adverse effect on the performance of feedback-based transport protocols. We study the effects of bandwidth and media access asymmetry on the performance of the TCP protocol. We identify the fundamental reasons for the mismatch between TCP and asymmetric networks, and then present several techniques to address this problem}, author = {Balakrishnan, H. and Padmanabhan, V. N.}, citeulike-article-id = {712082}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=917505}, journal = {IEEE Communications Magazine}, keywords = {asymmetric-links, performance, tcp}, month = {April}, number = {4}, pages = {60--67}, posted-at = {2006-06-27 10:24:17}, priority = {2}, publisher = {IEEE Press}, title = {How network asymmetry affects TCP}, url = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=917505}, volume = {39}, year = {2001} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:712082 L3 - citeulike-article-id:712082 N2 - Several emerging wireline and wireless access network technologies exhibit asymmetry in their network characteristics. For instance, cable modem networks exhibit significant bandwidth asymmetry, while packet radio networks exhibit media access asymmetry. A high degree of asymmetry can have an adverse effect on the performance of feedback-based transport protocols. We study the effects of bandwidth and media access asymmetry on the performance of the TCP protocol. We identify the fundamental reasons for the mismatch between TCP and asymmetric networks, and then present several techniques to address this problem IS - 4 JF - IEEE Communications Magazine EP - 67 TI - How network asymmetry affects TCP PB - IEEE Press VL - 39 SP - 60 KW - asymmetric-links KW - performance KW - tcp AU - Balakrishnan, H AU - Padmanabhan, VN PY - 2001/04// UR - http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=917505 ER -