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Effect of LTE Handover on TCP Performance Over Optical Networks

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Computer Communication, Networking and IoT

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High-speed mobile networks have rapidly evolved over the last years. The unique environment they operate, however, sets new challenges for the transmission control protocol (TCP). In this paper, we study the impact of long-term evolution (LTE) handover on TCP performance in a wide range of networks settings including different handover algorithms, random channel errors and support of error correction at lower layers. First, results indicate a severe TCP goodput reduction in most considered scenarios.

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    Konstantinos G. Tsiknas & Kyriakos E. Zoiros

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Tsiknas, K.G., Zoiros, K.E. (2021). Effect of LTE Handover on TCP Performance Over Optical Networks. In: Bhateja, V., Satapathy, S.C., Travieso-Gonzalez, C.M., Flores-Fuentes, W. (eds) Computer Communication, Networking and IoT. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 197. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-0980-0_41

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