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Extended mobile-host-centric transport protocol

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In wireless networks, data packets are lost due to channel interference and fading rather than network congestion. Thus, TCP designed for wired networks, cannot achieve a satisfying performance in wireless networks. Utilizing a cross-layer mechanism to identify the course of packet loss, we have proved that a mobile-host-centric transport protocol (MCP) can achieve higher throughput than TCP Reno and New Reno in static wireless environment. In this paper, we extend the cross-layer feedback mechanism and congestion control algorithm based on previous work. Furthermore, we implement the extended MCP+ in NS-2 simulator and evaluate its performance in the mobile multi-hop WLAN scenarios. The simulation results show that the proposed protocol improves the end-to-end throughput more effectively than TCP Reno and New Reno.

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  1. School of Computer Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China

    Xin Wang  (王 欣), Yantai Shu  (舒炎泰), Ying Chai  (柴 营) & Yang Kang  (康 杨)

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Supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (“863” Program, No. 2007AA01Z220) and National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 90604013 and No. 60702038).

WANG Xin, born in 1979, male, doctorate student.

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Wang, X., Shu, Y., Chai, Y. et al. Extended mobile-host-centric transport protocol. Trans. Tianjin Univ. 16, 441–446 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12209-010-1430-2

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