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Congestion control mechanisms, used in TCP, suffer from some performance issues when using them over wireless links. In this paper we investigate a TCP connection over the UMTS radio interface when using the RLC protocol in acknowledged mode. We compare protocol mechanisms used in TCP and RLC. The influence of the TCP congestion control mechanisms on the RLC buffer occupancy is analyzed and interactions between these two protocols are investigated.
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Bestak, R., Godlewski, P., Martins, P. (2002). Interactions between the TCP and RLC Protocols in UMTS. In: Lagrange, X., Jabbari, B. (eds) Multiaccess, Mobility and Teletraffic for Wireless Communications, volume 6. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-5918-1_18
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