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Data packets from different TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) flows, which are transferred over IP (Internet Protocol) networks, pass through the various links and through the different capacity router buffers on the way to the receivers. Most authors consider the size of the output buffer on the router that is connected to the rest of the network via bottleneck link, equal to bandwidth-delay product. In more recent studies, based on the assumption that TCP flows are desynchronized, much lower values are suggested. In this paper we analyse wireless last hop links with errors occurring during signal transmission. Established TCP flows are considered both synchronized and desynchronized. Also, reverse traffic is present. Simulations are made with different number of flows originating from different protocols. The obtained results show that proposed buffer size values do not correspond to the optimal ones. That is why we determine the optimal buffer sizes.
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Vujović, I., Delibašić, M. (2013). Influence of Buffer Size on TCP Performance in Heterogeneous Wired/Wireless Networks. In: Balandin, S., Andreev, S., Koucheryavy, Y. (eds) Internet of Things, Smart Spaces, and Next Generation Networking. ruSMART NEW2AN 2013 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8121. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40316-3_20
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