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The performance of transport layer protocols will be a key factor in the successful extension of Internet applications and services to mobile ad hoc networks. The Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) is the most commonly used transport protocol for the Internet [33], so providing a high level of TCP performance in MANETs is of particular importance. While TCP has been extensively tuned for wireline networks, in its current form TCP does not perform well when used in MANETs. In this chapter, we investigate ways to improve TCP performance in MANETs.
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Boppana, R.V., Dyer, T.D. (2004). Improving TCP Performance in Mobile Ad hoc Networks. In: Cheng, X., Huang, X., Du, DZ. (eds) Ad Hoc Wireless Networking. Network Theory and Applications, vol 14. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0223-0_2
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