TCP HACK: TCP Header Checksum Option to Improve Performance Over Lossy Links

• Main Authors: BALAN, Rajesh Krishna, LEE, Boon Peng, KUMAR, Renjish, Lillykutty, Jacob, Seah, Winston, Ananda, A. L.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2001
• Subjects: Linux kernel; NewReno; SACK; TCP HACK; TCP header checksum option; algorithm; burst corruption; client-server network; congestion; lossy links performance; mobile computing; packet corruption; wireless networks; Software Engineering
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/1204; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/2203/viewcontent/TCPHACK_2001_afv.PDF
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Wireless networks have become increasingly common and an increasing number of devices are communicating with each other over lossy links. Unfortunately, TCP performs poorly over lossy links as it is unable to differentiate the loss due to packet corruption from that due to congestion. We present an...