Abstract:Abstract. IP Networks, and particularly the Internet, were proposed to be a simple and robust support for heterogeneous communications. This implies that only basic controls have to be done by network elements. Connection management, along with transport, and more generally communication management, has to be done by the terminals. For example, error detection mechanisms, error recovery mechanisms with "Slow Start", are implemented within the transport protocol, managed by the terminals. However, integration o… Show more
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