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This paper addresses a question of predicting TCP throughput over a multihop wireless path. Since it is useful for a variety of applications it is desirable that TCP throughput prediction technique introduces low-overhead while avoiding active measurement techniques. Analytical derivation of the throughput predictor for multihop wireless networks is difficult if not impossible at all due to complex cross-layer dependencies. In this article we statistically analyze the significance of parameters on physical, MAC and transport layers in a multihop wireless chain and empirically derive a practically usable throughput predictor. The resulting model allows prediction of the throughput with less than 2% error.
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Chaltseva, A., Osipov, E. (2010). Empirical Predictor of TCP Throughput on a Multihop Wireless Path. In: Balandin, S., Dunaytsev, R., Koucheryavy, Y. (eds) Smart Spaces and Next Generation Wired/Wireless Networking. ruSMART NEW2AN 2010 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6294. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14891-0_29
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