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For reducing the loss of data packet due to network congestion and mobility, rate control algorithm is effective means for ensuring the fair allocation of network resource among communication flows and alleviating network congestion. The Transport Control Protocol (TCP) was originally designed for wire-line networks, where the links are assumed to be reliable and with fixed capacities. However, the performance of TCP becomes very poor when it is directly used in ad hoc networks. Some optimization-based congestion control schemes have been proposed to improve TCP performance in ad hoc networks, but the mobility of hosts and route change frequently are not considered for designing rate control algorithm. In this paper, we propose rate control algorithms in a more practical way by taking into account link congestion and node movement. Numerical results show that the rate control algorithms can approach the globally optimal value and show the effect of the node mobility on the algorithms.
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This work is supported in part by the National Science Foundation of P. R. China under Grant (No. 60773074) and by the Beijing Municipal Natural Science Foundation (No. 4082020). Meanwhile, is supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of P. R. China under Agreements (No. 2007AA01Z213) and (No. 2009AA01Z209).
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Zhou, XW., Miao, XN., Wang, AP. et al. Rate Control Algorithm Considering Mobility in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks. Int J Wireless Inf Networks 17, 26–33 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10776-009-0111-3
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