The Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) represents the most deployed transport protocol used in the Internet so far. This popularity motivates its presence in wireless networks, including ad hoc networks. These networks are very promising since they make i
mainlyforlargepacketsizes,sinceitsreceiverprovidesbetterinformationtothesenderaboutlosses.ThatwasobservedforthelargestpacketsizeinFigs.7,8,8(a)butnotinFig.8(b).However,thistendencywasnotobservedforthesmallerpacketsizes.
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E.Throughput
Inthissection,weinvestigatethebandwidthutilisationnotonlywithdifferentnumberofhopsbutalsodifferentnumberofconcurrent owsinthechaintopologyofFig.2.The