Transmission Control Protocol for Mobile Ad Hoc Network

Abstract

The Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) is a reliable protocol of transport layer which delivers data over unreliable networks. It was designed in the context of wired networks. Due to popularity of wireless communication it is made to extend TCP protocol to wireless environments where wired and wireless network can work smoothly. Although TCP work in wireless and wired-cum-wireless network, the performance is not up to the mark. In literature lot of protocols has been proposed to adopt TCP in wireless mobile ad hoc network. In this, we present an overall view on this issue and detailed discussion of the major factors involved. In addition, we survey the main proposals which aim at adapting TCP to mobile and static Ad hoc environments. Specifically, we show how TCP can be affected by mobility and its interaction with routing protocol in static and dynamic wireless ad hoc network.