3G cellular data networks have recently witnessed explosive growth. In this work, we focus
on UMTS, one of the most popular 3G mobile communication technologies. Our work is the …

In 3G cellular networks, the release of radio resources is controlled by inactivity timers.
However, the timeout value itself, also known as the tail time, can last up to 15 seconds due …

Despite the tremendous growth in the cellular data network usage due to the popularity of
smartphones, so far there is rather limited understanding of the network infrastructure of …

To facilitate a viable evolution of cellular networks toward extensive packet data traffic, the
High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) technology is introduced. The various link …

The rapid growth in the popularity of cellular networks has led to aggressive deployment and
a rapid expansion of mobile services. Services based on the integration of cellular networks …

This paper explores the use of rate adaptation in cellular networks to maximize throughput of
long-lived TCP sessions. We focus on the problem of maximizing the throughput of TCP …

The web serving protocol stack is constantly changing and evolving to tackle technological
shifts in networking infrastructure and website complexity. For example, Cubic to tackle high …

As a transport layer protocol, TCP is widely used in the various applications especially for
video transmission in the mobile network. The TCP protocol not only provides an end-to-end …

Relay nodes are a potential threat to networks since they are used in many malicious
situations like stepping stone attacks, botnet communication, peer-to-peer streaming etc …

This dissertation is a study on the design and analysis of novel, optimal routing and rate
control algorithms in wireless, mobile communication networks. Congestion control and …