An efficient TCP with explicit handover notification for mobile networks

TCP is a popular Internet protocol for reliable end-to-end data delivery, but it cannot be directly applied to wireless networks in which packet loss may be induced by higher BER or handover than congestion. TCP assumes that such packet loss is caused by network congestion and initiates congestion control procedures. In this paper, we present a novel protocol using explicit handover notification to improve TCP performance over wireless links. Additionally, we execute computer simulations using the network simulator and compare it with the other various protocols.