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	Title		: TCP Performance Implications of Network Asymmetry
	Author(s)	: H. Balakrishnan, V. Padmanabhan et al.
	Filename	: draft-ietf-pilc-asym-05.txt
	Pages		: 32
	Date		: 24-Jul-01
	
This document describes TCP performance problems that arise because 
of asymmetric effects. These problems arise in several access 
networks, including bandwidth-asymmetric networks and packet radio 
networks, for different underlying reasons. However, the end result 
on TCP performance is the same in both cases: performance often 
degrades significantly because of imperfection and variability in 
the ACK feedback from the receiver to the sender.

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