Fragmentation considered harmful.
Internetworks can be built from many different kinds of networks, with varying limits on maximum packet size. Throughput is usually maximized when the largest possible packet is sent; unfortunately, some routes can carry only very small packets. The IP protocol allows a gateway to fragment a packet...
| Published in: | Computer communication review. 25, 1 (1995). |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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