Title :
Impact of GPRS buffering on TCP performance
Author :
Wennström, A. ; Brunstrom, A. ; Rendón, J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Karlstad Univ., Sweden
Abstract :
In GPRS networks, excessive buffering has a negative effect on TCP as the round trip times become very long. Measurements with different buffer settings indicate that the queueing delay can be reduced by orders of magnitude with a smaller buffer, without significantly degrading TCP throughput. The measurements are conducted in a GPRS testbed consisting of real network nodes.
Keywords :
cellular radio; packet radio networks; queueing theory; transport protocols; GPRS networks; TCP performance; buffer settings; negative effect; queueing delay; real network nodes; round trip times;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20045967
