A quantitative analysis of TCP performance over wireless multihop networks

Author

XIAO, Hannan ; Chua, Kee Chaing ; Seah, Winston ; Lo, Anthony

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Nat. Univ. of Singapore, Singapore

Volume

2

fYear

2001

fDate

6/23/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

610

Abstract

An analytical model of a single TCP session based on a string topology in wireless multihop networks is presented. The model for the communication process also considers buffering, propagation delay and channel access probability. A Markov chain technique is adopted in analyzing the TCP behavior. Full analysis is given for the case where the TCP source and destination are one hop away and the maximum TCP window size is less than the buffer size in each node. Consideration is also given to the case when the maximum TCP window size is larger than the buffer size in each node. The analytical results are validated against results using the NS simulator

Keywords

Markov processes; buffer storage; delays; network topology; packet radio networks; probability; transport protocols; Markov chain; TCP performance; ad-hoc networks; buffering; channel access probability; propagation delay; string topology; wireless multihop networks; Analytical models; Delay effects; Media Access Protocol; Network topology; Performance analysis; Propagation delay; Spread spectrum communication; TCPIP; Throughput; Wireless networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 2001. VTC 2001 Fall. IEEE VTS 54th

Conference_Location

Atlantic City, NJ

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7005-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VTC.2001.956842

Filename

956842