Title :
Performance evaluation of TCP in IEEE 802.16 networks
Author :
Tsiknas, Konstantinos ; Stamatelos, George
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Democritus Univ. of Thrace, Xanthi, Greece
Abstract :
An important application for the IEEE 802.16 technology (also called WiMAX) it to provide high-speed access to the Internet where the transmission control protocol (TCP) is the core transport protocol. In this paper we study through extensive simulation scenarios, the performance characteristics of five representative TCP schemes, namely TCP New Reno, Vegas, Veno, Westwood and BIC, in WiMAX networks, under the conditions of correlated wireless errors, asymmetric end-to-end capabilities and link congestion. The target is to evaluate how the above conditions would affect the TCP congestion control, and suggest the best schemes to be employed in WiMAX Networks.
Keywords :
Internet; WiMax; transport protocols; IEEE 802.16 technology; Internet; TCP BIC; TCP New Reno; TCP Vegas; TCP Veno; TCP Westwood; TCP congestion control; WiMAX networks; asymmetric end-to-end capabilities; core transport protocol; correlated wireless errors; high-speed access; link congestion; performance evaluation; transmission control protocol; Bandwidth; Internet; Protocols; Receivers; WiMAX; Wireless networks; IEEE 802.16; TCP Congestion control; WiMAX;
Conference_Titel :
Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0436-8
DOI :
10.1109/WCNC.2012.6214309