Title :
WPA2 security-bandwith trade-off in 802.11n peer-peer WLAN for IPv4 and IPv6 using Windows XP and Windows 7 operating systems
Author :
Kolahi, Samad Salehi ; Li, Peng ; Argawe, Mulugeta ; Safdari, Mustafa
Author_Institution :
Unitec Inst. of Technol., Auckland, New Zealand
Abstract :
In this paper, we present new results on the performance of IEEE 802.11n using open system (no security) and WPA2 security for Windows XP and Windows 7. Enabling WPA2 security results in approximately 4.4 Mbps less TCP throughput than open system for both IPv4 and IPv6 on Windows XP and up to 2.8 Mbps less TCP throughput for Windows 7. For both open system and WPA2 security, Windows 7 provides higher IPv4 and IPv6 bandwidth than Windows XP and IPv4 provides higher bandwidth than IPv6.
Keywords :
Internet; computer network security; operating systems (computers); transport protocols; wireless LAN; 802.11n peer-peer WLAN; IPv4; IPv6; Internet protocol version 4; Internet protocol version 6; TCP; WPA2 security-bandwith trade-off; Wi-Fi protected access version 2; Windows 7 operating system; Windows XP operating system; open system security; transport control protocol; wireless fidelity; wireless local area network; Bandwidth; IEEE 802.11n Standard; Open systems; Operating systems; Security; Throughput; Wireless LAN; Bandwidth; IPv4; IPv6; WPA2 Security;
Conference_Titel :
Computers and Communications (ISCC), 2012 IEEE Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Cappadocia
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2712-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1530-1346
DOI :
10.1109/ISCC.2012.6249358
